Who are TFT original units' models based on?
I read some time ago a comment applauding the creativity involved in making set 6 Silco a reality, notably reusing old Swain's skeleton rig.
That got my gears spinning to try to figure out what model was used to make other TFT original units.
What I got so far:
- Powder - haven't done any thorough checks but I got a very strong feelings she's Annie
- Vander - his idle stance is pretty different but when he fights and especially when he casts his ability, that's Udyr right there, specifically turtle stance
- Loris - again no thorough checks but big guy with shield... Braum
- Scar - his dance is Nasus' dance, he's rather tall with a long-ish weapon, that seems to check out
- Mel - or at least her ability - seems heavily based on Kaisa
Stuff I'm much, much less sure of or straight up have no idea:
- Violet - her very squatted stance reminds me of Sivir with her boomerang removed but then again Sivir doesn't punch or uppercut her foes so I'm not sure at all
- Steb - honestly, no clue
- Maddie - idk either
- Renni - she holds her chainsaw a bit like Jinx holds her machine gun, maybe? She's much bulkier and leans backwards where Jinx doesn't but I can't recall anyone holding their weapon in a similar way in league
- Smeech - he's an extreme oddball. The only one I can think of is Ivern modded beyond recognition because they share a similar very lean and lanky posture but that's all I got
- Sevika - her pose with one (mecha) arm down and the other arm bent with her hand on chest level and fingers in a grasping pose feels familiar but I can't put my finger on it....
Of course there's also the possibility of having 100% original models from the ground up. I think it may be true specially for Steb Maddie Renni and Smeech. After all, I believe Kobuko was such a character built from scratch specifically for TFT.
Anyone else spent time thinking about this? Maybe you noticed something that I didn't?
EDIT: we got a reply from a member of the dev team ( https://www.reddit.com/r/TeamfightTactics/s/yy55aNeYjH ) clarifying the MODELS are all new - but some animations are reused.