Color Associations of Druid Textures Discussed

Zaryhm has provided more information on the new Druid textures that will become available in the next major content patch. You can find the full list of Tauren skin tones and Night Elf hair colors after the jump.

Zaryhm also made some interesting comments further down in the thread. When a player said the colors are hard to distinguish from the supplied screenshots, Zarhym replied, "It's hard to really get a feel for their exact appearance in a frozen shot with only one type of lighting. I think you'll see certain tones that may not be as apparent in the screen shots come out more in-game, especially with the night elf forms where there are very subtle variations in tone throughout each cat and bear model to give them that Darnassian look."

As for a suggestion made to preview the forms in the barber shop, Zaryhm said, "Allowing additional UI features in the barber shop so druids can preview forms is a great idea. It has been brought up, but that doesn't mean it's something that's going to happen in the next patch. The current implementation is made as such that it can be expanded upon in the future. As of right now, it's the most streamlined and sensible way of allowing druids a chance to strut their new styles as soon as possible."

Now that everyone has had a chance to check out the new art for druid cat and bear forms, we'd like to share with you the current break down of tauren skin tones and night elf hair colors associated with each form color. Please note that, while we have attempted to associate each form color as carefully as possible, this list is subject to change before the next major content patch goes live.

All options for skin tone (tauren) and hair color (night elves) are listed below followed by the forms that will be associated with each set of tones/colors. Listed in parentheses after each form color is the placement in which you'll find that form in the screen shots found here in our "Updated Druid Forms Coming Soon" preview: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/druid-forms.html

Tauren Male

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    • Black Bear (top middle), Black Cat (top right)
    • Grey Bear (bottom left), Black Cat (top right)
    • Brown Bear (top right), Red Cat (top left)
    • Yellow Bear (top left), Yellow Cat (top middle)
    • Grey Bear (bottom left), White Cat (bottom right)
    • Yellow Bear (top left), Brown Cat (bottom left)
    • White Bear (bottom right), White Cat (bottom right)

  • Black / Black with White Belly / Black Spots

    Dark Grey / Dark Grey with White Belly / Dark Grey Spots

    Red-Brown / Red-Brown with White Belly / Red-Brown Spots

    Yellow-Brown / Yellow-Brown with White Belly / Yellow-Brown Spots

    Steel Grey / Steel Grey with White Belly / Steel Grey Spots

    Light Brown-Grey / Light Brown-Grey with White Belly / Light Brown-Grey Spots

    White

Tauren Female
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    • Black Bear (top middle), Black Cat (top right)
    • Grey Bear (bottom left), Black Cat (top right)
    • Brown Bear (top right), Red Cat (top left)
    • Yellow Bear (top left), Yellow Cat (top middle)
    • Yellow Bear (top left), Brown Cat (bottom left)
    • White Bear (bottom right), White Cat (bottom right)

  • Black / Black Spots

    Dark Grey / Dark Grey Spots

    Red-Brown / Red-Brown Spots

    Light Brown / Light Brown Spots

    Light Brown-Grey / Light Brown-Grey Spots

    White

Night Elves (Male and Female)
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    • Violet Bear with Green Mane (bottom left), Blue Cat with Dark Mane (top right)
    • Blue Bear with Dark Mane (top left), Indigo Cat with Light Mane (far left)
    • White Bear (top middle), White Cat (top left)
    • Black Bear (bottom right), Black Cat (bottom)
    • Red bear with Blue Mane (top right), Purple Cat (middle)

  • Greens: Yellow-Green / Green / Dark Green

    Light Blues: Teal / Light Blue

    White

    Dark Blue

    Purple

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Does anyone at Blizzard actually do any work?
# Jun 06 2009 at 10:24 PM Rating: Decent
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This reskinning patch content could have been put together by 3 interns in the time they've had since the last patch. I'd expect more from the people who programmed WoW. The preview in the barber shop should be the least of it. I really do get the impression that while Blizzard has plenty of graphics design talent, they're seriously lacking in anyone who can do even basic scripting.

Edited, Jun 7th 2009 2:26am by polarityjp
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