Chapter 87 Development of the surrounding areas

After trying many styles, such as Q-version, pixel, simple, abstract, etc., Ronin finally decided to go for the simple style, and a few strokes can highlight the characteristics of the hero.

After wasting countless drafts, finally, with his unremitting efforts, the head of Soldier 76 came to life on paper.

The outline is formed, and then colored with colored pencils.

Gray hair, red tactical eyepieces, blue mask outline, clear colors and obvious features.

Those who have seen "Soldier: 76" can tell at a glance that it represents Soldier 76.

Ronin thought it was very nice, and immediately decided to use this as the mark of Soldier 76!

Then he started to draw the mark of Winston and Reinhardt.

It took an afternoon to finish the mark of Winston and Reinhardt.

Winston has a dark gray gorilla face and wears a pair of black-framed glasses. He also has distinct features. Winston is probably the only gorilla wearing glasses in the Marvel world.

Reinhardt is wearing a light grey three-pointed helmet, and his eyes are painted with yellow pencils, which represent the shining eyes when the power armor is activated, and people can also tell at a glance that it represents Reinhardt.

Although his painting skills are not very good, he can still draw this simple pattern.

The reason why he didn't invite a professional painter is not because he was reluctant to spend money, but because the pattern drawn by a professional painter lacks a crucial thing, that is, the soul!

The pattern drawn by a professional painter is definitely better than his, without any extra strokes, and it is vivid, but the work without soul is destined to be incomplete, even if its appearance is bright and beautiful.

Although the pattern drawn by Ronin cannot achieve the effect of vividness, it can also be seen. In fact, these are secondary. Only by doing it yourself can you inject soul into the painting. The simple pattern is like a work of art.

Moreover, the CEO of Overwatch Films drew the picture himself, which seems more sincere. The same Overwatch pattern, the very good-looking one comes from a well-known painter, and the not-so-good-looking one comes from his hand. I believe that most of the true fans of Overwatch will choose the paintings from his hand.

The reason is the same, because the paintings from his hands are valuable and meaningful, giving the paintings soul.

As for the marks of other Overwatch heroes, Roning was not in a hurry to draw them.

He was not sure that this would produce the cultural symbol of the hero, and the movies of other Overwatch heroes had not been released yet. If there were only pictures, the audience would not accept them, and the cultural symbol would naturally not be formed.

With the marks, it is necessary to promote them. The best way is to integrate the pictures into the peripherals, such as printing them on badges, T-shirts, water cups...

These gadgets can add pictures, which not only means that these things are Overwatch peripherals, but also allow everyone to subtly assume that the pictures on the peripherals are the marks of a certain Overwatch hero.

In this way, the purpose is achieved!

Roning also thinks it is time to do a peripheral mall, which can also bring extra income to the company.

Although there is no shortage of money, the more money the better.

The Advent Ceremony is a money-spending activity. I don’t know how much money needs to be invested in order for the Overwatch heroes to be summoned by him. It may be an astronomical figure, so we have to make more money to prevent problems before they happen.

The matter of setting up the peripheral mall was naturally handed over to Lucy, and he used the excuse of visiting the set to excuse himself.

It takes a long time to form the cultural symbol of heroes, at least not before the release of "McCree".

Roning is eager for the Overwatch heroes to come to the Marvel world, so that he will have enough confidence to reveal his trump card, confront Hydra head-on, and draw a clear line with S.H.I.E.L.D., and be able to deal with various crises that will arise.

However, the formation of cultural symbols is not a matter of one day or one night, and the help from the outside world can only accelerate the process at most.

In addition to peripherals, games are also a way to spread quickly. Roning thought of Blizzard Entertainment. If the mark of the Overwatch heroes can appear in the game as game props or clues, it will definitely impress movie fans.

Most of the people who play movie derivative games are Overwatch fans. Of course, there are also people who only play games and don't watch movies. Doing so can also convert that part of the game fans into Overwatch fans. With more audiences, the birth of cultural symbols can be accelerated.

So he personally contacted Mr. Morton, the vice president of Blizzard Entertainment, and put forward his request to him, and the other party readily accepted it.

Roning also knew that this would not be difficult for them, and it would also allow the game planner to expand the game plot through the hero mark, killing two birds with one stone.

At the same time, he asked about the progress of the game development. Hearing Morton's ambiguous answer, he felt disappointed. Hearing what he meant, he had to wait at least half a year before the game could be put on the shelves for sale.

All good things were far away from him, and only the "McCree" that was about to be completed brought him some comfort.

A postcard on the corner of the table suddenly gave him a flash of inspiration and a naughty idea.

Since you want to develop peripherals, why not combine it with the excellent works of the previous life?

There are so many things in that world that can be learned, why should you fall into clichés?

Water cups, T-shirts, badges, figurines... These things are dispensable, and not many people buy them, and only those who have already become fans of Overwatch will buy them, so there is not much meaning.

But if Overwatch is made into an irreplaceable product, once this product can attract those who don't usually watch movies, they can be converted into fans of Overwatch in another form, thereby accelerating the birth of cultural symbols.

Ronin thinks that idea is completely feasible. He can learn from the Three Kingdoms and make an Overwatch game!

The general cards of the Three Kingdoms are all famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, and the general cards of Overwatch can be Overwatch heroes.

There are 25 general cards of the Three Kingdoms and 28 Overwatch heroes, which can be said to be very close. The extra 3 heroes can use their imagination to design new skills for them without any pressure.

The rules can be copied intact. As for the cards, there is actually no need to make any changes. Just change the name.

The board games in the Marvel world are still very poor. It is conceivable that once Overwatch appears, what kind of board game craze will be set off.

In the previous life, the Three Kingdoms was popular all over the country and loved by many teenagers. Ronin is confident that American teenagers will like this board game.

I still remember that one of the few pleasures in my school days was to play the Three Kingdoms together with classmates in the ten minutes after class. I looked forward to the physical education class very much, and it was also to play the Three Kingdoms.

The number of participants can be more or less, very flexible, and it will not be impossible to play because of insufficient people. Two people can play. The most ideal state is four or more people. The Three Kingdoms Killing with more than four people is the most fun.

As soon as the idea came up, Luo Ning began to think about the characters and cards of the Three Kingdoms Killing, and took out a notebook to write them down. It is not necessary to remember them very clearly, just a rough idea is enough.

There is another problem. The generals of the Three Kingdoms Killing are divided into four camps: Wei, Shu, Wu, and Heroes. It is reasonable to divide the Overwatch heroes into four camps.

A little thought will give the result. There are more Overwatch heroes, so Overwatch and Shadowwatch are divided into two camps, and then the Junkers and Black Claws are uniformly classified as evil forces. Others, such as the Shimada family and heroes of unknown affiliation, are all classified as neutral.

Overwatch, Shadowwatch, evil forces, neutral, just four camps, and the number of people in each camp will not differ too much, just right.