(Early Access Image) Mel x Lux

"Luxanna isn't the most shrewd negotiator, but being sent on increasingly difficult tasks and tests by her aunt had become an almost daily routine for her, as tensions mounted both within and beyond Demacia's borders. One such test, negotiations for an exchange of some war captives with Noxus, unnerved her quite a bit. She knew the Noxians to be ruthless and domineering in matters of war, and had no doubts they'd show her the same spirit in diplomacy. Most of all however, she feared she'd mess up the deal, dooming the prisoners to more suffering because of her incompetence.

But she had a stroke of luck. As it happened, she was meeting with one of the more diplomatic Noxians - Mel Medarda - to discuss the terms of the exchange. A woman who, much like Luxanna, preferred peaceful resolutions and mutual benefit over aggression and exploitation.

And so, despite Luxanna's worries, the negotiations were swift, successful and both parties left the room satisfied. With the speed of the negotiation though, Lux worried Tianna would get suspicious or perhaps believe she didn't bargain hard enough for the lives of the Demacian prisoners. So, as a favor, Luxanna asked Mel to stay and chat a bit that they may teach each other about themselves and their cultures. Having already reserved time for a longer discussion. Mel agreed, and after an hour of wine, conversation and far too many inappropriate glances, their 'talk' escalated to something far more intimate... "

A quick lil image while I put the finishing touches on Yunara POV! That animation's been veeery uncooperative, but it should be out quite soon. With any luck, the next few days. Sorry about the lengthy delay!

But as for this image, I made it recently because I was craving to use my Mel model for something, and I figured it'd be fun to pair her with Lux since they both have the glowy light powers and they'd probably get along somewhat well despite being from rival nations.

Now's a good time to release this as well because I've almost finished working on the new Mel model which looks great and very close to how she looks in the show especially face-wise. Can't wait to show her off as I've also pretty much finalized the gold patterns on her body which was no easy feat since the official models basically only have her arms, neck and back done. Which means I had to manually paint the entire rest of the body with matching intricate gold patterns myself (which means yes, she will have golden patterns on her dong).

Meanwhile this old Mel model had some parts that were skin-painted gold, and other parts were 3D model gold which causes some design inconsistency and looks weird sometimes, and the face (not shown here) was kind of awful. She really wasn't all that fun to work with in general, which is why I've been avoiding her a bit. But hey the new Mel model is looking great at least.

So yea, this is my first and last piece using the old Mel model. All Mel pieces from now on will use the new one which I will showcase some other time.

As usual, you can find the image in the MEGA archive through the mega post link below. Inside the archive, remember to right click and sort by Date Added to find the latest pieces, or use the search bar at the top.

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