First of all, there’s already several threads (like this one: (us.forums.blizzard. com/en/overwatch/t/skin-concept-art-for-your-main/343344) on this topic, but I’d like for you to add ideas, that will be added to the main post here.
As for my ideas, some of them I had already seen some time ago, some of them come out of my very own head, and of some (like Zarya’s Panzer) I discovered someone had already done something similar afterwards.
If the skin says “(by XXXX),” that means XXXX suggested it, and it might be described in more depth in their post below. Some skins will be labelled as “(stolen from XXXX)” in instead of “(by XXXX).” Those are taken from Why does Orisa look dumb - #16 by Suej-1923
There’s also ideas on how to bring limited time skins back to the game
But without further ado, here they are:
Ana:
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Adria from the Diablo universe
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Plague Doctor
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Cookie-baking, apron-wearing Granny
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Add Bastet to regular loot boxes (as you did with Officer D.Va and Oni Genji)
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Little Red Riding Hood’s Granny, except she won when the Big Bad Wolf made the mistake of picking a fight with her, and wears his pelt over her quilted robe as a trophy (by Silawatsi)
Ashe:
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Steampunk (mostly seen in BOB and her rifle, Ashe herself would mainly just get a new set of clothes)
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Cyberpunk (with several prosthetics while BOB wouldn’t change much)
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Hawaiian (with Hawaiian BOB, ofc) (by decomposing)
Baptiste:
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PepeHands (by Rick)
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Cyborg (from Teen Titans)
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Voodoo doll (referencing his Haitian origins): Armor made out of straw, basically
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I’m tempted to say Bwonsamdi, since he is based on Loa Baron Samedi from Haitian voodoo
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Add Combat Medic to regular loot boxes (as you did with Officer D.Va and Oni Genji)
Bastion:
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Azerite Siege Weapon from WoW
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Demolisher from WoW
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Mars Rover
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Any of the many possible options from Starcraft
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Bring back BlizzCon 2016 skin as you announced for Demon Hunter Sombra
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Lots of possible ideas from Starcraft, but I’d personally love to see him as a Mule
Brigitte:
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Johanna from Diablo
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Summer skin: swimwear of some kind, her flail replaced with a bathtub ducky on a rope, thanks u/spelunkadoo (which squeaks every time it hits, thanks u/salmonman78), and her shield a see-through straw mat
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Casual from Dragon slayer
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Lt. Morales from Starcraft
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Work-out session: Brig in gym clothing, she could use a gym-mat as a shield (it protects about the same, now) and any piece of gym equipment as her flail, maybe a dumbbell on a chain? (extrapolated from AYAYA wanting Brig’s abs)
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Tinkering: Disheveled and greased-up after working on her and Reinhardt’s gear
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Huntress: Should look like Aloy from “Horizon: Zero Dawn” because Brigitte just looks like Aloy from HZD (by AvatarSane)
D.Va:
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Goblin Shredder from WoW with Goblin D.Va inside
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Goliath Terran Unit from Starcraft (already available in HotS)
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Thor Terran Unit from Starcraft
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This: bit.ly/2ZnzDuN
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Shooting Star combo: She wearing her jacket and white cap like at the beginning of the short with grease stains on her face or bandaged up (leg cast included) with the Gray Meka from the end of the short
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Her Diablo skin from HotS (D.Va the Destroyer)
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Scuba suit with Shark/Orca Meka
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Wrecking Ball (D.Va disguised as Hammond (Hamster PJs), MEKA resembling Hammond’s ball, and a special voice line when they meet with this skin on)
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Fat Hana in Giant-like Mech, with little omnic pilot (by DSPMankey)
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Skeleton (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
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Add Nano-Cola to regular loot boxes (as you did with Officer D.Va and Oni Genji)
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Formal: Tuxedo D.Va in Limo-themed mech (by Silawatsi)
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Baba Yaga: Hana as a Witch, her mech as the chicken-legged house (by Silawatsi)
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Ballroom: Cincerella D.Va in Pumpkin carraige mech (by Silawatsi)
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Big Bad: Red Riding Hood in a Wolf mech (by Silawatsi). Ult line could be “the better to eat you with” instead of “Nerf this!”
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Charriot: Ancient greek (or Roman or Egyptian) Hana in Charriot-like mech (by Silawatsi)
Doomfist:
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His Masquerade costume. I know we already got the white tux, but this comic is just awesome
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Tanktop Doomfist just escaped from prison
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Punk (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
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Morpheus (from the Matrix)
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Akuma from Street Fighter (by KulstorEbrou)
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Thanos (by Bloodlust)
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Adhabu Ngumi (The Saviour of Numbani) and Akinjide Adeyemi (The Scourge of Numbani) (by JoeHL)
Genji:
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Kasa hat Genji (as shown, I believe, in a Halloween comic)
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Kargath Bladefist from Warcraft universe
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Zeratul from Starcraft.
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Maid (by decomposing) (I so wanna see this!)
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Black Cat (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
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Pacific All-Stars 2018: put all 4 All-Stars skins back on the table, purchasable with OWL tokens, but not for a limited time, or, every time All-Stars skins come around, let us buy the older ones as well, same as with seasonal skins
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WoW’s Blood Elf Illidari (by Ipsumous)
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Knight of Spades from Alice in Wonderland (by Ergotth)
Hanzo:
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Lor’themar Theron from Warcraft
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Nathanos Blightcaller/Marris from Warcraft
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Lyndon the Scoundrel from Diablo
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Robin Hood/William Tell-esque one
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An Oni/Tengu to go with Genji’s Oni
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Cupid (by decomposing)
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WoW’s Blood Elf Farstrider (by Ipsumous)
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Knight of Diamonds from Alice in Wonderland (by Ergotth)
Junkrat:
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Vol’jin or Rokhan from Warcraft
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Nazeebo from Diablo
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the Grinch (you know you want to make that green Junkrat)
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Jamison Faw(not allowed by forum to write it propperly)kes: a younger version of himself with both leg and arm in place
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Guy Faw(not allowed by forum to write it propperly)kes
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Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland (by Ergotth)
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Rat King (by AkaiEngarde)
Lúcio:
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Disco Lúcio, with afro and actual roller blades
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Vishkar: Him as soon as he stole his gear from Vishkar
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Please, this: youtu.be/a_BOO7AoJ2M
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Casual/Rebellion: Before he became a famous DJ, when he was just a kid from a favela who led the rebellion against Vishkar
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Bard (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
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Pacific All-Stars 2019: put all 4 All-Stars skins back on the table, purchasable with OWL tokens, but not for a limited time, or, every time All-Stars skins come around, let us buy the older ones as well, same as with seasonal skins
McCree:
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Dungeon Master: A typical fantasy setting just as a wink to Matt Mercer
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Lone Ranger (self-explanatory)
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Inidiana Jones, with Fedora and whip included
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Mathias Shaw from WoW
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Woody
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Waiter and Maid (by decomposing)
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Jim Raynor (by MofoMan2020)
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John Wick
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Jigen (Lupin III) (by KulstorEbrou)
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Jericho Cross (by Kusarin)
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Shaggy (by Pachimari)
Mei:
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Li Li Stormstout from WoW
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Ghostbuster
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Mei-dusa. There’s several concepts of this one on the web, the jist is she turns people to stone instead of freezing them
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Fairy Mei: Left click: creeper weed. Right click: wooden needle. Shift: She gets enveloped by roots and creeper weed. E: creeper weed wall. Q: Entangling roots
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Yokai
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The Lich Queen, if you can manage for her to wield Frostmourne. Maybe her blaster can look like it, and Snowball can be Kel’thuzad’s head
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Beach Mei (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
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Mum-Mei: Mei as a Mummy, sprays sand instead of ice. Ice wall is now Egyptian hieroglyphics covered wall. Snowball is now a Scarab. Ice block is now a sarcophagus. Icicle is now an Ankh. (by Cerebrum123)
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Hair stylist: Hair gel instead of ice, a comb instead of icicle, Barber Pole pattern ice block and wall (by Cerebrum123)
Mercy:
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WoW Spirit Healer
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Auriel from Diablo
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Baewatch: bit.ly/30A8bqQ
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Stealth: An attire similar to Garrett’s from the Thief game franchise, which would go on par with Pharah’s Stealth skin
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Queen of Blades (by MonkHound)
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Short-haired (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided) (There’s also “Pony-tail Mercy” in the same image)
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Male Mercy: A fan favourite, the original muscular black dude concept from Mei (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
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Atlantic All-Stars 2019_: put all 4 All-Stars skins back on the table, purchasable with OWL tokens, but not for a limited time, or, every time All-Stars skins come around, let us buy the older ones as well, same as with seasonal skins
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Pink: You can make a charity event yearly, and have one new skin and all of the old ones available for that limited period of time
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White Queen from Alice in Wonderland (by Ergotth)
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Bumblebee with a honeycomb staff (by Silawatsi)
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Sister Benedron: Golden-winged priestess from WoW (by Silawatsi)
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Isis: As the in Egyptian goddess of healing (by Silawatsi), stop imagining Mercy bombing stuff, that’s Junkrat’s job
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Labcoat Dr. Ziegler (by Silawatsi)
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Angel of Death (or Grim Reaper Mercy) with a skull make up, hood, black cloak, on her side a long list of names and her caduceus shaped like a scythe (by Ergotth)
Moira:
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The Banshee Queen; Sylvanas in Banshee form
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Queen Talanji of the Zandalari could also be a good fit from WoW
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Witch
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Causal: bit.ly/2ZuC5LU
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Andariel from Diablo (though she probably would fit better if the original tentacled Doc Oc concept would’ve remained)
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Vampire (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
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Blackwatch variants (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
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Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland (by Ergotth)
Orisa:
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Rudolph
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Anub’arak, from Warcraft
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Duriel from Diablo
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Siege Tank from Starcraft (Sgt. Hammer), and when fortified she could put her extra legs to the ground
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Steampunk Orisa with a gatling gun that fires out AWESOMENESS (stolen from MrFriendly)
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Cow (stolen from Suko)
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Gwishin, just like the bastion one (stolen from Cloud)
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Wooden Horse (Troy) (stolen from Kusarin)
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Guardian Lion (Fu Dog) (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
Pharah:
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Queen of Blades from Starcraft
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Stealth: a design inspired in F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter (there are lots of designs on this one, but knowing where it comes from is enough to picture it)
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Ysera/Alextrasza from WoW
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Lilith from Diablo
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Sekhmet: Egyptian goddess, depicted as a lioness, the fiercest hunter known to the Egyptians. It would go in the tandem with Ana’s Bastet
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Raven (pitch black feathery version of the raptora suit)
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Junker (originally proposed as “Punk?” but created with in-game assets from Roaghog and Torb she looks Junker-y) (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
Reaper:
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His Masquerade’s costume
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Jack Skellington
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Malthael from Diablo
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Illidan (bit.ly/327gNWu) from Warcraft
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Skeletor
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Lolita (by decomposing) (I’m starting to get scared of this guy)
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Neo Reyes: Neo from the Matrix, but as Reyes, no Reaper mask
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Lil’ Bo Reap: Reaper in a pink dress and long curly hair. Sheep sounds on his shadow step (by Cerebrum123)
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Hairdresser: Hair dryer shot guns, and “Dry! Dry! Dry!” for his ult voice line (by Cerebrum123)
Reinhardt:
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Casual (from Dragon Slayer comic)
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King (from Halloween)
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Templar Knight
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Ragnaros!
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Fel Reaver (also from WoW)
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King Leoric from Diablo
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Rrailhardt: His ultimate line would become “ALL ABOARD!” and his Charge skill would have the sound of an incoming train, whistle and all (bit.ly/2Zk80DE / i.imgur .com/bxg9DSX.jpg) (by Ergotth)
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Warcraft Paladin, Uther the Lightbringer looks perfect for him (by Arcadium)
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Knight of Clubs from Alice in Wonderland (by Ergotth)
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Woodenhardt: Roughly hewn wooden armor (some pieces with the bark still attached), wielding a giant woodcutter’s axe (as “Woodsman” by Silawatsi)
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Janitor: Replaces hammer with mop, firestrike and earthshatter get sudsy water effects (by Cerebrum123)
Roadhog:
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Snowman (he is already round enough)
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Chen Stormstout from Warcraft (he is already round enough)
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Pudge/Abomination also from Warcraft
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Mammoth (hairy with huge tusks)
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Speedo Roadhog (by Ruby)
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Schoolgirl (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
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Mammoth (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
Sigma
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College frat football player (by Miksolo)
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Dungeon Master: Cardboard armor and d20s for hyperspheres (by Miksolo)
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Isaac Newton (by Miksolo)
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King Leoric (Diablo) fits him pretty great, actually
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Mountain Giant from WoW, his hyperspheres could be swapped for pieces of Azsharite.
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Archon (Starcraft) with a “Power Overwhelming!” voiceline for his ult (by VossTheRam)
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Arthas Menethil as the Lich King with Frostmourne on his back and icy hyperspheres
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IT (Stephen King’s clown) with “We all float down here, Georgie” ult line (by Rocktopus and Cerebrum123)
Soldier: 76:
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Dad-ish ugly Christmas sweater
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Riot Police
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Khadgar, (a.k.a. Dad-gar) with Atiesh turned into his rifle (WoW)
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Ghost Rider
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Marine, from Starcraft (by VossTheRam)
Sombra:
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Jester from Masquerade
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Nightgown from Masquerade
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Hooded
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Vanessa Van Cleef from WoW
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Alice in Wonderland (by Anonymous)
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Chessire Cat from Alice in Wonderland (by Ergotth)
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Demon Hunter was announced to be attainable in loot boxes some time in 2019. Please do it and do the same for 2016 and 2017 BlizzCon skins
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Trinity (from the Matrix) (by BlankReg)
Symmetra:
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Li-Ming from Diablo 3
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Diablo 2 Sorceress (by Arcadium)
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Tal-Rasha
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Jaina Proudmore from WoW
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Refraction (the important part of this one is that her beam is multi-coloured)
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Lotus: The colour palette should be of blues, purples and pinks, her turrets and teleporter would blossom from a lotus flower, her photon projector would also end in a lotus flower, and her photon barrier segments, instead of beehive-ish hexagons, would as well follow and interlocked lotus flowers pattern
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Formal (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
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Mermaid with little fish swimming around in her arm (by DizzyDwarf)
Torbjörn:
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Gimli
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Carpenter with wooden turrets
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Casual: White tanktop, fingered prosthetic arm, based on him at Brig’s origin cinematic
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Junker (by Virgrid)
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Strike Team (by Virgrid)
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Suit / Formal (by Virgrid)
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Beekeeper (by Virgrid)
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Engineer (tf2) (by Virgrid) (don’t see them adding a TF2 skin, though)
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Hazmat (from Destroyer) (by Virgrid)
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Megaman (by KulstorEbrou)
Tracer:
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Steampunk/Clockwork, with cogs everywhere and an analogue clock as her chronal accelerator
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Her water pistols skin from HotS
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Casual Tracer form xmas comic
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Her training suit from Uprising comic (black and orange)
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Demon Hunter (it should never have gone to Sombra, no matter the name of the armor set) (by SoonMoon)
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Will-o’-Wisp (ghost looking Tracer) (by SoonMoon)
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Venom (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
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Atlantic All-Stars 2018: put all 4 All-Stars skins back on the table, purchasable with OWL tokens, but not for a limited time, or, every time All-Stars skins come around, let us buy the older ones as well, same as with seasonal skins
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White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland (by Ergotth)
Widowmaker:
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Wedding gown (self-explanatory)
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Corpse Bride (by kappa)
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Her night gown from Masquerade
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Ballerina
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The one from the comic Legacy
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Night Warrior Tyrande from WoW
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Amazon with Buriza-do Kyanon from Diablo
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Moulin Rouge: Cancan outfit
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Rebelle (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
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Short haired (by decomposing) (Concept skin provided)
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Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland (by Ergotth)
Winston:
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Ugly Christmas sweater (xmas comic)
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Greymane (wolf form, of course) from WoW
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Winston in a Jim Raynor (from Starcraft) suit, or a fully fleshed Jim if you prefer so
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Planet of the Apes (purplish jumpsuit + violet vest and gloves like the gorillas in the original PotA movies/series)
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Labcoat
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Donkey Kong (and expanding partnership/deal with Nintendo that got OW one Switch) (by GreyFalcon)
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Bring back BlizzCon 2017 skin as you announced for Demon Hunter Sombra
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Flying Ace: Don’t remove it, as Lúcio’s emote, or make it available again every time a new “Last champion” skin is put out, same as with seasonal skins
Wrecking Ball:
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Hamster Ball (of Hard Light, but maybe not light blue, so that id**ts who won’t break one shield in their entire life in OW don’t instinctively avoid hitting Hammond more than they already do)
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Magic 8 Ball (every time it stops rolling a different answer can be seen in the back, while the 8, of course, if on the front of the ball)
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Disco Ball (Hammond dressed as John Travolta in SNF)
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D.Va (pink ball, Hammond wearing a D.Va jumpsuit, and a special voice line when they meet with this skin on)
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Trasure Goblin from Diablo (the ball is the treasure bag, a goblinoid Hammond emerges from the opening, drops coins when hit or killed)
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Iron Horde’s Iron Star for the mech, driven by a Goblin, perhaps? (by VossTheRam)
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Miley Cyrus (I so wanna see at least a concept of this!!!) (by ToxicGambler)
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Grimlin (by KulstorEbrou)
Zarya:
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Panzer: Tank inspired armour
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Beach Zarya (with concept added by decomposing, again with in-game assets)
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Big Fuzzy Siberian Bear: Make what you want out of this
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Thunder Guard (from HotS) (by Cyberian)
Zenyatta:
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Jack-o’-Lantern: Pumpkin head, pumpkin balls, you get how it goes ♪ Pumpkins. Lots of pumpkins. Hitting everyone from the backline ♪ One of the Shambali, this monk’s surely gonna make you cry ♪ * Flinstones theme music rolling in the background *
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Kael’thas Sunstrider (just because of the orbs floating over Felo’Melorn)
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Shaolin (orange robe, etc)
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Astromancer (his balls follow the phases of the moon)
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Cheff: Cheff hat, moustache and meatball orbs (by Miksolo)
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Elemental, with matching elemental orbs colours, and you could do several elements (by Ov3r9K)
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Zen-Nakji: Add it permanently, as Lúcio’s emote, or make it available again every time a new “Last MVP” skin is put out, same as with seasonal skins
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Knight of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland (by Ergotth)
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Farmer who fires rotten tomatoes
Global:
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A “Zombie” skin for every hero (though Zennyatta, Bastion and Orisa would get a rusted one, same as D.Va’s and Hammond’s suits, and Genji would be half and half, including malfunctioning lights)
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A “Lifeguard” skin for every hero (by KillerQueen), adding to the already proposed “Baewatch” for Mercy, and to already live McCree’s. And Bastion could be the boat!
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All of these retro/rockabilly skins: (bit.ly/2ZmqLq0)
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Sailor Moon edition (by decomposing, with a few concepts provided)
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There’s also Magic Girl edition on the internet, following a similar idea.
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Steampunk, adding the others to the already proposed/implemented (by Silawatsi)
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Pirate, adding to those already in-game like Ana and Junkrat (by Silawatsi)
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Mideval / period costumes: They could be all European-style, or the equivalent for the same period in their proper regions (Japanese styles for Genji and Hanzo, Lúcio as an Amazonian native, etc) (by Silawatsi)
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Fairy/Fey creatures: There’s a few already proposed (like Fairy Mei, or Mei-ry), some of what’s now live can be counted as fey (as Mercy’s Sugar Plum) (by Silawatsi)
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Formal wear: Adding to the many already proposed and/or implemented (by Silawatsi)
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Fairy Tale Characters (by Silawatsi)
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Warcraft / Diablo / Starcraft characters crossover skins. There’s several in-game and even more proposed, but surely there’s more possibilities (by Silawatsi)
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60s SciFi: Outfits with wobbling props and gregarious hair and voice lines, all in black and white (and greys). With special tie-ins on Hollywood, Eichenwalde and Horizon maps. (by LordAn)
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Old Cerebrum123 thread, with more ideas Overwatch Forums
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Summer/Bathing suits (by tiffac)
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OWL Gray skins Either added to the loot boxes, the Limited lootboxes proposed here, or available to be bought via OWL tokens