# Idea - Let pilots create their own ship skins **URL:** \ **Category:** Player Features & Ideas\ **Created:** [September 8, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454 "2019-09-08T04:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Runa\_Yamaguchi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/runa_yamaguchi/32/197532_2.png) [@Runa\_Yamaguchi](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Runa_Yamaguchi)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454/21 "2019-09-08T11:48:18Z")
I for one do not want goofy skins flying all over the place… …but I think a system where you can submit them to CCP and THEY vote (in secret) on them would be fine. Charge a bit of PLEX for them and give 500M to the creator (or whatever)… ---
**Author:** ![Cypherous](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cypherous/32/499883_2.png) [@Cypherous](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cypherous)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454/22 "2019-09-08T11:56:15Z")
> [@Abruzzi\_Oskold](#): > > > [@Nana\_Skalski](#): > > > > Better idea > > You need to consider the _maturity_ level of your customers before you move ahead with such things. > Giving that level of flexibility in some social circles would probably work, with this game, no way in hell. > > What was it Hilmar said at that fanfest? How many minutes til pen\*s? > I think “seconds” would have been a better question I mean, a penis would be literally the first thing i tried to make just because [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/7/9/9/799a663208a7ea10974151533cde3ed0b6e4b0c7.jpeg "Ding Dong Song Photon AMV") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GyrNdPynBA) ---
**Author:** ![Sordina1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sordina1/32/158264_2.png) [@Sordina1](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sordina1)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454/23 "2019-09-08T11:58:15Z")
Even if only half of community will submit skins to CCP, this will be insane amount of data to test and approve. If price of this skins will be somewhere near to famous monocle. Maybe income will be enough to create new team inside CCP/GM’s. ---
**Author:** ![Mortlake](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mortlake/32/510240_2.png) [@Mortlake](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mortlake)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454/24 "2019-09-08T11:59:32Z")
In fairness to me I’m old enough to remember Carry On films and Benny Hill being staple TV fodder. I’m off to stick a pole up (new wifi antenna on the shed). ---
**Author:** ![Runa\_Yamaguchi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/runa_yamaguchi/32/197532_2.png) [@Runa\_Yamaguchi](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Runa_Yamaguchi)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454/25 "2019-09-08T12:00:22Z")
Go to bed grandpa… (I’m not far behind you I fear) ---
**Author:** ![Jonah\_Gravenstein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jonah_gravenstein/32/386819_2.png) [@Jonah\_Gravenstein](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jonah_Gravenstein)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454/26 "2019-09-08T12:10:19Z")
Me too, couldn’t show half of it on today’s TV, somebody is bound to get offended. ---
**Author:** ![Mortlake](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mortlake/32/510240_2.png) [@Mortlake](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mortlake)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454/27 "2019-09-08T12:10:33Z")
Meh, I can still lift my leg high enough to kick ass without falling over. ---
**Author:** ![Jian\_Mira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jian_mira/32/509519_2.png) [@Jian\_Mira](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jian_Mira)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454/28 "2019-09-08T12:31:29Z")
This would be a great idea and have always thought CCP would do this in the end… CCP could put a cost down to each colour the pilot uses and the pilot would pay out at the end of finished design which they then could put in a gallery and would also let the player sell their designs, of course there would be some restrictions. ---
**Author:** ![Daichi\_Yamato](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/daichi_yamato/32/252995_2.png) [@Daichi\_Yamato](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Daichi_Yamato)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454/29 "2019-09-08T17:35:52Z")
Use existing graphics (from existing skins), but players can change the colours/shading. Like how in game corp logos work. Then let players submit their own graphics/skins like submitting alliance logo’s. Monetization idea: Access to premium graphics for plex. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasia\_Vemane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anastasia_vemane/32/152565_2.png) [@Anastasia\_Vemane](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anastasia_Vemane)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454/30 "2019-09-08T20:20:06Z")
Hell, yes!!! ---
**Author:** ![Salt\_Foambreaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/salt_foambreaker/32/280119_2.png) [@Salt\_Foambreaker](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Salt_Foambreaker)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454/31 "2019-09-09T16:55:49Z")
It would need to be extremely limited. Like @Daichi_Yamato posted only I would not allow the submission of graphics only because that could be overwhelming and staff time is not cheap. I am also concerned that the graphics could contain all kinds of “bad symbols” many of which the staff may not be aware of. ---
**Author:** ![Communard\_Proudhon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/communard_proudhon/32/466930_2.png) [@Communard\_Proudhon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Communard_Proudhon)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454/32 "2019-09-09T20:23:30Z")
Yeah, never considered this when I first made the proposal, but it’s a good point. Never underestimate the trolls. ---
**Author:** ![Crimson\_Draufgange](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/crimson_draufgange/32/149779_2.png) [@Crimson\_Draufgange](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Crimson_Draufgange)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454/33 "2019-09-09T21:24:34Z")
Kind of like mutating a module, but on skins instead. 🤔I like it! ---
**Author:** ![Valiran\_Teleros](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/valiran_teleros/32/504787_2.png) [@Valiran\_Teleros](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Valiran_Teleros)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454/34 "2019-09-09T21:39:57Z")
I think that this idea has merit, especially if CCP takes a page out of [Warframe’s](https://www.warframe.com/) book for revamping the SKIN system, provided the game’s code allows for it. The basic principle of Warframe’s [cosmetics system](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Warframe_Cosmetics) is that there are several skins for each 'frame and weapon, along with a [variety of universal color palettes](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Color_Picker_Extension) that a player can use to customize each skin; it’s very rare to see two warframes that look exactly alike. Each skin and color palette aside from the defaults can only be acquired by using platinum, the game’s premium currency. While you _can_ acquire platinum without spending any of your own money by putting in the time and effort to trade for it, new platinum can only enter the economy by paying real money for it, just like PLEX in EvE. There are also [emblems](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Emblem) and [sigils](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Sigils) that players can use to adorn their 'frames and companions, as well as [ephemera](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Ephemera) that create special effects. Emblems belonging to a particular [syndicate](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Syndicate) even have a practical use by earning you standing with that syndicate when you complete a mission wearing one. I think that changing the SKIN system to allow players to customize the color of their ship and the emblem displayed upon the hull like Warframe does with its cosmetics system would be an excellent idea if the game’s programming allows CCP to implement it. With this system, players wouldn’t be able to cover their ship in swastikas or other offensive images, nor would they be able to recolor their Thorax to look like a veiny 291-meter long phallus. For letting players and fans make custom SKIN designs, Warframe has [TennoGen](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/TennoGen) ([which I’ve mentioned before](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ccp-is-at-it-again/169684/163)). As an incentive for artists to create these skins, each TennoGen design can _only_ be purchased using real money which is split between Digital Extremes and the creator. Some of those cosmetics are so amazingly detailed that it just boggles the mind, and you can’t visit one of the in-game trade hubs without seeing at least a dozen players running around with something bought via TennoGen. One artist [was even lifted out of poverty](https://www.pcgamer.com/how-a-struggling-artist-escaped-poverty-by-designing-a-warframe-scarf/) through the money he made from it! I think that if CCP were to implement this system for in-game cosmetics it would benefit them from the additional revenue _and_ the players by giving us additional freedom to customize the appearance of our ships. Significantly cutting the prices would also get more people to buy cosmetics in the first place. The color picker is an obvious first choice, but it would also be nice to have various animated effects like what we see on the [Sariel’s Flames](https://updates.eveonline.com/card/3NmKg/dramiel-sariel-s-flames-skin/), [Angel’s Hex](https://www.facebook.com/eveonline/posts/angel-cartel-hex-animated-skins-are-now-available-for-the-dramiel-cynabal-darede/10156782226899394/), and [Abyssal SKINS](https://www.eveonline.com/article/pi5fsv/abyssal-skins-now-available-for-the-gila) as something we could apply to a hull regardless of which SKIN pattern we were using. Holographic banners like what the [Yoiul Festival SKINS](https://www.eveonline.com/article/pjw16o/yoiul-yc121-skins-now-available-in-the-new-eden-store) have would also be a plus. The ability to gain/repair standing with various factions by having their emblem/colors emblazoned on your hull (or even _damage_ standing by doing something they don’t like), but I don’t know if the game’s programming would allow it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/idea-let-pilots-create-their-own-ship-skins/188454/35 "2019-12-08T21:40:04Z")
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