The latest issue of "Developer Diary" (the City of Heroes development team's behind-the-scenes blog) in Issue #15 features an interesting look at some of the new character customization options. Dubbed "A Paragon of Customization" and written by Christopher Bruce, Senior Lead Animator/VFX Artist, the diary entry highlights a couple new costume sets designed by Cheryl Austin, the newest member of the company's character artist team. Also included are more than 20 new face textures, a feat that the dev team hasn't taken on since City of Villains launched, according to Bruce.

"While our options for individual costume pieces and sets have continued to expand over the years," Bruce says, "our selection of faces hasn't received the same amount of attention. Her goal was to create a set of new face textures that were a bit more subtle and realistic and while also working well across our full range skin tones."

The entry also hints at a few more goodies like new "costume change emotes," and features a gallery of pictures showcasing the new costumes and a bunch of new face textures. Check it out!