How exactly do they work? I mean, do you have to differentiate a bit from what the hero had equipped in DotA 1 to avoid infringing on copyrights or what? I was thinking it will infringe, but "borrowing" would work.
I think this one was scrapped because it changed the color scheme drastically rather than because it was ripping off blizzard. But yeah, it also ripped it off almost 1:1 On the other hand, there's an original Sven's sword replica in the game, so it's probably not such a big deal.
CrucifiX, you can get inspired by the dota 1 hero. But you need to make some changes, not drastic changes, but just some, so it isn't the excact same with updated textures ;)
Ahh, so I guess I will have to do something different, after all. Kinda thought so, I didn't want to get sued if I end up doing a set "inspired" by the look of the hero in DotA 1, which takes the hero looks from WC3, since.... It IS WC3.