I have a couple suggestions.
If the idea behind the change in appearance is to make it look graceful and lovely, and bring to mind roses, I would go with either a silver barrel or a dark green one. Then, (this is where the appearance would REALLY stand out) The chamber for the ammunition would look similar to a closed rose, BUT NOT BE EXACTLY THE SAME. The Idea is the bring to mind roses, not make one shoot, similar to Thorn, which looks thorny, instead of being exactly like a thorn. The chamber would make up the back half of The Rose, so instead of pulling out a magazine, you pull off the back half of the gun to reload. the rose section would be pinkish, to continue the look of a rose. I also think it would look cool for the sights to look like Thorns, as a nod to the weapon's past.
For another perk, I would suggest Ammo regen. Here is how I envision it:
Regrowth- The Rose regrows past blossoms, returning them to your ammo stores.
This will be accompanied by a custom animation of Either rose petals falling when a new magazine is created, or another blossom growing on the side of the gun, and getting picked by the player.
This perk will work similarly to the Icebreaker and Invective perks.
Keep in mind that these are just suggestions, and you don't need to do anything with them.
Also, Bump
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Thanks for the ideas! There are so many possible ways this could be done! I do like your description of the design. It's hard for me to know if my original idea would look good without actually seeing it, so it's nice to have alternate ideas.
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Why not make it white? As opposed to the black thorn
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That's the direction in leaning for my concept art (incoming!). My original idea was red, but I think white would be better for the theme.
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No problem. I can't draw either, so we're up the creek there. Maybe in your post you make an edit asking for an artist to try and render this into a drawing.
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I actually had someone offer. I just have to do a really rough sketch and they're gonna pretty it up!
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That's fair.