ZOS would absolutely need a veto over the vote to prevent a troll motif getting pushed through by a lot of votes. They'd also need to modify some submitted motifs at their own discretion to fit in with the overall aesthetic and lore in the game. As long as they did that, I could see it working. There are already some games that do this, TF2 for instance.

Valkerian is right though. It would be a LOT of work for modders. A lot more modeling and texturing to make an entire racial style in this game than to create a single style of armor for Skyrim.

@Valkerian‌ Looking back at Skyrim, I see many mods that actually have so much work put in them. And don't forget the ESO armors are essentially just textures painted on the skin, made to look spacial with ambient occlusion, with the exception of the smaller armor pieces and some details in the clothing.

The amount of work you have to put in them would also prevent an endless stream of submissions and it probably wouldn't get as high as 10 each month, but it would only cause the most devoted modders making the best quality motifs to participate. If the amount of submissions wouldn't get so high, the maximum of 10 could be eventually completely scrapped so all of the good motifs could get through.

@nudel‌ I already suggested that, the motifs would have to be lore-friendly and fitting into the game's art style.

10 would be a bit high but I like the idea...lets not underestimate the voracious appetite the Elder Scrolls modding community has.

I have no doubt that if player generated geometry of any kind was allowed in game via some sort of approval process that we would see some very awesome results.

@Malediktus‌ This has already been mentioned thrice, ZOS would have a veto and all of the motifs would have to be lore-friendly and fitting into the art style.