Bethesda Introduces Skyrim's New Faces

[The_ModeRazor]

As long as I can punch bears in the face and become a one-man singularity, I'm ok.

 

[ace_of_something]

Yikes! One of the nords (the very first one) looks so much like brother it's kind of frightening.

Meh, I don't care about pre-sets I never use them, as a rule, ever.

 

[Erana]

Awesome, the Dunmer look like they were pulled straight from Morrowind.

Is this a bad thing?

No, it is a fantastic thing. The Dark Elves in Morrowind looked menacing, jaded and tough. Morrowind basically made you feel that you didn't want to mess around with a Dunmer, or s/he would cut your throat just by looking at them. That looks seems to be back for Skyrim.

I'm loving the whole reminiscent-of-Morrowind thing in general. Yes, Morrowind had a lot of brown, but it had a cohesive palette between the sky, sea and earth that allowed for vivid colors, like the blue of the Betty Netch and the red of Daedric material, to really pop out in its pre-industrial environments.
Oblivion was a nice breath of fresh air, with all its brown contemporaries, but it was ultimately a bit gaudy, sitting between a stylistic vibrant palette and the potency of color that comes from a few vivid points juxtaposed to the majority of matter, whose hue is tempered by lighting, dirt, or other circumstanci-

Ok, I'm going on art rant.
I liked Morrowind and thought it was pretty. /blathering

 

[JokerboyJordan]

Anybody else notice Odin in the last slide, 4th from top?

 

[Krantos]

Yeah! The Dunmer look intimidating again!

All around, the races look much better this time around. Very rugged and tough. Not as... er.. fluffy as they were in IV.

 

[Imp_Emissary]

Clever Girl.......Also am I the only person who is still struggling to tell which of the human races is which?

You know what the Khajiits, and Argonians say, "Humans. They all look alike. Well except the Redguard...."

Well, maybe they'll have different types of clothing so we can tell by what they wear?

 

[Mariena]

Fancy faces aside, this will do nothing for me if my (female) character will sound like the she-hulk and all these lovely characters will talk about mudcrabs all day.

 

[Sabrestar]

Those are Dark Elf females?

*sigh* Now I know why I reserved judgment

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

Bretons look like celts and Imperials look like romans which is good. All the other races also look great.

 

[Terminal Blue]

Clever Girl.......Also am I the only person who is still struggling to tell which of the human races is which?

It goes:

Breton (pale skin, delicate faces)
Imperial (more swarthy and Mediterranean looking)
Redguard (dark skinned. Holy crap those Redguard chicks look badass)
Nords (large and broad featured)

You know, I never noticed how wrong it was that the super pale people are completely overpowered. Can we say 'master race' (joking, joking, seriously joking)

Unfortunately, I'm not too keen on my normal favourite race (Altmer) but on the flipside.. holy crap, the Bosmer look terrifying. I will never laugh at their pathetic size and stupid racial abilities again.. they look like they'd shoot me in the face if I ever dared. :S

 

[Yokai]

The graphics are better, but as faces go, they don't look as good as Oblivion.
Look at the Dark Elf, that's not a face...

I'm still going to play and love the game of course.

You...might want to have another look at Oblivion. Not only were the faces in there strange and bloated-looking, but in terms of structure it was impossible to tell one race from another. Nearly all of them looked like they were designed by someone who had very limited artistic ability and knowledge of the human(oid) face.

It's clear that in this case, they really put some work into making the races look different, as they should. I admit the elves are a bit creepy looking, but the fact that they can't be mistaken for humans is very much a good thing. And the Dunmer, specifically, were clearly remodeled to look like their Morrowind versions:

So overall I think this is a massive improvement.

 

[Kelethor]

Why you all look so mad?

but seriosuly, a smile would hurt the faces of these characters. the Nords are a bunch of alcohol loving barbarians. sure, there's a time for war and plunder, but for joyous celebrations and mead, too!

 

[Ashsaver]

I'm gonna wait for those creative minds at nexus to create some really interesting mods for my characters =3

Spoiler: Just look at how beautiful Oblivion character can be

 

[W3rK]

For those that still cannot tell the races apart (which was pretty straightforward for me to be honest), here's the hint - they're sorted in alphabetical order, except for Nords, which are on the two last pics.

So: Argnonian, Breton, Dunmer (or Dark Elf), High Elf, Imperial, Khajiit, Orc, Redguard, Wood Elf, Nord.

So there.

Also - in my opinion elven races look best of all the TES games to date, and I've played them all (my Arena floppy disks say so at least). No more jaundiced, glowing Altmer, no more tame looking Dunmer, no more muppet-show Bosmer!

...so good in fact that it made me consider choosing a different race this time, other than my beloved Breton.


PS: Also don't mind all of them looking gruff the slightest... in my opinion the over-sweetened, mangoid modifications really don't work well in TES. Besides I'm fairly certain that with this system there's going to plenty of room for making your character's apparent sex as ambiguous as you want...

 

[Voulan]

I'm totally in love with the male Khajiit, second row, right in the middle. He's got such a cheeky hidden grin and looks cocky as anything, he's just brimming with personality.

A few observations - the orcs are bloody scary looking, and the Nords are surprisingly beautiful. Also, I agree with everyone else that the Khajiit women are a little too long-necked.

If you directly compare the Breton and Imperial women, side-by-side, there is quite a lot of difference. The Imperials have very strong and defined features, whereas the Bretons look more delicate and reserved (scholarly, I think someone said before). If you don't look at them together it's quite difficult to tell the difference, though. But then there will be the height difference in-game.

I really like how each of these characters look like they actually have a story and a personality. It's very promising.

 

[Iron Lightning]

Well, it's a minor thing, but it's always nice to see people going the extra mile.

 

[Galliam]

Image 19, top middle. 7 of 9!!!!

 

[Necrofudge]

The weird thing is, I'm starting to get angry whenever more news of Skyrim comes out.

It just serves as a reminder of the two and a half months of waiting I have left.

Still, these faces are pretty awesome. A nice improvement from Oblivion