YEEEEAAAH! Redhead for the win, ftw!
The default FemShep isn't so far off from my custom one, now, it seems. Although, mine is still 10x hotter. Though the default one now certainly has it's charms (in a very "I'm a pissed off redhead military girl, and your life is forfeit.. also I'm fucking saving the galaxy!" sense of the word)..
Gethsemani said:
What has been perplexing me now for a while is that when they choose how to represent the male Shephard, they simply went with using Mark Meer, the voice actor for MaleShep, as the basis for his appearance. But when it is the FemShep representation that's the center of attention we need to have massive votes to determine which FemShep looks best, instead of just using Jennifer Hale (who is a pretty good looking woman) as the basis for her.
To me, it screams of double standard. And as many others have said, she looks far too young, to the point that she reminds me of the re-booted Lara Croft. According to Mass Effect, Commander Shephard is 27 or 29 (I can't remember which, but it can be extrapolated from reading the codex entries).
Mark Meers was never the appearance model for Commander Shepard, only his voice. His model is a Swedish (I think?) man whom only has that very connection to the character of Commander Shepard (if you keep with default), nothing more.
Also, you do realize that humans in the Mass Effect universe can live to nearly 150 years, right? And that futuristic medical technology has been used extensively by those in the universe with the credits for it, and most 30-40 year olds can very commonly be mistaken for 20-25 through such advances (which has been presented during In Game conversations in the first and second Mass Effect game several times, no less). You can't judge a characters appearance or age in Mass Effect by present age-to-appearance factors anymore (although you can make an educated guess), as we have very little to none of the advanced skincare medicines and technology that Commander Shepard would have very good ease at getting in her position and amassed wealth in a futuristic universe.