Dark Elf Males Look Too Old.. : V

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:56 am

I love the dark elves, but the male dark elves look a bit old, which is why I made a female character. I dont have a problem with girls, but seriously there must be some way to change this? Im not sure if its already in the game or not, but thats my only real problem with them and i would like to see it fixed.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:37 pm

Not to mention the fact that they look creepy too. Maybe the cold weather does that to them..

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:31 am

They sound worse than they look...better than Oblivion at least.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:24 pm

This is what they're meant to look like.

The pudding people in Oblivion were the exception, not the rule.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:41 am

The females do too, but I guess that's the "creepy, grizzly" look Dark Elves are known for..

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:43 am

The bosmer on the other hand, look fantastic (playing as one now).

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:59 pm

I personally like the Dunmer in Skyrim. The good majority of them are refugees and fighters, so it stands to reason that they'd be hardened people. The only that bugs me is one of the generic male voice actors - the one with the bad Aussie/English accent that seems to voice every male Dunmer in the game.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:39 am

they are the cursed folk...cursed with ash skin and a case of the uglies, i'm just glad they look different than the other elves in skyrim

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:07 am

The Dark Elves can make the Orcs seem positively fresh-faced and apple-cheeked in this game.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:58 am

The females also look old (and not to mention, ugly as hell!).

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 5:21 am

The females also look old (and not to mention, ugly as hell!).

I agree with this statement. The females look too manly.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:42 am

I agree with this statement. The females look too manly.

http://images.uesp.net/b/bb/SR-npc-Karliah.jpg
Yeah. Old and ugly... :biggrin:

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 5:06 am

My High Elf female looks really old also....In fact every charcter in the game looks kind of old...Look at the female NPCs that are in the game...even the young ones look like ex-crackheads....I think Bethesda was going for the weathered look since Skyrim is such a harsh environment.....Or at least thats what I tell myself.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:37 pm

Mine looks middle-aged, if he were human I'd put him at forty-ish.
It makes sense that the Dunmer are a haggard-looking people when you think about it, A: they've been at war or fighting with the various monsters that live (or should I say lived?) in Morrowind for pretty much their entire history, B: they're cursed, they're not meant to be pretty, and C: they're a refugee people in a land that's largely unfriendly to their kind.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 5:26 am

I tried to make mine look like Drizzt Do'Urdan... who cares if he looks older, aslong as he looks like a BOSS!

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 5:52 am

http://images.uesp.net/b/bb/SR-npc-Karliah.jpg
Yeah. Old and ugly... :biggrin:

That looks great! :ooo:

Are you on a pc? I'm on ps3 and have an hdtv and spent over an hour or so trying to make one look that good. I gave up and went with a nord.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:50 am

If you're on PC it's easily fixable with a mod.

Personally I much much prefer the way they look in Skyrim over the blue smurf look they had in Oblivion. It gives the Dunmer more character then in Oblivion, character which they had in games before Oblivion as well. Also, the look fits their nature and heritage quite well imho.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:03 pm

The Dark Elves can make the Orcs seem positively fresh-faced and apple-cheeked in this game.

Apple-cheeked? Well, I guess Granny Smiths are a type of apple...

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:32 pm

Maybe their older appearance is a side effect of Red Mountain exploding.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:15 am

http://images.uesp.net/b/bb/SR-npc-Karliah.jpg
Yeah. Old and ugly... :biggrin:

Yeah. Old and ugly. Karliah is no exception.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:26 am

I looked through a couple of ES wikis and its pretty sad what happened to Morrowind and the Dunmer since Oblivion. Huge disaster followed by Argonians taking advantage of the situation and doing a genocide/ethnic cleansing on the few remaining Dark Elves. Sad to think that the amazing Morrowind of ES III is gone forever.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:32 pm

Atleast they dont have the bloated plastic potato face like Oblivion.... http://s3.hubimg.com/u/1795414_f520.jpg

I know which one i like better.... :biggrin:

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:26 pm

Elves can live for centuries. They're all probably really old anyway.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:01 pm

Dark Elves always had tough paper rounds as children, wears them out early. :wink:

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:31 am

I looked through a couple of ES wikis and its pretty sad what happened to Morrowind and the Dunmer since Oblivion. Huge disaster followed by Argonians taking advantage of the situation and doing a genocide/ethnic cleansing on the few remaining Dark Elves. Sad to think that the amazing Morrowind of ES III is gone forever.

Agreed. When somebody on the UESP forums mentioned the book that detailed what happened, I was hoping it wouldnt be considered canon.