Our characters really can't look young, either? That's... bullcrap. I'm 17 years old and my character is to be a young, inexperienced traveler (as evident by the initial lack of skill ability and knowledge of Skyrim) that goes through a life-changing journey in Skyrim to both fit in with my desires and relate to myself, the player. If Skyrim, the fifth iteration of TES series of which I've played from beginning to end and always followed the same archetype, the supposed ultimate, open-ended RPG that allows people to create the character they want and then go do what they want (in Todd's own words, might I add), cannot do this, there's a problem.

Yeah it's no picnic

as long as I can make a bearded barbarian i'm happy I could care less....RP harsh environments such as skyrim and hard on the skin for non nords there you...now quit complaining and play the game or take it back

the hairstyles aren't that good,(in fact i think they are subpar compared with everyhing else in the game graphic wise) i guess we need to wait for nexus modders to start making beauty ,hairstyles and cosmetics mods.

beauty is in the eye of the beholder, when you say you can't make a young looking male character, do you mean young as justin bieber? try breton or imperial i'm sure you will be able to make a handsome male, nords seem to look a bit more rugged but that fits their lore i guess.

Look on the bright side if you can't get a young attractive female character (guess that's what you're really talking about) you could opt for animal magnatism with a cat or reptile.

What.. the Oblivion creator was horrid, well not as horrid as Morrowind's but yeah, I could never create any good looking characters in Oblivion unless I modded the game. Skyrim's is awesome, I was hoping for more options though but it works. My male character definitely looks the way I wanted him to! <3

Hair texture is dismal. And the choices are like you can only choose military style hair for the women characters. WT...?

the oblivion char gen took forever to create a decent character, I personally liked morrowind, why ? because you chose the head and hair and that was IT, was bad at first but over the years there came out many new head models.

anyways I like the faces in skyrim, the elves seem a bit more emaciated then they should but otherwise its a step up from the play dough faces in oblvion

This is embarrassing... this, among other posts shown in this thread, is the representation of modern consumerism? What a joke...need I really explain what's wrong with these statements of complete apathy and anti-criticism and do nothing to assert their point other than stating a lack of care about someone else because this person has their option available to them... even though that defeats the purpose of option and, inherently, the supposed nature of TES series? Must I point out how stepping foot in a cold, somewhat harsh environment doesn't automatically screw up the physical representation of a person's genes? Must I point out the gaping holes in your consumer logic and the seeming incapacity you display in toleration of anyone daring to have a differing view?

i think the first mod im going to install will be beauty and better hairstyle mods

what's a play dough face?

Youth is directly proportionate to complextion and skin tone. Nothing in the actual features will change your age, so tbh, the sliders you need to look at are the complextion. The thing your mistaking for looking "50" is the weathered look that someone in this climate/situation would look. Do you really think they let prisoners wash?

You can RP whatever age, just because your not preened and proper like in oblivion, where for some reason imperial/breton males still managed to look like they rinsed and repeated every morning before getting up to their long day of standing in a cell being heckled by an elf, doesnt mean you look old, you look weathered and effected by the climate/environment.


My point is.. skyrim aint pretty... your not there to look perfect, it shouldnt be an option as its not realistically possible in such a harsh environment

I quite liked the character creation, I was capable of making my female Khajiit much like how I had imagined her.

Must I point out that this is a fantasy RPG game where just about anything is possible. I simply stated what I wanted in the game, then gave the OP 2 simple suggestions. With the lack of being able to see your own character in the inventory menu does it really matter if his character looks 50? Simply play only in 1st person

You're only inherently a prisoner for about 2 minutes. The game is not about you rotting in a dungeon cell and dirt isn't permanently seared onto to one's skin. It comes off with a quick rinse. Simply coming to a cold environment does not cover you in grime. The Vikings were, historically, very clean and hygienic. Hygiene isn't a modern invention. Showers every single day for the average person may be, but to be able to stay clean enough so as not to have dark patches of dirt graphed to your skin was perfectly possible in older civilizations such as that of Viking-age Scandinavia, classical Rome, Ayyubid Arabia, etc.

Are there masks in this game? I suppose you could equip one and pretend that your character has a horribly deformed face or a skin condition like pixel nose or something?


I dont know the hairstlyes in this game are probably among the better ones I have seen in any game's character creation lately (at least for males they are), I mean the only real option for alternate hairstyles for men in Oblivion was Ren's hairstyles which I must admit I am not a huge fan of, I would definately prefer the hairstyles in this game to Ren's work.

To be honest, its representative of your original post as well. Since you seem to class the only options available to non-beast/male characters as "homeless" or "50". As though these are the only two possible outcomes from the character design.

Your free to state you prefer Oblivions character design, but at the same time you fail to grasp that this is Skyrims character design, instead you cast it down as ultimately ugly and offensive to anyone not aged 50 or homeless.

Now when did anyone say that the genes were changed by the environment? There is nothing about the physical features of the characters that age them, there simply isnt. As i said before, it is totally down to the weathered and complexion look that each character has.

Now this is very dependant on racial choice as well, the human races have more weathering than the elves and orcs. The orcs look pretty much perfectly imagined from concept. The elves, look...far more dependant on bone structure, bone structure that can barely be edited, this is something you have to deal with however.
The human ageing is down to the rough look of the skin, dirt, wear and tear all of which would happen in this environment, especially when you consider the situation you begin in.

It's called rugged. It's so you don't look like a Paris runway model.

You're responding to the wrong person. I never created this thread and you don't seem to have seen who I was responding to, because it wasn't you or your post.

exactly I think what he was forgetting is the environment and the point I was trying to make before. Nords are adapted perfectly for the cold they thrive in it. To non nords the environment is harsh. Plus factor in the wind coming down off the mountains. Windburn for instance, repeated windburn could have an effect on your physical appearance, although highly unlikely in this game. Also factor in the dry skin from the cold in the wind. I doubt there is anything other then aloe to be used to moisturize if they even know that it can be used for that.

Yeah, take some of this.

Or play the Saints Row 3 Creation Station.

OR, be a real man! Covered in dirt, hair and scars!

I want to play a Nord bad, but I am just finding it EXTREMELY difficult to make a guy who looks young'ish, no matter what preset, what tinkering I do with all the sliders, I can't seem to make anyone that looks <40'ish.

I wanted to have a good Conan'ish type of look for my character but it seems impossible with the nords.

Look at ur avatar.

I dunno. This facegen system is less flexible, but I woudn't say it's at all impossible to make a good looking char. Just don't expect to be able to make some cutesy little Anime bunny with it.

I just finished making my female Breton, probably the first of many. She wouldn't win a Miss America pageant, but I think she looks pretty good - and she looks like she belongs in the gameworld. Somewhat heavy-set, slightly ruddy complexion. She looks like she's actually done some outdoors physical labor for at least a few days of her life, and could handle herself with an axe.

All in all I kinda dig it.

You serious? the character models look FANTASTIC, you can customize your character however you want the presets just provide you with something to work off of. If your having this hard of a time making a character that looks decent because you're worried about them not being "pretty" enough then maybe you should go play Barbie's horse adventure 2, personally i think barbie looks like a skank but it might be the pretty you're looking for.