Why do Dunmer have wrinkles under their eye? : V

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:30 pm

Is this a lore thing? Or did Betheseda just make them look like a stress freak or just look old?

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:12 pm

Last I checked all the races appear to have a wrinkle problem (particularly females.)

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:24 pm

They were cursed by Azura. They are not supposed to look kawaii.

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:28 am

Last I checked all the races appear to have a wrinkle problem (particularly females.)

Not the normal laugh lines. He's talking about the deep "I've been working out in the sun in tomato fields my whole life" lines and furrows that the Dunmer have under the eyes, along the forehead and above the upper lip. They look like they've led very hard, cigarette-smoking, booze drinking lives. The other Elven and Human races aren't like that.

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:46 pm

Not the normal laugh lines. He's talking about the deep "I've been working out in the sun in tomato fields my whole life" lines and furrows that the Dunmer have under the eyes, along the forehead and above the upper lip. They look like they've led very hard, cigarette-smoking, booze drinking lives. The other Elven and Human races aren't like that.

well...they ARE native to an arid volcanic wasteland. Oh, and cursed.

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:24 am

well...they ARE native to an arid volcanic wasteland. Oh, and cursed.

They just got an ashed skin, I doubt Azura said "I'm cursing you people by giving you ugly wrinkles".

On a more serious note, it's just their default setting, you can remove em.

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:52 pm

No, you can't remove them. Only mods can do that. Some of us don't play on the PC and are screwed in that department along with every single char having weird lines on the end of their noses.

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:42 pm

...along with every single char having weird lines on the end of their noses.

I still can't believe that little oversight. It's literally right there staring you in the face as soon as you start the game.

As for the dark elves, it's an interesting direction to take it, and I think it makes the male dunmer look pretty bad%$#, but "wizened" isn't how I want to have to describe an entire race of females in a fantasy game. Thank you, mods.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:01 am

No, you can't remove them. Only mods can do that. Some of us don't play on the PC and are screwed in that department along with every single char having weird lines on the end of their noses.

Well not completely, but they don't have any bigger wrinkles than other characters do. Weird lines on the end of the noses are nasolabial lines, and most people in real life have em.

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:32 pm

Well not completely, but they don't have any bigger wrinkles than other characters do. Weird lines on the end of the noses are nasolabial lines, and most people in real life have em. :tongue:

Huh? I kinda thought he was talking about thosehttp://thymanrdworld.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/skyrim-no-more-blocky-faces.jpg?w=576

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:02 am

They just got an ashed skin, I doubt Azura said "I'm cursing you people by giving you ugly wrinkles". :tongue:

On a more serious note, it's just their default setting, you can remove em.

Yea we can remove them if we on PS3 or 360.

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:12 am

Huh? I kinda thought he was talking about thosehttp://thymanrdworld.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/skyrim-no-more-blocky-faces.jpg?w=576

Aaaah those. I only noticed them a few times and those few times were all females which I only have a one character of. :shrug:

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:52 pm

I hate it too. I was able to cover them up by lowering the eyes, raising the cheekbones adding an unwanted War Paint. But I can live with the WP a little easier than the wrinkles.

The nose lines are bad. As well as, the Breton forehead wrinkles. It makes them look Krogan.

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:28 pm

genetic trait

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:20 pm

At least in Skyrim they don't resemble unisix baby-faced smurfs like in Oblivion.

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:57 pm

I think it's due to the fact of lotion-crisis 50 years earlier

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:07 am

Look at the bright side folks... At least in Skyrim they got rid of the mid-life crisis haircut for elves that was present in Oblivion.

Just look at Mankar Camoran or Valen Dreth:

http://images.wikia.com/elderscrolls/images/a/a6/300px-Mancamwikimi5.png
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/1/17166/1488657-valen_dreth_large.jpg

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:49 am

Last I checked all the races appear to have a wrinkle problem (particularly females.)

Hey Frank

They have lost their homeland, so it's natural that they would be stressed out. But Skyrim makes everyone look ancient.

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:04 pm

Look at the bright side folks... At least in Skyrim they got rid of the mid-life crisis haircut for elves that was present in Oblivion.

Pretty sure that haircut's http://onirome.fr/skyrim/images/6/6a/Ancano.png, it just looks a little less absurd with modern graphics.

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:32 pm

Yeah, pretty much everyone race looks too aged. Some artist probably got enthusiastic just for having the ability to do that with this engine. Now we all have to live with it.

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:25 pm

Pretty sure that haircut's http://onirome.fr/skyrim/images/6/6a/Ancano.png, it just looks a little less absurd with modern graphics.

Hell, you're right. I shall never escape this nightmare of f*cked-up haircuts... :stare:

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:02 am

So they wouldn't have the potato faces like they did in oblivion?

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:11 pm

I don't mind the smoothness of the Oblivion faces, but the shapes were just.. almost so bad I didn't want to play sometimes. I don't even understand how that happened.

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:01 pm

Look at the bright side folks... At least in Skyrim they got rid of the mid-life crisis haircut for elves that was present in Oblivion.

Just look at Mankar Camoran or Valen Dreth:

http://images.wikia.com/elderscrolls/images/a/a6/300px-Mancamwikimi5.png
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/1/17166/1488657-valen_dreth_large.jpg

Yeah, but they replaced it for women with two stupid anime-inspired things. Flying braids and knobs on the head. I can't take the master Destruction trainer seriously. She looks like a http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Faralda.

» Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:20 pm

All dunmer work night shifts, are ex-smokers and use dremora for more than just one type of combat. This my friend is a confirmed fact.

:thumbsup: