Burning Crusade character design dilemma

[ayashi]

Burning Crusade suggestions?

So I got the idea to do a poll from Hixxy, because I can't decide!

Skin tones, faces, earrings, and horns are not up for negotiation. I am in love with the black skin + blue hair combo of the draenei, and I found I don't like very many of the blood elf female faces (yet, at least) - the one I've chosen is my favorite.



Blood Elf Warlock

I haven't 100% for sure decided on a warlock yet, but it will probably be a warlock... possibly a rogue (since I don't have one at all). This character would likely be for Skywall - my friends Corey + Natasha have a horde shaman there already (level 60) and will be starting blood elves come expansion.


Brown hair w/ pony tail: Leaning toward this one the most. The brown hair doesn't seem fake like some of the others, and I love the way it animates.


Red hair w/ pony tail: I like it but... the red looks so fake :( I think it may look better in WoW though, than in the model viewer with the plain blue background.


Brown hair w/ hair in headband: I do like this one too, though.


Draenei Priest

Definitely going to be a priest, destined for Mannoroth. She'll be shadow while leveling and probably switch to Holy/Disc when it's all said and done. I want to raid with a priest, damn it!


Loose hair: I really like this hair style. Simple, serious, really fits the "character" of my priest.


Pony tail: I used to not like this one at all. But the more I see of it, the more I like it :( What I really like is that it isn't like the loose hair style - it animates! It moves when she casts, walks, runs, etc. It animates quite beautifully too (unlike the dual braid dwarf hairstyle, LOL you have to see it to believe it)


[Poll #899510]

Comments

[caster13.livejournal.com]

The red hair on the blood elf definitely doesn't blend well for some reason. I think it looks fine with or without the headband.

The ponytail on the Draenei is confusing looking for some reason. The loose hair is not only simpler, but also more natural looking.

[deux.livejournal.com]

Someone enlighten me as to why everythings' eyes need to glow terrifyingly in this game XD

[ayashi.livejournal.com]

Haha, I think that's only the case for 3 races - two of which are shown here! XD

[le-anomaly.livejournal.com]

I don't like that red haircolor very much because it doesn't look natural at all, but I think the brown is nice & goes with her freckles. I'm leaning towards the headband hairstyle...the bangs are adorable. The ponytail is still cute, though.

Both hairstyles are lovely on the draenei, but the ponytail is a little more distinguished to me so I picked it. :>

[deux.livejournal.com]

I think it's just the ones that I see people with most commonly....like everyone in the world is like yay night elves! And their eyes are like COME CLOSE AND WE WILL EAT YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU 8F So I associate WoW with scary glowing eyes XD

[ms-lucifer.livejournal.com]

For the blood elf, I'm going to go against popular vote and say I like the red pony tail best. By far. A slightly lighter skintone might help it look a bit more natural though.

For the draenei, I like them both :/ The loose hair looks very nice, but the updo has a lot of character. There will probably be way more people with the loose hair than the updo, so that's something to consider if you want her to stand out a bit :)

[(Anonymous)]

What program are you using?

[ayashi.livejournal.com]

I have no idea who you are because this was an anonymous comment :) but the model viewer is working again, you can download it here: http://www.wowmodelviewer.org/

[ex-n199.livejournal.com]

and I don't know why I was logged out. :P Sorry! Thank you!

[ayashi.livejournal.com]

That happened to me the other day! Not entirely sure why :/

I thought it might be you, though XD

[velithya]

If you would like I can try and roll these characters on beta and attempt to get you actual screenshots.

[ayashi.livejournal.com]

:D Thank you for the offer! Do you think you could do one of the red-haired elf for me? :D That is the one I am most unsure about ^^

Thanks!

[velithya]

I'm not sure if I got everything exactly right, it was hard tabbing in and out between the character page and your livejournal :P But here's what I've got, from in-game:



Hope it helps you make up your mind! :)

[ayashi.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, thank you! That hair color looks beautiful in-game :)

[velithya]

Yeah, all the hair colours look really cool. There are lots of different colour shades, it's going to be hard for me to choose just how my bloodelf is going to look! :)