I suck at making characters

Ortama · May 2019

How do I make a male redguard look Handsome i have been trying to do this for straight two hours but failed he either looks too chubby or just ugly

Sylvermynx · May 2019

I.... hmmm. I don't remember really how I got Mak to look the way he does, and I'm not in game now so can't get a screenshot. I can post one tomorrow?

I can say that I generally set the face between angular and heroic (a little closer to angular I think). I make the chin fairly small, and set the mouth to curved with lips half-full. I set jaw width as low as possible, and cheekbones and cheekbone height about halfway. Eyebrows I set up as far as possible, and as deep as possible. Eye height is as low as possible, as are chin and mouth.

Hairstyle, hair color, eye color, eyebrows - those would be to your taste. Body - I made him as tall as I could, buffed chest, flat gut, smallest waist scale, smallest butt and posterior dimension (think football player). I think he looks good. I'll post a pic tomorrow, but I don't have slider positions, sorry.

MLGProPlayer · May 2019

Redguard is the most attractive male race IMO.

Try setting the facial triangle to the lower middle part (can't remember what the variables on the corners are). That usually works for any race. Otherwise they look too angry with over-the-top facial characteristics.

Sylvermynx · May 2019

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Redguard is the most attractive male race.

Try setting the facial triangle to the lower middle part (can't remember what the variables on the corners are). That usually works for any race.

This is very true. And yeah, I think that's pretty close to where I set it.... You know, it's REALLY annoying that if you forget to screenie the sliders, you can't get them back.... and I always forget!

Mettaricana · May 2019

Soft for potato, heroic for angry potato, angular for chiseled features.

Ortama · May 2019

aw

Sylvermynx wrote: »

I.... hmmm. I don't remember really how I got Mak to look the way he does, and I'm not in game now so can't get a screenshot. I can post one tomorrow?

I can say that I generally set the face between angular and heroic (a little closer to angular I think). I make the chin fairly small, and set the mouth to curved with lips half-full. I set jaw width as low as possible, and cheekbones and cheekbone height about halfway. Eyebrows I set up as far as possible, and as deep as possible. Eye height is as low as possible, as are chin and mouth.

Hairstyle, hair color, eye color, eyebrows - those would be to your taste. Body - I made him as tall as I could, buffed chest, flat gut, smallest waist scale, smallest butt and posterior dimension (think football player). I think he looks good. I'll post a pic tomorrow, but I don't have slider positions, sorry.

you dont have race change tokens or appereance change tokens? I swore when i got the game I got 3 free Race changes and 3 free name changes did u not get them? or used them?

Sylvermynx · May 2019

Well, yeah, I have them, but I don't want to use them.... and I can't afford the download bw for the PTS....

Ortama · May 2019

You dont go to the character, click "race change", screenshot the sliders, then Cancel DO NOT SAVE otherwise u lose token, this is what i do pletny of times and it works well.

Sylvermynx · May 2019

Oh.... I didn't know that! Okay, I'll do that in the morning, and post it up tomorrow. Of course you may not like him anyway, but hey, it might give you a starting point?

Banana · May 2019

Change to a Breton or imperial

Sylvermynx · May 2019

Banana wrote: »

Change to a Breton or imperial

Those of us who love Redguards don't have any interest in going there.

Now, I do have males of other races (just recently) but when you need a Redguard other races just won't do.

ibkickin · May 2019

If it makes you feel any better I just ended up copying someone else's design. I'm right there with you at being terrible at making a good looking character with my own imagination. lol

phaneub17_ESO · May 2019

For most of my guys I just center every slider and call it a day.

Watchdog · May 2019

UlfricMurder wrote: »

you dont have race change tokens or appereance change tokens? I swore when i got the game I got 3 free Race changes and 3 free name changes did u not get them? or used them?

Only those who were around while the racial patch hit live got those.

I actually keep some of those tokens to be able to see the sliders.

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

For most of my guys I just center every slider and call it a day.

For guys, I can imagine some people doing that.

Now for some of my gals, not using the full range of certain sliders would feel like a waste of, erm... potential.

r34lian · May 2019

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Androconium · May 2019

Start with the chin. Up, up and away. Narrow it to suit.
In the extreme Soft corner for the overall.
Slide the brow depth right off.

Lock those facial changes in
Lock all your body changes in.

Back to facial and randomise until you get a feature that you like; then lock that in.
Repeat until happy.

Wandering_Immigrant · May 2019

There's a trick I always use when creating characters, a sort of beauty factoid I learned while dating someone who worked in the cosmetology field.

Basically, the distance from the bottom of the chin to the bottom of the nose should be the same as the distance from the bottom of the nose to the mid brow which should be the same distance as from the brow to the hairline.

It's science! Something to do with it making it easier for our brains to see the face as a whole rather than focusing on the individual parts. Idk, I just remember her measuring my face like a weirdo while explaining it. But! It works, I used to be pretty mediocre at best when creating character faces in games, but ever since applying that rule to my creations I've able to make attractive characters pretty consistently.

Androconium · May 2019

Banana wrote: »

Change to a Breton or imperial

They have lousy bodyshapes, unless you really want to be short and fat. in which case, they do a great job.

I've never been happy with the results for Breton or Nord facial outcomes.
Bosmer and Redguard give the best body physiques as far as I am concerned, even when built as overweight.

Ortama · May 2019

Wandering_Immigrant wrote: »

There's a trick I always use when creating characters, a sort of beauty factoid I learned while dating someone who worked in the cosmetology field.

Basically, the distance from the bottom of the chin to the bottom of the nose should be the same as the distance from the bottom of the nose to the mid brow which should be the same distance as from the brow to the hairline.

It's science! Something to do with it making it easier for our brains to see the face as a whole rather than focusing on the individual parts. Idk, I just remember her measuring my face like a weirdo while explaining it. But! It works, I used to be pretty mediocre at best when creating character faces in games, but ever since applying that rule to my creations I've able to make attractive characters pretty consistently.

sorry i think im too dumb for this but how do i know the distance?

Androconium · May 2019

UlfricMurder wrote: »

Wandering_Immigrant wrote: »

There's a trick I always use when creating characters, a sort of beauty factoid I learned while dating someone who worked in the cosmetology field.

Basically, the distance from the bottom of the chin to the bottom of the nose should be the same as the distance from the bottom of the nose to the mid brow which should be the same distance as from the brow to the hairline.

It's science! Something to do with it making it easier for our brains to see the face as a whole rather than focusing on the individual parts. Idk, I just remember her measuring my face like a weirdo while explaining it. But! It works, I used to be pretty mediocre at best when creating character faces in games, but ever since applying that rule to my creations I've able to make attractive characters pretty consistently.

sorry i think im too dumb for this but how do i know the distance?

possibly.

I was going to suggest the sound scientific view, not one from cosmetics...

eyebrows should be level with the tops of the ears
mouth should be level with the bottom of the ears

ChunkyCat · May 2019

Make him look like me.

Problem solved.

Wandering_Immigrant · May 2019

UlfricMurder wrote: »

sorry i think im too dumb for this but how do i know the distance?

I just hold my hand up to the screen creating a gap between my thumb and index finger and make sure the gap stays the same size over all three sections.

Androconium wrote: »

UlfricMurder wrote: »

Wandering_Immigrant wrote: »

There's a trick I always use when creating characters, a sort of beauty factoid I learned while dating someone who worked in the cosmetology field.

Basically, the distance from the bottom of the chin to the bottom of the nose should be the same as the distance from the bottom of the nose to the mid brow which should be the same distance as from the brow to the hairline.

It's science! Something to do with it making it easier for our brains to see the face as a whole rather than focusing on the individual parts. Idk, I just remember her measuring my face like a weirdo while explaining it. But! It works, I used to be pretty mediocre at best when creating character faces in games, but ever since applying that rule to my creations I've able to make attractive characters pretty consistently.

sorry i think im too dumb for this but how do i know the distance?

possibly.

I was going to suggest the sound scientific view, not one from cosmetics...

eyebrows should be level with the tops of the ears
mouth should be level with the bottom of the ears

Fair enough, but then again when's the last time anybody fapped to a science magazine?

I'm just playing that sounds solid too.

Integral1900 · May 2019

You think you have problems, try making female characters that look like they can do something with a sword other than drag it around, why does this game like so many others have such a stick up it’s backside about physically capable females! I’m married to six feet of the most wonderful lady, I met here at a reinactors using a 160 pound Glamorgan longbow (seriously, I used the whole lifetimes worth of luck in one go) and I don’t doubt for a moment she could take and woman in eso apart with her bare hands

TheShadowScout · May 2019

UlfricMurder wrote: »

How do I make a male redguard look Handsome i have been trying to do this for straight two hours but failed he either looks too chubby or just ugly

By trying another two hours, and another, and another - as much fiddling around as it takes.
Don't be afraid to comepltely dump your slider settings and try something new!
Also, mess around with the triangle settings on top - those can have a LOT of effect, moreso then the sliders even in many cases.

Integral1900 wrote: »

You think you have problems, try making female characters that look like they can do something with a sword other than drag it around...

Meet Kes, my orsimer paladin-wannabe blacksmith girl!

You were saying?

Sylvermynx · May 2019

@UlfricMurder - here's my guy plus sliders.

Body 1:

Body 2:

Face 1:

Face 2:

Face 3:

Face 4:

The thing that annoys me most is the shoulder slope, and I wasn't able to figure out how to undo that.

ibkickin · May 2019

Wandering_Immigrant wrote: »

There's a trick I always use when creating characters, a sort of beauty factoid I learned while dating someone who worked in the cosmetology field.

Basically, the distance from the bottom of the chin to the bottom of the nose should be the same as the distance from the bottom of the nose to the mid brow which should be the same distance as from the brow to the hairline.

That's actually pretty awesome! I'll be sure to remember that the next time I make a character.

CMDR_Un1k0rn · May 2019

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Redguard is the most attractive male race IMO.

Try setting the facial triangle to the lower middle part (can't remember what the variables on the corners are). That usually works for any race. Otherwise they look too angry with over-the-top facial characteristics.

Totally agree. Nords, Imperials and Bretons all look a bit derp TBH.

Redguards? Not a problem. Pretty good looking blokes. LOL

ArchangelIsraphel · May 2019

@Sylvermynx thank you for posting those sliders. Like the OP I was having a lot of trouble figuring out how to refine the features of a redguard even though I wanted one. The lips would always come out too full for the character I had in mind but maybe using your settings as a base I can finally come up with one I like

Sylvermynx · May 2019

ArchangelIsraphel wrote: »

@Sylvermynx thank you for posting those sliders. Like the OP I was having a lot of trouble figuring out how to refine the features of a redguard even though I wanted one. The lips would always come out too full for the character I had in mind but maybe using your settings as a base I can finally come up with one I like

You're very welcome! He actually turned out just as I had imagined him - except for the shoulders (which I wanted more "square" - but with Sai's jack and cops, it's okay).

Wildberryjack · May 2019

It depends on the overall look you want. I used a medium skin tone and the most angular face setting, then thinned the nose and lips and made my Redguard look Polynesian. He's handsome IMO.

Xerikten · May 2019

I use the 3 beer rule.