Hydaelyn Role-Players

This is my favourite thread right now, I love looking at what everyone came up with!

The creator is so much fun that I've made a third Au Ra, though this one is random and I won't actually make her in-game.

Why are all Au Ra hairstyles straight (or one dreads)? Would it have killed them to have one or two wavy and/or curly hairstyles? And then most of the new hairstyles come with bangs/fringes, so it's not like you get to have much variety in that way either. 

And on top of it all, horns and scales are attached to faces, and what faces we have! We have Baby Face, Miqo'te Expy, Tired/Drunkard Onee-san (usually from Harem anime, but I believe Rangiku from Bleach have this face? I'm sorry it's just that I feel like I've seen it in a hundred generic anime during the past decade or so) and one which is actually pretty far removed from the other races (including their children) so I picked that one, and an inspiration (in this case, the flowers Nelumbo nucifera and Lilium 'Stargazer' also known as Sacred Lotus and Stargazer Lily). So I set out in an effort to make a non-baby-faced Au Ra!

The first one also got Fran as an inspiration (sadly, not with her height) since that was the only way I knew to work with her ink blue scales. I call her Fraun (Fraun ended up half-Raen because of white horns on the hair, lol):



The other, which I named Aumer (after Elder Scrolls Altmer, again, sadly without their height), and was a project in making the scales blend in instead of looking pasted on:


Well, I tried. I also only found one voice that I liked. Which one do you think came out the best? Personally, I like Aumer the most when viewed in the character creator, but the moment armor is put on her, it clashes with her horns and tail. Meanwhile, Fraun's horns and tail blend real well with the armors, but I'm not feeling her as much.

Also, I'm LOLing over how they've curved their lower backs in the idle stance to hide the lack of lower-body curves.

Well, that was my rant/creations. I'm not as put off by the Au Ra as I sound. I'm just a bit miffed (also, is it just me, but when they said that Au Ra would have more customization options, doesn't it feel like they have less because of the horns/scales? Technically, all the extra scale options plus the eye-rings make it more, but when you must match them to ink blue and bone white scales, as well as the shape and spread of horns/scales? Not to mention any hair accessories, it just feel like less options).

HYPE TRAIN PART 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

I have to say I'm pretty happy with the customization options. They gave us eye gradients. Eye gradients. If I had a gripe it'd be that horns are facelocked. I have been fooling around with options for my tiny haughty mobwife but I think I'm setting on this look:


Other vanity shots under the cut.

I call this design finalized but it probably isn'T SINCE WE HAVE 6 WEEKS LEFT. SHIT.

Anyway, here's Kaiten! Had to get some color help from a friend because being colorblind makes this shit really frustrating sometimes. 



Have I mentioned I really like demon dudes? Like, 100% my preferred aesthetic.

Have some more under a cut!

Born to a tribe of ruthless and brutal warmongers, but raised to treasure the value of life and land, can a lone sorceress guide her people to a better path? Or will their legacy forever be one of bloodshed and conquest?

Heeeere's Judge!



...

Okay, really. It's him under there, but I'm assuming you folks want to see what's UNDER the tin can.

I was actually a bit upset at first as I went down the line in the customizable options. Not for what you'd expect though. It was the missing comb-over haircut! Judge has been rocking that in his placeholder form the entire time - in a nice gray to show he's good and old. All the other hair didn't... seem to fit, especially with those youthful faces.

... Until I found it.



PAUSE. ENHANCE. (Add a little background to make it classy~)



I have achieved Grandpa status. I'm still meh on the hair, but it was the best, I think, given the other styles. Makes him look almost... regal. Just imagine that glowering down from the top of his horse at the Grindstone.

... Not good enough?



How about now?

The moment I saw that face, I thought to myself:
'Well, I found out what the Judge is going to use.'

I think he looks good, more or less what I expected. The mustache couldn't be more perfect.

I'm still working on it myself. Can't decide on a color scheme. Stuck between dark blue or brown. It doesn't help that I had a bunch of stuff to do today. I should be working on it right now but... distracted.

Loving these still! Hope to see more.

Every time I see a pretty a pretty Au Ra I want/think of a character I seen from ESO named, "Lifts-Others-Tails."

I wanted to see their actual body shape so SPOILERED FOR UNDERWEARS:

I couldn't help but play around with making my main as an Au Ra, of course she ended up as a Raen.

And then we have my concepts for my Xaela lady.

Bonus: Chachan as an Au Ra.



No freckles option, though! He needs his freckles.

Caught this gem of a screenshot while running the benchmark.

Not my final design, just messing around.

Still needs some work probably with colors and such. I was disappointed her skin color looks so much lighter in game. I was going for a deep jeweled tone. Bah, could just be the lighting.

I've been most pleasantly surprised at how many varying skin colors there are. You can make Au Ra really colorful if you want to.

Krouler Aradial, everyone. She'll be my third, and probably final character for FFXIV. And isn't she just a bright, happy ray of sunshine?



"I don't even need a Senpai."



"Who wants a Senpai, anyway?"



"I don't even care who Senpai is dating."

May tweak it a bit but I think I stumbled on my new Raen.

Some of all y'all are really good at character creation!

I'm being really indecisive about concept, but I've made three Au Ra so far.