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):
![[Image: auCVghf.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/auCVghf.jpg)
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:
![[Image: oLaCLtR.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/oLaCLtR.jpg)
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).
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).
