When I started playing Skyrim, I scrolled through the races and found that the majority of the default elves looked absolutely terrible, so I made my little tiger assassin and went on my merry murdering way.

But, lo! A loading screen with a picture of a dark elf that looks relatively awesome! Yes please! I'll have one of those!
Ah, nevermind, I've already made my character.

Anyway, after a series of unfortunate choices, my character is now level 28 and woefully underpowered compared to his enemies. I know exactly what I did wrong, and it's time to reroll and start anew.

And I cannot for the life of me re-create that freaking dark elf in the loading screen.
Reference material:
http://images.wikia.com/elderscrolls/images/6/68/DunmerDBAssassin.jpg
http://theelderscrollsskyrim.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/skyrim_elf.jpg

Now, while I realize that the latter is press material and wouldn't necessarily reflect something you can replicate exactly in-game, the former is a freaking LOADING SCREEN. TAUNTING ME WITH ITS RELATIVE AWESOMENESS. Why isn't he one of the presets? Sigh.

So, all of that said, I need your help. Is it possible to re-create that character in character creation? I can't seem to get rid of the eye-lines, nor can I seem to make the forehead quite wide enough. In both pictures, the areas around the eyes are MUCH smoother than I can seem to produce in-game, and those lines are so horrendously ugly. Also, the forehead-widening options seem to be either nonexistent or as well-hidden as the botox slider that seems to have benefitted the above-pictured elves so greatly. Lastly, and least importantly, I can't seem to get that faint greenish hue to the skin tone that both pictures show. If you can list the relative sliders and (roughly) the positions they need to be in, you will have done a great service, and I will carry you on my shoulders on a throne made of sloppy blwjobs for the rest of your days.

I don't know about you....but I think the elves look pretty good .

The mer in this game look better than ever before.

I agree, but, um, did you read the rest of the post? I think you might not have. My initial impressions of the elves are almost irrelevant. Obviously, I think they can look good, as I really want to create the one from the loading screen / press material.

I think they got the elves right in this game, when I play a dark elf I like the more traditional style D&D look for them, wrinkly skin, unattractive and frightful looking, almost like Vampires. Thats the way Dark Elves are supposed to look, they aren't supposed to look good they are supposed to look like they're 1000 years old (which some of them are) and haven't slept in centuries.

My main problem is with Nords, for some reason its very hard for me to create a decent looking Nord that doesn't resemble Arnold Swartzenneger, and the hair styles resemble Dog the Bounty Hunter.

Dude.. if that's the one that you did.. below it.. I think it looks pretty spot on!! I'd be proud of that..

I did. I was responding to the first part of your post.

As for the second part I've no idea, don't you think it would be better to make your own character.

Errm...am I weird for thinking that the Dunnmer look completely amazing in this game?

Heck most of the males look astoundingly sixy.

...but that's just me. :wub:

Nah, that's the guy from the loading screen. That's the one I'm trying to reproduce.

Sorry buddy, no can do in knowing how to recreate him. I actually tried once but was unsuccessful . But I did notice one thing the first time I saw him pop up in the loading .... he has his blades held ... whatever its called. I don't know the name of the style and I didn't want to say backwards. Anyway, is this possible to do in the game? Or did somebody in the developement art team just [censored] up and made him hold is blades that know without knowing that it would make a couple million players jealous that they can't do it ...

Did nobody read the original post? He never said anything about Dunmer looking bad, he just wants to recreate the Dunmer in the picture. I'm gonna try and recreate him right now, I'll post my results when I'm done.

There is a power attack with daggers that you do a strike with the daggers similar (if not exactly) like the picture.
Only daggers though

THANK YOU. I was fighting saying something along those lines. The general opinion of the appearance of the elves is not my concern whatsoever, I just want to create that guy.

We suffer from a genetic defect: we can type but we can't read. It's what makes this forum so darn quirky and charming.

http://www.uscconlinealbum.com/lifecache-media-thumbnailer/thumbnail/photo03/dc/b7/556360301060_3ad785f6-1b55-48eb-a25c-3e39a71efb11?th=450&tw=610

Sorry for the [censored] image quality, but this didn't really take that long. Fiddle around with the character creator, you can create a pretty similar looking character.

They all look like my neighbor, Chuey!

Decent job. :clap:

How did you get rid of the eye-lines? Man, if you could post some pictures of the sliders...! (Please!)

One of the presets actually does look similar to Bethesda's Dunmer. Pick the preset that's 4 "clicks" right from the left most preset. Turn the complexion slider all the way to the left. Turn all of the "color" sliders for the face, eyes, mouth, etc. to the left. The skin tone that is two "clicks" right from the left seems about right. I used the eyes that were 9 "clicks" right. For the nose, use the one that is one click left from the right most nose.

After you've done all that, you should have a character pretty similar looking to the Bethesda one. Just add the beard, make the hair black, and make whatever minor adjustments you see fit.

Thank you so much. You're the only person thus far that has actually contributed to the thread, and you were actually successful/helpful. Thank you! I honestly really appreciate it a great deal.