Grow a Beard for Skyrim! : V - Skyrim

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:06 am

I'm about to impart on you the secret of a full beard. Get a beardtrimmer. When the hair on your upper lip, around the mouth, chin and jawline gets out of control - trim it, but leave your cheeks alone.

I have a much slower hairgrowth on my cheeks as well, which lead me to believe I couldn't get a full beard. Problem was, whenever I shaved I'd shave my whole lower face, so my cheek hair never got the time it needed to grow.

TL;DR Buy a trimmer, trim your heavy beardgrowth, leave the rest to grow. And you'll have a full beard

Nah, it will just look really sloppy with my uneven cheek growth.

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:19 am

Someone needs to make a facebook page.

I vote for calling it "The Skyrim Beard League."

Mine's starting to get bushy...no moustache though. :batman:

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:14 pm

pff, we Nordmenn, Norwegians, are nord enough already to begin with ^^

I agree with you here brother! Unfortunately enough i have grown (and i still do) in Finland so i cannot write any Norwegian, but i can write and speak Swedish.
However i visit twice a year my pure blooded Nordic(Norwegian) father, so i can some Norwegian

Let us meet in Skyrim fellow brother! :disguise:

ON TOPIC:

I am still 17 and because of my young age i cannot haven′t had any success with beard growing. However i tried once 4 months or so, but only got a bit hair on my cheeks. :toughninja:

I will turn 18 on 17th day of November so perhaps i will magically grow a Gandalf beard six days after Skyrim′s release . :mohawk:

-Emp-

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:35 pm

I agree with you here brother! Unfortunately enough i have grown (and i still do) in Finland so i cannot write any Norwegian, but i can write and speak Swedish.

Hehe, da er det jo inte noe problem

Vi nordmenn forst?r godt svensk.

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:46 pm

Lol i respect this. I'm 15 but my beard has yet to come. My moustache is coming. But yea this is grow a beard not grow a moustache

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:31 am

I briefly considered springing for an extra copy of the collectors edition for a kind of "best beard" prize, but I'm poor, so no.

I've noticed an increase in "sirs" and handshakes since my beard grew out to lengths acceptable enough to be called a beard. The Moses and rabbi jokes have been surprisingly minimal. I did some math, and if my beard maintains the same average rate of growth, it should be well over my chest by 11-11-11. I think I'll braid it and hang human skulls from it. Or maybe spiked iron balls for use as a makeshift flail.

Sorry for double post, but.. thanks for the luls! :rofl:

EDIT: Seems that this topic is rather active, so no doublepost after all!
:celebration:

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:13 am

Already have one, I'll try to keep one for 11.11.11 but I can't guarantee continuous growth - i.e. - even those of us up here in the nordic north have a thing called summer

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:58 am

Or they could just ship the collector's edition with a beard. That would be most convenient.

Dude, that would be so killer! I would wear it religiously when I play! :biggrin:

...maybe there will be a discount for those who buy the game with a good beard.

there should be a door prize on 11-11-11 for everyone that has preordered and has a burly beard

I wish! It would def be in the spirit of things, wouldn't it? Time to petition Gamestop!

People who can't grow beards, rejoice, for I have found a solution (hope nobody else has posted this) http://www.beardowear.ca/

:smile:

hmy: :woot: I want one.

If the devs had any doubt in their minds of putting facial hair in Skyrim, it just went out the window.

I whole-heartedly agree. They wouldn't dare break so many hearts. :nope:

I think we need to form a list of the promised bearded Nords, so we can bug them for shots at 'round October, next year.

We should. I'm totally game for this.

Buy a trimmer, trim your heavy beardgrowth, leave the rest to grow. And you'll have a full beard

Does a Nord have time to pamper his beard? Really? Hair trimmers are not manly at all. Be rugged like the mountains!

I did some math, and if my beard maintains the same average rate of growth, it should be well over my chest by 11-11-11. I think I'll braid it and hang human skulls from it. Or maybe spiked iron balls for use as a makeshift flail.

Dude, is that you in your avatar? Did anyone ever tell you that you look like Ben Roethlisberger?

This is the best thread ever by the way. I got so excited when I saw this. Being completely obsessed with something to the point that it affects RL decisions almost entirely unrelated to the game is a common thing for me. The best part is that I happened to have last shaved on the morning of the day of the announcement of Skyrim because I wanted to look spiffy for a Christmas party I went to that evening. I'm going to let it grow out for the full (and exact) 11 months of anticipation!

Does someone really want to make a Facebook Group or something? I think we need to set this in stone. Let's turn it into a "Grow A Beard For Beards In Skyrim" petition or something. Seriously now!

P.S.: Best thread ever. Needed to be said twice. :wink:

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:07 pm

Awesome thread and idea! I'm on job search right now, so I don't think I can pull it off though...

I think Bethesda should do a beard growing contest! People who want to participate would have to take a picture before they started growing the beard and then in October or November 2011 take the final pic. Then have the community decide on the best beard, and the winner gets a Collector's Edition of Skyrim. :yes:

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:05 pm

Does someone really want to make a Facebook Group or something?

I would, but my distinct lack of beard-growing abilities makes me a poor leader.

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:15 am

I always have a beard. I recently cut my sideburns a bit shorter and shaved my moustache though. But my chin is quite long.
I'm 18, so my beard is not full yet, unfortunately. Hopefully by 11.11.11 it will be better. And I also have hair almost halfway down my back.

I hope Sheogorath doesn't catch us, or we will all end up at http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Execution_Point

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:03 am

I would, but my distinct lack of beard growing abilities is unbecoming for a leader.

Well... Maybe that just makes you of a more objective point of view on the whole matter. With both your mind and face as smooth as a polished mirror, you could lead us truly.

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:10 am

Nice idea, but I'm genetically out of luck beard-wise, and I even had my hair cut.

Which always end up, whether I want it or not, more of an Imperial regulation length. Sheer osmosis I guess. Could let it grow, but it tends to bloom wildly afro-style, and that's not really the Nordic feel.

We've got tons of snow, though. I could pretend to like it, for Skyrim ? :unsure:

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:42 am

Well... Maybe that just makes you of a more objective point of view on the whole matter. With both your mind and face as smooth as a polished mirror, you could lead us truly.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_183695274981341. Tell me if it works. Gah facebook, constantly changing everything.

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:22 pm

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_183695274981341. Tell me if it works. Gah facebook, constantly changing everything.

Damn, beat me to it, I just made a group called "Skyrim Beard League"

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:13 am

I CURSE the job at which i work that forces me to shave my precious mountain protection (Damn you food industry)

Hair net on your beard.

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:19 am

My beard is now about 3 and a half weeks...longest I ever have gone. LONG LIVE THE NORDS OF SKYRIM!

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:04 am

http://bethblog.com/index.php/2008/11/05/the-beards-of-bethesda/

As you'll note, I can't really grow a beard. I can, however, look really inadequate next to a fully bearded man, so I'll just do that.

Guy on the right won, hands down.
*hands out virtual trophy for the dev unknown to me*

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:53 am

I'm also thinking about growing a beard and getting really fat for Skyrim, so I can totaly role play a fat & bearded axe-wielding nord.

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:47 am

Hell to the yes!
I will also be bleaching my hair like the Vikings of old

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:11 am

I'm 16 and can only grow a dirt stache and a scruffy, thick chinstrap style beard.

Challenge accepted.

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:29 am

I'm 16 and can only grow a dirt stache and a scruffy, thick chinstrap style beard.

Challenge accepted.

You, good sir, are awesome.

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:26 am

I'm afraid my job prospects would be lower if I wasn't clean shaven.

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:44 am

I may not be able to contribute facial hair, but I have http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2839/photo5mkp.jpg.

If you have a facebook, please join the http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_183695274981341&ap=1 and keep us updated about your bearditude.

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:47 am

I've joined the Facebook group. And you all should, too! It's the thing to do. Or at least, I'm told that's true.