Which Version of Her Face?

[crown_of_antlers]

Since Oblivion seems to be set up and working (after three weeks of fighting with it) I set up a brand new save for when I want to start Aeronwen's game. I imported her face from an old save but decided I wanted to see if I could soften her look a little. So I made a copy of the save, imported the face of Tanilay the Hidden Elf, then I went back into character creation to change her eye and hair color. Finally I changed her from a Hidden Elf to a Courtesan, so she kept the facial structure but lost the tattoo around the eyes. Now I'm not sure which version of her face to use and welcome the input of others who have gotten to know her.



Both faces are pretty. I'm just not sure which one is "the most her". The one on the left side is the face I made and have used in her previous games. The right side is the one that was made using Tanilay. The Tanilay one seems a little softer, which I like, but I feel like the original face has more of a "mother lion" look to her; a little more "no nonsense".



Now that I'm looking at the side by side comparison I guess I'm leaning more toward her original face. The new face is very pretty, no doubt about it, but it seems like it's lacking something.

Comments

[darth_eldritch]

The original also looks more regal, too.

The second one is pretty, but doesn't have that Aeronwen look.

[crown_of_antlers]

Thanks. That's what I was thinking. Actually I was entirely leaning toward using the new face until I made the image with the two of them side by side. That was when I saw that something was missing with the new face. I'll keep the file though since the face could be used with another character.

[pasque]

They're both really pretty, but I agree that the original is more Aeronwen...y. It has the right kind of quiet intensity that she should have, I think?

It's always so hard to find the right custom race for a character in Oblivion. It doesn't help when all the race previews tend to be photoshopped to hell and not representative of how they really look in game!

[crown_of_antlers]

but I agree that the original is more Aeronwen...y. It has the right kind of quiet intensity that she should have, I think?

Thanks for the input. :) I was just about to use the new face, but now I'm glad I made the graphic with the two of them side by side. The new face isn't quite her.

It's always so hard to find the right custom race for a character in Oblivion. It doesn't help when all the race previews tend to be photoshopped to hell and not representative of how they really look in game!

Oh how true that is. The Hidden Elves are nice and certainly look better than the vanilla races, but I've spent an annoying amount of time trying to get characters look like the ones I see in screenshots and it just doesn't happen no matter how much I adjust the settings.