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Sir Tidus · Jan 25, 2008, 08:26 PM // 20:26

I'm just curious. Do u guys generally go with the default skin color or is a more tanned skin more preferable.

Mordakai · Jan 25, 2008, 08:32 PM // 20:32

Depends on the character. I try to find skin colors that go well with the face and hair I've picked out...

skin color is usually the last thing I pick, and I have characters that run the gambit from glowy white to shadowy dark.

Craywulf · Jan 25, 2008, 08:48 PM // 20:48

Depends on the face and hair, and what you are aiming for. In some campaigns and professions, certain racial traits are limited.

I have 10 characters all with variety of skin tones and facial traits, along with hairstyle, shade as well as genders. No two characters I have are alike.

stretchs · Jan 25, 2008, 08:51 PM // 20:51

I very seldom go with the default, either partially tanned, OR pale if its a necro

l Batman l · Jan 25, 2008, 08:51 PM // 20:51

nechronius · Jan 25, 2008, 08:55 PM // 20:55

I've gone both ways. I have characters ranging from the lightest to darkest shades.

I did notice a problem with one of the darker skintones on the paragon model though. The skin is a really dark brown which isn't a problem for me, but apparently in low rez the shading is really pronounced. When others look at my paragon in town his face looks like he has white powder caked around his mouth and other features. It really looks unpleasant, almost freakish, and I would delete him and start over if he wasn't close to being a survivor 3. If he dies before making it I'll have to delete him. It really looks bad in low rez or what others see in town.

Curse You · Jan 25, 2008, 09:01 PM // 21:01

I go with what suits the area my character is from.

Miss Puddles · Jan 25, 2008, 09:01 PM // 21:01

lol @ batman

my characters are all pale and sickly looking. i'm not emo, just irish

trobinson97 · Jan 25, 2008, 09:02 PM // 21:02

All mine are brown, like me.

Operative 14 · Jan 25, 2008, 09:06 PM // 21:06

Pretty much whatever suits my characters. But so far it's just a general caucasian skin tone for the same reason that my characters all have blonde hair; it's a representation of me, so it's as close as I can get to myself, at least in things like hair and skin tone.

Granted, for the NF preview weekend I used a darker skin tone for a male Dervish. But you have to admit, it suits them.

Painbringer · Jan 25, 2008, 09:06 PM // 21:06

Depends on Character

My Necro – has a drow name and she really looks like a drow... grayish skin tone and bleach white hair.. glowing eyes

Balance of my characters - I stay in the tan areas

Tyla · Jan 25, 2008, 10:05 PM // 22:05

<- Always makes white chars.

Jetdoc · Jan 25, 2008, 10:08 PM // 22:08

Either as pale or as black as possible. I just like contrast.

mmmkay i am bad · Jan 25, 2008, 10:16 PM // 22:16

always half tanned to look aznnn =D lol

enter_the_zone · Jan 25, 2008, 10:20 PM // 22:20

Mine are a mix, but mostly oriental or tanned

Pyro maniac · Jan 25, 2008, 10:22 PM // 22:22

I never make a dark Monk or Necro, tattoo's look ugly on them

Other then that, nightfall male warriors with a dark skin are cool :> (ok, already have koss tho)

bhavv · Jan 25, 2008, 10:48 PM // 22:48

All mine are somewhere in the middle, like tanned > brown. I dont like either of the complete extremes of pale / dark skinned characters.

I hope that doesnt sound racist :s

genofreek · Jan 25, 2008, 10:53 PM // 22:53

All my in-game characters are roleplay characters, so I just go with how they'd normally look.

Generally I'm okay with the default tone; I don't bother with extremes unless it fits the character.

Quaboag · Jan 25, 2008, 10:57 PM // 22:57

My Tyrian (Ascalonian) characters tend to be light skinned and my Elonans dark to match the geographical motifs, but I have two dark skinned Tyrians as exceptions. My Canthans are typically light to medium, but I really have no rules. They just turned out that way.

None of my characters look like me. That's probably a good thing.

Kusandaa · Jan 25, 2008, 11:00 PM // 23:00

I generally go with my moods or geographical locations... or what I think suits best the character - my assassin is tanned, rit is fairly light-skinned, while my derv and paras are almost as dark as possible. Rest have average caucasian looks.