Elf Eyes [Archive] - The Twisting Nether Gazette

Vilmah

07-18-2006, 11:38 AM

Alright, so I seem to recall Blood Elves having red eyes for some reason. However, in Burning Crusade, it looks like they have green eyes.

Am I going crazy? Does anyone else remember them having red eyes?

I do preffer red eyes, it makes the whole "Blood Elf" title seem more fitting. Green eyes just makes them look... uhm..... "tralala" I believe is the term?

What do ya'll think?

Tarkor

07-18-2006, 11:46 AM

I think they look better with green eyes. It gives some balance away form the overwhelming amount of red with the whole "Blood" part of their name. Plus, it shows their dependence on demonic energies (usually expressed with green).

Kurohane

07-18-2006, 12:44 PM

I think they should have one of each. Then they can be the TRUE Christmas Elves~!

Vilmah

07-18-2006, 01:00 PM

I think they should have one of each. Then they can be the TRUE Christmas Elves~!

Gkkk!! *dies*

Tarkor

07-18-2006, 01:42 PM

Next thing you know there are gonna be Menorahs in Darnassus.. lol.

Vilmah

07-18-2006, 01:50 PM

Elven Jews.

I knew it!!

Zasu

07-18-2006, 01:54 PM

Elven Jews.

I knew it!!

:?:

Fallacy

07-18-2006, 09:54 PM

Uh, elves always have had glowing eyes, but they were never red. The ones in WC3 were a sort of golden color. It might be different from what we've seen, with character creation.

Lupen

07-18-2006, 11:07 PM

Elven Jews.

I knew it!!

I'm a bit more of a Forsaken myself.

Zasu

07-18-2006, 11:46 PM

Elven Jews.

I knew it!!

I'm a bit more of a Forsaken myself.

:)

Abric

07-19-2006, 07:11 AM

Whatever seems "more pretty," Blizzard will do.

...

Hax.

Ylisaxa

07-19-2006, 07:42 AM

I think they should have one of each. Then they can be the TRUE Christmas Elves~!

Gkkk!! *dies*

One of each, and alternating, twinkling like fairy lights. Oh, and don't forget the lazer beams projecting out of them.

<PEW PEW PEW>

Vilmah

07-19-2006, 08:15 AM

Whatever seems "more pretty," Blizzard will do.

...

Hax.

That is SO F'ING LAME.

I'm sorry, but greene-eyed pretty elves just don't say "Horde" to me. I like the bad-ass red-eyed looking Nazi elves. They just looked scarier.

Nazshakul

07-19-2006, 08:18 AM

Well, they draw heavily upon fel energies, energy that almost always has a bright green color to it. The fel orcs are another example of this, see? Green eyes...

Mohan

07-19-2006, 12:17 PM

Vilmah

07-19-2006, 12:37 PM

There's a strong possibility that you'll have at least a couple different options in eye color. At least with the current races, the eye color sometimes changes with the toon's face. Could be the same way with the new races too.

Hopefully they won't go down the road of the Night Elves, who all look like they have the headlights from a Camaro stuck in their face.

Vias

07-19-2006, 01:19 PM

As far as the face selections, I hope they reflect a more stereotypical "Horde" type look. Darker features, sharper eyes, The need to reflect the essence of the Horde.

Vilmah

07-19-2006, 01:34 PM

As far as the face selections, I hope they reflect a more stereotypical "Horde" type look. Darker features, sharper eyes, The need to reflect the essence of the Horde.

Yes!! Down with the "pretty" races!!

Fhenrir

07-19-2006, 02:03 PM

Doesn't matter how "pretty" they attempt to make either of the new races. Tauren are still gonna be the cutest, and most sexy.

...On topic, I prefer the green eyes myself.

Tarkor

07-19-2006, 04:19 PM

Doesn't matter how "pretty" they attempt to make either of the new races. Tauren are still gonna be the cutest, and most sexy.

...On topic, I prefer the green eyes myself.

Moo, baby.

EnheilRas

10-04-2006, 11:56 AM

I'm leaving this one alone.. 'tis silly

Vilmah

10-04-2006, 12:19 PM

I'm leaving this one alone.. 'tis silly

Now that I know they all have green eyes, I'm done with them. I might have had some hope for the race if they looked like "blood elves", but no. They're just a bunch of skinny bimbos. Woopidee-doo.

Tarlithion

10-04-2006, 12:46 PM

They're just a bunch of skinny bimbos. Woopidee-doo.

Skinny bimbos with Blessing of Protection, baby!

Noury

10-04-2006, 02:35 PM

I dunno.. I have associated green glows with evil ever since I read the Thomas Covenant series.

I tend to agree the green glowing eyes offsets the general reddish hue surrounding the Blood Elves. If they had red glowing eyes they would remind me too much of Wonder Man.

I think they should have one of each. Then they can be the TRUE Christmas Elves~!

Gkkk!! *dies*

And what is wrong with Christmas Elves? Hmm?

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/toxctii/elf.jpg

Keraph

10-04-2006, 03:48 PM

I have to agree. I think that red glowing eyes would look a little off, but that could be because I'm used to the green ones. Still, I like the way Blood Elves turned out, overall. The -only- problem I have is the "light-stealing" thing, at in the grand scheme of things, it's pretty minor. So meh, I'm looking foward to it!

Sulajin

10-18-2006, 02:41 PM

I've allways kind of wondered about the glowing eyes bit. It's really nifty and dramatic to have glowing/firey/sparking/PEW PEW PEW lazorz!/frost/whatever eyes. It can feel really cool to have just the pair of eyes staring out from under the hood, or watching in from the dark... until every one, there dog and there grandma have creepy glowing eyes of doom. I see people go on with their eyes and think "ho hum. Another death gaze."

But I'm off topic. My point origionally, that never got started, was that I don't think that the eyes glow the way they're portrayed in the game. Watch the intro cinema, particularily the Night Elf scene. Her eyes don't glow, they flash reflected moonlight. Only for a brief moment. And look at the Forsaken, you can't really see his, but they actually weren't glowing. (Watch the making of DVD if you can get a hold of it. His eyes look really really cool. But don't glow.)

That's reall it. The eyes don't glow, they reflect ambient light, like a cats. And seeing the cat's eyes starring out at me from under the bed was one of the scariest sights I beheld as a child...

Chingaso

10-18-2006, 03:04 PM

I'm leaving this one alone.. 'tis silly
Then why top it after three months? :roll:

:wink: :twisted:

EnheilRas

10-18-2006, 05:22 PM

Because it came up when I was at RTC, and I decided to just take a look at the threads I missed.

Kaliera

10-18-2006, 08:59 PM

Doesn't matter how "pretty" they attempt to make either of the new races. Tauren are still gonna be the cutest, and most sexy.

...On topic, I prefer the green eyes myself.

Mooooooo.

/sexy

Fhenrir

10-19-2006, 04:59 AM

/agree

Fallacy

10-19-2006, 09:52 AM

Do I have to quote myself? I don't think anyone was paying attention.

Uh, elves always have had glowing eyes, but they were never red. The ones in WC3 were a sort of golden color. It might be different from what we've seen, with character creation.

Vilmah

10-19-2006, 10:11 AM

Chingaso

10-19-2006, 10:14 AM

Yeah. Like you'd ever roll an elf... :P

Vilmah

10-19-2006, 10:23 AM

I -might- have... maybe... if they looked completely different... and weren't elves...

Fallacy

10-19-2006, 10:25 AM

I stand strong in my convictions. Also, the male blood elf in the Blasted Lands has glowing RED eyes. I didn't see an option for red eyes for the blood elves, so unfortunately, I probably won't be interested in rolling one.

The blood/high elf models currently in-game don't have glowing eyes at all. Vilmah, you're really confusing me on where you get this stuff from.

Vilmah

10-19-2006, 10:26 AM

They all have bright lime green eyes. Maybe not glow-in-the-dark, but they kinda have a shimmery glow to them.

Fallacy

10-19-2006, 10:33 AM

See, I still don't get where you're getting this from. The high elves currently have blue eyes, bright, like you said, but there are seperate textures for the blood elves, and their eyes are brown. I think that their eyes are much larger compared to the models of other races right now, and it gives an illusion as to their color.

Chingaso

10-19-2006, 10:34 AM

The high elf who allows entry to the Molten Core has yellow eyes.

Vilmah

10-19-2006, 10:37 AM

Are they?

In this video

http://rapidshare.de/files/31079776/BCCharCreationHiR.wmv

they all have green eyes. Is this out dated?

Fallacy

10-19-2006, 10:38 AM

The high elf who allows entry to the Molten Core has yellow eyes.

Purple, actually.

See, the current models really suck, as they're just retexturing of the night elf ones.

And, Vilmah, I'm not talking about the new models. The ones we have currently are what I'm referring to.

Vilmah

10-19-2006, 10:40 AM

That's what I'm saying. The PLAYABLE models SHOULD have more colors because the in game NPCs do.

Chingaso

10-19-2006, 10:49 AM

The high elf who allows entry to the Molten Core has yellow eyes.
Purple, actually.
Um, go look again. Glowing yellow.

Fallacy

10-19-2006, 10:50 AM

Those ones don't glow, nor are they the models Blizzard ever originally wanted for them, as, like I said, they are just retextures of the night elf ones. It's been something they've said from the beginning of WoW.

If we wanted to get really technical, this is what they should look like.

http://www.wowwiki.com/images/b/b4/Warcraft_III_TFT_Blood_Elf_Human_Campaign.jpg

We never had seen orc, troll, gnome, or dwarf females before WoW. It's not up to us to interpretate what the races should look like, and then going to complain about it is just childish.

Fallacy

10-19-2006, 10:53 AM

The high elf who allows entry to the Molten Core has yellow eyes.
Purple, actually.
Um, go look again. Glowing yellow.

I did right before I posted that. They are purple.

Vilmah

10-19-2006, 10:57 AM

That's fine. But if the NPCs have them, why can't the playable characters? It doesn't make sense.

Fallacy

10-19-2006, 10:59 AM

You can't choose the eye color for any of the races now. Why should blood elves be so special?

And, really, I don't think it would matter in our cases. It's all game mechanics, right? We're roleplayers, we don't care about that.

Vilmah

10-19-2006, 11:03 AM

Yes you can. Orcs can have blue, brown, hazel, and so can trolls.

Aquizit

10-19-2006, 11:08 AM

But that all depends what -face- you choose, so if you don't like the face, but you like the eye color.. then you're screwed. In -any- case, I don't see why it's such a huge deal. You'll be looking at the back of your character's head more often than not anyway and won't even -see- your own eyes.

Less arguing please. >.>

Vilmah

10-19-2006, 11:11 AM

It's not really an argument, and I don't even care anymore. I just thought it was weird that there was no option.

Keraph

10-19-2006, 11:13 AM

Well, glowy-eyes are a bit different. Undead and Night Elves, who both have glowy-eyes, can't really control the color of them.

EnheilRas

10-19-2006, 11:31 AM

how the fuck did this shit grow 2 pages?

Vilmah

10-19-2006, 11:33 AM

A misunderstanding.

EnheilRas

10-19-2006, 11:42 AM

Yeah..

I hear there's lots of shit goin' down 'bout misunderstandings

*kicks the dirt*

Vilmah

10-19-2006, 11:50 AM

*pat pat* It's okay. You win some, you lose some. Thing's be alright.

EnheilRas

10-19-2006, 11:52 AM

I always lose..

Vilmah

10-19-2006, 11:53 AM

Nah, you'll be okay. Promise.

EnheilRas

10-19-2006, 11:58 AM

Maybe. This thread is getting too emo!

ROAAAAWWWRRR!!!!!

Chingaso

10-19-2006, 12:38 PM

I always lose..
I say this in all sincereity with no malice - make better choices.

Amaena

10-19-2006, 03:33 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/shinigami_co/elfeyes.jpg

There ya go.

The BE models in BC do not change from having green eyes despite face setting or skin color. The males don't change at all, while the females have a slight variance in the green.

And if you think this is creepy...it is. They're all watching you. They know what you've been doing. And...you should be ashamed of yourself. >_>

Chingaso

10-19-2006, 03:36 PM

Oh Lord, it just hit me!

The "facial markings"...

Nelf women are Kiss groupies. :twisted:

Vilmah

10-19-2006, 03:41 PM

lol! Very nice!

EnheilRas

10-19-2006, 03:41 PM

They're big on Gene Simmons.

Vilmah

10-19-2006, 03:43 PM

And Gene Simmons is big on them. =D

...

And everyone else! Giggidy giggidy!

Chingaso

10-19-2006, 03:45 PM

I got 99 problems but a b* ain't one...

EnheilRas

10-19-2006, 03:59 PM

he's already married to a B-Movie Porn Star. What else can he do in life?

Oooh yeah, the KISS tongue-Lubricated Kondoms..

You go Gene..

Alucian

10-19-2006, 04:06 PM

btw, Amaena = me...I keep forgetting to log out of my alt accounts ><

I'm SO GLAD they're changing these stupid models...they're the most horrid things ever.

Course...we could all look like this...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/shinigami_co/human1.jpg

or this...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/shinigami_co/human5.jpg

or this...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/shinigami_co/human4.jpg
(dolly parton lol)

or this...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/shinigami_co/human3.jpg
(he isn't looking around, his eye stays like that)

though there -are- some rather smoking female models in the old batch...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/shinigami_co/human8.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/shinigami_co/human7.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/shinigami_co/human6.jpg

And, in closing,

I'm a wizard!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/shinigami_co/human2.jpg

EnheilRas

10-19-2006, 04:09 PM

I think you do look like that second one d'ere..

Alucian

10-19-2006, 04:51 PM

((OOC)) The woman in the red dress? Why thank you, Manus. That's such a kind thing for you to say. :)

((IC)) If you mean that second male, then perhaps you've been hit in the side of the head once to often by an Alliance hammer. I'm not nearly that rich, nor that pink.

EnheilRas

10-19-2006, 04:57 PM

You're all pink on the inside..

Danyxandra

10-20-2006, 09:20 AM

The two on the left are gorgeous. They should be in character creations for players.

Vilmah

10-20-2006, 09:31 AM

How come the black chick didn't make it?? If you'll notice, there's an option for an Asian female face... but nothing else. You can't make a character actually look like a Black or Hispanic person because all of the facial features are Caucasian. Farthest you can go is Indian/West Asian-y. I wonder why they got rid of the African facial features?? Weird. It looks good on that model.

Alucian

10-20-2006, 09:58 AM

Well, she isn't technically a "playable character", if I'm correct on what these models were. It seems like they were the first round of NPC models Blizzard made. Honestly, I wish you could play as her, cause she's friggin hot. She's also a repaint of the original "Sorceress" model, the one with the blue eyeshadow all over the top half of their faces. As for why none of the models now allow for Afrian features...I have no idea. It would definitely add a little more variety to the game.

The blacksmith on the right would also look better if I caught her with her eyes open.

Also...I want their armor, dammit! >:V

EnheilRas

10-20-2006, 10:00 AM

Pfft..

There's no African people in WarCraft
There's no Africa

There's no Asian people in WarCraft
There's no Asia

Vilmah

10-20-2006, 10:06 AM

Then there's no white people in Warcraft either, because there is no Battlestar Galactica.

And everyone knows that White people would never survive without it.

Chingaso

10-20-2006, 10:17 AM

The humans don't so much have "white people" features as "sheepdog" features anyway.

Sulajin

10-20-2006, 10:39 AM

There may be no asia in WoW but there is an Eastern Kingdom. And I had a lot of fun trying to sell my kelp...weed... ((Can't remember. It was almost a year ago! I'm not an herbalist anymore)). By suggesting that they wrap it around a bunch of rice and fish and pretend they were in the Eastern Kingdoms.