Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Lauront]

I think that viera men would be most successful and appeal to the majority of people requesting them if they were designed to be tall and conventionally attractive with a decent amount of muscle mass. A muscle slider could be available to put them anywhere between lightly toned to bulky. As for height, a slider could be available to have them be anywhere from just above a Midlander male to around the same height as a male Highlander or Au Ra. I'd settle for them having a similar height range to their female counterparts, if not a little broader.

I can picture them as being very classically handsome, with at least one facial option along these lines:



Another facial option could be more ruggedly handsome, such as along these lines:



A more androgynous base face option could be added for those who enjoy such aesthetics, though I think it would be very strange for viera men to be designed to be that way across the board given their established lifestyles. Thankfully the game has an established track record of favouring conventionally attractive character designs, so with any luck that trend will continue moving forward.

All of this, of course, is dependent on the missing genders being added in the first place which is not a guarantee.

Agreed on those points. I think a broad range on a height slider, between the lower end of catboy or midlander height and Au Ra max height if feasible would be a decent compromise. Plus a muscle tone slider as alas a muscularity slider isn’t in the works in the immediate future.

Regarding hyur-like faces, I mean female Viera are ultimately somewhat hyur-like too, because they’re intended to be attractive by RL humans. So will it be with male Viera, and I think FrischeNq’s art features a face pretty close to the original concept art and a good, strong build.

I also don’t see how the Minafumi piece’s face is not hour-like and I’d also consider it to be too skinny. Certainly even more so than the Omega M art, which is the lower boundary of what I’d find appealing. I’d like bulkier than that, closer to an Au Ra, but it’s at least got some muscle on it.

[Senn]

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Just to clarify, I'm not talking about the face in minafumi's artwork, but the body type, which is slim but very fit.