Lalafell and Dwarves... Plot Hole Potential?

[Mansion]

If they're identical to their Source counterpart like all the other races(based on the cinematic at least), then NPCs taking off their beards and helmets so that they can emote during cutscenes is hardly a stretch. If you have a base model that's rigged, it makes sense to use it.

Of course but they can emote while keeping them, right? If they are a beast tribe and I guess it's not that far fetched to assume they could be the crafting beast tribe quest, we don't need deep interactions with them really.
Now they can use lalafells models and their base set of animations for anger, panick, suprise, joy emotes, and just not include anything requiring facial expressions.

I'd personally rather have a real new beast tribe with Dwarves having a proper lore of these 12 000 years from lala ancestor to dwarves (like they could not fit in mines narrow corridors with fat lala heads). Have them have their own voices, gimmicks and all.

[Daralii]

Of course but they can emote while keeping them, right? If they are a beast tribe and I guess it's not that far fetched to assume they could be the crafting beast tribe quest, we don't need deep interactions with them really.
Now they can use lalafells models and their base set of animations for anger, panick, suprise, joy emotes, and just not include anything requiring facial expressions.

I'd personally rather have a real new beast tribe with Dwarves having a proper lore of these 12 000 years from lala ancestor to dwarves (like they could not fit in mines narrow corridors with fat lala heads). Have them have their own voices, gimmicks and all.

I meant with their faces, which is what humans identify the most. The non-player races(save for minor variations on their models, like Padjal and pureblood Garleans) don't have the rigging or even polygons to do much more than lipflaps.