Looking at these, the place where the neck joins the head looks strange to me. Like the neck is flaring out as it goes up. That's probably minor, but I'm not sure why that looks different, unless it's caused by shadow that's no longer there on the updated midlander. It makes the head look different in comparison.

It's amazing how little things can make a character look so different.

having seen a lot of other folks' characters now it seems like a lot of the warmth got removed from darker skin tones. like, even the red-aspect of purple-y toned au ra and elezen. its weird.
I think that's part of what makes some midlanders look older, because the skin doesn't look as bright.