#0 - Oct. 23, 2006, 7:37 p.m.
Here's an album of several Blood Elf Male pictures.
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments
As you can see, they're still very lean. They are not popeye, they do not have gorilla arms by any stretch of the imagination WHEN you actually see them in game. I've played only blood elves for the duration of my time beta testing, and I've played a Human Warrior to 60 on live, trust me, they are worlds apart. So please, stop freaking out.
edit.
I've taken a few more pictures from the "worse" angles. The side angle will make their arm more beefy. (this is the only time you can even remotely call them "buff") To be honest the only real thing they did was increase the size of their biceps, everything else virtually remains the same. For players who make casters, your arm will forever be covered by robes and you will never notice this small detail. Your Blood Elf remains very very lean.
Q u o t e:
Take the screenshots from further away next time. /sarcasm
Also, make him naked, that actually shows the changes most clearly.
Some pictures are taken from farther away as to show the scale of the Blood Elf with the rest of the environment. If you take a picture from extremely close, you get no idea for how big something actually is. The pictures, as I've taken them, is exactly how a majority of players will see them while they're actually playing the game. To make them naked, or zoom up on certain features would show how they look in very unlikely, rare circumstances. My pictures show how they will look almost all the time and are very reasonable.
UPDATE #1: Pictures of the Blood Elves and Humans in robes.
UPDATE #2: I've changed the link to just go straight to the gallery of the pictures. I've also included: Side by side comparison with other races, pictures of the Blood Elf Male in the Character Selection screen. Stripped pictures comparing Human Males and Blood Elf Males.
Q u o t e:
Ephraim, I'm glad to see these screebshots. As I said in an earlier post, I prefer the older, thinner BE's but these are quite nice and way better as than the buff, apparently photoshopped Blood Elf pics that have been floating around. I don't know how much of a difference it will make but how about posting the Blood Elves as seen from the character creation window?
Done and Done.
(Copy / Paste)
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989250666622550034
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989250730459922450
Also someone requested some side-by-side comparison of the Blood Elves with other races.
They can be seen here: (Copy / Paste)
BE Male and Tauren Male:
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989250750015733778
BE Male and Undead Male:
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989250774764355602
BE Male and Tauren Female:
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989250791737851922
BE Male and Troll Male:
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989250819084517394
BE Male and Orc Male:
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989250834928566290
Human Male from Side. (Viewed in Character Selection screen) Copy / Paste
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989279544709480466
Blood Elf Male from Side. (Also viewed in Character Selection screen) Copy / Paste
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989279450947649554
Human Male from Front. Copy / Paste
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989254665941286930
Blood Elf Male from Front: Copy/ Paste
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989254697438806034
UPDATE # 3
Side by Side comparisons of old and new models. (In-game)
These are a side by side comparison of the new model (my character) and the old model (Silvermoon Guard). Take it as you will. I tried to get as many decent angles as possible.
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989330806703652882
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989330834421514258
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989330859097522194
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989330876631416850
http://picasaweb.google.com/taylorbroussard/MyDocuments/photo#4989330898809847826