I think it all looks great. It's insane how much better the races look when compared to Oblivion's. 
 
I'm thinking a Khajiit for my first playthrough. Or possibly Dunmer.

male argonian 
 
dunmer 
 
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/118/1186214p1.html according to this you can give a Dunmer one Red eye and one Grey eye

@GreenBeret3: Sweet pics. I love the armour the Dunmer is wearing, and the Argonian looks very impressive as well.

Khajiit again for me!

this is a hideous character 

Most of the Imperial perks in Morrowind and Oblivion were oriented around the prestige and what have you of being an Imperial, and unless I recall wrong, the Empire's kind of dead/dying/something, so I wonder how that'll play out.
Assuming there's actually logic to the perks and the rumour I heard about the Nords gaining fire resistance aren't true.

@ShaneDev:  I honestly doubt the Imperial Guard race will be available to play as, since they are people from the Imperial City which is in Oblivion. But hey, the game isn't out yet, so as far as I'm concerned, that's an imcomplete list. You may never know.

I dunno, they still look kinda weird and I can see hints of that awful skin colouring method from Oblivion where you could have bizarre multicoloured faces…

Edit: My concern is more to do with design aesthetic rather than the production quality, they look 'good' but not 'right'

I think it all looks great. It's insane how much better the races look when compared to Oblivion's.  I'm thinking a Khajiit for my first playthrough. Or possibly Dunmer.

@NeverDave said:

I dunno, they still look kinda weird and I can see hints of that awful skin colouring method from Oblivion where you could have bizarre multicoloured faces…

At least the humans look human. In Oblivion you were hard pressed to find someone who didn't look like a freak (and even then you'd be luckier with the beast races).

Maybe they still look a little weird, but it's hard to notice considering the point of comparison.

@528seven said:

@NeverDave said:

I dunno, they still look kinda weird and I can see hints of that awful skin colouring method from Oblivion where you could have bizarre multicoloured faces…

At least the humans look human. In Oblivion you were hard pressed to find someone who didn't look like a freak (and even then you'd be luckier with the beast races).

Maybe they still look a little weird, but it's hard to notice considering the point of comparison.

Yeah, Oblivion had bafflingly awful character creation. I'm still dubious at how good the creator will be, we're still seeing things created by the people who made the game, how it works for everyone else will be interesting.

@NeverDave said:

@528seven said:

@NeverDave said:

I dunno, they still look kinda weird and I can see hints of that awful skin colouring method from Oblivion where you could have bizarre multicoloured faces…

At least the humans look human. In Oblivion you were hard pressed to find someone who didn't look like a freak (and even then you'd be luckier with the beast races).

Maybe they still look a little weird, but it's hard to notice considering the point of comparison.

Yeah, Oblivion had bafflingly awful character creation. I'm still dubious at how good the creator will be, we're still seeing things created by the people who made the game, how it works for everyone else will be interesting.

These shots are mostly from Quakecon journalist demos - these are the characters rolled up by lucky sods who got to play the game for an hour. The screenshots were posed by BSW by loading the saves from the event.

@Stahlbrand said:

@NeverDave said:

@528seven said:

@NeverDave said:

I dunno, they still look kinda weird and I can see hints of that awful skin colouring method from Oblivion where you could have bizarre multicoloured faces…

At least the humans look human. In Oblivion you were hard pressed to find someone who didn't look like a freak (and even then you'd be luckier with the beast races).

Maybe they still look a little weird, but it's hard to notice considering the point of comparison.

Yeah, Oblivion had bafflingly awful character creation. I'm still dubious at how good the creator will be, we're still seeing things created by the people who made the game, how it works for everyone else will be interesting.

These shots are mostly from Quakecon journalist demos - these are the characters rolled up by lucky sods who got to play the game for an hour. The screenshots were posed by BSW by loading the saves from the event.

Ah that's more hopeful then, thanks.

I think they all look pretty good. Bethesda isn't going to win any awards, but its light years better than Oblivion and Fallout. I'm looking forward to rolling my Argonian. I figure it's only fitting that the dragonborn be a reptile.

A fierce Orc but the hairdo makes him too human 
 

A fierce Orc but the hairdo makes him too human 
 

Love the fact that the Khajiits don't look like fucking retards anymore!

@atejas said:

@GreenBeret3 said:

A fierce Orc but the hairdo makes him too human That seems to be a problem with the orcs. At least two of the three screenshots we've seen have hair that looks more appropriate for a human race.

Well, IIRC, you could select a range of human-appropriate hair styles for Orc characters in Oblivion. Beyond that, I know one of the basic mods I had unlocked all hair for all races.

Elves look too buff.  Guess they only have one male body model?

Elves look too buff.  Guess they only have one male body model?

Finally, someone I can fuck who doesn't look like shit!

Ugh. After lookin at those screenshots I think I realized I have Fantasy Fatigue or somethin. If I see another Orc-lookin dude in armor with a sword, I think I'm gonna throw up in my mouth and then swallow it and then throw up again because i swallowed my own throw up.

Know what would be cool? An RPG that takes place in the present. Why the FFFFuck don't those exist?

@believer258: Well they have something like 2-3 times as many folks doing VO for Skyrim, so as long as they don't do that fucking shit where A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ACTOR SAYS EXACTLY THE SAME FUCKING THING (seriously, the most retarded thing I've ever experienced in a game), I think the VO will be much more tolerable, just because there won't be the same 3 people talking to you over and over.

I was on the fence about what race to place, because Argonians and Khajiits both look super kick ass this time around. Then I saw this. Totally sold on Argonian (minus the horns o.o)

Dunmer 

   Bethesda isn't going to win any awards

Oh man, that female Dark Elf looks fucking great; I'm so glad they look more akin to their Morrowind counterparts, than those hideous Oblivion whatsit's. I think I'm gonna go out and finish paying this off now. 
 
Also, I pray for puppies. 

I know Im making a Nord character for sure!

Dropping a link in here: http://imgur.com/a/ANKRj#SU7Pj 
 
All of the preset faces, from the facebook gallery, in one convenient place, courtesy of the SomethingAwful forums.

I'm looking forward to making an old Breton mage. For my first playthrough though, I think I'm going with some type of Elf or a Redguard.

@GreenBeret3 said:

Dunmer

Thats one big dog. i better get an in-game dog, or no sale.

This might be the first time I even consider making an Argonian.

@Storms said:

@JP_Russell:

Obviously we've seen two types of character build in the screenshots so far; thin and muscular. And we've seen varying degrees of muscular. That makes the case for tweaking from the archetypes. That makes me think there's a 75 percent chance that from one or both of these options, we can make a body type that looks reasonably fat. And a 65 percent chance that we'd be able to go to the lengths of, say, giving a character a pot-belly.

I think it has been confirmed, though I don't remember where, maybe in the 'fan interview' on the BSW boards, that there are two body types, 'thin' and 'muscular'. Sounded to me like it is "A" or "B" not something that is adjustable. I think any variation you've noticed is a difference between races, as I'm sure the muscular Bretons are not as large as their muscular Imperial or Nord kin.

@Storms said:

@JP_Russell:

Obviously we've seen two types of character build in the screenshots so far; thin and muscular. And we've seen varying degrees of muscular. That makes the case for tweaking from the archetypes. That makes me think there's a 75 percent chance that from one or both of these options, we can make a body type that looks reasonably fat. And a 65 percent chance that we'd be able to go to the lengths of, say, giving a character a pot-belly.

I think it has been confirmed, though I don't remember where, maybe in the 'fan interview' on the BSW boards, that there are two body types, 'thin' and 'muscular'. Sounded to me like it is "A" or "B" not something that is adjustable. I think any variation you've noticed is a difference between races, as I'm sure the muscular Bretons are not as large as their muscular Imperial or Nord kin.

 
Character screenshot... of a character in the making, on the Character Creation screen. 
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10752296@N05/6092344168/

I do think the argonians do have a JP raptor feel to them, but at least they look beast-like and far from human. orcs and nords look great to me, good thing they're always my favs.