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I did at first. Elves are a little difficult to make in the CC, but overall I'm happy with my results on 2 of my Lavellans. It's entirely possible to make attractive (IMO) looking elves, it just takes some trial and error.
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How is it that you could create such beautiful Lavellans? 
I didn't realise Cassandra commented on that, I have to find that. I don't ever seem to get banter urgh
It's strange. There are times where I don't get banters for very long periods of time and then there are times banters just happen every few minutes or so. 
I did at first. Elves are a little difficult to make in the CC, but overall I'm happy with my results on 2 of my Lavellans. It's entirely possible to make attractive (IMO) looking elves, it just takes some trial and error.
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I am the worst with this CC.
I'm sure I can make a lovely one eventually. I think I'm just in a mode of not having a concrete idea of who I want her to be, so I'm fumbling her looks.
I rerolled 12 qunaris, if it takes 15 for an elf then it takes 15!
Yay! I replied, and they favorited and replied too. I hope you can see it following the link, I'm on my tablet: https://twitter.com/...646049134518272
Btw, I'm in bed with the mos terrible flu and you're all making my day a lot easier; the Solas Recovery Wing, medicine for your mind and soul!
They favorited mine as well: https://twitter.com/...47897610428416
Hope you get well soon, by the way! 
I had a realization this morning:
There's no better argument to be pro-templar than "never romance the apostate mage."
Seriously. Morrigan, Anders, and now Solas just show up and ruin people.
I didn't romance Morrigan, but she was my Warden's bestest sister forever. I was so sad when she left. I then hopped on the apostate heartbreak for DA2 and DA:I--if anything, I'm MORE of an idiot since I saw the first apostate romance ruin everyone, and merrily jumped on board with the next two.
I really wish I could draw. My Lavellan has deep red hair, and I can't find any Solas romance fan art that looks like her.
I named her Atisha, which is Elvan for Peace. I think it suits her..and the romance. She gives Solas some peace while they are together. I probably made her like 10 times before I was finally happy with her and her name. I'm rambling..I'm tired..I didn't get much sleep. I kept thinking about Solas and making up fanfic in my head.
I have no art skills at all. Except maybe painting miniatures. I have this glorious image in my head of Pietà Plagiarism with Solas and Lavellan before the prologue, when she's dying from the Anchor and he's trying to save her life. Couldn't draw it in a million years 
Can I be the dissenting voice here and argue for keeping theorycrafting in this thread? The main discussion thread seems like the appropriate place for, well, discussion, and attempting to make it just the romance squee thread (as much as I enjoy that too!) might mean losing people who would drop by the main thread and think that the only thing people are talking about is the romance. Besides, the first post FAQ opens up with a ton of theory and "what do we know" so it'd be confusing to come in here and be told to take it elsewhere with the theory.
I agree with you. I'd rather we continue to have insightful discussions and interesting speculation in place here to help keep this from becoming a fangirl romance thread. Solas deserves more than to be reduced to how many kisses you get with him. His character is way more interesting and involved than his butt-grabbing moments.
...not that those moments were bad. 
For all you Solas lovers who gave their Lavellan's red hair. I started drawing this today and have been thinking about hair colour. Red seems a perfect colour to go with, (though I'm sure all your Lavellan's look much better.) Just rough sketching the now and getting the anatomy down and the pissing bloody hands!!! (and getting him to look like Solas).
*sigh* It's been years since I've picked up a pencil other than to draw Mickey Mouse for my niece, but damn you Bioware, you gave us so little Solamance in-game that I need to get more from outside sources. Need to get his expression right. I want it somewhere between heart-break and desire because that's the two main emotions he seems to enjoy drawing out of others.
Picture taken with phone obviously.
My latest Lavellan I'm still trying to decide if I'm happy with her appearance
It's strange. There are times where I don't get banters for very long periods of time and then there are times banters just happen every few minutes or so.
I'm hoping with my second playthrough that using the tricks/tips to increase banter work. I think I had like 12 banters for my first 60 hour playthrough (all were started by Iron Bull).
Thank you!! *air hug so my really vicious viruses stay with me*They favorited mine as well: https://twitter.com/...47897610428416
Hope you get well soon, by the way!
Switched parties, changed areas, nothing.
I think when I (eventually) replay my canon Lavellan, I'm going to make her vallaslin darker. They were still visible, but they were pretty subtle, and I'd like their removal to be more dramatic.
Also, is it just me, or do most of our Lavellans have either June, Mythal, or Ghilan'nain for their vallaslin? I've hardly seen any with the crazy full-face Elgar'nan one.
I'm hoping with my second playthrough that using the tricks/tips to increase banter work. I think I had like 12 banters for my first 60 hour playthrough (all were started by Iron Bull).
On my 2nd playthrough, I have gotten tons of banter, while I has almost none on my first playthrough.
I've never gotten on a mount. Don't know if its just superstition/coincidence, or if that actually solved the issue.
I run my department's twitter account at work, so switching back & forth to talk about my fictional boyfriend on social media (without accidentally using the wrong account) is always a sweaty, nerve-wracking affair. Still, had to tweet a #WolfHunt demand!
For all you Solas lovers who gave their Lavellan's red hair. I started drawing this today and have been thinking about hair colour. Red seems a perfect colour to go with, (though I'm sure all your Lavellan's look much better.) Just rough sketching the now and getting the anatomy down and the pissing bloody hands!!! (and getting him to look like Solas).
*sigh* It's been years since I've picked up a pencil other than to draw Mickey Mouse for my niece, but damn you Bioware, you gave us so little Solamance in-game that I need to get more from outside sources. Need to get his expression right. I want it somewhere between heart-break and desire because that's the two main emotions he seems to enjoy drawing out of others.
Picture taken with phone obviously.
Oh this is perfect!!!
On my 2nd playthrough, I have gotten tons of banter, while I has almost none on my first playthrough.
I've never gotten on a mount. Don't know if its just superstition/coincidence, or if that actually solved the issue.
I loved riding the Hart but I will try and not ride it this time. My sister, like you had more banter triggered in her second playthrough, I'm hoping for the best...and this time Solas is in my party full time.
I think when I (eventually) replay my canon Lavellan, I'm going to make her vallaslin darker. They were still visible, but they were pretty subtle, and I'd like their removal to be more dramatic.
Also, is it just me, or do most of our Lavellans have either June, Mythal, or Ghilan'nain for their vallaslin? I've hardly seen any with the crazy full-face Elgar'nan one.
I had one, but I deleted her because I found too many things wrong with her appearance (outside her vallaslin!), heh. There's actually a really good looking Lavellan (posted by Sea of Siren) with a face covering vallaslin in the Post Pictures of Your Inquisitor Here thread awhile back:
If I could find a way to recreate her, I totally would.
edit: I thought that was the vallaslin you were referring to. My mistake. I don't have the vallaslin memorized >.<. Still, enjoy the pretty Lavellan.
Me too! I find the cheekbones so hard to get right. Eventually I get tired of messing around and give up and go with something. My second play through half way through the game I realized I hated looking at my character and started all over again lol.
No matter what I do I seem to end up with weird pudgy cheeks
You may be doing this already, but this tip saved my life when starting out in the CC. Make sure you test the voice a lot and keep checking the multiple angles on the facial animations. If not for that, my Lavellan would have had puffy cheeks and a dangerous overbite, looking a lot like a squirrel.
Hmm, so if Solas is in his "40s" do you think he has any grey hair? I
Ehehehehe... where, exactly? 
What. It's a legitimate question. 
So I've ditched my Cullenmancing Human because I'm bored of her. Solas has claimed my soul and running around without him with me just doesn't seem right.
So I've been running with my Nightmare mode elf. Nicknamed several things..
1) The "I hate bears so much" run
2) The "JAR OF BEES ALL THE THINGS" run
and
3) Team sexy male elf bromance run
Because, awww yiss. Tristan and Solas bring all the sexy to my playthrough. I'm not sure what manner of narcissist fancying my own creation makes me, but I'm cool with it.
Also, is there any response you can make to Solas when asking his opinion on the elves and he grumbles about Dalish, that he approves of? I swear I tried them all and he disapproved of them all. It's a shame I couldn't pick a 'sod the Dalish' response. I'm RPing Tristan as the total opposite of my sweet, naive, pro-dalish Female Lavellan. He doesn't necessarily hate the Dalish, but his selfish, lazy and often promiscuous lifestyle made him not much loved in his clan. I've headcannoned the idea that he was sent to the Conclave as the Keeper's attempt to get him to redeem himself and get back on the right path. Instead he becomes a Herald of a human faith and BFFs with the god that many of his clan probably hoped would 'take him'. Eheheh. Oh I hope he gets to find out the truth one day and Bioware will allow me to have a lols response. He would so find it hilarious, but he wouldn't care. As far as he's concerned Solas is his friend no matter what name he takes.
My female Lavellan will probably just cry and REGRET ALL THE THINGS. I didn't RP her as someone who will deal well with the situation, as a strong believer of the Dalish history. I never normally go all in with a dedicated character because I prefer my rebels and underdogs, but for the first time, in my first sodding DAI run, I go all in with a Dalishy Dalish because I felt it would be better suited for a clan First to be that way. It made romancing Solas all the more crushing. Poor bare faced Lavellan. I hope she gets her dignity back some day.
I have no problem getting the cheeks right, but I went through about 8 Lavellans until I was satisfied. Often they look quite nice in the CC but then they look funky in the cutscenes. Sometimes they looked like really young children and sometimes they looked like they had plastic surgery. The make-up is also really tricky!
I'm hoping with my second playthrough that using the tricks/tips to increase banter work. I think I had like 12 banters for my first 60 hour playthrough (all were started by Iron Bull).
Iron Bull is so damn quiet in my playthrough. I think I've managed to get at least 2 banters out of him. Both with Solas (the Tal-Vashoth banter and the chess banter).
I think when I (eventually) replay my canon Lavellan, I'm going to make her vallaslin darker. They were still visible, but they were pretty subtle, and I'd like their removal to be more dramatic.
Also, is it just me, or do most of our Lavellans have either June, Mythal, or Ghilan'nain for their vallaslin? I've hardly seen any with the crazy full-face Elgar'nan one.
Because those vallaslin are the prettiest ones?
I have no problem getting the cheeks right, but I went through about 8 Lavellans until I was satisfied. Often they look quite nice in the CC but then they look funky in the cutscenes. Sometimes they looked like really young children and sometimes they looked like they had plastic surgery. The make-up is also really tricky!
I just scratch makeup altogether and make my Lavellans go natural. It's easier that way XD
Finally done re-making my original inquisitor.. I think. I wanted to have one that is as similar to my first one, since I want kind of "start" over a new Solas romance.. But also not rush ahead in the story. Will post pictures soon
I think when I (eventually) replay my canon Lavellan, I'm going to make her vallaslin darker. They were still visible, but they were pretty subtle, and I'd like their removal to be more dramatic.
Also, is it just me, or do most of our Lavellans have either June, Mythal, or Ghilan'nain for their vallaslin? I've hardly seen any with the crazy full-face Elgar'nan one.
Well... this is my first and canon Lavellan with the Elgar'nan vallaslin.
I created her before knowing about Solas' romance and the removal of the vallaslin and she looked so naked afterwards...
Hi there all you Solas fans. I finished my first run through last night so I'm back on the boards with rather mixed feelings. For the first time ever I made a real emotional bond with my romance. I think it is because on my first run through my character is always closest to my own in how they react to things and the decisions they make. So when Solas tells her how unique and special she is, he is also talking to me. I didn't hold it against him what he did because I pursued him and he warned me at the beginning it might be kinder not to let it carry on. So how can I blame him for not being strong enough to say no when I couldn't?
My sadness comes from the epilogue. My character doesn't know about this so she can carry on believing that Solas is still out there somewhere and continuing to hope that one day he will return. I know different. Whatever you believe happened between him and Flemeth, it would seem that the Solas I knew and loved has gone. Not only that but since I had only done about 100 hours worth before going for the ending, I now have to face exploring without him at my side and I don't think I can do that. So I think I'll have to go with rolling a new character and spending longer with Solas with them. Eventually I probably go back to near the beginning with my Lavellan and play it through again with her because I seem to have missed some good scenes - the Winter Palace for one - it was one of the few times I didn't take him with me because I didn't think he'd enjoy it - fool that I am.
I hope that eventually his story does continue and things are not as bad as they currently seem to be.
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