Oh, I actually wanted to make a mock-up for the Tauren, but it turns out that so far they have not yet established any proper visual differences between the tribes, so that feels a bit too much of a stretch for me at this stage, as I can’t guess how they would look.
Humans however are something I could work with during the weekend…
I love your idea, your whole tread, all the thought and work you two put in to this. I am all in favor of this great idea. I hope Blizzard will listen and implement it. It would make the creation screen much cleaner, give us much more customization and more immersion in the game and worlds lore.
While I’d love to have access to Taunka customization, I can’t help feeling that having them display on a mock-up at this stage might go slightly beyond what the OP is trying to achieve here.
I mean, the Taunka would perfectly fit as a sub race template if/when Taunka assets were added to the game. But since they won’t be added at this time, and they are not even planned, it might feel Somewhat misleading to include them in an edit for Shadowlands?
The Farstrider and Highborne thread actually ended up suggesting something like this as well, just calling it ‘tab’ rather than template.
I’d love to see a template for both these, then, if Moria has the time to spare. Farstrider template for Blood Elves and Highborne template for Night Elves.
As a matter of facts they also suggested High Elves as a template for the Void Elves, but that was already made.
I think the point Sindorea was trying to make is that Wildhammer and Bronzebeard dwarves are also the same race after all, with just different features which come from different clan/affiliation rather than genetics.
So if the ‘subrace’ templates work for dwarves, they could maybe better be called ‘subtype’ and be applied for both genetic or cultural differences depending on whatever makes sense for the specific race:
Gilgoblins and Ankoan, both were allies in Nazjatar anyway, Ankoan use the Night Elf skeleton but they’re hardly elves.
I need to be able to play Ankoan I swear lol.