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Best Imoen Portrait?

rodneyandsteptoerodneyandsteptoe Member Posts: 99
edited August 2012 in Archive (General Discussion)
There's a thread called "Imoen's Big Fat Round Face", debating the pros and cons of her portraits. I thought there is really only one way to sort this...

NO, not a fight - a poll!

Do you prefer Imoen in BG1: image

or Imoen in BG2: image
  1. Best Imoen Portrait?449 votes
    1. BG1
      28.95%
    2. BG2
      71.05%
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  • rodneyandsteptoerodneyandsteptoe Member Posts: 99
    I'll put the first comment in - I prefer BG2 as she looks more like the battle hardened, soul tormented young woman we know and love (she is in my party all the way through to the end of BG and TOB)...
  • selous_scoutselous_scout Member Posts: 8
    She could pass for the PC's Mom if her BG1 portrait is anything to go by...
  • reedmilfamreedmilfam Member Posts: 2,808
    Only because the age of the portrait and age of the character seem to be in disagreement
  • MornmagorMornmagor Member Posts: 1,160
    What can i say, i have a thing for pink hair!

    Anyway i like her expression in BG2 more, it's so... so... hm...

    /Runs off to play Imoen Romance Mod again \o/
  • KharasKharas Member Posts: 150
    The BG1 portrait is a damn hot and sexy woman.. But imoen is way to young for that, so I think the first looks best, but the 2nd is much more fitting.
  • Fake_SketchFake_Sketch Member Posts: 217
    Ill speak my mind: I prefer the second because shes not fat and looks more tough.
  • SilverstarSilverstar Member Posts: 2,207
    Prefer the second one, fits her better I think. Seems younger and err... thiefier. First one seems like she's wearing a dress or something.
  • PaheejPaheej Member Posts: 126
    I'm gonna go against the grain here and vote BG1! It seems a little less over the top than most of the BG2 potraits (except Vic's which is MUCH better in BG2).
  • immagikmanimmagikman Member Posts: 664
    Oh puhleaaaase NEITHER of those images is "FAT" that kind of comment can only come from someone that has been brainwashed by the Media to like the hyper skinny :P (or some kind of fetishist)

    #2 just has a less house wifey look and feel to it.
  • Roller12Roller12 Member Posts: 437
    These portraits are poor quality jpegs. Since bg2 portraits are worse quality to begin with they lose less from being compressed.

    here is the correct BG1 portrait

    image
  • SeldarSeldar Member Posts: 438
    they should mix 1 and 2
  • CheesebellyCheesebelly Member Posts: 1,727
    For her 16 charisma, BG1's portrait fits her better. BG2 would be an average bobby's 9 charisma. >.<
  • rodneyandsteptoerodneyandsteptoe Member Posts: 99
    edited August 2012
    Nice find @Roller12 - the image I had was the best I could find at the time. Yours is now the BG1 version...
  • Roller12Roller12 Member Posts: 437
    this picture comes straight from the game so 95% authentic, for some reason imagehost has autoconvert it to png, lol, but its losless so..

    for whats its worth here is imoen2, and while we are at it, heck, Jaheira too. :D
    imageimage
  • State_LemmingState_Lemming Member Posts: 375
    I think both work within their respective games. In BG1 she is a mischievous/annoying thief. In BG2 she is pretty bummed out about that whole lack of soul thing.
  • PhælinPhælin Member Posts: 316
    Imoen from BG1 looks like a redneck girl in search of a cow to milk.
    Imoen from BG2, on the other hand, is just more forgottenrealmsy!
  • OremusOremus Member Posts: 15
    Not having yet played BGI yet, my vision of Imoen from BGII probably greatly effects my view of the portraits.

    I don't think that the first portrait is a bad portrait at all, but I think that the second fits BGII Imoen so well. There is so much emotion packed into that portrait. Unfortunately, I don't know what she was like before Irenicus. Fortunately, that will change very soon. :)
  • Fake_SketchFake_Sketch Member Posts: 217
    immagikman said:

    Oh puhleaaaase NEITHER of those images is "FAT" that kind of comment can only come from someone that has been brainwashed by the Media to like the hyper skinny :P (or some kind of fetishist)

    #2 just has a less house wifey look and feel to it.

    K, I exaggerated, I like the second because she's more skinny (I do like them skinny).

  • rodneyandsteptoerodneyandsteptoe Member Posts: 99
    Roller12 said:

    this picture comes straight from the game so 95% authentic, for some reason imagehost has autoconvert it to png, lol, but its losless so..

    for whats its worth here is imoen2, and while we are at it, heck, Jaheira too. :D
    imageimage

    You should have set this poll up @Roller12, you sourced the better pix! Again, for continuity and fair comparison, the BG2 pic is now the one you supplied!

    Jaheira could be another poll but I think there would only be one winner IMHO...
  • Kitteh_On_A_CloudKitteh_On_A_Cloud Member Posts: 1,629
    I prefer the first portrait, aka, Imoen's BG 1 portrait. I just think it's more beautiful. It does look a bit too old when it comes to age, but I don't really mind. Also, I don't get the 'fatty' thing. She looks pretty average to me in both pictures.
  • noodles_toonoodles_too Member Posts: 23
    I wonder how she got that scar?
  • alannahsmithalannahsmith Member Posts: 143
    I usually pick the BG1 picture as my own.
  • cloakanddaggercloakanddagger Member Posts: 111
    I chose BG1, partially because it's just so nostalgic, but also because the BG1 portrait makes her look prettier which works better with her character and her higher charisma points.
  • LadyRhianLadyRhian Member Posts: 14,694
    I prefer BG1 Imoen. It's how I got used to her, and BG2 Imoen looks joyless and hopeless.
  • CheesebellyCheesebelly Member Posts: 1,727
    Now I'll be only able to picture Imoen with the following sentence : "We are all dooooomed!"
  • Roller12Roller12 Member Posts: 437
    @rodneyandsteptoe

    Lots of people dont have experience with BG1 so pick the convenient choice they have more experience with, which would be bg2. I expect poll results will change after more people play BGee. In my opinion anyways, having played through both games multiple times, BG1 look perfectly fits her personality of a cute roguish Candlekeep castle girl. Bg2 is more like emo-mage but since she is a mage in bg2 its not surprising too.
  • rodneyandsteptoerodneyandsteptoe Member Posts: 99
    Love the Emo-Mage description @Roller12!

    To be fair, if it was a 'dating agency' choice between the two pix, Imoen from BG1 would get my vote...

    I lie, Jaheira from BG1 would get my vote!
  • BjjorickBjjorick Member Posts: 1,208
    ahhhh i really really really wanted to fight it out.....

    polls are so.....swedish....
  • O_BruceO_Bruce Member Posts: 2,790
    Baldur's Gate II portrait for me. She looks bit more experienced than in BG1 (scar, for example), kind of cute, thought somehow different from BG1 (in fact most of characters from first game looks different in BG2). I like the fact that in spite of that, she's still that innocent cheerfull person.
  • MornmagorMornmagor Member Posts: 1,160
    Come on guys, the choice is obvious.

    Pick Emo-en! ( hint : it's the second picture)
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