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Show me your Tovans! (And Verils, Hivens, and Satras...)
gulberat
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Note: This isn't the place to discuss whether or not you like Tovan Khev or any of the other Romulan bridge officers. There are plenty of other threads to avail yourselves of for that. 
What I'm interested in is your design choices, for those of you who took the time to customize Tovan and the other bridge officers.
To start off, here's my crew.
http://oi41.tinypic.com/24wf1ba.jpg
Veril's over there on the left. I had to make her look a bit more Reman-like because some of the game's looks for Reman women are REALLY non-canon-looking, though I didn't select the same facial type as my captain simply because I wanted to make sure they were still easy to tell apart when playing.
Tovan Khev...well, as you can see, I did away completely with the--let's call it rugged, to be generous--style that he came with. My thinking was this. A Romulan who befriends a Reman woman, closely, without regard for the social consequences that will follow (possibly being ostracised, dealing with nasty innuendos from those who want to insinuate something else going on and consider that to be a shameful thing, being at risk of being a prime target for the Tal Shiar, even before the Elachi attacks, because of his unconventional ways) is someone who is probably bold enough to demonstrate an unusual sense of style. Whether or not you like that style, "different" is definitely the word that should describe him, and I think it's worked well with his (at times) fiery, snarky attitude. One of my fleetmates described my Tovan as a "pretty boy," and admittedly I DID go for the antithesis of his original look.
Satra...OK...I'm still working on this one. I need more uniform options to get something that I like on the clothing, although I am at least satisfied with her look.
Hiven...well, when I saw how the collar that comes with the character was going to look with one of the Fed variant uniforms, I had to go for it.
I gave him a pretty significant alteration in appearance, but the whole look--the uniform, the build, the skin tone, all came together very nicely to create a handsome looking man.
What I'm interested in is your design choices, for those of you who took the time to customize Tovan and the other bridge officers.
To start off, here's my crew.
http://oi41.tinypic.com/24wf1ba.jpg
Veril's over there on the left. I had to make her look a bit more Reman-like because some of the game's looks for Reman women are REALLY non-canon-looking, though I didn't select the same facial type as my captain simply because I wanted to make sure they were still easy to tell apart when playing.
Tovan Khev...well, as you can see, I did away completely with the--let's call it rugged, to be generous--style that he came with. My thinking was this. A Romulan who befriends a Reman woman, closely, without regard for the social consequences that will follow (possibly being ostracised, dealing with nasty innuendos from those who want to insinuate something else going on and consider that to be a shameful thing, being at risk of being a prime target for the Tal Shiar, even before the Elachi attacks, because of his unconventional ways) is someone who is probably bold enough to demonstrate an unusual sense of style. Whether or not you like that style, "different" is definitely the word that should describe him, and I think it's worked well with his (at times) fiery, snarky attitude. One of my fleetmates described my Tovan as a "pretty boy," and admittedly I DID go for the antithesis of his original look.
Satra...OK...I'm still working on this one. I need more uniform options to get something that I like on the clothing, although I am at least satisfied with her look.
Hiven...well, when I saw how the collar that comes with the character was going to look with one of the Fed variant uniforms, I had to go for it.
I gave him a pretty significant alteration in appearance, but the whole look--the uniform, the build, the skin tone, all came together very nicely to create a handsome looking man. 
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Hiven (right) got a bit more of an overhaul but not much, his name is also Ylsson now.
Don't have Veril or Satra - I have an all-male all-Romulan crew.
http://i.imgur.com/PMtLMIL.png
The rest of them I just recolor their outfits to match their branch.
My character Tsin'xing
However, I will note that I don't have Satra or Hiven; instead, they've been given proper Rihannsu names (which I forget at the moment, but there they are). I'd rename Veril, but I don't know any good Reman names. (Oh, of course they've all had their appearance modified, even Tovan...)
WHat happened to "show us your bridge officers?" These are supposed to be unique, personal extensions of our characters, not modified versions of the same officers everyone else gets.
My character Tsin'xing
tpalelena--Is your Tovan intended to be a hybrid with another species, as Sela was? Or was his blonde hair a natural mutation? Just curious.
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there has NEVER been said romulans can be only black-haired.
Kirk infiltrated a Romulan ship (and he was blond) and nobody wondered about him, so i suppose there are also blond Romulans
the same for afro-american vulcans ...
gamewise:
we also do get an asian face design for every playable race, so i suppose hair color is not such a big issue in this light
http://i.imgur.com/dqR0hMj.jpg
mostly greyish Federation Romulan parts, all of them are recieving grey, Romulan helmets when going on ground missions. It's a nice touch that you can use the battered D'vex helmet as a costume option.
Tovan: basically the same but i gave him more of a tan and got rid of the Tattoo, he is supposed to be a like a Spock not a Chakotay.
Veril: is renamed Kasis, veril seems like a boy reman to me. and i put the looks of number two which really don't look as bad but are more realistic than 1 or 3.
Satra: Since she is my chief MD i thought might name her Dr. Salar, after the Vulcan doctor in TNG.
Hiven: i got rid of him and replaced him with a Boomer like Romulan you see in BSG 1978, Hiven looks too bulky for my crew. I like the lean fighters in combat. So i modeled Boomer after Tuvok.
Technically all these guys are Colonial Warriors lol.
And they look wonderfull.
Anyway, next to the 4 story boffs Tovan, Hiven, Satra and Virel, are there any other story related boffs to collect? I stopped playing at Lv. 11 and I am concentrating on doff missions now.
I sort of kept D'vex and Hiven except I bought some rare boffs from the exchange and remade them, except D'vex is now Sci and Hiven is Eng. Hiven just seemed the type to be don and dirty in an engine room while D'vex seemed more the McCoy type.
At first I was just going to get rid of them all but then I came up with the idea to switch Hiven and D'vex and think it came out really good, besides now D'vex has a female nurse to flirt with...damned frisky 200+ yr old Romulans lol
EDIT: That screenshot was during the Search for New Romulus and there have been some changes in the costumes since them. Will probably add them there later.
EDIT 2: Added the character selection screenshot.
The "Main" Crew.
Tovan has no adjustments to his facial features, completely altered the body and clothes though.
Hiven has lost his scar, jaw line and neck line slightly shrunk, body has also been adjusted along with clothes.
Satra has been given a more traditional romulan look with lippy, change of clothes and body shape. default clothes make her look fat.
Veril face has been slightly altered, slightly more cheek size to give the appearance of young reman woman. her body size has also been adjusted accordingly along with clothes.
Second members of the crew.
Lwisa Nadan, "Susan", Kura'Idakita, Tron.
Lwisa is first officer (left in red uniform).
Third group members.
5 of 9, D'vex, Renuk, 6 of 16.
D'vex has had his tattoo made smaller as it looked ridiculously huge, also given him a sort of shaved head. adjusted his body shape to fit that of a man in his later years of life.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
Hiven: changed his body and face, made him less bulkier. Medical officer
Tovan: gave him more muscle, less hair. Second in command, tactical officer.
Captain: Tactical Officer
Satra: Hair and face changes, science officer
7 of 7: minor face and body changes, gave him this cool sci-fi visor.
Virl (not pictured): well.. I don't like this Nosferatu race.. did some minor changes but.. well..I don't like the race.
And as you can see, I take advantage of this Alliance System.
I'm attached to the Romulans I have that are purple/blue...
The crew of RRW Emerald Lance
From left to right: Centurion Veril, Centurion Tovan Khev, Subcommander Nniol tr'Keiniadh, Centurion Sienae t'Mendak, Centurion S'Hauen tr'Letant.
I still have the BOFFs I started with; each one has had its appearance tweaked, at least slightly, and two have been renamed. (I can't rename Tovan, more's the pity, and I haven't come up with a better Reman name than Veril yet.)
Also visible is part of the portside nacelle of the Mogai-class heavy warbird RRW Emerald Lance, successor to the Emerald Fire and Emerald Blade (I think I'm sensing a pattern here...).
http://d.pr/i/ODOX
Luckily they found more sensible garb in the Federation (inset). Tovan (at right) somehow just needs to be blonde.
L-R: D'Vex, Veril, Tovan Khev, Rikhol D'Latham, Satra Aidoann, Hiven L'Valler, Savari R'Zira
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I can picture him on a catwalk coming down from the back and stopping in the pose you have him in.
I also like what you did with Veril, she looks totally different to her standard look.
I'll be posting the crew of my ship later today so I hope you like what I've done.
Its great to see what you all have done as its awesome to see that you have all in some way stepped away from the standard look and been a little adventurous in your designs.
http://i.imgur.com/o4L40C7.png
Romulans can have different coloured hair other than Black. Its just very rare not to see black hair.