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The Complete Guide to Eye Colour In Resident Evil 8
Alright. I've cracked open the game files to extract every eye-related asset I could find. I've installed a bunch of mods to let me remove face coverings and zoom all the way in on the RE8 model viewer. Let's settle this one once and for all!
The short version, for those who just want a cheat sheet:
Ethan Winters: Hazel
Miranda & the Four Lords: Various greys
Bela, Cassandra and Daniela: Yellow
Mia, Rose, Chris and the Duke: Blue
Every local villager: Blue
Most of these are, of course, open to some interpretation, even beyond the usual scope for debating the exact line between grey and blue, etc. Does the eye colour on Ethan's model even count as canon, when you never see it in game? Does Donna's, when her eyes are either hidden behind a veil or vanishing as the light fades from them? It's up to you. But have some longer notes below.
Ethan
For Ethan, I could not get a good shot of his in-game model even with mods, so the render comes from Noesis (a tool for viewing game assets). His eyes are a sorta dark-blue-brown, which I think I can safely class as 'hazel' under the standard definition of "kinda brown, but not, like, brown-brown".
Unsurprisingly, the texture for Ethan's eyes has barely changed from the one in RE7 (lower resolution, and with a larger pupil than most in RE8) ‒ because why update what won't even be seen? But they're still distinctly different from every other character in either game, so I like to see hazel-eyed-Ethan as the official version myself.
Miranda and the Four Lords
Genetically unrelated though they may all be, Miranda and her four "children" all have some variant of washed-out-blue-grey-eyes ‒ even Moreau, who has the least human-looking eyes in the family. Is the mould a factor? (Insert your own theories here!)
Donna's eyes look brown in her portrait, and I would not blame anyone for taking that as more definitive than her character model. But the portrait is dark and fairly low-resolution, and her eyes are very pale in death, so I'd still tend towards the grey-blue of the model myself.
For such different characters, Dimitrescu and Heisenberg's very-pale-grey eyes are remarkably similar. Even Donna's are arguably just a darkened version of the same colouration, and all three have areas of orange-brown discolouration near their pupils.
Apparently this counts as a form of heterochromia ("central heterochromia"), which some people like to get very excited about ‒ though realistically, this particular form of heterochromia is so common that you probably don't even notice it most of the time (pick an eye colour, plug it into google image search, and I guarantee you will find examples without even looking for them).
The same central-orange-brown-region is also present for Mia, baby Rose, and Ethan ‒ you can even see a traces of the same in the Baker family (though not Miranda herself). And it's tempting to start to theorise that blue/grey-eyes-with-brown-centres are a symptom of mould-infection ‒ but then, two of the five members of Chris' team have it too, as well as some of the villagers. It's not there for every blue-eyed character in this game, but it's probably just one of Capcom's standard ways of adding a little realistic variation to eye textures.
All that said, Heisenberg, Dimitrescu and Miranda's eyes are so pale that they look just a little bit unnatural, and I'd be very surprised if that wasn't deliberate.
As for mutated forms, Heisenberg is the only one whose monster-form maintains his original eyes ‒ though they're darknened by a heavy pink overlay, which looks even more extreme to me in his game model than it does in the asset, so there's probably another layer of filters on top of it.
Dimitrescu and Moreau just get pupil-less white eyes in their own monster forms (though Moreau certainly gets plenty of other monster-eyes elsewhere on his body). And Miranda gets just one weird eye in the middle of her forehead, for whatever reason. Other monsters in this game have all manner of different eyes, probably just whatever the designer thought looked cool ‒ there's no one, consistent mould-infection-standard, just an awful lot of bizarre individual variation.
Bela, Cassandra and Daniella
All have unnatural yellow eyes, which I think we can take as a cadou-fly-people trait. Their eyes are so consistent they all seem to use the same eye-texture-asset between the three of them, so I haven't bothered including it three times.
There's also one official render of Lady Dimitrescu which gives her almost-glowing yellow eyes, though there's a yellow tint to all the light in the picture, so it may just be reflecting ambient lighting. Still, if you want to theorise she can make her eyes do that, that pic's arguably as canon as anything else.
Rosemary Winters
Rose's eyes seem to change a little between her baby stage and her teen years, losing those brown centres, though they're still a similar blue otherwise. The much stranger thing is that both baby and teen Rose's models have two slightly different extra red eye textures included alongside the standard blue ones, and I could not tell you what they're for.
Possibly there's some way of superimposing the red over the blue base to create the glowing-white-eyes you see when she uses her powers. But that doesn't happen until the DLC (which has even more confusing eye textures which might work for this purposes), and never to baby Rose, so I'm not entirely convinced. Were Rose's eyes supposed to flash red at some point in development? I have no idea.
Mia and Chris
Get grouped together because both appeared in RE7, where their models had brown eyes instead of blue. This makes more sense for Chris, whose model was completely redesigned for RE8, but what's going on with Mia? Her eyes are the same colour before and after she's infected in RE7, and her eyes only get even more brown when she's being mind-controlled, so I don't think we can blame the mould. I'm going to have to assume Capcom just changed them when they reworked her model for RE8 (which has changed, if not nearly so much as Chris') and didn't notice, or didn't expect anyone in the audience would.
I could not actually find any textures for Chris' eyes in the RE7 files, probably because he only shows his face in cutscenes stored in video format, but here's a close-up pic anyway.
The Villagers (and the Duke)
There are 8 named villager characters in the village files, but only five different eye textures to share between them ‒ and two of those are just lightly-adjusted variants on one of the first three. Luiza's model doesn't even have textures for her eyes ‒ I assume her model just references eyes from one of the first five.
Below in order are Elena, Leonardo, Roxana (the other woman at Luiza's), Griggori (man with the gun who Ethan meets first), and finally, the common texture used by Anton, Iulian, Sebastian, and even the Duke. Maybe we can blame inbreeding.
I doubt there's any important buried lore to be found in the fact the Duke has the same eyes as half the village, it's probably just a texture the developers liked using for characters whose eyes would never have to be seen up close.
Chris' Team
Yet more pseudo-canonical eyes, never actually seen in game. But they do all have detailed face models (you can reveal them with mods), probably because there were plans to give them bigger roles earlier in development. Their eye textures are an a different format to the usual, possibly because their models are invisible and incomplete, but they do match what that mod reveals.
The team are notable mostly for containing some of the very few white-skinned but brown-eyed characters in the game (the mother and daughter on the bus from Rose's epilogue are the only others) ‒ though the team isn't all white anyway.
And having now spent way too long digging into this subject, I'm not totally sure Capcom is aware that green eyes are a thing that a) exist, and b) can be as common as blue in some parts of Europe, because Eveline is the only person in this game with green eyes, and she's just a hallucination.
What colour eyes do white people have again? Blue, right? Blue eyes for everyone!
You may draw your own conclusions.
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Which TEAM of Resident Evil characters are getting trapped in a corn maze? "WINNERS"!
It was just after midnight when Mia and Hunnigan collapsed out of the corn maze's exit. Relief quickly turned to worry when they were informed that Ethan and Leon were still in there somewhere. Although they wanted to search for the missing men, every one was frankly just too tired.
Once daybreak hit, the gang was awoken by the sounds of Ethan and Leon finally escaping the maze made for children after having resorted to cutting their way out.
As every one was mocking them, Rose realized that this would mark her dad's tenth win. Before they could celebrate, the van that houses the guest characters pulled up on the side of the road near the field and grabbed Ethan and Marvin before shoving out William and Parker. The exchange made, the van quickly left.
So... yeah, Ethan's on vacation again.
Or kidnapped. Idk.
Poll: Which TEAM of male Resident Evil characters would make the cutest gingerbread house?
After finishing their soup, the gang decides to get more into the festive spirit and make gingerbread houses. Sure some of them might be sloppily made or look terrible, but the important thing is that it'll be fun.
Ha... no. This is a competition. Cutest edible house wins.
As they gather the materials, Wesker kicks down the front door, in a fantastic mood after terrorizing humanity for his six day vacation.
Now that everyone is here, the gang splits off into pairs at random and set to work.
And please welcome Lucas and Marvin who are filling in for Carlos and Heisenberg while those two are on vacation.
Team 1: Krauser & Lucas!
Team 2: Luis & Marvin!
Team 3: Ethan & Piers!
Team 4: Chris & Wesker!
Team 5: Steve & Hunk!
Team 6: Leon & Jake!
Winners go on to face the winners of the female poll so make sure to vote in both!
Capcom: *Makes a really interesting character*
Capcom: Now kill them :)
*I want wesker and friends to become so popular t)(at we get wesker and friends fanfiction.
*I'm talking WAF!C)(ris Redfield x reader. Fucking wesker and friends lore accurate Leon x Et)(an. I WANT AGNST W)(ERE WESKER FUCKING EXPLODES OR SMTH.
"MICHAEL" resident evil village: shadows of rose, 2022
“even though i wasnt there with you, ive always watched over you”
Resident Evil Masterlist (2024)
General
Headcanons
Infected/Zombie Reader helping RE men
@wrathful--artist
Leon Kennedy
Oneshots
"Helping" ( x Younger! Reader )
@darling-i-read-it
You are a college student that kinda got dragged into whatever mission Leon was in and he just kinda just took care of you.
Ethan Winters
Oneshots
"Village Home" ( Fix it AU )
@darling-i-read-it
An AU where Karl goes straight to Ethan asking him if he wants to take down Miranda with the other Lords and Ethan accepts. After they defeat her, you and Ethan grow close.
Karl Heisenberg
Oneshots
"Mary on a Cross" Part 2 Part 3
@buryustogether
for decades, the beast has provided for and protected your village. when he suddenly stops, however, the council decides a virgin sacrifice is in order to appease him.
Headcanons
Karl Heisenberg x B.O.W female reader
@fortune-fool02
Chris Redfield
Fics
"Out Of The Depths" Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Final Part 18+
@what-are-you-willing-to-do
Former S.T.A.R.S employee L/N is back to defeat Wesker. Chris is excited that his husba- old captain is back.
Albert Wesker
Fics
"Hidden Immunity" Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9
@yellowwithalisp
You are a simple S.T.A.R.S member just trying to live your life. But your past keeps finding ways to make you scream in the dark….
"The Devil’s Teeth Series Masterlist"
@mishwanders
Includes summary, all three instalments of the series, individual oneshots, Spotify playlist based on the story, and regards from the author.
Oneshots
"It’s egg season" 18+ ( x Naga! Albert Wesker )
@mothxmoons
Oviposition with Albert Wesker
this interaction with him was definitely something
Akiva - cosplaying.
Ethan Winters is underrated, fight me.
Ethan Winters | FPE Style ☆
Oh yeah, there's little Rose too !
Knit/Crochet: RE8 Edition
sfw | headcanons | four lords + winter's family
Alcina Dimitrescu
• Lady Dimitrescu prefers needles over crochet, as most of the garments she prefers to make are based on antique patterns that mostly were written for knitters. She uses the continental way to knit.
• Knits her own stockings from silk and wool blend, does it quite fast due to the experience. She learned how to knit in childhood (as a part of an aristocratic upbringing). Lady Dimitrescu looks very elegant while engaged in the activity.
• Frequently makes warm garments for her daughters, as she is worried that they could hurt themselves or freeze. Daughters most definitely have a collection of knitted scarves.
"My entire yarn stash is done in? By the likes of you!?"
Donna Beneviento
• Canonically known to be a knitter, Donna enjoys making clothing for her numerous dolls. Miss Beneviendo uses English method of knitting, and does it quite fast, which always surprised Alcina.
• While being skilled at knitting, Donna likes to crochet as well. She usually uses crochet to make shoes or any decorative details for the dolls.
• Angie's veil is done in lace by Donna, all hand work.
• Made a few big blankets, that she can get comforting in while knitting/crocheting.
"Don't leave me, I need to finish winding this yarn…"
Salvatore Moreau
• Crochet, the only thing he had patience to learn.
• Likes to make crochet fish, even tried to learn amigurumi from Donna; however the flat version is faster and does not require sewing things together.
• His room is decorated with over 20 fishes that he made himself.
• Once attempted to crochet a Roland sweater for Mother Miranda. Was refused.
"M-mother, I made you a fish…"
Karl Haisenberg
• Crochet, as it is the most efficient way to make things from his point of view (apart from sewing, which he also knows how to do).
• Surprisingly into making pullovers and sweaters, that are usually one colourd. Never uses complicated stitches or patterns, as "practicallity" is his second name.
• Knows how to make his own yarn, and sometimes helps Donna with delicate fibers that can only be spinned by hand. His arms are strong, and man knows how to move fingers with precision.
• Makes heat resistant pieces of equipment that are durable enough to use during the work.
"Stay with me, Ethan, and I will make you all the sweaters you want!"
Mia Winters
• Both knitting (continental style)/crocheting, because she wanted to find a way to cope with psychological distress after the Baker's incident and handcraft has a therapeutic influence.
• Her cardigan seen during the events of the game was made by herself during the pregnancy, and Ethan was quite impressed at her patience while working on this big project. Came out to be one of her favorite garments.
• She has also made a cardigan for Rose, and has at least 40 models of different garments that she would love to make for her sweet little baby. Before she was kidnapped by Miranda, she started to knit overalls with bunny years for Rosemary.
• Ethan was not left without attention; however he is not a fan of knitted things; therefore he asked Mia to reserve more time to make garments for their daughter.
• Made a few toys, that Rose loves and always checks if they are in a cradle with her.
"You are just paranoid, you maid the third row right..."
Ethan Winters
• While he has enough ability to knit, he prefers one hook over two needles. It is more efficient and requires less time to build a skill. Also, the diversity of pattern options.
• The main toy maker in the house, likes to make something while Rosemary crawls around or plays with her toys.
• Went into lace crochet, specifically crocheting decoration items like flowers or vegetables, that are made in really small stitch sizes but at the end look almost real. Some of the decorative flowers and greens around Winter's bedrooms are made by him.
• Overall, crochet is therapy for Ethan, too.
"Rose, sweetheart, I know that it looks like an apple, but do not try to eat it..."
Ethanis a small mishappen clay figurine. to me. and I need to put him in oven and watch him melt
“No matter what, you kept coming back”
I know im super late but happy anniversary to the game that ruined my life!
Not me coming across this AU outta nowhere and instantly being obsessed with it 🧍♂️
mold family returns. shopping trip
