User blog comment:Gundam Legilis/RWBY Schedule/@comment-11188061-20150521020309/@comment-4010415-20150521045809

@Maki Now, that is a very nice quality MMD video. Though, I have to agree that the hair and clothes constantly twitching is kind of distracting.

Also, the faces in RWBY seem to have a lot more flexability than the faces of MMD models, for the eyes and mouths. The biggest demonstration was that Monty did with Ruby way, way back when. Personally, I prefer when characters can have a good range in their expressions in an animated work. If the face seems too static and has to rely on the lips, eyebrows, and size of the iris too much, I don't really like it. But in RWBY, they've shown to be able to express with eyelid movement, as well.

When they're surprised, their eyelids actually widen further apart. When they're angry, concentrating, or confused, their eyelids actually narrow closer together in different ways. When they're sad, their upper eyelids droop and slope. When they're happy, their bottom eyelids raise up slightly in kind of a curved way. The facial expressions were better in volume 2 than volume 1, which is one of the improvements that I really loved about volume 2.

Let's see, we've got


 * Angry Ruby


 * Whatever face Weiss is doing


 * Sad Ruby


 * Happy Ruby


 * Concerned Yang and sorta Ruby


 * Surprised Weiss


 * "We're late for class" Weiss


 * Seething angry Weiss

Those are just a few screenshots we have from volume 1. By the way, why don't we have any screenshots of Weiss arguing in the dorm room in The Stray? She had some fantastic facial expressions during that scene, especially the one she had after Blake ran. And why don't we have one of when Blake was staring at the statue in The Stray, before she took her bow off. That sad face was great.