The talk about appearances on the random thoughts thread wasn't derailing it due to it being specifically about people's miscellaneous thoughts about RE. But fine, I'll talk about what I think about each main characters appearances. Starting with Chris and Jill.
Chris:
RE1 '96: It's the first, so not much to really fairly complain about. Live Action actor looked fine for who he was supposed to be, but I'm glad they didn't carry this over in the next games. The result screen "realistic" look looked dumb. 4/10
RE2: Basically Chris from the previous game, but with better graphics. Not much to say here. 5/10
RECV: Very anime inspired. The nineties hair is strong with this one. Kinda charming in a way, but I can see why they ditched it in Remake and after. His in game model looks better than his FMV design. This Chris has the most visible blue eyes out of them all, so the connection with Claire's the most visible it has ever been too. 7/10
Remake: The now "definitive" 90's era Chris. His face is what I consider to be Chris, 100%. All of the other models after him are based off of this face, which is quite special. Basically an updated, better looking, RE1 Chris. A good revamp. Classic. 8/10
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UC: Basically Remake Chris but in winter gear. They could have done better to show that this Chris was 5 years older that 90's era Chris. Overall fine. 6/10
RE5: This Chris is the Chris that immediately comes to mind when I picture "Chris Redfield". And apparently it was and still is what Capcom considers his most marketable design, given how many times it's shown up in their products when they need to show Chris. I personally like his hairstyle here, it's like a combination between his spiky "OG classic" hair and his newer Remake hair. And his new muscles make perfect sense with the story and his character. A hallmark of Chris Redfield designs. 9/10
Rev: Not a big fan of his wetsuit. I don't know, something about it makes him look slightly ungainly in it. Maybe it's the life jacket on top of it. I also don't get the headphones. He has access to a regular ear piece. Jill, Parker, and Jessica have them in their wetsuit outfits, why does Chris need huge radio headphones? 5/10
RE6: Not much changed from 5. Easily inspired by his 5 design. New hairstyle is ok, I would have preferred if they had just stuck with his hair from 5 (especially since he had this hair but the same clothes in MD). His muscles are smaller here, due to laying off the intense training, which make sense. But they haven't just evaporated into thin air and compliment his strength based fighting style still. A nitpick, but I'm still not too big on the color of his China outfit. Too blue leaning for my taste, along with Chris' traditional color being more of a hunter green. Overall, it fits his more matured, responsible leader, type character direction. 8/10
Vendetta: I like his armor and clothes here. I kinda wish he had had these clothes in 6. The raised semi shoulder guards are a nice touch. His face is not greatest. Something just seems off with it. It's tolerable, but it stands out, and not in a good way. Also could have used more muscle definition too here. His arms look way too smooth. 6/10
The guy desperately trying to pretend he's Chris Redfield from 7: Atrocious. Simply atrocious. What the fuck were they thinking? There is nothing about this design that says "Chris Redfield". From the black/near complete black HCFesque getup, combed down blonde hair, weird angular features, the insanely slimmed down body to where he looks like he's never even went to a gym in over ten years, the twenty something looking face, the green and brown hazel eyes, nothing. This guy looks like HUNK's brother or son instead of Chris Redfield. There is nothing I like in this design. This was a travesty, let us never see this thing again. 0/10
Jill:
RE1 '96: The first again, so not much to say. Weird that they got a blond actress to play her in the live action segments. Another weird thing is that she originally had long hair that she tucked into her beret. A neat quirk, but I'm glad they replaced this with her now iconic bob haircut instead. It fits with her attitude and look at this time better. 6/10
RE3: An iconic design the butt of many jokes made about 3. Even though we all know the real reason she's wearing this is for fanservice, I think the design's good. The tied sweater around her waist is a nice touch that I'm glad has been kept over the many years of "revisioning" of 3's stories and events. 8/10
Remake: A better, updated RE1 Jill. The quintessential Jill look in my eyes. Julia Voth is best face for Jill, hands down. Bring her back Capcom. Or at least find someone who's beautiful like her to be Jill's face model. 9/10
UC: It's ok. Not the worst design, but not the best. Don't know why her bottom zipper track is broken like that, as that's always bother me about this design. Or why they decided to add purple into the jacket along with blue. She also shares the same problem as Chris' design in this game of not really looking 5 years older. 5/10
Lost in Nightmares: A great callback and update to Jill's STARS outfit to fit her BSAA job. Also what I consider as the Jill Valentine design. I love the touch of the baseball cap, again, a call back to her old beret. I like Jill with long hair here. Her design here really compliments it. 9/10
RE5: I like the blond hair, as she still looks beautiful with or without brunette hair. It has a story reason for being there, so it makes sense. I'd prefer if it was permanent and was kept in her next appearance, whenever that is. It serves a mark of all she's been through and overcome, it would be a really bad call for them to get rid of it. Same with the scar. Don't know why they put her in purple here. I don't think it goes well with her. It just seems like a weird decision. All in all, I like it. Second to her BSAA design and Remake design. 8/10
Rev: What did they do to your faaacce?! Her lips look terrible, like a bad botox surgery. The rest of her face isn't great, but tolerable. But it's the lips that are worst part about it all. I like her wetsuit, it's a nice mix of dark blue, light blue, and black. I want to fully like this design, but it's her face that holds everything back. 5/10
ORC: The worst Jill design. Her face is even worse than her Revelations one. She looks like a frog. It's bad. Really bad. But at least I can still tell it's Jill and she still looks the age she's supposed to. Which is more than I can say for other designs. Abysmal. 4/10
Edit: R3make: This is probably tied with ORC in my least favorite Jill design. Her face looks too young for who she's supposed to be and her outfit looks too generic, basic "strong female protagonist". Say what you will about the tube top and miniskirt, but at least it's unique and you know immediately where that character comes from. 4/10