Sometimes less is more. In this case…
Something along these lines 
I feel would been more thematically pleasing as it highlights the race without going into too much muddy detail, or adding feather fros lol.
True, lol. Just my hopes got kicked in the kidney after seeing the update. Though, as you put it, can’t get worse than what is already base, and Orc and Tauren do need love on their totem to not look and feel 480p Generic lol.