I recently got the bug to start creating my own followers and with some help and encouragement from XJ347 and Kendo 2, I started playing around in the Creation Kit and getting more favorable results than I had in the past. Here are some of the followers I've created in the CK...

 

This is Hiroki. I used Hroki as a base and made some light tweaks to her hair and eyes, made her a combat spellsword. Hroki is one of the foxiest vanilla NPCs in the game but for some reason, Bethesda hardly did a thing with her and made her a Child.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Mirja. I used one of my favorite NPCs as the template, Sylja from Shor's Stone, made some light cosmetic changes to her (different hair color, lip color, added freckles) and took a page from Kendo 2's book and made her combat style EncClassForswornShaman so she would be able to Dual Wield, gave her a Lightning spell and an Icy Spear spell and equipped her with a Staff Of Ice Storms and an Enchanted Dagger of Absorption (H).

 

Cute as a button, she's basically the asskicking version of Sylja.

 

 

 

 

 

I changed Mirja's hair to an Apachii hair recently...

 

 

 

 

This one was a little bit of a step forward for me as I used assets from Dragonborn. Those of you who finished Dragonborn will remember Niyya. She's a prisoner the Dragonborn rescues from the prison of Highpoint Tower when you are to sent to put an end to Ildari, the former apprentice of Neloth. She's a sorceress, has a bit of a backstory and yet, after you rescue her, she just goes back to the Retching Netch to hang out and you can't even recruit her.

 

So I started with Niyya and made some light cosmetic changes to her, skintone/hairstyle/hair color/lip color. She was already a battle mage but I changed her combat style to EncClassForswornBoss, I think, so she would be able to dual wield and use magic. I gave her a Nordic dagger of absorbing (H) and a staff of thunderbolt. For spells, I gave her L&R Firebolts. I also gave her light Chitin armor and placed her in the Retching Netch.

 

Her name is Niraya.

 

 

 

 

 

I updated Niraya's hair over the weekend to an Apachii hair...

 

 

This one started with Abelone as a template. She's an NPC in Dawnstar who had an interesting look but didn't really have much to offer the player. I changed her hair style/hair color/lip color and made her class CombatMageConjurer. I gave her L&R Flame Atronach conjure spells and L&R Firebolt spells, equipped her with an Elven dagger of Absorbing (H), wearing Master Conjuration garb and then placed her in the inn at Dawnstar.

 

This is Sarafin.

 

 

 

 

 

Changed the hairstyle for Sarafin, one of the characters I created in the CK from a vanilla hair to an Apachii hair.

 

 

 

 

 

For this one, I decided to use Daighre, one of the miners from Left Hand Mine, as a foundation then made some light cosmetic changes, hairstyle/lip color, added freckles. I've been making mostly magic users in the CK so this time I decided to make her like Jenassa, a combat ranger, combat style is ForswornBerserker. Daighre is a Breton, by the way, and I did not change that.

 

This is Kahlan, a pint-sized dual-wielding little hellraiser.

 

 

 

 

 

I updated Kahlan's hair over the weekend to an Apachii hair...

 

For this next follower, I used Ingjard as the foundation and made some light cosmetic changes to her, basically a hairstyle change and lip color. I created a new class for her, CombatSpellRanger, in hopes of finding some way to have her use some magic ablities like Serana but also still use a crossbow.

I think I failed, though, because she won't equip her crossbow and sticks to her magic and enchanted dagger. Her combat style is the same as Jenassa's, which I think is CSForswornBerserkerLow.

 

Ingjard is one of the foxiest characters in the game... I wish they had given her more to do.

 

Anyhow, say hello to Tharla.

 

 

 

 

Here are some pictures of Tharla making herself comfortable in Silent Moons Camp...

 

After the former occupants were cleared out, of course.

 

 

Last picture in here is probably not SFW...

 

 

 

For this one, I used Celann from the Dawnguard as a foundation and made some cosmetic changes to him, like a different hairstyle, removed the beard and changed to a shaved style, a little less flush in his facial features. I didn't change his combat style but I did augment his perks a little bit. He's basically a one handed fighter who will also use a crossbow in combat.

 

This is Torin.

 

 

 

 

 

For this follower, I used Vex as the foundation and made some cosmetic changes to her, different hairstyle/haircolor/lip color/eye color, added freckles. I wanted to create a combat magic user like Illia but my first attempt did not turn out the way I'd hoped. Illia has strong magic skills (Destruction, Restoration, Conjuration, Alteration) but she doesn't have any Perks or Spells listed. She runs off of one of the NPC Warlock scripts which makes it impossible (with my limited CK experience) to make the follower Unique and create a Relationship with the player so you can enlist her as a follower.

 

So I got around that by changing the ActorBase to None and making her a CombatMageNecro. Then I looked at the template for Teldryn Saro, one of the hirelings in Dragonborne and copied some of his Spells and Perks in Restoration, Conjuration and Alteration to get the results I was looking for.

 

This is Zannah.

 

 

Zannah is a real hellraiser. She will equip a bound sword and summon a flame atronach in combat, for starters. Here are some pictures of Zannah kicking some ass in Lost Knife Hideout...

 

 

 

 

For this follower, I used everybody's favorite sexy bard, Lisette, as the foundation, made some minor cosmetic changes to her, different hairstyle/haircolor, added freckles, different eye color & lip color. I made her Class a CombatWarrior2H, loaded her up with Two-Handed perks, CombatStyle is csHumanBoss2H. Lisette is a Breton and I did not change that. I equipped her with steel plate armor and an enchanted steel warhammer.

 

Kendo 2 was kind enough to share his tint masks and lip masks recently and this is the follower I've created using them.

 

So this is Aeron, not to be confused with Mjoll's eternal friendzone pal...

 

 

 

 

 

I would not ask Aeron for any Bard training.

 

For this follower, I used an NPC named Mena as the foundation. Thanks to Kendo 2 for pointing her out to me. She's a cute girl living in Karthwasten and if you blink, you'd almost miss her altogether. Mena is another cute little Breton I've turned into a hellraiser. I made some light cosmetic changes to her, removed her warpaint, changed hairstyle/color, eye color. Her class is CombatMageNecro and I believe I used ForswornBerserkerLow for her combat style. Her weapon is a Bound Sword, her specialties are Conjuration, Destruction and Alteration and I loaded her up with perks from those schools.

 

This is Ka'lel.

 

 

 

 

 

For this one, I used Threki The Innocent as a foundation. Threki is a prisoner you briefly come across in Riften Jail. Her dialogue basically consists of Threki proclaiming her innocence for her crimes. I wouldn't have paid any attention to her at all except I had to go into Riften Jail yesterday and I was struck at how pretty she could be if she was cleaned up a little. So I made some cosmetic changes to her, lightened her skin color and blush, changed her complexion to freckles, different hairstyle/color, changed eye color.

 

I decided to give her a Sad expression. I usually go for Neutral or Happy but there seemed to be something tragic about her expression already. I gave her two tattoos: one green, one blue. I really like the placement of the tattoos, as if they were two sides of her personality eternally locked in struggle.

 

Her class is Conjurer, CombatMageNecro. I wanted her strength to be raising the dead so I gave her all the relevant Conjuration spells and perks. She's also loaded with Destruction perks but I only gave her Lightning Cloak and a Bound Sword to defend herself. I really wanted her focus to be on raising the dead to serve her in combat.

 

Finally, I decided to place her in Solstheim, in the temple, and I put her in Temple Priest robes. I didn't realize it but I was subconsciously creating a backstory for her, that my Dovahkiin might randomly find her there instead of the usual places. How did she get there? Maybe she had been a Reaver once and after discovering her powers, thought she mind find some answers in Raven Rock. Or some peace.

 

This is Lyranna.

 

 

 

 

 

And here's a new look for Lyranna, thanks to a hairstyle and wardrobe change recently...

 

 

 

 

Created a new follower in the CK this afternoon. I wanted to create a Dunmer with vanilla assets so I picked Suvaris Atheron as the foundation for this follower and immediately started making a bunch of cosmetic changes. Different hairstyle altogether, lightened her skin tone a little, removed the dirt from her face, changed her warpaint and color, different eyebrows and facial expression.

 

I decided to make this character a Two Handed weapon master, loaded her up with Two Handed perks and placed her in Solstheim, in the Bulwark. I already had a backstory in mind for her as a Redoran guard and added all the same factions to her that Captain Veloth has.

 

This is Caro Seru.

 

 

 

 

 

Coming up with Dunmer names that don't break lore is... not easy.

 

And here is another new follower. I used Illdi, one of the bards from the Bard's College in Solitude as the foundation, after Kendo 2 pointed her out to me recently. Illdi is another vanilla cutie created by Bethesda who really doesn't have much to do in the game except a line or two of dialogue. So I started with Illdi, changed her hairstyle/color, eye color, brows, lip color, and gave her some freckles. Then I changed her class from Bard to CombatMageConjurer and loaded her up with Destruction/Conjuration/Restoration/Alteration perks, with a focus on shock spells. I think her combat style is CSForswornShaman... I dressed her in Dunmer clothes, equipped with a bound sword and placed her in the burial chamber inside the Temple in Raven Rock. There aren't a lot of good places to drop followers into in Solstheim but the few that are there are generally pretty interesting...

 

This is Lycia.

 

 

 

 

 

We discovered later that our Riekling porter had developed an infatuation with Lycia and she, apparently, had never had Riekling before.

 

NSFW

 

 

 

 

 

"And that's how we roll in Solstheim!"*

 

* = Translated from Riekling

 

Lycia received an update recently in the form of a new hairstyle and outfit.

 

 

 

 

I've surprisingly never had much use for a thief in my parties... I usually do all the lockpicking. But a recent conversation gave me the itch to have a thief around just in case. So I created one in the CK...

 

This is Zotana. I used Illdi from the Bard's College (again, by accident haha) as a foundation, gave her an Apachii hair and beefed up her Sneak and Lockpick skills, among others.

 

 

 

 

I really wanted to have a thief around in Solstheim and didn't want to have to waste any time going back to Skyrim to get one so I used one of the girls from the Skaal village, Finna, as a foundation, gave her an Apachii hair, changed her brow style then loaded her up with Sneak, Pickpocket and Lockpick perks.

 

This is Valeria. I think she might be the foxiest character I've created in the CK.

 

 

 

 

 

A new follower I created in the CK. I started with Carlotta Valencia, gave her an Apachii hair, changed her class to CombatMageNecro and loaded her up with Conjuration, Alteration and Restoration perks and spells.

 

This is Amethia.

 

 

 

 

 

This one is based on Yrsa, another NPC in the Skaal village that doesn't really have much to do in the game except a few unique lines of dialogue. I changed her hair, brow style, chose Katria's custom class, which basically gives her Archery, Heavy Armor, One Handed, Light Armor and Sneak perks and I loaded her up with plenty of those.

 

This is Ursula.

 

 

 

 

 

A new follower I've created in the CK... I used Rakel, one of the werewolves of the Frostmoon Pack in Solstheim as a foundation and made some light changes to her. Added an Apachii hair, changed her hair color and complexion, eye color. She's still a Nord, a One Handed combat master, loaded with the appropriate perks. I placed her in the Greathall of the Skaal village, along with a few of the other followers I've created in the CK.

 

This is Rosamund.

 

 

 

 

 

And here is a new follower I created in the CK recently. I used Liesl, a Nord sailor NPC who is enthralled by Miraak to aid in the construction of the Water Stone, as the foundation for this character. I changed her hairstyle/color, eye color, brow style and complexion. I made her a Combat Sorcerer and loaded her up with Heavy Armor, One Handed, Destruction and Illusion perks and spells. Finally, I placed her in the Greathall of the Skaal village.

 

This is Porun.