Skin Decor - Ball-Jointed Doll

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Skin Decor - Ball-Jointed Doll

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Hello! Since learning how to properly edit Skyrim diffuse and normal maps to give my characters unique appearances I wouldn't be able to achieve otherwise, I want others to be able to make cool-looking characters as well, so I'm sharing what I've made. I would apply this to a skin buut idk how to make a skin from scratch and it sounds like something that would be a pain in the neck. Utilizing these requires a 'lil bit of photo-editing knowledge, so have either GIMP or Photoshop ready and prepped with their respective .dds plugins.

How to Use:
 

1. Open the .psd files along with the diffuse and normal (msn) maps of the skin you want to apply these to.
2. Re-size my .psd files to the same size as the diffuse and normal maps respectively. They're big by default.
3. Duplicate or copy the layers from my .psd files over the maps of the skin. These were made for a UUNP skin
   so some adjustment will be required if you want to use them for a CBBE-based skin. The details on the diffuse and the normals must align for them to work properly!
4. For the normal map, set my layer to overlay, otherwise it will be too intense and will look weird in-game.
5. I save the diffuse as DXT5 interpolated alpha and the normal as "8.8.8.8 ARGB 32 bpp | unsigned."
6. Unless you want everyone in-game to use this new skin for some reason, go into the Skyrim files and replace
7. the default skins of a mod like Body Change* or Custom Races.

*I prefer and recommend Body Change as it allows me to name things and doesn't require customization of the races in the CK.

And there you have it! That should be it. Future plans probably involve making a CBBE version and...a male version?

Currently there are squiggly parts that I think are due to polys on the mesh rather than something I can easily fix myself. Sorry.

The skin that I put this over in the screenshots is Fair Skin Complexion. Thank you for reading and I hope this is enjoyed!

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• Submitter
  Daedraphiliac
• Submitted
  05/29/2018
• Category
  Modders Resources
• Requires
• Special Edition Compatible

 

[PsychoMachina]

I saw this at Nexus awhile ago and downloaded it.  Looks interesting.  Thank you.

[Roxasvent13]

If this could be used as tattoos maybe?  

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3 hours ago, Roxasvent13 said:

If this could be used as tattoos maybe?  

You mean racemenu overlays? I could try that! Not sure if the look would be the same, though.