[SSE 1.5.97] Favourite "Plain" Petite Female (ideally-but-not-necessarily Breton) Follower(s)

Antiope_Apollonia · March 31, 2022

I'm in the market for a new follower or two, so I thought I'd see if anyone has any favourites to recommend.

For roleplaying reasons, I'd prefer Breton, but if you've got someone who'd otherwise be just perfect except for the race, then I'll gladly take the suggestion and figure out an RP justification for her being another race. Even dark elves could be fair game if they're cute enough, although over the top sticky-outy elf ears are a turnoff.

The main thing I'm looking for is someone with a fairly plain aesthetic and a fairly petite build. Most popular followers I come across are much curvier and bustier than I prefer. I'm looking for a petite, sporty build with slim limbs, a toned tummy, and something in the ballpark of nice, perky B-cups. And unlike many of the followers circulating about, I'm hoping to find someone who looks fairly un-made-up and unadorned. The perfect look would include:

Medium-length hair in a simple style
- ponytail, braid, messy bun, just loose—anything simple could be good
- natural colour—any natural colour is fine as long as it looks good with the skin tone; just nothing that looks dyed
Youthful skin with little to no makeup and no tattoos or anything like that

A nice bonus would be to find one follower who fits this description and is also a vampire. Vampirism isn't essential, but it would open a couple of doors I'd like to peek behind some time, so bonus points available there.

I don't care at all about any non-aesthetic considerations, and I don't care at all about outfits. I'll customise the combat style and equipment to my liking regardless. Show me a face that could launch a thousand ships, and I'll take care of the rest. ?

For reference, these are my current favourites:

Amalia — She has a really beautiful face, but she's a lot more made up than I'd like—elaborate hair style and what looks like a lot of makeup—and even changing her weight to zero, she's still a little on the curvy/busty side for my taste, although she's not too bad on that front.

Juliana — She has a nice, cute face, although her eyes are a little too far apart, which makes her go disconcertingly cross-eyed at certain distances. I like her hair; it's clearly styled, but not overly styled, and the braid is cute. Her body is quite good; just a tad hippier than I'd consider ideal, but easily within acceptable parameters. Her skin is great. If it weren't for the eye spacing thing—once you see it, it cannot be unseen, unfortunately—she'd be beyond replacing.

Mira / Leah — Putting these two together since they're from the same author with the same body and similar faces. I'm leaning toward Mira being my current favourite. Their bodies are very much in line with what I'm looking for. Both of their faces look somewhat too Sephora-y, especially Leah, but at least there's no colourful eyeshadow or other such nonsense. Mira's hair is shorter than I'd prefer, but it's nicely styled for the length; Leah's hair is an offputtingly unnatural colour. Their faces are quite attractive. Just slightly Anime-ish, which isn't ideal, but quite attractive, although not as much so as Amalia's.

Also possibly useful, here's a screenshot showcasing my personal Bodyslide preset, which obviously reflects my preferences well.

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If nobody comes up with any suggestions that ultimately displace the current favourites, then hey, maybe someone else will like one of mine, and it won't all be for nought! ? Thanks in advance for you input!

Alessia Wellington · March 31, 2022

You might like Sinead.

Harvald · March 31, 2022

Coming with a fine quest: Mirai https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/10908

Nice quest too Auri https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/14462

Antiope_Apollonia · March 31, 2022

5 hours ago, Alessia Wellington said:

You might like Sinead.

Sinead is okay. She's well-done for sure. But she's pretty boyish. She doesn't really fit the aesthetic I'm looking for as well as the ones I currently have.

4 hours ago, Harvald said:

Coming with a fine quest: Mirai

[...]

Nice quest too Auri

Mirai is a fun one for sure, but my followers get their personality from other mods these days. If I end up using a follower with extra features tied to her, I'm going to have to be stripping all of that away, anyway, and just setting her up to spawn in the Abandoned Prison as a blank slate. So that stuff is a waste. As I said in the OP, I'm looking solely for the most aesthetic follower choice. And both of those are pretty graphically out of date.

Something I forgot to mention in the OP, by the way, is that I'd also be quite interested for one of the followers to be a vampire as an added bonus to the aesthetic description. It isn't essential, but it would be nice for some things I'd like to do.

*Tlam99* · April 1, 2022

Build bodies of your taste in BS into a extra folder (ctrl + batchbuild)

Replace the female nifs of the followers of your taste.

This way every follower has a own body.

Antiope_Apollonia · April 2, 2022

I've just come across this cutie, Elvyra, who I think might be slotting into one of my two follower roles for the playthrough I'm preparing unless anyone else comes up with someone better. She's fairly oldschool with no high poly head or anything, but she pretty much ticks all of my boxes stylistically.

On 4/1/2022 at 3:04 AM, Tlam99 said:

Build bodies of your taste in BS into a extra folder (ctrl + batchbuild)

Some day I will learn how to modify follower aesthetics, but this playthrough won't be that day. I've got enough on my plate at the minute. If you've got any resources to that end to recommend, though, I'd certainly file them away for future use.