Looking For Help Creating A Mod

[highlyrush7]

I am looking for people experienced in making custom Skyrim SE bodies and creatures. I am trying to make a Karelia the Smiler follower mod. I have a model and textures already. It has weighted bones, too. I assume it will need its own skeleton/rigging and animations. Any other ideas or help are welcome. Here is what I have so far. 

 

Update 1: I reposed the body and fit it to a 3BA body. Likely needs to be fixed tho. The bone weights definitely need some work if someone can help with that.

 

Update 2: I did all the CK stuff but my game instantly crashes when going into the Dragonsreach (Where I placed her). I can't figure out what causes it.

 

Update 3: xxhh_skyrim Did some work on the model and CK. Now just need to fix the seems and get the tail to work. Maybe work on the textures too.

 

 

Karelai Follower.zip

Edited September 26, 2025 by highlyrush7
Mesh Update

[Blehbreh]

2 hours ago, highlyrush7 said:

I assume it will need its own skeleton/rigging and animations.

 

Not particularly experienced in making completely new bodies but you could probably rig the draugr or human skeleton to it and assign it as a draugr or human follower in the CK. You would just need to look up a few tutorials. Of course it would also have to be re-weighted to the skeleton you had to rig the model to. Completely custom skeletons require entirely custom animations which can be tricky and intensive when it comes to Bethesda games.

[highlyrush7]

14 hours ago, Blehbreh said:

 

Not particularly experienced in making completely new bodies but you could probably rig the draugr or human skeleton to it and assign it as a draugr or human follower in the CK. You would just need to look up a few tutorials. Of course it would also have to be re-weighted to the skeleton you had to rig the model to. Completely custom skeletons require entirely custom animations which can be tricky and intensive when it comes to Bethesda games.

Yeah, I do know how to do custom animations, but I really suck at weight painting. If someone wants to weight paint it to CBBE or 3BA skeletons, I'd be fine with that. I could even break it up with head, hands, and feet. I'll see what help I can get before doing too much extra. Biggest problem I have had is being able to take a custom skeleton and being able to upload it into Outfit Studio because I want the tail to maintain its shape

Edited August 29, 2025 by highlyrush7

[xxhh_skyrim]

On 2025/8/29 at AM9点47分, highlyrush7 said:

我正在寻找有制作定制《天际 SE》身体和生物经验的玩家。我正在尝试制作一个 Karelia the Smiler 的追随者模型。我已经有模型和纹理了。它还带有加权骨骼。我估计它需要自己的骨架/绑定和动画。欢迎您提供任何其他想法或帮助。以下是我目前完成的。 

 

更新1： 我把琴身重新摆放好，装到3BA琴身上。不过可能需要修一下。骨架重量肯定需要改进，如果有人能帮忙的话。

 

更新2： 我完成了所有《龙骑兵》的设定，但进入龙骑兵驻扎地（我放置她的地方）时游戏突然崩溃了。我不知道是什么原因造成的。

 

卡累莱追随者.zip 3.36 MB · 1 次下载

Hello, I just saw your post. Actually, if you want to make a mod that imports a custom model, you need a lot of technical skills.

First, you need to import the 3BA (or any Skyrim female body) into Blender. Then you must assign the correct parts for each section.

If you want your follower to have facial expressions, you need to create a head.tri file in Blender. These are the expression sliders—in Blender, they’re called Shape Keys.

After you bind all the weight paints for each part, export the model as a .nif file. Make sure to set up the folder structure correctly.

Then, you need to work in the Creation Kit. You must assign the head parts in the "Head Part" section. Set up the race record, and then select the corresponding parts in the race menu.

These are just the basic steps. There are many more small details involved.

Making this kind of mod is really complicated. So I suggest making this character as an "outfit" instead. Just replace the body, hands, feet, and head slots with this outfit. Then any character can wear it.

The downside of this method is that the outfit won’t have facial expressions.
 

[xxhh_skyrim]

On 2025/8/29 at AM9点47分, highlyrush7 said:

我正在寻找有制作定制《天际 SE》身体和生物经验的玩家。我正在尝试制作一个 Karelia the Smiler 的追随者模型。我已经有模型和纹理了。它还带有加权骨骼。我估计它需要自己的骨架/绑定和动画。欢迎您提供任何其他想法或帮助。以下是我目前完成的。 

 

更新1： 我把琴身重新摆放好，装到3BA琴身上。不过可能需要修一下。骨架重量肯定需要改进，如果有人能帮忙的话。

 

更新2： 我完成了所有《龙骑兵》的设定，但进入龙骑兵驻扎地（我放置她的地方）时游戏突然崩溃了。我不知道是什么原因造成的。

 

卡累莱追随者.zip 3.36 MB · 2 次下载

I checked your files. For any head part that uses a .tri file, you must check this option. If you don't, your game will crash.

[xxhh_skyrim]

On 2025/8/30 at AM2点46分, highlyrush7 said:

是的，我知道怎么制作自定义动画，但我真的很不擅长权重绘制。如果有人想把它权重绘制到 CBBE 或 3BA 骨架上，我完全没问题。我甚至可以把它分成头、手和脚。我会先看看能不能得到什么帮助，然后再做太多额外的工作。我遇到的最大问题是能否将自定义骨架上传到 Outfit Studio，因为我希望尾巴保持原有的形状。

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On 8/29/2025 at 9:47 AM, highlyrush7 said:

I am looking for people experienced in making custom Skyrim SE bodies and creatures. I am trying to make a Karelia the Smiler follower mod. I have a model and textures already. It has weighted bones, too. I assume it will need its own skeleton/rigging and animations. Any other ideas or help are welcome. Here is what I have so far. 

 

Update 1: I reposed the body and fit it to a 3BA body. Likely needs to be fixed tho. The bone weights definitely need some work if someone can help with that.

 

Update 2: I did all the CK stuff but my game instantly crashes when going into the Dragonsreach (Where I placed her). I can't figure out what causes it.

 

Karelai Follower.zip 3.36 MB · 2 downloads

I'll summarize the issues with your mod:

1. There is a problem with exporting your head.nif file. You also need to set the slot like this.

2. The texture resolution is incorrect. It must be 512x512, 1024x1024, 2048x2048, etc. If not, errors will occur.

3. Your Texture Set must be configured this way.

After making these changes, you will have a working mod. The modified files are in the attachment.
 

I've fixed most of the issues, but it still might not work correctly — and that's normal. You just have to keep fixing bugs.

I don't log into this site often, but if you have questions, you can leave me a message.

 

Karelai Follower.zip

[highlyrush7]

On 9/20/2025 at 6:29 AM, xxhh_skyrim said:

"I've fixed most of the issues, but it still might not work correctly — and that's normal. You just have to keep fixing bugs.

I don't log into this site often, but if you have questions, you can leave me a message."

 

That's amazing! Now I just need to fix some seems and and get the tail to work. Thanks for the help!