[Tutorial] How to completely customize Skyrim mannequins.

[Monsto Brukes]

Here's a set of instructions on how you can make the mannequin body look however you want. You can change the body and certain other options, but not face/head.
 
Setup

• Install the mod Portable OnDemand Disposable Unlimited Mannequins SPODUM by SLuckyD
  This mod turns vanilla mannequins into your choice... real males, real females, animals, dwemer, you name it. It's an old mod, but it's stable and it works.
• Install the mod Extensible Follower Framework by Expired
  This mod gives you a ton of follower options. From having up to 100, to allowing use of RaceMenu to change tattoos . . . more on this in a moment.
• Install the mod BodySlide 2 and Outfit Studio by Ousnius and Caliente
  Be sure to check the options for CBBE and RaceMenu Morphs for CBBE. (If you want to argue about doing this differently, then you've probably already got it installed and this step isn't for you.)
• Optional: Install the mod Chicks 4 SPODUM by Monsto Brukes (me)
  Not required. It changes the SPODUM categories of "Female" to name female npcs from the game (Lydia, Mjoll, etc), and "Male" to random female npcs (Bandit Leader, Hunter, etc). IOW It will give you some recognition and variety.
• Optional: Install the mod Tit Kit by monsto brukes (me, again)
  Again, not required, but it will enable you to customize your mannequin that much further.

Customize

• Follow the instructions for SPODUM and setup a mannequin.
  Outside of Whiterun gate to the right/south is a lockbox buried in the grass. Open the box > get a mannequin > drop the mannequin > punch the mannequin > place the mannequin > select a 'race'. DING, FRIES ARE DONE.
• Look at that mannequin . . . JUST LOOK AT IT!  Standing there, mocking you.
  Look at it with your crosshairs so you can see the name.
• MCM > EFF > Settings > lower right corner Force Recruitment.
• Look at the mannequin. This time activate it.
  You should get the EFF follower menu. Sweet.
• Command > More > Tattoos
• CUSTOMIZE using the available tabs.
  Use CBBE Morphs to change shape, and paints to change tats, and Tit Kit options.
• When you're done, DISMISS THE MANNEQUIN FOLLOWER and it will go back to being a SPODUM mannequin.
  If you forget, they'll follow you when you leave the area. If you then dismiss them, they'll just stand there. Check their inventory and they'll pop back to their original position.

The tattoos bit has been part of EFF since forever. I just noticed today that you could grab anyone as a follower using the EFF MCM. The SPODUM mannequins are like HALF person... I mean sometimes they'll greet you and will usually bitch at you to get away if you sneak around them. So I tried them as a follower, and it works. The changes I've made to mannequins seems to be persistent as far as I can tell.
 
Now that you've got BodySlide installed, you should probably start looking at the various bodyslide threads to take advantage of it.
 
Have fun.

 

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Suggested Treats
 
Jaxonz Positioner by Jaxonz: Will help you move the mannequin around. Move the base then enter the mannequin inventory and it will snap to place. Then, use positioner on the body... select it, then deselect it to lock it into the new placement.