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Thought I might throw my two cents in here. For almost every one of the characters I've shared in the "Show Your Skyrim Counterpart" thread, I've used the same general design strategies and mod sets. Here are some examples...

 

 

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Mods used include...

- Enhanced Character Edit

- RaceMenu (required for face and body paint)

- RaceMenu Overlay Compilation

- SeveNBase TBBP body (I've been known to use UNPB now and then as well)

- Real Girls Realistic Skin Textures

- Sporty Sexy Sweat

- No More Ugly Bronze Shine

- Northborn Scars

- The Eyes of Beauty

- Smile in HD

- Seductive Lips HD

- HN66s Long Eye Lashes

- SG Female Brows

- SG Hair Pack

- Cazy and Demoness Hairs

- FemFeet Redone

- Better Hand Mesh

- Battle Hardened Warpaints

- Warpaints by SkyrimKnight

 

Ramblings on design and aesthetics and lighting 'n' stuff

 

 

I don't follow any particular patterns or formulas to make good-looking faces, I pretty much just tweak things until it all looks right. My character designs are NEVER done in a single take. I'll start with a rough outline of the face I have in mind, then do some posing and screenshotting, before adding a few edits and changes. Additionally, while I use ECE and RaceMenu together, I usually start with just ECE - I'll create my character, then save her face as a CME preset (in case I lose a save or some other unforeseen circumstance), before installing RaceMenu in order to apply paint overlays (RaceMenu disables ECE's CME features).

 

Another very important thing to take into account when creating characters are external elements... such as lighting. This can make a TON of difference to how your character looks. That's why it pays to experiment with different ENBs to see how they make your characters look.

Here are some comparison shots.

 

With ENB (yum... :heart: )

 

 

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Without ENB (yuck! :-/ )

 

 

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For screenarchery, my favorite ENBs are Opethfeldt (when I'm going for realism), Saraan Suum (when I want clear, bright lighting without over-saturated colors), Somber (when I'm looking for a moody, artsy atmosphere), and K (when I want a pure fantasy look).

 

Additionally, the Facelight mod can make a world of difference to your character's face. It makes every feature far more visible, and the effect is very natural. I consider it essential for making beautiful characters.

 

 

 

Now, recently I created a new character and changed a few things. Have a look.

 

 

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Yes, that's her in my sig and profile pic. (FYI, you can follow her ongoing misadventures in the Skyrim Counterpart thread or the Storyteller thread!)

 

New mods used for her include...

- Mature Skin Textures instead of Real Girls

- Wet body option from SG Female Textures Renewal instead of Sporty Sexy Sweat

- Xenius's High Resolution Scars instead of Northborn Scars

- Xenius's High Resolution Eyes instead of Eyes of Beauty

- TairenSoul Warpaint

- Thehags Privat Tattoos

 

It's the change in skin textures that makes the most difference here. You might assume that differences between skin textures are superfluous, a character who looks good in one skin will look ridiculous in another. Also, my current ENB is Poupouri - First Seed preset.

 

Hope that proved at least a little informative! Feel free to shoot me any questions or suggestions you have!

When you downloaded Mature Skin Textures Did you go with UNP or CBBE!? Also what armor is that if you don't mind me asking?

 

 

Yep, that's UNP. Pretty much anything that's made for UNP is also compatible with 7B. As for the armor, it's a combination of Dragonbone Barbarian armor (boots and gauntlets), Brokefoot's UNP Mashup (Scamp's belted skirt), and Winter Is Coming Cloaks.

 

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A very quickly thrown together Nord female to test the new Venus body and matching textures. I used ECE and the ECE extensions, SG and Apachii hairs, Eyes of Beauty, Brows, Fem Feet (and I think that's all). When I made her ECE preset a few days ago I had pics of Kate Upton and Pamela Anderson on the screen so I could merge the two. :P

 

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And this is while wearing the UNP version of A Little Sexy Apparel Replacer (for the College of Winterhold garb).

 

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I am liking this body so far. Nicely detailed, uses most UNP resources and it doesn't deform during animations as much as UNP does.

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I need help troubleshooting Enhanced Character Edit. Every time I try to save my preset, then load my preset, I get this message "no savedslot or different version savedslot". I used other users CMEs before, but only to load faces at Helgen's execution.

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When you move the "slot load" slider a window will open. In this window there are 3 options. None of those hold the presets you're looking for. :lol: Hit "more" or "next" (I forget which it is now) then you can scroll through 3 windows of 24 slots. The slots, of course, will correspond to the number on the file in /documents/my games/Skryim/CME_save/.

Posted

 

 

Thought I might throw my two cents in here. For almost every one of the characters I've shared in the "Show Your Skyrim Counterpart" thread, I've used the same general design strategies and mod sets. Here are some examples...

 

 

2014_03_23_00055_Copy.jpg

 

2014_02_09_00020.jpg

 

2014_03_11_00044_Copy.jpg

 

 

 

Mods used include...

- Enhanced Character Edit

- RaceMenu (required for face and body paint)

- RaceMenu Overlay Compilation

- SeveNBase TBBP body (I've been known to use UNPB now and then as well)

- Real Girls Realistic Skin Textures

- Sporty Sexy Sweat

- No More Ugly Bronze Shine

- Northborn Scars

- The Eyes of Beauty

- Smile in HD

- Seductive Lips HD

- HN66s Long Eye Lashes

- SG Female Brows

- SG Hair Pack

- Cazy and Demoness Hairs

- FemFeet Redone

- Better Hand Mesh

- Battle Hardened Warpaints

- Warpaints by SkyrimKnight

 

Ramblings on design and aesthetics and lighting 'n' stuff

 

 

I don't follow any particular patterns or formulas to make good-looking faces, I pretty much just tweak things until it all looks right. My character designs are NEVER done in a single take. I'll start with a rough outline of the face I have in mind, then do some posing and screenshotting, before adding a few edits and changes. Additionally, while I use ECE and RaceMenu together, I usually start with just ECE - I'll create my character, then save her face as a CME preset (in case I lose a save or some other unforeseen circumstance), before installing RaceMenu in order to apply paint overlays (RaceMenu disables ECE's CME features).

 

Another very important thing to take into account when creating characters are external elements... such as lighting. This can make a TON of difference to how your character looks. That's why it pays to experiment with different ENBs to see how they make your characters look.

Here are some comparison shots.

 

With ENB (yum... :heart: )

 

 

2014_02_13_00032.jpg

 

 

 

Without ENB (yuck! :-/ )

 

 

2014_02_13_00033.jpg

 

 

 

For screenarchery, my favorite ENBs are Opethfeldt (when I'm going for realism), Saraan Suum (when I want clear, bright lighting without over-saturated colors), Somber (when I'm looking for a moody, artsy atmosphere), and K (when I want a pure fantasy look).

 

Additionally, the Facelight mod can make a world of difference to your character's face. It makes every feature far more visible, and the effect is very natural. I consider it essential for making beautiful characters.

 

 

 

Now, recently I created a new character and changed a few things. Have a look.

 

 

2014_04_11_00058.jpg

 

2014_04_11_00078.jpg

 

2014_04_11_00080.jpg

 

 

 

Yes, that's her in my sig and profile pic. (FYI, you can follow her ongoing misadventures in the Skyrim Counterpart thread or the Storyteller thread!)

 

New mods used for her include...

- Mature Skin Textures instead of Real Girls

- Wet body option from SG Female Textures Renewal instead of Sporty Sexy Sweat

- Xenius's High Resolution Scars instead of Northborn Scars

- Xenius's High Resolution Eyes instead of Eyes of Beauty

- TairenSoul Warpaint

- Thehags Privat Tattoos

 

It's the change in skin textures that makes the most difference here. You might assume that differences between skin textures are superfluous, a character who looks good in one skin will look ridiculous in another. Also, my current ENB is Poupouri - First Seed preset.

 

Hope that proved at least a little informative! Feel free to shoot me any questions or suggestions you have!

When you downloaded Mature Skin Textures Did you go with UNP or CBBE!? Also what armor is that if you don't mind me asking?

 

 

Yep, that's UNP. Pretty much anything that's made for UNP is also compatible with 7B. As for the armor, it's a combination of Dragonbone Barbarian armor (boots and gauntlets), Brokefoot's UNP Mashup (Scamp's belted skirt), and Winter Is Coming Cloaks.

 

 

Thank You so much!!!!

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This is my newest character. I made her a few weeks ago and thought I would share. Shes my new favorite. Let me know what you guys think!

 

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Mods used:

 

RaceMenu

SG Female Textures Renewal

SG Female Eyebrows

Brows by Hvergelmir

Eyes Of Beauty

Fair Skin Complexion for CBBE

FSC Sweaty body

 

 

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Mods used:

 

K ENB

Iridum eyes

personal skin mix of: fair skin, sophia face, mature skin and old SG normals and spec maps.

SG hair

Dream burrow's floral acessory

smile in HD

SG brows

brows specular fix

HN66's lashes

UNPCM body

ECE

 

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sNzQQLV.jpg

8gUFzRS.jpg

 

 

Mods used:

 

K ENB

Iridum eyes

personal skin mix of: fair skin, sophia face, mature skin and old SG normals and spec maps.

SG hair

Dream burrow's floral acessory

smile in HD

SG brows

brows specular fix

HN66's lashes

UNPCM body

ECE

 

wow looks pretty nice, love this girl :D

but the mouth a bit bigger for me

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sNzQQLV.jpg

8gUFzRS.jpg

 

 

Mods used:

 

K ENB

Iridum eyes

personal skin mix of: fair skin, sophia face, mature skin and old SG normals and spec maps.

SG hair

Dream burrow's floral acessory

smile in HD

SG brows

brows specular fix

HN66's lashes

UNPCM body

ECE

 

wow looks pretty nice, love this girl :D

but the mouth a bit bigger for me

 

 

Thank you ;w; to each their own right?

 

 

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My latest creation.

 

Brin Ravenwood.

Nord with weight set to 30

Mods used. UNPB body + Fitness (narrow abs) + Real Girl Realistic Skin textures +Eyes of Beauty +Battle Hardened Warpaint and NUHair Styles.

 

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I've had sufficient drink, so I'll post my Danielle:

 

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As you can see, she's a Breton, but somewhat darker in tone. I like to think of her as a Breton/Redguard offspring. Same as my last Breton character, actually, but tweaked a little.

 

I'm not entirely happy with the nose, but it looks nice in profile. Messing with the sliders just got me into trouble, so it's pretty much a default ECE nose type 8 for a Breton face.

 

Other stuff:

 

Face texture is SG Textures for CBBE by HelloSanta.

Eyebrows also part of the SG collection from HelloSanta.

Eyes are from Eyes of Beauty.

Hair is Apachii; it's the ponytail style animated by xp32: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/47000/? I'm sure it's a rather popular hairstyle for that reason alone.

 

Have at her! I mean, if you like the basics of her, then download her ECE data and have fun. :)

 

 

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Easy.

But..will, my character is kinda anime character like, so not much people like it maybe.

 

 

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Need mods:

Enhanced Character Edit: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/12951/?

SG Female Textures Renewal: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/35267/?

Skyrim Hair Physics Project: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/47000/?

MissAniThrope and chakaru11's True C Eyes (Only for google)

 

That's all !!

 

 

 

Can't live without ECE.

Can I have your save please.

 

 

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My first post here and i'm happy to present you my first good character .

It's this board that my motivation to do a good character .

I'm happy to present you Listbeth the Nord .

 

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Mod :

Unpb BBP

Apachi sky hair or sg hair i have the two but i don't know from who comes this hair .
The eyes of beauty
Detailed Lips
SG eyebrow
Barabarian skin
Bikkini trouble

(in the last screen is the skeleton tong

I forget racemenu

 

 

I know the neck as à little probleme connection but is my favorite skin (is not appared with other skin )

I hope you like , all the reviews are good to take .

 

Sorry for my english .

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A bit of an update on a previous toon. 

 

I finally settled on an ENB and setup that I love: RealLike ENB w/ Somber Lut Sepia's color palette, ELnFX, Climates of Tamriel normal, shadows low and Textures jacked up high. Hialgo Boost for the increased fps. 

 

This is one of my favorite Imperial toons, Valerie. I decided to tweak certain things with her composition from the last time I posted screens and finally found a deliriously happy medium for me. 

 

 

UPJnH2C.jpg

 

 

 

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LqzgYHR.jpg

 

 

 

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The face parts are from SG Female Textures Renewal -- including the sk and 4k body textures (all included in the main file): (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/35267/?). The muscle map is the Milkdrinker msn files from HoneyVanity (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/24318/?) -- except for the head msn file. For the head msn, I used the Imperial head msn file from the SG Female Texture Renewal (Milkdrinker makes the face look a little rougher, imo; the Imperial head msn keeps a smoother look). The hair is from SG Hair Pack 268 edition (google it). 

 

Edit: I'm also using Snow Leopard's Oily Skin specular map (google it).

 

The armor is Jordick's "Cleavage" conversion of the Scrap Armor (UNP: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/39573/?; Jordick's conversions: http://www.loverslab.com/blog/88/entry-394-7b-conversions-e2/).

Posted

A bit of an update on a previous toon. 

 

I finally settled on an ENB and setup that I love: RealLike ENB w/ Somber Lut Sepia's color palette, ELnFX, Climates of Tamriel normal, shadows low and Textures jacked up high. Hialgo Boost for the increased fps. 

 

This is one of my favorite Imperial toons, Valerie. I decided to tweak certain things with her composition from the last time I posted screens and finally found a deliriously happy medium for me. 

 

 

UPJnH2C.jpg

 

 

 

0zrAGpS.jpg

 

 

 

LqzgYHR.jpg

 

 

 

yLO23IF.jpg

 

 

The face parts are from SG Female Textures Renewal -- including the sk, s and 4k body textures (all included in the main file): (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/35267/?). The muscle map is the Milkdrinker msn files from HoneyVanity (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/24318/?) -- except for the head msn file. For the head msn, I used the Imperial head msn file from the SG Female Texture Renewal (Milkdrinker makes the face look a little rougher, imo; the Imperial head msn keeps a smoother look). The hair is from SG Hair Pack 268 edition (google it).

 

The armor is Jordick's "Cleavage" conversion of the Scrap Armor (UNP: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/39573/?; Jordick's conversions: http://www.loverslab.com/blog/88/entry-394-7b-conversions-e2/).

She's hot. well done.

Posted

A bit of an update on a previous toon. 

 

I finally settled on an ENB and setup that I love: RealLike ENB w/ Somber Lut Sepia's color palette, ELnFX, Climates of Tamriel normal, shadows low and Textures jacked up high. Hialgo Boost for the increased fps. 

 

This is one of my favorite Imperial toons, Valerie. I decided to tweak certain things with her composition from the last time I posted screens and finally found a deliriously happy medium for me. 

 

 

UPJnH2C.jpg

 

 

 

0zrAGpS.jpg

 

 

 

LqzgYHR.jpg

 

 

 

yLO23IF.jpg

 

 

The face parts are from SG Female Textures Renewal -- including the sk and 4k body textures (all included in the main file): (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/35267/?). The muscle map is the Milkdrinker msn files from HoneyVanity (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/24318/?) -- except for the head msn file. For the head msn, I used the Imperial head msn file from the SG Female Texture Renewal (Milkdrinker makes the face look a little rougher, imo; the Imperial head msn keeps a smoother look). The hair is from SG Hair Pack 268 edition (google it). 

 

Edit: I'm also using Snow Leopard's Oily Skin specular map (google it).

 

The armor is Jordick's "Cleavage" conversion of the Scrap Armor (UNP: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/39573/?; Jordick's conversions: http://www.loverslab.com/blog/88/entry-394-7b-conversions-e2/).

 

The entire thing there, the scene, the bones, the clouds, her outfit, the color saturation . . . the entire thing reminds me of a Boris Vallejo painting. Well done.

Posted

 

A bit of an update on a previous toon. 

 

I finally settled on an ENB and setup that I love: RealLike ENB w/ Somber Lut Sepia's color palette, ELnFX, Climates of Tamriel normal, shadows low and Textures jacked up high. Hialgo Boost for the increased fps. 

 

This is one of my favorite Imperial toons, Valerie. I decided to tweak certain things with her composition from the last time I posted screens and finally found a deliriously happy medium for me. 

 

 

UPJnH2C.jpg

 

 

 

0zrAGpS.jpg

 

 

 

LqzgYHR.jpg

 

 

 

yLO23IF.jpg

 

 

The face parts are from SG Female Textures Renewal -- including the sk and 4k body textures (all included in the main file): (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/35267/?). The muscle map is the Milkdrinker msn files from HoneyVanity (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/24318/?) -- except for the head msn file. For the head msn, I used the Imperial head msn file from the SG Female Texture Renewal (Milkdrinker makes the face look a little rougher, imo; the Imperial head msn keeps a smoother look). The hair is from SG Hair Pack 268 edition (google it). 

 

Edit: I'm also using Snow Leopard's Oily Skin specular map (google it).

 

The armor is Jordick's "Cleavage" conversion of the Scrap Armor (UNP: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/39573/?; Jordick's conversions: http://www.loverslab.com/blog/88/entry-394-7b-conversions-e2/).

 

The entire thing there, the scene, the bones, the clouds, her outfit, the color saturation . . . the entire thing reminds me of a Boris Vallejo painting. Well done.

 

 

Thank you. Boris Vallejo is one of my favorite artists. I always dug the women he painted. They were always beautiful, feminine, but strong all at the same time. For my money he was the best at combining soft features and hard musculature.  

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Easy.

But..will, my character is kinda anime character like, so not much people like it maybe.

 

 

i0pcsSH.jpg

 

Need mods:

Enhanced Character Edit: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/12951/?

SG Female Textures Renewal: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/35267/?

Skyrim Hair Physics Project: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/47000/?

MissAniThrope and chakaru11's True C Eyes (Only for google)

 

That's all !!

 

 

 

Can't live without ECE.

Can I have your save please.

 

 

 

Copy that... she's so cute!

 

 

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Here's my newest vixen, Venusia. I need to get better with names. :P

 

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ECE, Venus body, FSC Univision textures, SG Hair, Eyes of Beauty, Brows, Pretty Lips, and various clothing and jewelry bits. Here's a CME_save slot if anyone likes her.

 

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Here's my newest vixen, Venusia. I need to get better with names. :P

 

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ECE, Venus body, FSC Univision textures, SG Hair, Eyes of Beauty, Brows, Pretty Lips, and various clothing and jewelry bits. Here's a CME_save slot if anyone likes her.

 

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She is some kinda top model ! Amazing ! How I'd like to have enough patience to make beautiful girls like yours.

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