[HELP] How to edit NPC body textures in Creation Kit/Existing Mod NPC Customization

[huntressaela]

Hello General Discussion! I am working on building a hyper-modded and specifically customized playthrough, and as such would like to take on some of the smaller issues I might have had with mods in the past so that I can tweak them for my specific taste. I have been fiddling around in the Creation Kit and googling for a while but there's so much to sift through and I'm not even sure what I'm looking for, I just know what I want the end result to be.

 

Basically, I would like some help/a tutorial on how to take NPCs from existing mods and edit every part of their mesh and textures (as well as potentially add racemenu overlays/tintmasks/warpaints and/or beards/scars) using either Creation Kit or whatever particular utility would be best used for that goal. 

 

Specifically, at the moment I would like to add a custom body texture (or tattoos as a RM overlay) for Bishop of Skyrim Romance, but I can't seem to find where his body textures are located at (if he even uses textures aside from whatever replacer I have installed [as of right now it is Vitruvia - Skin Texture Overhaul for Males, SOS full version]) in order to replace them, which is what I've done in the past for customization of textures from downloaded mods. I figure now's as good a time as any to finally wiggle my way around the CK and other modding utilities, so any sort of guidance on how exactly to visually overhaul NPCs would be great. :-)

 

tl;dr - Help me give Bishop tattoos and Ulfric warpaint pls 

[flutie]

https://www.loverslab.com/files/file/2811-the-manipulator/ use manipulator, it has a race menu plugin that allows you to use the tats and body art on NPC's