This mod gets rid of the blocky faces, caused by compression artifacts on the normal maps.
These normal maps have been smoothed and saved using a lossless format.

It affects all characters of the following races:

Imperial
Nord
Breton
Redguard
Dark Elf
High Elf
Wood Elf
Orc



Use 7zip or WinRar to extract the files.
Move the Data folder to your Skyrim folder.

You can find the Skyrim folder here: Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim

To those who are new to using Elder Scrolls mods:

- You do not have to extract the .bsa archives. The folder provided by
this mod has the same structure as the inside of the .bsa archive, it will
override the textures that are included in the .bsa file.
- Do not worry about the Data folder that already exists, the folder provided
by this mod will be merged with the existing folder, it will not be overwritten.



Remove the following files:

Data\textures\actors\character\darkelffemale\femalehead_msn.dds
Data\textures\actors\character\darkelfmale\malehead_msn.dds
Data\textures\actors\character\femaleorc\femaleheadorc_msn.dds
Data\textures\actors\character\highelffemale\femalehead_msn.dds
Data\textures\actors\character\highelfmale\malehead_msn.dds
Data\textures\actors\character\imperialfemale\femalehead_msn.dds
Data\textures\actors\character\imperialmale\malehead_msn.dds
Data\textures\actors\character\orcmale\maleheadorc_msn.dds
Data\textures\actors\character\redguardfemale\femalehead_msn.dds
Data\textures\actors\character\redguardmale\malehead_msn.dds
Data\textures\actors\character\woodelfmale\malehead_msn.dds
Data\textures\actors\character\female\astridhead_msn.dds
Data\textures\actors\character\female\femalehead_msn.dds
Data\textures\actors\character\femaleold\femalehead_msn.dds
Data\textures\actors\character\male\malehead_msn.dds
Data\textures\actors\character\maleold\malehead_msn.dds



The following mods are all compatible with each other:

Detailed Faces
Detailed Bodies
Detailed Lips
No More Blocky Faces
High Quality Eyes
Better Beast Races
Weathered Warpaint and Improved Dirt



[11-11-11] 1.0 Release
[11-11-11] 1.1 Update - Added remaining faces
[12-11-11] 1.2 Update - More Blockyness removed
[13-11-11] 1.3 Update - Optimized version
[13-11-11] Added optional update which merges this mod with arlekin's "Less Ugly Elven Faces"
[02-12-11] 1.4 Update - Smoothed remaining blocky parts (foreheads, cheeks)
[08-12-11] Added optional smooth Dunmer file
[25-12-11] 1.5 Update - Smoothed back of the heads



Thanks to Bethesda for creating Skyrim
Thanks to arlekin for Less Ugly Elven Faces



The content of this mod is open source and can be used freely on the following conditions:

- Credit me
- Notify me
- Skyrim only