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Featuring custom microdetail textures, crafted from scans of my own organic free-range home-grown skin.
A visual improvement to Cyberpunk's skin material - for everyone!

She is a star, George. The biggest star in the universe.

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M A T E R I A L  G I R L

Somebody once told me
reputation doesn't come free.
You must have skin in the game,
if you are to glean any fame!

So I devised a device,
just to scan my own skin.
Carefully I crafted, until it looked real nice
Then I shoved it into this game.

I'm really not sure if that's what they meant.


OK no more horrible poetry I promise! </3

࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏

I made this really cool 3D scanner from two microscope cameras offset at 90° from one another with LED ring lights,
which empowered me to make cool custom normal maps from pretty much anything I could get my hands on.

For whatever reason, I decided to scan my own flesh... and well... here we are. Custom skin microdetails.
10% gross, 50% cool as hell, 100% totally radical. Don't worry about the math, it makes sense.

What even are microdetails, you might be wondering? They're little textures that get tiled across the whole model,
to give it detail up close. Cyberpunk uses these sorts of things in their whole special multi-layered material setup.
The closer you get to something, the more it's texture gets filled in with smaller details that help conserve
rendering resources so that you don't just have massive 8k scans of everything.
Big textures for the coarse details, microdetails for the small details.

So, it would've been nice if I could have just tossed my higher-resolution scans in and called it a day there...
but the skin material just didn't look right. So, I tweaked and I tuned until it did.

࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏࿏


F e a t u r e s :

- Organic home-grown microdetail textures, available in 2k and 1k resolution!

 - Not actually girls-only. Affects all flesh-having entities! The title was too good to pass up.

- Subsurface scattering that more accurately reflects skin depth and preserves tone

- Improved normal map filtering, to really make those details pop

- Tons of other tweaks and changes :)



C o m p a t i b i l i t y :

This mod edits the skin material itself, skin microdetails, and the squash/stretch map for the face.

It is fully compatible with all "complexion" mods and body texture/normal map mods, including
the VTK or KS UV framework mods. This mod is intended to be used alongside those mods,
adding greater visual fidelity and allowing the mod artist's work to really shine.

Other mods that edit the skin material or microdetails are, as you may expect, incompatible.
Don't mix. Big explosions may occur. Not the fun kind.



A c c o m p a n i m e n t :

To really appreciate the full scope of this mod, I would highly recommend checking out the VTK suite of mods!
(I have not played with the UV texture framework bodies/mods)

VTK - Togglable Feet Body and Textures - A custom high-poly body to work with the VTK textures :)
VTK Realistic Facial Details - Features probably the best, most detailed face detail normal maps!
VTK - Ava's 4k Body Textures - A Cyberpunk staple at this point! Amazing body textures.

If you would like a more shiny/sweaty overall look to match your inner sparkle,
give these mods a try!

Skin Sheen or Butter My V

(not both - they edit the same files)


I n s t a l l a t i o n :

Formatted to load before other mods that might meddle in my carefully-wrought affairs.
 Deposit mod archive into appropriate game folder. Or just use Vortex/MO2.


ezpz

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Special thanks to everyone who helped test this mod, providing valuable feedback and direction when I needed it most.

Hope you love my mod to death!
Share some screenshots :3

 
xoxo,
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