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Another lady from the Imperial City has found her way to Skyrim. This time it is the well known gossip Rochelle Bantien. Frankly, I couldn't tell more about her, as she's always been "that one gossiping in the middle of the Market District", taking up real estate on the walkways as only the truest of tongue wagging gossips can. So why would she change for the frosty Skyrim? After all, some thing never change.

How it came to be:

With the recent announcement from the Skyblivion team I had though about how the very colorful characters of Oblivion would look like in Skyrim and how to make them as authentic yet also as realistic as possible. Of course, the best starting point seemed to be the characters anyone would know and remember well. Which this one may not be, though I'd argue that she truly stuck in my mind and I've never even really spoken to her. She's just there, all day long taking up space and spinning stories, living the city life. For her journey to Skyrim I've chosen a similarly practical and understated outfit; if Rochelle is something, a fashionista is definitely not it. Getting her eyes right had been a real struggle, as I've had to sculpt the eye shape quite a bit and that brings a boatload of trouble with it. Not sure how much I like the nose. The original has a narrower tip, yet my version feels more natural with those rounded cheeks of hers. What do you thing?

I'm using my own version of Real Girl face and body textures with Mature Skin age maps, as well as The Eyes Of Beauty and KS Hairdo's (Salt and Wind retextures when available).

Comments are appreciated!