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I'm utterly in awe this time!
She has such a powerful presence and looks great in that armor and gown. Very beautiful and truly nordic set of picutures and I just cannot decide which one I like the best..all are amazing!.
You truly make wonders! (That look in her eyes is just...)
Brunhilde is the mother of my dragonborn and a very dear character to me. I wasn't totally happy with her preset and passed a lot of time tweaking it trying to "find her". At the time the story passes, she is already deceased, so we see her only in flashbacks and when Aslög talks about her to others. She is a half-bosmer nord woman that is both a shieldmaiden and an alchemist, but I believe that the most important thing about her is that she was a lioness protecting her family. She had premonitory dreams and visions and although most of them cannot be unveiled before they happen by the interpretative character of the sentences, she had foreseen many of the important events that will develop along the journey of her daughter.
Just wanted to say that all of your characters have such an interesting background and stories that I really enjoy. They are truly unique and diverse personalities and their presets you made so meticulously and skillfully show this amazingly.
From the ones I've seen here I like Lys, Uthgerd and Brunhilde the best and of course your own dear Dragonborn - Aslög. I wouldn't mind playing with Brunhilde as my main character if I got a chance one day!
I have seen more than a few interesting and noteworthy character creations and npc replacers here on Nexus of late (Ilson's caught my eye), but I must say that yours certainly deserve all the praise because all of them have these small but unique traits that make them more human, lifelike and almost real - like a dear old friend you met after a long, long time wondering across Skyrim. So if you ever decide to make more followers or some new replacers it would be great..
But I'll understand if you are not ready to part with some of them just yet...
Also, if I may ask, what version of Skyrim are you playing/using right now - SE or AE and which is more stable for heavy modding and such? (in case I win on a lottery these days or something and decide to buy a new PC) And what are your PC specs because these pictures you posted truly look first class and VERY lifelike? I just wait for her to come out from the screen and say - hi!
That would be all for today, sorry for a long one again...
I wish you all the best, my friend and keep them coming...(pictures and stories I mean
I don't intend to release any oc's I created for my story to public, but I am cooking the idea of releasing some presets soon, created only for sharing (as I delay a lot to make follower/replacers mods). I made some nice ones to test things in game while I am installing things on SE and I will not use them in any story or to play, so why not sharing those?
I am working on a replacer for Aela atm but free time is being rare, so... I hope one day I can release it HAHAHA
Atm I have both LE and SE-AE. My LE is being a mess to play (hiccups are a s#*! even with good fps, I suspect that is because of some mod in specific that I still didn't realize which is), so I only use it to make simple images. My modding on SE is still a WIP, but here and there I play with SE-AE as the performance is being better and don't stress me that much. Until I have everything set, I will keep modded LE.
My pc is an Intel Core I3-7100 processor, 8150M-C D3/BR motherboard and I use a GTX GeForce 1650 with 16 GB RAM. Is not much, but is honest work HAHA
The pictures you see here are on my LE using Rudy ENB + Aurelia Weathers + ELFX for lighting. If was not for the annoying hiccups, with it I can play with between 20-30 fps in all areas, cities being heavy because of the amount of npcs but is not that terrible. For someone who one year+ ago was having 10 fps, this is totally heaven! xD
In SE-AE I am still without decide about ENB and weather (ENB's on LE are way prettier and no weather will get close to LE's Aurelia), but for lighting I am using EvLaS + Lux and is a good combo! The way SE use shadows is very good compared to LE (the fire light is also waaaay better), tho I still dislike it being strong in black and in colors. Too much colorful to my taste.
Have a wonderful week, my friend! All the best for you and yours as well!
Firstly, I wish to thank you on your quick and very detailed answer to my questions. Now some thing are much clearer for me, because I have read many different comments and opinions about SE-AE differences, likes and dislikes so....you know. And I'm glad that you don't need to have a beast of a rig to create and play a beautiful, well balanced game with some well chosen mods. It is a very comforting thought....
Secondly, I'm glad to hear that you are working on some new presets and replacers even if the aren't some of your beloved characters. I'm sure they will be amazing whenever they see the light of day. I like Aela as a character so it will be exiting to see your vision of her. We will wait patiently for her to arrive on the scene...
Have a great day ahead (and the rest of the week) and all the best to you and yours as well, my friend!
(especially to the cat! - I have one, too by the way.)
Yep, some people still hate AE for what it caused in the beginning, forcing the update (for all I know people had to turn off the auto updates on Steam and do a lot of stuff to prevent AE to force in their SE games) and breaking the mods. But now, it seems stable and good. I am actually with 175 mods and the performance is good, a bit higher fps than my LE (around 30-40 in most areas), so is a win-win.
For example, these days I was watching someone recommending Bjorn ENB on Reddit, with a video of the character walking at night in a snowy area with snow storm weather. It looked awesome, but seeing how the ENB looked in other areas and in different weathers, it was totally not of my taste. For things like this you need to install, test in different areas and test in different weathers to know if you like it or not and if your pc can handle ir or not. This is why I delay a lot to mod my SE because I test mod per mod... Boring work, but also fun.
Thank you about the presets and replacers!
Cats are the best thing in the world!
Thank you again and an excellent day!
But yes, I agree with you that many players these days tend to overburden their games with heavy mods and lot of them, just to show the audience on YouTube that their rigs can handle it with ease, and how cool all of it looks. Yes, it is all well and nice, but sometimes it can be a little tiresome...Yes, I admit Skyrim is an old game, but it seems that no one is playing it for fun anymore, just for showcase of the newest, fleshiest and most jaw-dropping mods.
That is why I like what you do here - you tell stories and you care for your characters and not just for the main ones but also for those in the background. Yes we all know those who live in Skyrim, but there are still new heroes to meet and new adventures to be had... and if everything around looks amazing that is indeed a big + but it is not a necessity. It is something that many people tend to forget, without heart and soul even the prettiest things in the world are just an empty shell -no matter how beautiful.
Also, I have one more question for you about SE/AE since character creation has always been fun and very important for me in games I played. I have heard from some people and read here on Nexus that in SE/AE RaceMenu and some add-on mods, doesn't work properly (sliders not showing in the menu or having CTD with this mod active and such) . I would like to hear your experiences with it and if you or someone you know had such problems and how did you manage to solve them. It would be much appreciated for the future because I REALLY LOVE my sliders (especially the additional ones)
And yes, cats are truly the best thing in the world!(they secretly rule it, you know) - mine, 12-years old, toothless, black and white cat is called - Mitzi - but that is just one of her many names, because none of them seems to suit her just right... she only comes when I whistle, like a dog.. so, what can I say?
Thank you kindly!
About SE/AE character creation, I have installed EFM and ECE extra sliders for Racemenu and everything works flawlessly. I have many mods for hair, brows, eyes and beards and no problem at all with them. I believe that if you install them correctly (and their requirements) and if the mods are not incompatible between themselves, they should work without problems. Till now messing around in SE-AE, even in outside areas, I didn't had a single CTD and all the sliders of Racemenu (and its extras) are working perfectly
The only thing that sometimes cause problems for me is .bsa files. In the mod for BS: Bruma and ECE sliders, for example, everything worked as it should only after turning the .bsa into loose files. Is just an annoyance, since is super easy to do it using BAE tool, but I want to point it out because maybe if you have this problem you will not lose time breaking the head trying to solve, knowing that probably is because of the damn .bsa. I am not fan of .bsa files and many times it gave me problems, I don't know why some modders still do it just for the sake of "organization and aesthetics" when the function of the mod is compromised by it.
Oh, Mitzi is an adorable old lady, so!
I have really grown fond of RaceMenu, EFM and ECE sliders playing LE so I wouldn't like to loose those on SE/AE . Especially because I like using Proteus too, and RaceMenu is one of the key requirements for installing that mod.
So far I have only read about occasional problems of others with these mods on SE/AE and hopefully I will not have the same, one day.
I enjoy playing LE even if it is annoyingly slow and stutters from time to time, and the graphics are really crappy on my old potato PC but sometimes I envy those who play SE/AE because their game is more stable and they have more choices and possibilities considering that all new mods (and some older ones!) are now SE/AE exclusive. Thankfully, there are some wonderful and truly amazing individuals here on Nexus who still use their precious time and energy to backport or fix many interesting and great mods from SE to LE. So I take comfort in that for now...
Also, I agree with everything you said about 'modern' gaming and certain modders these days!
All the best to you and yours and to lovely orange, a bit moody, Cicero! (maybe his name should've been, Brynjolf instead
Yep, I use Proteus and all those mods, so be sure you will have them in SE without any problems when you have it!
Indeed SE is more stable (but I will always complain about LE enb's being way prettier). Today I just installed one mod that was impossible to use in LE, just out of curiosity and without so much hope, but the thing worked perfectly without issues in it. Also, SE have some mods that are a pain in the ass to backport (like those that use Faster HDT as requirement), so no need to do it all the time is a good thing, one of the things that convinced me to give it a try. I backported many mods by myself to be able to use, even with my limited knowledge in this matter. But some were impossible to me (like posers, animations and some others) so if no one backported it, I should just say "ok..."
I am also glad that are still great people thinking about LE side (for me, Xtudo is the biggest LE supporter!). I never thought that was fair to simply forget that LE people exist and wish that they move to SE just because most of the modders did.
Thank you again, dear!
You have been really kind and helpful and I appreciate it very much since people rarely have free time these days. Especially for others. I'm still learning about sculpting in Race Menu (and with not great results) but hope I'll get there one day...But it is a amazing and useful tool I'admit.
Also, I agree with you about certain limitations of LE and a bunch of mods that cannot be properly ported from SE. There are some great mods which need Faster HDT (especially hair and armor mods!)and I'm really disappointed I can't use them in my game and some truly wonderful landscape ( mostly trees and forests) mods as well which are still SE excl. .
I have also tried to backport some things myself with pretty mixed results but I'm still wandering blindly in the dark and tripping over myself, so to speak.
So, I really appreciate all those wonderful people who are still doing the backporting for us like Xtudo, Turtlegodking, and others or those who make their mods for both platforms simultaneously, which is commendable in my opinion. It makes me really sad that certain modders doesn't allow porting by others or deliberately make their mods SE exclusive forcing us to buy the game or not play with these mods at all, but it is their prerogative.
Xtudo is indeed a pure genius in my eyes when it comes to dedication, high quality mods, modding and fixing mods! We are so lucky to have him here on Nexus! And some other modders too, with truly amazing and meticulously detailed and diverse mods like Kozakowy, 4thUnknown, Mihail, ElSopa... I admire them all and enjoy playing with their creations!
Have a great weekend without to much stress (at work) my friend and say hello to Cicero from old Mitzi and me!
+ I think Brynjolff is charming too...
- Rudy's ENB SE for Cathedral Weathers - heavily modified by me (colour saturation clipped, shadows on ultra, changed fog colour etc).
I didn't use Rudy's recommended - Embres XD because it caused some nasty pink fog around the fire. Instead I got Ultimate HD Fire Effects SSE.This is worth testing if your hardware can handle it. With me, as I wrote, the effect is satisfactory.
You can see the difference by comparing the two shots. Taken without additional editing:
Old setting
New setting
A truly amazing work sis, i absolutely loved all the captures of her! Very atmospheric!
But if i had to choose one fav only or die, i would choose the last one!
UnunsedSadness alraedy described it perfectly and I agree with his choice of favs.