I think we can all agree that vanilla Skyrim characters are are not very aesthetically pleasing. It’s not just that they’re unattractive, it’s that they don’t look much like people. Thankfully we have an extremely talented modding community who have gone to great lengths to rectify this problem. Total Character Makeover is an attempt to collect this work in one cohesive, easy-to-install compilation.

I've gone through every face and body mod on the Nexus so you don't have to! I compared each individual texture in Photoshop and in the game, and mixed and matched until they looked just right.


MY CRITERIA:

• Detailed but performance-friendly textures
• A consistent look -- characters look like they all belong in the same game
• Improves upon the vanilla look without straying too far from it

WHAT'S INCLUDED:

• Improved hand and foot meshes
• Complete texture sets for all races
• Complete snow elf textures
• Complete vampire textures
• Improved teeth textures
• Eye textures for all races
• Eyebrow textures
• Beard textures
• High resolution makeup, warpaint, dirt, freckles, and scars

WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED

• Nude bodies
• Hair textures
• New hairstyles
• New beards
• New eye colors
• New warpaints or scars
• Child meshes/textures
• Changes to individual NPCs

INSTALLING THE MOD
1. Extract the contents of the zip file to your Skyrim Special Edition Data folder.
2. Profit.

CHANGES FROM ORIGINAL
I have no way of generating FaceGenData at the moment, so NPCs will not use some of the assets such as the high resolution face paint.

I also had to leave out the double-sided eyelashes and underwater eye fix because they were causing weird things to happen with the player's eyes.

The female vampire fangs had to go as well, unfortunately.




These amazing mod authors created the assets included in this compilation, and also granted permission for other mod authors to use them. Please visit their pages to toss them a kudos and say Thank You!

• BELLAGAIL: Better Females by Bella - eye makeup tintmasks
• CHRIS57: Better Males (contains nudity) - male body textures
• GEONOX: High Res Face Maps for Men - male face textures
• HELLOSANTA: SG Female Eyebrows - female eyebrow textures
• HELLOSANTA: SG Female Textures Renewal (contains nudity) - female textures
• LOGRAAM: The Eyes of Beauty - human and elf eye textures
• HVERGELMER: Beards - beard textures
• HVERGELMER: Brows male brow textures
• MAGICNAKOR: Better Male Feet - male foot mesh
• MRTROUBLEMAKER: Better Hand Mesh - female hand mesh
• NAVETSEA: Female Face Retexture - lip tintmasks
• NEVENBRIDGE81: Natural Eyes - khajiit eyes and eye normal maps
• NUSKA: Character Mod Resource Pack - human female face normal maps
• NUSKA: Ethereal Elven Overhaul - elf face normal maps
• PHYGIT: FemFeet - female foot mesh
• XENIUS: Better Beast Races - argonian and khajiit textures
• XENIUS: High Quality Eyes - argonian and dark elf eyes
• XENIUS: XCE Brows - eyebrow normal maps
• XENIUS: XCE Dawnguard - vampire face normal maps
• XENIUS: XCE High Resolution Scars - scar textures
• XENIUS: XCE Warpaint and Dirt - warpaint and dirt tintmasks
• ZZJAY: Smile in HD - human teeth texture
• ZZJAY: Women of Skyrim (contains nudity) - female textures

MY CONTRIBUTIONS:

• Added missing mipmaps
• Optimized some textures
• Blended texture seams
• Curated eye and brow replacements
• Edited skin textures for snow elves

Original Mod