Honestly I'm astounded that nobody has taken that name yet.

Do you dislike the look of vanilla Skyrim horses? Are you tired of riding some kind of Clydesdale/Belgian/Cob thing around fantasy Scandinavia for no clear reason? Do you want your beloved and loyal horse to stand out from the crowd as much as you do? Well great news, this mod covers all of those things.

Basically I made some significant edits to the horse model including a fuller, longer mane and tail, redone feathering, somewhat more realistic conformation, and entirely redone ears because at a certain point it was just easier to make new ones. None of the changes affect how the horse fits the vanilla rig so it still bends and moves without distorting weirdly. The textures are entirely painted from scratch and have new normals to go with them that are meant to give the horses a somewhat softer, more natural look that still fits with Skyrim's general vibe. I used references of primarily North Swedish and Dole horses, but also borrowed from the wider range of colors and patterns in Icelandics because I couldn't give up the pintos.

Current features:

• Asymmetrical coats/markings, because I fully redid the UV while I was messing with the mesh (mostly because mirrored pinto horses in video games are the bane of my existence)
• Distinct meshes for mares and stallions, the mare model is closer to the vanilla horse's conformation, while the stallion model has a slightly bulkier build and thicker neck, and a an unobtrusive low poly dong.
• Five generic solid-coated textures that appear on most NPC horses in the world.
• Unique texture for each purchasable player horse
• Unique texture and model for Frost (he's now a mealy chestnut as his papers claim)
• Unique Shadowmere
• Unique Karinda (this mod does NOT add Karinda into the game, but her texture should show up if you have CRF or another mod that does add her, as long as it doesn't alter her texture or base model)
• Unique unsaddled stable horse in Markarth because uh, I just felt like it
• Unique coats for a growing number of modded follower horses (see below for the list)
  

Future plans:

• More custom follower support (currently on the list for unique mounts are Khajiit Will Follow and Remiel)
• Unique Hearthfire horses (the ones purchasable through the Steward)
• A light horse variant for Beyond Skyrim - Bruma
• More unique textures in general for specific horses (Cicero's cart horse, that one bandit horse in Whiterun, the rest of the unimplemented horses that some mods add back to the game)
• MAYBE new stables for holds that don't have them with even more horse color options, but if I do add this it will be completely optional so as to keep the mod as compatible as possible.
  

Compatibility:

This mod should be compatible with just about everything, as long as it doesn't also change the colors or models of the horses. It should also work with any version of Skyrim SE/AE. It is NOT compatible with Immersive Horses, because IH uses its own horse models and textures.

I will not personally be making patches for other mods because there's no way I could possibly keep up with that and I'd rather spend the time and energy on the mod itself, however I encourage anyone else who wants to to make whatever patches are needed. Please message me if you do so I can link them here for people to find.

Currently supported mods/custom followers with unique horse patches:

• Wild Horses (Creation Club/AE Upgrade, unicorn currently not included as it has its own model and will take more work)
• Lucien
• Kaidan 2
• Taliesin
  

If you have a modded follower or modded mount you want a unique coat for, you're welcome to suggest it (but please check to see if anyone else already has). I can't guarantee that I'll make one but it will at least get the mod on my radar for the future. You can also suggest a color but I may or may not follow the suggestion, as I do have personal guidelines I'm following when I choose colors and patterns.
Recommended mods:

• Convenient Horses (it's popular for a reason, just overall a great mod)
• Name Your Horse SE (does exactly what it says on the tin, a very simple mod that adds a lot to the horse-owning experience)
• Simple Claim Horse (handy if you like the non-purchasable horse coats better, also lets you name horses you found instead of bought if you have NYH. or you can use it to cheat with wild abandon, I'm not gonna tell you how to live your life and with this mod neither is the city guard)
  

Sporadic progress updates and WIPs can be found over on eachuisge-cc.tumblr.com, though unfortunately I also talk to myself a lot.
Huge thanks to SassiestAssassin, who has been an incredible help in navigating the learning curve of editing nifs, and also has a lot of fantastic mods you should check out.