Hmm... What can I say about this mod? Well... It's the first mod I've released here on the Nexus. And honestly, I never intended to release this "little" personal edit. However, After editing the chin. I edited the jaw line. Then... the cheeks. Then... The nose. Then... Ect. Ect. On and on I went as the little personal edit snowballed into a Big Project rolling out of control. I was editing mod after mod in an effort to bring Underworld into Skyrim. After putting in so many hours and the centerpiece mod Selene turning out far better then I expected. I figured "Hey, why not release it?" I sent the original artist "Kasprutz" a message asking for permission but didn't really expect a reply. Considering they haven't been active in a long while. To my surprise, I received this reply.

"Your re-sculpted Serana face totally looks awesome!
As you know, I left Skyrim modding community long time ago.

It'll be my pleasure if you guys enjoy my mods in a way whatever you want.
So, you don't need my permission to use my mods.
Use it and enjoy it as you wish."

And with that. Here it is. I am by no means an expert modder.
I'm just having fun making things for and playing with things in Skyrim VR.
Hope you too enjoy the mod as much as I do.

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Requirements - Default Body Serana Replacer:

Serana Kate SSE - Default Body --> Bottom of the Optional Files list <--
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/12848

Fair Skin
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/798
The face texture included with this Re-Sculpt is based on Fair Skin.
If you want the rest of her body to match. You'll need to be running Fair Skin also.

Requirements - Full Serana Replacer:

None. All needed body files and textures included.

Requirements - Stand Alone Follower:

None. All needed body files and textures included. Basic, Lightweight, no frills follower.

Like Serana, she is technically not programed as a Skyrim vampire. She is a Nord that looks like a vampire.

Class: Ranger

Speed :150

Voice: Serana

Levels with the player.

Location: Solitude Windmill. Top of the stairs.
(Check Image Tab for visual directions)

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Recommendations:

Optional Hairstyle / Wig available for download in the "Optional Files" section below the "Main Files".
It is less stylized and swoopy. More basic and messy. Intended to mimic the wet and weathered look from the earlier movies.
(My personally preferred look for her and what the majority of shots in the images section showcase.)

AFT - Amazing Follower Tweaks SE
This will allow you to stop Serana's obnoxious sandboxing. It will also allow you to change her class to Ranger.
Great for recreating Selene's skill set from the movie. It disables magic and restricts her to using ranged and melee weapons only.
Warning: Don't activate it on her until after the Dawnguard quest line.

Outfit NPCs SSE
Allows editing of nearly any NPC's outfit and inventory. Including Serana.
It can be used during the Dawnguard quest line but, with less features and intrusion than AFT.

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Known Issues:

I only own Skyrim VR. I have no way of testing if this works 100% in SSE. If there is an issue. Please post it in the forums.
Also, with Skyrim VR . I am unable to capture crisp clear 1 to 1 pixel screenshots. Due to the nature/shape of the images rendered and sent to the headset.
Screenshots are automatically run through an algorithm that flattens them for viewing on the desktop. This results in unnatural pixelization which it then tries to smooth out with a blur filter. Then it saves in a compressed JPEG. I've done my best to provide the best shots I can in spite of these shortcomings.
The crisp detailed side by side images with a grey background. Those were captured in NifScope and are more representative of the detail you will see in-game when playing either VR or the regular desktop Skyrim SE.

AFT Eye Color Issue: If you use AFT to manage Serana. AFT is programed to check for Serana and then force her to have the default vampire eyes. This overrides ALL Serana eye replacer mods. Not just this one. It's hard coded into AFT for some reason. There's a work around of sorts. Place the eye texture of your choosing in "textures\actors\character\eyes" and rename it to "eyevampire_01.dds". This will cause all vampires to use whatever eye texture you choose. Including Serana.

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Credits:

Kasprutz for the original mod of course.

bchick3 for porting it to SSE.

HHaleyy for Fair Skin

Cathedral Player and NPC Overhaul for the Eye textures. (90% Scale)

KS Hairdos used to make the custom ponytail seen on the human Kate follower.

Aether Suite for many of the Photo Shoot locations.

Everyone else in the Skyrim modding community who made the tools and assets that make modding Skyrim possible.

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MODS seen in the images:

Trench Coat: Texture edited version of "Nausicaa's Chris Makise" outfit. Which I think is itself an edit of a German WWII Loli outfit. However, the crushed mesh in the arm pits seems to indicate that it too may have been converted from some other game that has it's models in T-Pose instead of A-Pose like Skyrim. The Chris Makise version is modular and can be worn over other clothing.

Body Suit: Some shots are using Neo's Selene Outfit with slight color and lighting tweaks. Others are using a suit I exterminated with making myself. I took the CBBE 3BA body and gave it a basic black texture. Then edited it to have similar glossy settings found in the "Plastic Fantastic" mods. My effort guided by observation of the movies and by the movie directors BTS comment about his intent for the costume. To look like glass and without wrinkles.

Corset: It's from "Neo Selene Outfit" edited to be modular. So it can be worn over other clothing.

Collar: Edited from DX PS Fashion SE

The Guns: I use "DAR Rifles Standalone" as my main gun mod. I then modded into that mod the "H&K USP Match" NIF model from "Skyrim Modern Weapons". The Walther P99 is a NIF I converted from a FO4 mod. Lastly I am using the one handed pistol animations from "Spaghetti Western".

The Mansion: These are shots of "Karlov Manor". A beautiful vampire themed house with may picturesque locations intended for taking photos.
I edited it a bit for personal taste. I removed a lot of the ghoulish flesh eating vampire themed items. I much prefer Underworld's take on vampires. More of a genetic mutation theme VS a demonic curse as the origin of vampires and lycans. The NPCs were created as my first CK mod. There are about a dozen of them and they are loose approximations of characters seen in the movies.

Apachii Divine Elegance: Most of the clothing worn by the NPCs seen in the "Karlov Manor" screen shots are from this wonderful mod.

Werewolves: This was unfortunately lacking in the available mods department. I would suggest mods like "More Werewolves" "Diverse Werewolves Collection" and "The Conflict Under the Crescent" if you want to spice up your werewolf hunting Death Dealer career.

Some of the mods can not be found or can no longer be found on the Nexus for... "Reasons?" I'm not sure. Anyway, a few minutes Googling well get you where you need to go.