High poly appearance overhauls for 125 NPCs. Strapping men in every tavern, seldom-modified minor NPCs, the opening scene cart ride total overhaul that no one asked for, and more!
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See individual mods below for specific permissions. Most are open permissions, but not all. You are fee to use any of my work for patches, repurposing in your own mods, etc. just link back to my mod and give me credit please.
File credits
High Poly Head - https://vectorplexis.com/files/file/283-high-poly-head/ Apachii Sky Hair SSE - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/2014 High Poly Vanilla Hair - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/41863 Hiro's Male Hair SSE - https://vectorplexis.com/files/file/589-hiros-male-hair/ KS Hairdos SSE - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6817 Hermaeus Mora Eye Textures - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/64066 Improved Eyes Skyrim - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/9141 Kala's Eyes - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/29895 UHD Dawnguard Vampire Eyes - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/24722 Fangs and Eyes - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6842 4K Bellyache Werewolf Moonlight Tales Replacer - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/68840 La Femme Lycana Female Werewolf - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/31049 Underworld Werewolf - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/16984 (with mesh and texture edits by me) Brows from Hvergelmir's Aesthetic Series - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/1062 Brows by Hvergelmir for High Poly Head - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/63777 SG Female Eyebrows - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/25890 SG Female Eyebrows for High Poly Head - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/70905 (original credit for SG Female Eyebrows - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/35327) Beards from Hvergelmir's Aesthetic Series - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/1067 Beards by Hvergelmir for High Poly Head - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/65920 Northborn Scars - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/720 Northborn Scars for High Poly Head - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/62799 Community Overlays 1-3 - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/22487 Vanilla Warpaints Absolution - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/20751 Wolfpaint Facepaint Collection - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/30255
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Changelogs
Version 1.2
Updated looks for Commander Caius, Faendal, Tonilia
Added fangs to Alva
Unique werewolf form for Aela; requires new save to see it
Added patches for several mods
Removed accidental playable tag from Brelyna's eyes, Valdimar's head; fixed typo in Valdimar's head record
Non-USSEP version unsupported for updates going forward (archive only)
Version 1.1
Updated Do As You Say Redux patch from hotfix, improved appearances of Aerin, Commander Caius, and Gerdur
Provides unique, vanilla-friendly, high poly appearance overhauls for 125 male and female NPCs (and two werewolves), mostly in Vanilla Skyrim but there are a few in Hearthfire, Dawnguard, and Dragonborn. I started replacing NPCs where I had an idea in my head for what they could look like, and originally this was going to be maybe twenty-five or so of my favorite NPCs, but things got out of hand. There are many NPC replacers out there of course; maybe you don't need another one, or maybe there's a little something in this one you'd like to try. :)
Mod is self-contained; no additional appearance mods required
Works with whatever skin and body mods you have installed
All NPC edits are documented in the readme file; the minor outfit changes included in this mod are mostly removing hats and hoods and all use vanilla assets and paths for compatibility
You can select a human or vampire look for Serana
Main file and patches are ESP-FE/ESL-flagged with USSEP changes forwarded
Seeing Aela's custom werewolf form requires a new save game, but it is fine to update or start using the mod mid-game. You just won't see the new werewolf form is all because it is assigned to her via a quest property that as far as I can tell gets "baked in" to the save.
Mixing and matching replacers? Sometimes you can let one or the other overwrite without issues. That said, technically replacers are not compatible if they edit the same NPC record. If you get face discolorations, or just prefer to do without a particular NPC in this mod, you'll need to remove the conflicting NPC record and facegen files yourself (the readme has the actor IDs listed with the NPC name for easy reference), or use something like Easy NPC. This is a big mod, but I left the files loose to support individual customization & preferences.
You are welcome to make & upload patches of your own. I've included some very rough instructions on how to make patches yourself in SSEedit in an article. It's just not possible for me to support every mod and combination of mods out there given the size of this replacer and variability in people's load orders.
Mods for the exact look in the screenshots Tempered Skins for Males (Elder D2, Harsh E2 options) Tempered Skins for Females (Elder E2, Rougher D2 options) Re-Engaged ENB Obsidian Bosmer Have Antlers (no antlers are included with this mod) Various armor and clothing mods - I highly recommend playing dress-up your NPCs with these and SPID :) Notably Rustic Clothing, aMidianborn armors, IconicDeath's armors, gearshout's armors, 4thUnknown's armors with patches by Xtudo, Wayfarer's Coat, Travel Robes, Maiden Dresses of Norway, Bruma clothing, Lind's Robe retextures, Lowered Hoods, Twilight Princess, East Empire Company Armor, Creation Club content, and probably a few more.