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One UNPB clothing replacer I use is TroubleMakers Clothing - plenty of choice, no clipping.

Have you tried using Legionettes? Pretty much does what you are looking for - adding a more diverse gender mix with hold guards and the Imperial Legion. Cheers!

No the clothes sets do not require any hair mods etc, they are two completely different things. Yeah you can go bezerk loading different hair mods to make your toon look nice - but they are not essential. Although If I understand what your issue is correctly - that being a neck seam between the UNP body and faces - I do not have a simple answer to that - there are far more many wiser old Nexus hands here who could answer that far better than me - besides I have the same issue from time to time. This week was a prime example, having had what I thought was a pretty good set up with very little neck seam on my ever expanding list of saved toons, I updated the UNP Replacer Configuration Package (awesome mod that combines plenty of head/body features - worth a look if you like a tick and click build, saves a great deal of time!) and changed a few settings to see what different things would look like - creating some fairly noticeable neck seams in the process. I still haven't sorted it all out but there are tools that help with that - if only I had the knowledge to use them properly, hopefully someone will be able to give you a straight answer on that stuff as I have zero skill using such things. Cheers!

May I recommend a few I use: Ashara Dimonized Dress set - Nice and tasteful mix and match clothing sets. Osare Gothic Lolita - Three sets to choose from that are nice in a weird sort of way IMO. Inner Wear Set - Getting into the adult stuff here - not very drastic but tastefully done. Dimon99's Clothing resources - More mix and match options, Adult stuff. UNP Simply Clothes by Petrovich - Modern clothes in an TES setting. Maxwell Outfit - Clothes as armour option - I'm using this retexture. And if you don't mind looking at a bit of skin (and lets face it - who doesn't) - I recently found Bikini Trouble by MrTroubleMaker - plenty of texture and colour options, smithy friendly too if you want to upgrade them I'm not saying these are the "Best" out there, these are just the ones I have loaded and use from time to time between slaying "Beasties" - it's all a matter of personal taste I think, but these could be a few to get you started. Anything is better than that horrid Steel Armour Lydia prances around in. Good luck and cheers!

Hey mate - it's not a necklace as such but the pendant and lapels from the Lustmord Vampire Armour set by AmethystDeceiver. It's a quality multi-piece set that you can mix and match bits from. Cheers!

Would these two qualify as well? Lord Melania Armor Sleek Steel replacer

I'm not sure if this will help you in anyway but I have used this mod for a while and it works great - only changes the spouse AI in Whiterun but it's a welcome change from them not doing anything at all. Ekkii Spouse Life - http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/10319 Cheers!

Not sure if this is the kind of thing you mean or not mate but give this a try - Modder Resource - Easy NPC Creation. I've been using this for a while and it works really well to help tweak characters or create templates for NPC followers you can edit in CK or NPC Editor. Had no issues with it at all, in fact it works better for me than the showracemenu command. Good luck!

For some awesome NPC creation tutorials give this a try mate - Easy NPC Creation I'm a complete nub and this helped me out immensely. As for anything more complex, I have no idea as I am just starting to attempt to try things out myself. Best of luck! Cheers!

Ah yes, those "What the?" moments are what I really enjoy about this game. Strolling past Fort Greymoor with my new buddy the "Stray Dog" when of course the bandits take offense to our presence, a few well aimed arrows to thin the numbers then switch to the reliable sword and shield, thank goodness for the "Dance of Death" mod, makes slaying those nasty guys all the more enjoyable. Manage to get a few good kill moves in before an awesome decapitation of the Bandit Chief, of course while the move is playing I have no idea where the head actually went. A quick loot of the bodies for any worthwhile gear, and then off we go back towards Whiterun. It's then I notice something rolling along the road in front of us - yes the bandit chief's head, helmet and silly grin still attached, gave me a good laugh following a rolling head all the way back down the road to the Honningbrew Meadery, only to have it stop near the road and slowly fall into the White River. Decapitation is now a sport!