Character Model/Texture Swap?

[Vargtiken]

Hey all.

 

I'm rather new to modding for Skyrim (I've done some work with Halo: Combat Evolved and CoD2 before though.)

 

What I'm trying to do is replace the player character model with a different whole model entirely (I guess it'd be like adding a new race, but without actually adding the race into the game, just switching the model and texture.) I am fairly sure that something like this is possible, but given my lack of experience with the Creation Kit and texture/model packaging for Skyrim, I'm unsure how to do this. What I'm NOT sure is possible would be to take the animations made for the original character model and put them onto the new model. Would this work without actually doing anything, or would it be too much work to bother doing?

 

Would I be able to swap the models and textures somewhere in the Creation Kit, or is there another method I'd need to take?

 

Thanks!

Edited June 3, 2013 by Vargtiken