Ladies, Which Skyrim body do you prefer?

[ita]

I roleplay in my game, so it's nice to strip down nekkid when I wanna take a bath :laugh:

 

Playing in 1st person makes nude mods somewhat redundant for me, whenever I need to take a roleplaying bath I just remove my character's armour/clothing and pretend that he/she removes his/her underwear as well. :laugh:

Edited May 17, 2012 by ita

[dirk45]

ita, nudity is best on the worlds most powerful graphics card - Imagination! ;)

Hold for laugh... one ... two ... three

 

I have long since abandoned realism as a requirement for fun since I realized the folly in pursuing such an asymptotic ideal. Call me crazy, I prefer fantasy with my dragon hunting. That is why I use such a ridiculously proportioned naked female body type to balance out the (somewhat less) unrealistically well-built dudes of Skyrim. What I want out of Skyrim is to escape reality for a short while, not replace it. I know that sounds argumentative, but it's not. I just don't see the appeal in playing a super realistic game that you fight dragons in.

 

That being said, I also don't understand the appeal of running around snow capped mountains in uncomfortable looking "skimpy" armor. I can only really appreciate the "skimpy" barbarian type armor. I greatly prefer Caliente's armor replacer to any others because to me, it's about the armor fitting and not how much lady business I can see. To paraphrase the brother on Boy Meets World, "the only thing better than a naked woman, is a naked woman in tight clothing." :dance:

 

Then again, the ancient Greeks and Celts among others did historically fight naked, so which is really more realistic?

[Dan3345]

well this is embarrassing...its a poll for the ladies of the nexus and I voted...

[dirk45]

well this is embarrassing...its a poll for the ladies of the nexus and I voted...

That's ok, two other people of the male gender made the same simple mistake.

 

Oh who am I kidding, all is lost.

[Illiad86]

Haha :P Well, it's nice to see what the guys use too.

 

I can see your argument dirk about being more "fantasy". The game itself for me is also an escape, but I don't find the appeal in over sexual female body types. I want to look like a strong Nord warrior woman, not a porn star so to say :P Men seem to still be dominate in this type of game, so those overly proportioned body types are expected. I don't get angry at them or find them degrading...it's up to the person playing to decide what they want. I just prefer looking normally proportioned :P

 

I try to make the game as "realistic" as possible in terms of survival. Hardcore mode and Frostfall make the game much more difficult, which I find fun :D All I really need is "You smell like dragon poo, take a bath or leave me alone" type of mod haha. Well...and a better marriage system, the current one seems so pointless to use.

Edited May 18, 2012 by Illiad86

[Carah]

I like the vanilla female bodies with a nude custom texture and a muscular normal map. What would make me happier if the thighs were more heavy set. Realistically with all those mountains around you would want to have the muscles to climb them.

 

In my opinion I'm tired of mods with the greased-up porn look.

 

Don't get me wrong I still want it feminine, but real life feminine.

[dirk45]

I like the vanilla female bodies with a nude custom texture and a muscular normal map. What would make me happier if the thighs were more heavy set. Realistically with all those mountains around you would want to have the muscles to climb them.

 

In my opinion I'm tired of mods with the greased-up porn look.

 

Don't get me wrong I still want it feminine, but real life feminine.

 

First of all, I don't even understand the appeal of the "greased-up porn look." I mean WTF? For the people who use it AND role-play their characters; does it make the female characters more evasive? Are they more susceptible to flame and shock attacks? Are all of them magpies that have learned how to use a computer with their beaks?

 

If someone could some how mash-up the thighs from CBBEv3M with a more "realistic" torso (still with spectacular breasts just not so skinny in the waist) and all that with some of the super sweet muscle maps out there, AND have all the special/mod/vanilla armors fit that body, I would be just aaaaallllright.

 

And now I've thought of another poll!

[ginnyfizz]

I use the e55 female body mod, IMHO nothing remotely as good is out there.

 

I personally don't get this muscle maps and chunky muscular thighs thing. You would just not get that without spending a lot of time in a gym, and you don't see those in Skyrim. I just feel that the modern body builder look is out of place. Having done a lot of hiking and horse riding myself, that gives you very solid calf muscles but not big thighs (nor a bigger bum than it already was, contrary to popular belief.) Archery (and rowing) develops arms and upper body, but not to vein popping degree.

[dirk45]

I use the e55 female body mod, IMHO nothing remotely as good is out there.

 

I personally don't get this muscle maps and chunky muscular thighs thing. You would just not get that without spending a lot of time in a gym, and you don't see those in Skyrim. I just feel that the modern body builder look is out of place. Having done a lot of hiking and horse riding myself, that gives you very solid calf muscles but not big thighs (nor a bigger bum than it already was, contrary to popular belief.) Archery (and rowing) develops arms and upper body, but not to vein popping degree.

First of all, wow, that e55 is not bad, a little oddly angular in the shoulders but still not bad. I'm amazed at how many quality bodies for females are out there while male replacers are a rarity (only three that I know of and two of them are the same with just alterations to the size of the... ahem... danglies)

 

Second, I am like George Washington, "I find large posteriors aesthetically pleasing, and I cannot deceive anyone on this point." I think he said that, although it could have been Thomas Jefferson*... Bazinga. So I indulge in the fantasy that my characters eat plenty of hoarker meat and do squats all the way up the mountain to maintain her Breton** badonka-donk.

 

Third, I guess I should clarify when I say, "the super sweet muscle maps out there," I am talking about the subtle ones, not the ones that make Mjoll look like she's about to fly into a roid rage. I go for abs and slight muscles on the thighs and arms, enough to make swinging a war-hammer look feasible but not so much that they look like Red she-hulk on a really angry day. They are mostly covered up so it's a moot point, but I like knowing they are there.

 

 

*Thomas Jefferson was known to have been down with the swirl so this is a joke at his expense. I do not intend to offend any one with this comment or by saying, "down with the swirl" in the previous sentence. I just happened to see an episode of Family Guy recently where that type of language was used.

**Could be any race I just went for the alliteration.

[MewlingQuim]

I'm a 'Lady' and I use my own version of the CBBEv3M body, "neverprude" :tongue: , thanks to Caliente's bodyslide. I really like the body because it matches my glamazonish faces. And I play with everyone naked because, well, why not?

 

The vanilla body just isn't shapely enough for me, and it just seems a little boring for my tastes. UNP seems a little too much teenagery/supermodely for me right now, and there is no equivalent to bodyslide for it or any of the other bodies. I like to customize the crap out of my modded games, so I gots to have me some of that bodyslide.

BTW Somebody should create a bodyslide like program for male bodies. So I can create a hairy apeman that just goes around shouting, "FUS!"