How do people make their characters look like this?

[WakahisaSensei]

Seriously. I have some body mods, some face mods, enb. But my character's faces don't look anywhere close to this. Does anyone know what mods where used here? Specifically for the face and eyes (shape not color). I really want my characters to look this good.

 

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/images/726134

[DavinaJo]

From the look of the screenshot i would say that the Character was created using RaceMenu Mod along with all it associated plugins, you'll will also need ApachiiSkyHair and the Female addon as well KS Hairdos, as for body it could be either UNP Based or CBBE , you have a choice of eyes but i prefer to use the Eyes of Beauty and Natural Eyes to get the skin tone you can add Fair Skin Complexion (for a more pale complexion). Also you'll need a Skeleton with the proper nodes , the best one out there is the one done by Groovtama aka XP32 Maximum Skeleton Extended. (need to handle the morphs) due to the last option you'll also need SKSE and FNIS.

 

 

I'll warn you now what can be done with Racemenu or ECE is quite considerable but you need to get comfortable using the mod learn what sliders affect what on the face (most of the tabs and sliders deal with facial ), you'll need a lot of patience to get something you'll be happy with, there are certain things it won't do and it has to do with the limitations of the engine and or the mods you decide to go with.

 

 

Here are the links to most of the mods mentioned

 

SKSE -> http://skse.silverlock.org

Bodyslide 2 and Outfit Studio -> http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/49015/?

Race Menu -> http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/29624

Show Race Menu Precache Killer -> http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/33226/

Fair Skin Complexion -> https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/51602

Faceshop - Face Texture Options in Race Menu -> http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/27785/?

RaceMenu Overlay Compilation -> http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/48705/?

UNP Replacer Configuration Package -> http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/20884/?

Eyebrows Match Hair -> http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/627/?

Calientes Female Body Mod Big Bottom Edition -CBBE -> http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/2666

ApachiiSkyHair -> http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/10168/?

KS Hairdos - Renewal -> https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/68311/?

Fores New Idles in Skyrim - FNIS -> Fores New Idles in Skyrim - FNIS

XP32 Maximum Skeleton Extended - XPMSE -> https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/68000

 

there is of course a lot more mods but these are sort of the ones you'll need to start with you can change up certain things if you think there are other mods that are better ie eyes hair body mod

 

Notes : only choose one body mod as for eyes and hair most can be installed and active at the same and are ok working together.

 

The skeleton has to be installed last to avoid anything ovewriting it.

 

FNIS has to be run after installing the skeleton

 

Bodyslide is use in conjunction with Racemenu to alter the way the body looks , There are tutorials on this mod that explain how to use it in better detail.

 

I hope this helps .

[WakahisaSensei]

From the look of the screenshot i would say that the Character was created using RaceMenu Mod along with all it associated plugins, you'll will also need ApachiiSkyHair and the Female addon as well KS Hairdos, as for body it could be either UNP Based or CBBE , you have a choice of eyes but i prefer to use the Eyes of Beauty and Natural Eyes to get the skin tone you can add Fair Skin Complexion (for a more pale complexion). Also you'll need a Skeleton with the proper nodes , the best one out there is the one done by Groovtama aka XP32 Maximum Skeleton Extended. (need to handle the morphs) due to the last option you'll also need SKSE and FNIS.

 

 

I'll warn you now what can be done with Racemenu or ECE is quite considerable but you need to get comfortable using the mod learn what sliders affect what on the face (most of the tabs and sliders deal with facial ), you'll need a lot of patience to get something you'll be happy with, there are certain things it won't do and it has to do with the limitations of the engine and or the mods you decide to go with.

 

 

Here are the links to most of the mods mentioned

 

SKSE -> http://skse.silverlock.org

Bodyslide 2 and Outfit Studio -> http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/49015/?

Race Menu -> http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/29624

Show Race Menu Precache Killer -> http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/33226/

Fair Skin Complexion -> https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/51602

Faceshop - Face Texture Options in Race Menu -> http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/27785/?

RaceMenu Overlay Compilation -> http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/48705/?

UNP Replacer Configuration Package -> http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/20884/?

Eyebrows Match Hair -> http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/627/?

Calientes Female Body Mod Big Bottom Edition -CBBE -> http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/2666

ApachiiSkyHair -> http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/10168/?

KS Hairdos - Renewal -> https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/68311/?

Fores New Idles in Skyrim - FNIS -> Fores New Idles in Skyrim - FNIS

XP32 Maximum Skeleton Extended - XPMSE -> https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/68000

 

there is of course a lot more mods but these are sort of the ones you'll need to start with you can change up certain things if you think there are other mods that are better ie eyes hair body mod

 

Notes : only choose one body mod as for eyes and hair most can be installed and active at the same and are ok working together.

 

The skeleton has to be installed last to avoid anything ovewriting it.

 

FNIS has to be run after installing the skeleton

 

Bodyslide is use in conjunction with Racemenu to alter the way the body looks , There are tutorials on this mod that explain how to use it in better detail.

 

I hope this helps .

I have all the mods you mentioned and tried a variety of slider options. When I use the "copy face" plugin from racemenu on characters like that, I don't get duplictates but a vague attmept at a duplicate, suggesting the features I want are ECE and not Racemenu. Many of my mods depend on racemenu to work, so I don't want to get rid of it. Running both ECE and Racemenu has given me some unusually annoying glitches, especially with vampire eye mods.

 

So I'm on a new project. I'm trying to learn how to import a custom nif/head mesh into racemenu to use. I create the head mesh in ECE, and import it into racemenu somehow. Do you know a way to do that?