Creating Custom Race Skins

[TranslucencY]

I've been trying to add a custom skin texture to a custom race that I have been working on for quite some time now. You may have seen my Playable Skeletons mod, for witch I am trying to create a custom skin. So far, when armor is equipped, it actually adds a layer of Nord skin. I have noticed that the skin texture varys with other races, but I have yet to figure out how to use my own. This particular race is standalone and does not use anything from the existing races, save just the texture for the skeleton, so just throwing in a loose .dds file into the texture folder won't cut it. If someone could explain how to change it in the creation kit, I would greatly appreciate it!

[IsharaMeradin]

make your own texture sets for the body, hands & head just as you've seen for existing races

 

assign the body texture to the armor addon form NakedTorso & NakedFeet for your race

assign the hand texture to the armor addon form NakedHand for your race

 

assign all three forms to the SkinNaked form (or equivalent that your race is using)

 

assign the head texture to the headpart form that your race is using

 

that should at least get you going on the right track... trial and error will perfect it after that