This newbie needs some modding help!

[SpinningPhoenix73]

Okay, so I have been playing Skyrim Legendary for awhile, and I used Familiar Faces to be able to do some role playing screenshots my characters' stories. However, with all the issues I've been having, I decided to make my own follower mods so I can retire Familiar Faces. Now, this is kind of mix of questions, but I just don't wanna mess anything up.

 

1. I do have one character made and she works wonderfully (maybe some fine tuning is needed, but when I post her I'll ask for any improvements that can be made), however, her oldest brother is giving me issues with his hair. I use Howitzer's Hair for Men for him, and in the Creation Kit, he looks exactly how he should. I exported everything, saved it and thought everything was golden. Going into Jorrvaskr to get him though and he's got the short default hairstyle. I closed out of the game and went back into the Creation Kit and he still looked just how I left him there. So I am not entirely sure if maybe I'm missing a step or something. Any types would be welcome!

 

2. I have a few characters that use custom hairstyles, one of which is a few some Apachii's Hair. Since it's labeled a master file, I cannot load it in to get the hairs as Skyrim is the master file I have to use. I read awhile ago about going into the notepad like thing to change the number of master files I can use, but I can't remember how to do it nor can I find it again, so some help on that or an other advice I'd love to hear.

 

3. A few of my characters in game have pointed ears (my Bretons and my Altmer/Redguard character) and while I won't be heartbroken if I can't get the ears how I have them in game, I am curious if there is something I can do about that. (I used RaceMenu in case anyone was wondering)

 

4. And lastly, one of my characters (well, all of my characters, but I'm working with her for now) uses Away, Come Away 's tattoo/body paint design on her body (as well as some warpaint in custom colors). I am not working on her character yet, but I wanted to ask in advance so I know what to do when I do work on her. Is there a way to add those onto her in the Creation Kit, or would I need another program to do that in. Sorry, I am still VERY new to modding and I know I am limited on some of the stuff I can do with them (I wanna have a few of them as healers, but I don't wanna mess with scripting right now), but I wanna try to get them as close to how I have them in game as possible.

 

Any advice is welcome and thank you in advance!

 

(I was gonna add in some pictures to give you an example of the hair and bodypaint, but I can't post them right now)