Welcome to my list of essential Skyrim character creation mods! If you’re like me, you spend more time in the character creator than playing the actual game, so I hope you enjoy this list :D
Best Character Editing Mod (Sliders)
Enhanced Character Edit – I cannot live without this mod! It lets you alter so many tiny details about your character’s face and body that the vanilla character editor doesn’t let you touch. It also lets you set the expression on your character’s face. LOVE THIS MOD. I like it better than Racemenu – I think it gives you a lot more flexibility.
Best Female Hair Mods
KS Hairdos Renewal – This is by far the most expansive and wonderful Skyrim hair mod pack out there! There are over 400 hairstyles to choose from, and it also comes with a ton of hairstyles for men!
SG Hairs 268 – This adds 268 gorgeous hairstyles ported over from custom Sims hairs. Sadly, the original author took down the mod but this is 100% hands down one of the best hair mod for females and I refuse to let it die, so download it here :)
Apachii Sky Hair – These are also beautiful, unique hairs that you cannot live without. Download them!
Showracemenu Precache Killer – This mod is absolutely essential if you’re using hair mods, otherwise your game will likely CTD every time you go into the character creation menu. Must. Have.
Best Male Hair Mods
KS Hairdos Renewal – Like I mentioned before, it comes with a ton of hairstyles for men … and they don’t all look like weird womanly anime hair!
Apachii Sky Hair – Make sure you download the male versions of the hair (v. 1.5 AND v 1.2) as well!
Best Female Face Textures (for a full breakdown, see this post)
Univision Face – I like that this texture makes your characters look very Final Fantasy-esque, but I know that’s not for everyone so …
SG Face Textures Renewal – I love this face texture for a more realistic effect. I think it’s a great balance of realistic yet not too worn.
Best Male Face Textures (for a full breakdown, see this post)
Better Males – Beautiful Nudes & Faces – There are several different face texture packs for males in this mod, but I prefer the Younger Faces Combined with Geonox version – gorgeous!
Best Eyebrow Mod
True Brows – These high def eyebrows show each strand of eyebrow hair and come in dozens of shapes and sizes for both males and females!
Best Eye Mod
The Eyes of Beauty – This is my top eye mod because it adds tons of different eye textures and colors that look hyper-realistic and range from natural to supernatural. I especially like that there are so many multi-colored eye options and even the dark eyes look bright and beautiful.
Mikan Eyes – I like that this includes mismatched eyes, too. There are a ton of pretty colors to choose from!
Best Warpaint Mod
RAWR-paints – Ok, shameless plug for my own mod that adds some video game themed warpaints for male characters hehehe.
Ravens Warpaint – I love these warpaints – they’re so varied and beautiful! There is something for everyone, whether it’s tough bandit stripes or delicate florals. This is for females only.
Battle Hardened Warpaints – This is the best warpaint for male characters! You can mix and match from each set to create your own ideal palette of warpaints.
Best Lips Mod
Seductive Lips – This mod gives your character a pillowy soft looking set of lips. I like to install this mod over the face textures I use!
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yeah I'm a bit new both to skyrim and mods.
However, I just installed what I think is called race menu to get more options during character creation.
The problem I have is that my character is bound and wearing the prisoners outfit during the character creation sequence which makes it impossible to to see many of the modification you make.
So I was wondering if it is possible to remove the outfit during character creation?
OR if it is possible to restart the character creation once you are out of the scripted tutorial start?
Basic advice in choosing your Skyrim character name…
A few nights ago, I had the privilege of helping a good friend create his very first Skyrim character. It’s taken a few years, but Jack finally got around to playing Skyrim (I guess he grew tired of me always talking smack about how great the game is). After I helped him set up a Steam account and loaded his copy of Skyrim Legendary on the PC, I pulled up a chair and watched as he started the game’s intro as a prisoner on the road to Helgen.
As soon as the Imperial soldier called the prisoner to step forward, Jack began the process of creating his character. He was familiar with my previous article The Best Skyrim Character: Warrior, Thief or Mage, (I made him read it before I came over), and he decided beforehand to play as an Argonian thief. He spent close to an hour fiddling with the huge number of customization options, refining his character to make him look just right (a thin Argonian with purple tinted skin and wicked battle scars). As soon as he accepted his character’s physical characteristics, it was time to choose his Skyrim character name.
Jack was stumped…
Choosing Your Skyrim Character Name
Creating a Skyrim character was more or less effortless up to this point. Jack had prepared before hand, and knew the race and character build he was striving for. He had a general idea of how he wanted his character to look, and selecting his Argonian’s eye color and nose shape proved to be entertaining. When it came to choosing a Skyrim character name though, my friend hit a roadblock and turned to me for help.
Now I’m not an expert in Skyrim names, but I gave him some basic advice:
Pick a name that you like (because you’re going to be stuck with it for hundreds of hours of game time).
Pick a name that will help your RPG immersion experience (goofybucktooth39 might work for an eBay account or game forum, but it’s a silly name totally unworthy of the Dragonborn).
Get inspiration from a favorite fantasy movie, comic, or novel (for example — Lotharon from The Princess Bride, Sif from The Mighty Thor, and Aslan from The Chronicles of Narnia are three solid fantasy names that if not chosen outright, will help get the creative juices flowing).
Turn to the internet, and use a fantasy name generator (the absolute best can be found at FantasyNameGenerators.com — if you scroll down towards the bottom, the site offers a lore-friendly name generator specifically for the Elder Scrolls).
As it turned out, Jack chose his Skyrim character name with the help of the fantasy name generator. After selecting his character’s Argonian race, he was able to cycle through several exotic names that seemed fitting for a denizen of Black Marsh. He found several that he liked, but finally settled on Jee-Tan Xerseus, a name that he felt worthy of a simple Argonian thief who would some day become the fabled Dragonborn, hero of Skyrim.
Final Thoughts
Skyrim Character Creation Mod
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