Character Mods? Options

[Kane]

Hi folks -I'm finally making a big dive into Oblivion, and I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions to help with face and looks textures. So far, Melora (Dunmer) is running these mods:

Blockhead
Natural Faces
Oblivion Character Overhaul

Any help is appreciated!

Melora

[Lena Wolf]

What also makes a big difference is face textures. Some of those mods are referenced from the two I listed, but there's more. So if you wanted to try something different than OCO, there are actually quite a lot of options for the vanilla heads.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

What also makes a big difference is face textures. Some of those mods are referenced from the two I listed, but there's more. So if you wanted to try something different than OCO, there are actually quite a lot of options for the vanilla heads.

I’ve actually decided against bothering with OCO. I had forgotten how drastically they change the faceshape of some of the races (Like the Dunmer, eesh ). If I feel the need to, I will look into face texture mods. I’m trying to keep it mod light, so I’ll probably just stick to vanilla in this area.

[Lena Wolf]

I’ve actually decided against bothering with OCO. I had forgotten how drastically they change the faceshape of some of the races (Like the Dunmer, eesh ). If I feel the need to, I will look into face texture mods. I’m trying to keep it mod light, so I’ll probably just stick to vanilla in this area.

I keep mine vanilla. I actually find that it makes the faces expressive, and that this expressiveness is getting erased with mesh improvements, texture replacers and of course OCO... But it is a matter of taste, first and foremost, and my taste is apparently not "canonical", whatever that may mean... I personally find blue better than green, but the prevalent opinion is to the opposite.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I’ve actually decided against bothering with OCO. I had forgotten how drastically they change the faceshape of some of the races (Like the Dunmer, eesh ). If I feel the need to, I will look into face texture mods. I’m trying to keep it mod light, so I’ll probably just stick to vanilla in this area.

I keep mine vanilla. I actually find that it makes the faces expressive, and that this expressiveness is getting erased with mesh improvements, texture replacers and of course OCO... But it is a matter of taste, first and foremost, and my taste is apparently not "canonical", whatever that may mean... I personally find blue better than green, but the prevalent opinion is to the opposite.

I mean, it’s one thing if the characters were designed to look like that in the first place. Oblivion’s art style in general is very different from Morrowind and Skyrim’s, which share some common themes in their art design (like with the design of the Mer races). OCO attempts to drag Oblivion’s character designs in line with Morrowind and Skyrim’s (again, particularly with the design of the Mer), and it just ends up looking very out of place, IMO. I’ve come to realize that, as bad as they are, Oblivion’s little pudding faces are just part of the game’s charm. I will definitely check out some of the mods you mentioned though, as they don’t change too much about the faces like OCO does.