Artistic Upscaled Textures - Watercolor Style
🟡 Updated this year⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.5% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #266 of 342 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Suitable OAAB_Data, Tamriel_Data + some texture replacers for other essential/high-quality mods as optional downloads for a seamless style.
# Main Mod - Artistic Upscaled Textures
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[]Upscaled and remade textures with a simple photoshop filter (sponge) to make them look kinda painted ("watercolor") and more crisp.
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]Base game, Tribunal, Bloodmoon. Addons for a lot of other mods.# Addon - Artistic Upscaled Reimagined Faces
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[]It's now a standalone: https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/57430
# Addon - Artistic Upscaled Icons (base game + all addons)
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Alternatives
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[]There are some alternatives to this mod though the idea is not new.
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]Morrowind Watercolored v2 (seems to be a classic).[]Morrowind Watercolor HD Upscale (Normals-Parallax-Shader) (something similar with parallax on top).
This was made for OpenMW, no idea if you can use the textures for the original game.
Programs used
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[]Photoshop
[]ImageMagick
[]Forge UI (models: Juggernaut XL)
[]Materialize (for creating normal maps)
How to install
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[]Here is a good explanation how to install mods for OpenMW: https://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/modding/mod-install.htm
OpenMW
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[]https://openmw.org/downloads/
Credits
]OAAB_Data- [
[]Tamriel_Data
[]Graphic Herbalism - MWSE and OpenMW Edition
[]Bal'laku - The Lonely Towers
[]Marbled Zafirbel Bay
[]Several mods of RandomPal (Beautiful Cities of Morrowind, More Alien Bitter Coast, Concept Art Molag Amur Region - The Great Scathes)
[]https://polyhaven.com (a lot of textures)
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[]https://openmw.org/downloads/
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[]Here is a good explanation how to install mods for OpenMW: https://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/modding/mod-install.htm
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[]Photoshop
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[]It's now a standalone: https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/57430
Artistic Upscaled Textures - Watercolor Style is a cosmetic mod that applies a watercolor aesthetic to all textures and icons, with addons for popular asset packs like Tamriel_Data and OAAB. It has 29 endorsements and 1,145 downloads, last updated in October 2025.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Gives the game a unique hand-painted look that stands out from typical texture overhauls.
- Covers not just textures but also icons, so the UI matches the new aesthetic.
- Addons for popular asset packs mean you can extend the style to modded content.
⚠️ Cons
- Low endorsement count (29) suggests it's a niche choice, not widely tested.
- No screenshots or detailed previews in the description, so you're flying blind on the visual result.
- Without addons, the base mod may not cover all modded textures, leaving inconsistencies.
For Morrowind players who want a complete visual overhaul with a distinctive watercolor art style, especially those using Tamriel_Data or OAAB. Skip if you prefer realistic or vanilla-friendly textures.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check the mod's file structure to see if addons are separate downloads or included.
- If you use a mod manager, install the base mod first, then addons for your specific asset packs.
- Since it's a texture replacer, load order matters less, but keep it after other texture mods to ensure it takes effect.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Morrowind Mods
- Author
- Sturmmantel75
- Version
- 2.9.0
- Downloads
- 1,145
- Endorsements
- 29
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 6/21/2025
- Updated
- 10/25/2025
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