Elaborate Textiles - NPC Clothing Retexture
⚪ Last updated 2012⚠️ Install Order · 3 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
- 👍 2.9% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #16 of 111 Clothing mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
:: Elaborate Textiles :: >> Due to me having started college and other real life events, I am very much absent from the Nexus these days. This most likely won\'t change until summer. I give my permission to use my retextures to anyone who wants to, given that I am credited, except if you intend to reupload them unchanged. But please tell me when you did, once in a while I do check this site. Thank you and thanks to everyone who downloaded, endorsed and commented. I still appreciate it very much. :) << I am by no means a modder, but I love to mess around with Photoshop (digital painting etc.). So, growing bored by the standard textures of the standard clothing sets whithin Skyrim, I decided to try my hand at retexturing them and figured that someone else might like what I came up with. I\'ve tried to make my designs as lore-friendly as possible, but I am aware that not everyone might consider them so. Personally, I assumed that Skyrim as part of an entire Imperium might have access to different fabrics and handcrafts, not just homemade cloth. But does a girl really need a logical reason to pretty up textiles? I love to take your requests, but please be patient with me. If you would like me to retexture something I haven\'t, please tell me. If you find more free-stock, lore-friendly textures and would like me to apply them, tell me that too. If these textures are not to your taste, don\'t tell me, unless you have something constructive to say. All screenshots were taken with vanilla graphics settings. The size of most textures has been set from 512x 512 to 1024 x 1024. Please note that I will concentrate on retexturing the things people ask of me for now, before I will probably do a version based on 2048x2048 textures. I can\'t use textures that big in my own game and since this is a personal retexture, I\'d like to have everything I myself can actually use finished, before going through the whole retexturing process again. Thank you. :: Installation Just drop the \'textures\' folder into your \'Data\' archive to install. If you don\'t like one rendition of mine, don\'t put the respective sub-folder in there. Simple enough. :: These guys have been so kind to include my retexture in their Skyrim Mod videos : ylRhjTui-5Q tkBnL8z9jvk
Elaborate Textiles is a retexture mod for Skyrim's NPC clothing sets, aiming to add more detail, individual character, and diversity to the game's apparel. With over 10,000 endorsements and 375,000 downloads, it's a popular choice for players seeking visual variety in NPC outfits.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust: 10,851 endorsements and 375k downloads show it's a go-to for clothing overhauls.
- Adds visual variety to NPCs without changing gameplay—perfect for immersion lovers.
- Lightweight retexture that doesn't require new meshes or complex dependencies.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2012—might have compatibility issues with newer Skyrim versions or other mods.
- Only covers NPC clothing, not player armor or unique items, so you'll need other mods for full coverage.
For Skyrim players who want to freshen up NPC appearances without overhauling the whole game. If you're into immersion and visual consistency, this is a solid pick. Skip if you're looking for gameplay changes or armor retextures—this is purely cosmetic and limited to clothing.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's an older mod, check if your Skyrim version is compatible—if you're on Special Edition, you might need to convert the textures.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to install and easily uninstall if you don't like the look.
- Pair with other texture mods for a cohesive overhaul, but test load order to avoid conflicts.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim LE Mods
- Author
- Miss Obsidienne
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 375,391
- Endorsements
- 10,851
- Category
- Clothing
- Created
- 7/3/2012
- Updated
- 7/18/2012
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