The Huntress Reborn - Aela replacer

This is my take on Aela the Huntress. I love Aela, but her vanilla face is horrible. There are a couple of replacers out there that remedy this but I've never particularly liked any of them. So I made one myself. :)

Since the original release I have learned quite a bit about making followers and NPC characters, and while the first two versions weren't bad, I feel they were seriously lacking in many areas. I finally got around to updating everything, and I'm extremely pleased with the result - here's what has changed:

• One single version of Aela, instead of two. Consider it the 'best of' album of the original replacers. ;)
• New and improved eye and brow textures, new warpaints, and a lighter skin tone
• My special blend of hi-rez skin textures and normalmaps
• All-in-one fomod installer
• A fix for the werewolf bug (crossing my fingers on this one, it's working in my game but has not been extensively tested yet)
• And, of course, a matching standalone follower that can be used in conjunction with or separately from the replacer

I'm leaving all of the original files and versions of this mod in the download section in case anyone wants them. They will not be getting any updates.

Requirements

Nothing required, just plug and play.

Installation

Install via NMM. Uninstall via NMM. Both Aela and Eleanor have full FOMOD installers with CBBE/UNP body options and all of the eye colors/warpaints to choose from (including no warpaint if you want it).

I wouldn't install manually if I were you, but I'm not, and you can do what you want I guess.

Bugs

Welp, I've fixed some of my earlier mistakes in the .esp, and implemented some kind of fix for the werewolf bug. So far it's worked for me. The werewolf bug is a known problem with Aela caused by her scripted werewolf transformation in the underforge (when she turns you, during the Companions questline). After this part in the game players have reported Aela's face turns black/vanilla and has weird problems with textures if they had a replacer installed. If this bug persists I will have to admit defeat, but let's hope version 2. 0 has the solution. nervous sweats

Skin textures are mostly 4k but they have been properly compressed with mipmaps and shouldn't impact performance unless you are potato gaming. If your rig can't handle 4k, feel free to replace her textures with different ones. I recommend Pride of Valhalla or Real Girls.

F. A. Q.

Q: Her face is black/dark/vanilla/etc A: god dommot (see above)

Q: Can I use the replacer and the follower together? A: Yep

Q: Will you add x body type