AW Male Nord Presets
⚪ Last updated 2021⚠️ Install Order · 6 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
- 👍 3.7% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #230 of 252 Body, Face, and Hair mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
A simple .zip file with 10 male Nord presets for your Skyrim SE played character (some of them I will use as NPC replacer in a later project).
The archive contains bot the .jslot and .nif file of the head (see instructions below).
They can work with any skin and body type you have installed in your game (even SoS), but if you want to have them look exactly like my pictures, here are some mods you might need:
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[]Racemenu (hard requirement)
[
]Expressive facegen morphs – This is needed for the extra slides and tweaking the face. WARNING: this mod changes the default face morphs, and will affect all yourplayed characters, if you don’t want that, you can just install the sliders for Racemenu and use the .nif files I provide (see instructions below) – technically if you just import the .nif file you shouldn’t need this mod at all, but I’ll still link it, just in case.[]A good skin retexture. I use Tempered skin for males but other skins should work too, they’ll just look slightly different. Also you can just keep the vanilla skin, but they would look goddamn ugly.
[]Hair mods. All presets have a shaven head so you can choose which hair you like most. For the pictures I used KS hairdos – I’ll write the name of each hairstyle below. Or if you don’t want additional mods you can just apply the vanilla hair.
[]Eyes mods. I use Natural Eyes but you can use any eyes you like or leave the vanilla ones.
[]Beards and Brows retextures, again, your choice, you can change the beards and everything else as you please.
How to Install
If you are not already familiar with presets, here how to use them:
Step 1
Unzip the archive with winzip, winrar, 7zip or any other similar software. You’ll find two folders with the .nif files and the .jslot files. Open your game folders and navigate this path:
Steam > steamapps > common > Skyrim Special Edition > Data > SKSE > Plugins > CharGen
Copy the .nif files in here. Then open Presets folder and copy the .jslot files in there. You can drop all of them in or just the ones you need. This way they’ll be accessible from the Racemenu.
Step 2
Open Racemenu. There are many ways to do this:
– Start a new game
If you already have a game started and just want to change the appearance of your character:
– Open the console with the ~ key (or \ depending on your keyboard – basically that key that’s up there to the left to the number 1), then type showracemenu and press en
AW Male Nord Presets adds 10 male Nord character presets for Skyrim Special Edition, including both .jslot and .nif files. Requires Racemenu and optionally Expressive Facegen Morphs for extra sliders. Works with any skin/body type, presets have shaven heads for hair flexibility. 508 endorsements, last updated April 2021.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid community backing with 508 endorsements and 13,795 downloads
- Presets are versatile—shaven heads mean you can pair them with any hair mod you like
- Includes .nif files so you can bypass Expressive Facegen Morphs if you don't want the default morph changes
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in April 2021, so it might not be fully tested with the latest Skyrim SE patches
- Requires Racemenu as a hard dependency, which can be a hassle if you don't already use it
- If you want the exact look from the screenshots, you'll need several additional mods (skin, hair, eyes, etc.)
For Skyrim SE players who want a quick set of good-looking male Nord faces without spending hours in the character creator. Great for roleplayers who like variety in their playthroughs. Skip if you're not into character presets or don't want to bother with Racemenu.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have SKSE64 installed, as Racemenu requires it to work properly.
- If you don't want Expressive Facegen Morphs to affect all your characters, just import the .nif file instead of the .jslot—it bypasses the extra sliders.
- Since the presets have shaven heads, you can test different hair mods without re-importing the preset—just change hair in the Racemenu.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- AllieWadeMods
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 13,795
- Endorsements
- 508
- Category
- Body, Face, and Hair
- Created
- 4/5/2021
- Updated
- 4/6/2021
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