Granite Hill Village - High Poly Head Overhaul
⚪ Last updated 2021⚠️ Install Order · 7 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
- 👍 1.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #83 of 111 NPC mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
About
To my surprise there aren't any High Poly Head patches for the NPCs that inhabit the cool villages made by Schlitzohr. Considering I'm generating these for myself, I thought others might be interested in them as well. If there's any interest in the other villages, I'll add them too once I've made them.
The NPCs will use the skin texture you have installed. In my screenshots Bijin is used for the females and most males have Tempered Skins (I used Vitruvia in a couple of screenshots - I still haven't decided which mod I like better).
With KS Hairdos
This version of the mod doesn't require KS Hairdos SSE as I've added the default textures of the hairs that are being used. If you use a KS Hairdos texture replacer however, please load that after this mod or delete the Textures > KS Hairdo's folder from this mod. Otherwise your retextures will be overwritten.
My other High Poly Overhauls
Amber Guard by Schlitzohr
- Granite Hill Village
- KSHair FaceGen Export Rig (if you're interested in easily applying KS Hairdos to NPCs in your game yourself, this is a nice place to start)
- KS Hairdos SSE
- KS Hairdos Maine Normal Map Fix
- High Poly Head
- Vanilla Warpaints Absolution
- Vanilla Makeup HD
- SUEMR SSE with Bijin AIO 2019 Support
- Mild Complexions
- Cathedral Assets Optimizer
Some other mods used in the screenshots
- Silent Horizons for Aequinoctium
- Skyrim 2020
- Textures from Beards and Brows
- SC - KS Hairdos Retextured
- Eye textures from Fair Skin Complexion
This mod adds High Poly Head meshes and optionally KS Hairdos hairs to the NPCs from Granite Hill Village by Schlitzohr. It's a personal project shared for others who want enhanced visuals for those specific NPCs. With 75 endorsements and 6,656 downloads, it's a niche cosmetic enhancement for Skyrim players.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Decent community traction with 75 endorsements and over 6.6k downloads
- Fills a specific niche for players who want consistent high-poly visuals across modded NPCs
- Lightweight and focused—does exactly what it says without bloat
⚠️ Cons
- Requires the original Granite Hill Village mod and High Poly Head, adding dependency chain
- Only affects NPCs in one village, so impact is limited if you don't spend time there
- Last updated in 2021, so it may not be compatible with newer Skyrim versions or mod setups
For Skyrim players who use High Poly Head and want the Granite Hill Village NPCs to match the visual quality of other modded characters. If you're not already using High Poly Head or don't care about that specific village, this mod won't add much for you.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have High Poly Head and its requirements (like Expressive Facegen Morphs) installed before adding this mod.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to handle load order and avoid overwriting conflicts.
- If you want the KS Hairdos option, download the optional file and ensure KS Hairdos is installed, then place this mod after it in your load order.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Bas
- Version
- 0.1
- Downloads
- 6,656
- Endorsements
- 75
- Category
- NPC
- Created
- 12/26/2021
- Updated
- 12/26/2021
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