Leather Armors Retexture SE
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #136 of 565 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
LEATHER ARMORS RETEXTURE SE
"Fancy the leather armor, huh? Something to be said for going light."
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This mod retextures the Leather armor, Fur armor, Hide armor and shield, Studded armor, Scaled and Scaled Horn armor, CC Leather Scout armor, CC netch leather armors and shields, CC Backpacks and covers the custom textures for the CC Hide and fur brawler's fists (leather and scaled brawler's fists do not use any custom textures). Optional mesh replacer to add pants or pants and sleeves to all these armors. Also contains optional retextures for Legacy of the dragonborn's Boots of the apostle, Predator's Grace, Gloves of the pugilist, Morvath's boots, Running man's folly and Tumbler Bane gloves, Oblivion Artifacts Pack SE's Boots of the swift merchant, NordwarUA's/Sentinel's Hide, hide studded, padded, nordic padded, leather lamellar, nordic leather and rugged leather armors and Atomec's Rough leather armor.
The textures for the fur armor are based on Cabal120's aMidianBorn Book of Silence. I used their normal maps as a base to create my retexture.
All other textures in this mod are based on vanilla normal maps, since the 2. 0 update.
Works with every mod that also works with vanilla textures, such as Armor variants expansion.
Fomod lets you pick and choose what you want.
Main file: chest textures are 4k, everything else is 2k
Half-res file: Chest, Backpacks and shield are 2k, everything else is 1k
Low-res file: Half-res file: Chest, Backpacks and shield are 1k, everything else is 512
FOMOD OPTIONS
BASE INSTALL
Choose which of these you want to install
VANILLA ITEMS
LEATHER ARMOR
HIDE AND STUDDED ARMOR
SCALED ARMOR
CREATION CLUB ITEMS
LEATHER SCOUT ARMOR
NETCH LEATHER ARMORS
FEARFUL FISTS' HIDE BRAWLER'S FISTS
FEARFUL FISTS' FUR BRAWLER'S FISTS
MESH REPLACERS
Pick and choose between these optional mes
Xavbio's Leather Armors Retexture SE overhauls the textures for all leather, fur, hide, studded, and scaled armor sets in Skyrim Special Edition, including Creation Club items. It offers optional mesh replacers to add pants or sleeves. With 7,883 endorsements and 2.5 million downloads, it's a highly popular visual upgrade for players who want more detailed and cohesive armor appearances.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with 7,883 endorsements and 2.5 million downloads
- Covers a wide range of armor sets, including Creation Club items, so your whole playthrough looks consistent
- Optional mesh replacers let you tweak the look to your taste—pants or sleeves for that extra coverage
⚠️ Cons
- No explicit install instructions or compatibility notes in the description, so you might need to check the mod page comments for load order advice
- Last updated June 2026, but no version info given—if you're on an older game version, you might need to verify compatibility
- Only textures and meshes—no gameplay changes, so if you wanted stats tweaks, this isn't it
For Skyrim players who want a cohesive, high-quality look across all leather-based armor without changing gameplay. Perfect for roleplayers and screenshot enthusiasts who spend time in third person. Skip if you're looking for armor stat overhauls or new armor models—this is purely a visual upgrade.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 to install—it'll handle file overwrites automatically and make uninstalling a breeze.
- If you use other armor retextures, load this mod after them so its textures take priority, or check the mod page for patches.
- The optional mesh replacers are separate files—grab them only if you want the pants/sleeves look, and test in-game to see if they conflict with your body mods.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Xavbio
- Version
- 2.0.1
- Downloads
- 2,478,560
- Endorsements
- 7,883
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 4/27/2023
- Updated
- 6/10/2026
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