Slof's Colourful Critters SSE
⚪ Last updated 2021⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.7% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #131 of 188 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
I've just started playing Skyrim again, and found that all my simple retextures work absolutely fine. I figured I should put them up here for anyone looking through SE's mod section (just as I have been doing!) so they can be easily found.
Dawnguard Husky
After looking for a higher resolution texture for the husky from Dawnguard,
and only finding some that were the original texture made bigger, I
decided to do a full retexture job from scratch. Using high-res photos
of huskies, I made a completely new texture, and with a small tweak to
the mesh, was able to give the new husky odd-coloured eyes. This is a
common feature of many huskies, and one that I find adorable! Dogs are
available with male or female mesh and retextured leather armour.
Armoured husky has blue eyes, unarmoured has odd-eyes.
Added a German Shepherd (Alsatian) optional texture which I made as a tribute to my own dog.
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I made this as the dogs were so grey they were often difficult to see in
the less vibrant parts of Skyrim. I just wanted to add some colour.
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Sabrecats (Smilodon)
I made this at a request, plus I like painting cat fur. The brown cat is
now more vibrant in colour, with bold, black tiger stripes, and the
white one is paler with defined leopard spots and ice-blue eyes.
Respective pelts are also made to match. Mounted cat heads will also
have the same new textures.
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Hairier Werewolf
I wanted a more hair-covered wolfy that looked a bit less moth-eaten and
threadbare patchy, so I performed a bit of a hair transplant! I also
made the werewolf lighter in colour, more like a real wolf.
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Red Werewolf
I made this for my high elf character, Vernon, who has red hair - I felt
that he should keep the hair colour even in his wolfy form! I may
eventually make others sepending on my characters' hair colour.
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Trolls
I woke up one morning with this urge to retexture trolls! I've made them a
little more colourful; frost troll has whiter fur and blueish-purple
skin and blue eyes. Common troll has browner fur and yellow eyes. The
Uderfrykte is now pale skinned and ginger-furred with red eyes.
Slof's Colourful Critters SSE is a texture overhaul for Skyrim Special Edition that adds vibrant, high-resolution retextures to Dawnguard huskies, regular dogs, sabrecats, and werewolves. It includes optional textures like a German Shepherd tribute and features odd-colored eyes on huskies. With 147 endorsements and 8,586 downloads, it's a modestly popular cosmetic mod for players wanting more colorful animals.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-tested with 147 endorsements and over 8.5k downloads, so it's proven to work for many players
- Adds real visual flair to animals that are often dull and grey, making them pop in Skyrim's landscapes
- Includes thoughtful touches like odd-eyed huskies and a tribute to the author's own dog, showing genuine care
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2021, so it may not be compatible with the latest Skyrim SE patches or other mods that alter the same creatures
- Only covers four creature types, so if you want a complete animal overhaul, you'll need to pair it with other mods
- Potential conflicts with other texture mods that touch huskies, dogs, sabrecats, or werewolves, so load order matters
For Skyrim SE players who want their animal companions and enemies to look more vibrant and realistic without overhauling the whole game. It's perfect for roleplayers who love their dogs and want them to stand out. Skip if you're looking for gameplay changes or a comprehensive creature texture pack.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since this is a texture mod, make sure to place it after any mods that change the same creatures in your load order to ensure the textures apply correctly.
- If you use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, you can preview the textures before installing to see if you like the new colors.
- For the odd-eyed husky, note that the armoured version has blue eyes while the unarmoured has odd-eyes, so pick accordingly if you have a preference.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- AlienSlof
- Version
- 1.2
- Downloads
- 8,586
- Endorsements
- 147
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 6/17/2019
- Updated
- 7/7/2021
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