Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE)

Creating an armour for Skyrim. Part 1 From Nexus Wiki Overview This tutorial shows all the main steps you need to follow to create an armour or an outfit from scratch for Skyrim. If you only want to change the textures of an existing piece of clothing or change its properties and bonus, just skip the first part of the tutorial. If you want to adapt existing armours or outfits to other bodies you will have to follow the steps explained here, except that you won't have to create the mesh (but you may probably have to adapt it to the new body), the textures or the UV maps. Currently the tools used for modelling are not completely adapted for Skyrim, there are some steps that require some manual adjustments. Required tools Blender: latest Nifscripts version. Creating an armour for Skyrim The main steps to create a custom armour or outfit for Skyrim are: Skyrim armour/clothing meshes Skyrim armour/clothing meshes and character weight Skyrim has introduced a new feature for characters: the weight slider. Create the _0.nif armour mesh