Skyrim: Best Female Body Mesh Mods
UPDATED JULY 23, 2015: Check out my new female body mesh mods comparison here!
I’m a little late to the Skyrim modding party, but I’ve been spending the last couple weeks modding the shit out of my game and now I’m ready to share some of my testing results! I’m one of those gamers who will spend LITERALLY AN HOUR on the character creation screen trying to create the perfect virtual embodiment of my avatar. As a result, I’ve downloaded and tested nearly every popular mod for the Skyrim character creator and here are the best of the best, IMO:
Female Body Types
The first thing before even getting to the character’s face is to choose a body. It took a while to figure out the differences between UNP, UNPB, CBBE, and all the other acronym-ed body types but here’s what I have:
UNP comes in three variations – standard, skinny/slim, and blessed.
UNP (standard) – This is one of my favorite body meshes for females! I think the body proportions are beautiful and the boobs don’t look like ridiculous clown tits. I’m also pretty sure that there are more UNP-compatible armor mods out there than any other body mesh.
UNP Skinny/slim – The skinny version looks pretty much just like the standard version except with smaller boobs.
“Blessed” also known as UNPB – This is like the standard version but MUCH more voluptuous. I know some girls find this mod disgusting, but I think it’s beautiful. The breasts look huge but not like plastic implants – very Boticelli :)
2. Caliente’s Beautiful Bodies Edition CBBE
CBBE is a more voluptuous body (read: bigger boobs, bigger butt, same size waist, ha!). It is possibly the most popular body mod. There are a ton of armor mods out there for CBBE, but sadly many of them are super skimpy!
CBBE comes in two variations – slim and curvy. CBBE breasts look more “fake” than UNP from the front, but more “real” than UNP from the side.
3. Fitness body
I really like this mod for a more athletic look, even though all it does is remind me that I should be exercising and not playing Skyrim ;) You can install this mod over whichever body mesh you prefer – vanilla, UNP, CBBE, etc.
4. Bounce Kits
No female body mod is complete without realistic boob jiggle physics, obviously. You’ll need the following mods:
- HDT Physics Extension
- HDT Breast & Butt Physics
- You’ll also need your body mesh to have a skeleton that supports HDT. If you’re like me and like UNP, you can use this mesh by Turbosundance!
That’s it for my favorite female body mods. Keep reading to see my favorite female face texture mods, or skip ahead to my other Skyrim modding posts!
What’s your favorite female body mesh for Skyrim? How do you feel about the controversial bounce kits? Let me know in comments!
Personally I’m a fan of the Bodyslide 2 tool. Using it you can pretty much make any body size and shape you want.
You are like everywhere aren’t u?
Give me Carribean Body anyday: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30770/?
But only draw back is lack of armors for it (the kind of guys who create said armors, don’t dig this body type).
I really want to know what the top, flowery looking mod is.
Here you go. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/28788/?
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First off, Welcome to TES (The Elder Scrolls)
Couple of things if your just getting started as I noticed the post was made in September of this year. There are only two Major body types if you want armor package choices, CBBE which is a completely new body package and UNP which is actually based off the vanilla body and that is also why UNP has more armor packs, face packages, and in general is more heavily supported because it is far easier to create mods of UNP as it is just a alteration of Skyrims already installed meshes and textures, Also almost all of the other body mods (Adec, Seven base bombshell, UNP7C etc are UNP biased). That being said, CBBE is FAR more in-depth and wider ranging than UNP allowing for even greater customization and optimization, and the texture blender is a god send to CBBE users, there is a UNP version but it doesn’t always work.
Also I don’t know where you are getting your mods from but some tools I would recommend you acquire before you get to deep into modding.
TESVedit, LOOT, Mod manager (There are a few different ones) and FNIS. I have been modding since very early 2012 and trust me these tools save you a LOT of headaches, especially when you have 400+ mods and 235 active plugin’s running.
On the 400 mods note, once you find yourself getting to the point of high mod counts, the “ESP merger” mod for TESVEdit comes in REAL handy for keeping your ESP count low.
In closing, again welcome and I completely understand the hour in the creation screen, for me its more like 3. (Oh oh on that note, http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/29624/? this will allow you to fine tune your char to such detail, and if you have compatible packs installed you can swap between multiple mods whether body textures or face textures or such, or with proper Skelly you can adjust individual body part size like left breast, right forearm etc etc etc.)
Have fun!
Are there models like this for the Khajiit race too?
Be advised the Body Mods on Nexus are not for free….
All the mods on Nexus are free. ?
Yes they are
Hi girlplaysgame i was wondering if u could help me out and tell me all the mods i need to make my body’s just like your the UNPB one above which look pretty awesome, like the hair,face,body,outfits etc. mods u used in the one above. Please i have tried but just cant get it quite right.
The Nexus Bodies are not Replacers but Vanilla conversions or distortions, Vanilla had errors and these are inherited down that line of Conversion. The main and first 3 being in order of Technical quality
CBBE – I call it the Blow Up Doll with Added Air Pump (BodySlide) – No Hips Bloated Appearance
ADEC – Better than CBBE but still poor.
UNP – The best of the base Mods and my Compatability Choice. – Pelvis and Defined Hips
Only one body is a Replacer built from Scratch. The rest are Conversions/Distortions of one of the above Mods.
At Best 2× Distorted at worst 3rd or more Tiers of Distortion from Original Vanilla Shape,
DreamGirl – Best attempt to truly improve on Vanilla.with a conversion (UNP) – not many Clothing mods
Without a doubt the only custom built body replacer is by far the best quality out there and it is totally banned on the Nexus, for no good reason, which makes compatability an issue, nothing Vanilla is usable, including all conversions. That said it’s well supported in Russia, the Author Kris†a’s Home. It is now in 3 Distinct Formss
[LB] Lady Body – Female Replacer including NPC’s
[Dem] Demonica = Lady Body v2 – Cutom Race uses Female Slot
[Dem] Eva – Demonica v2 Beta – Cutom Race uses Male Slot to use Dem 1 and 2 (Can Rename Files to Female)
They are also in the Russian Language, but have an Official English Translator.
BlackElf Skyrim Mods English
If you want quality Kris†a provides She’s very particular but her work speaks volumes. Nexus Modders took the easier conversion route, that’s not good enough for Kris†a, I agree with her.
My Opinion on Bounce kits is Simple, I want realism, where bounce is appropriate give me realiostic bounce, metal Armour doesn’t bounce
The real power of HDT to me, is for Hair and Clothing, That makes a huge difference to realism ..
Bottom Line, we all have opinions and the the above is an accurate worst to best Quality Assessment..
Personal preference beats technical quality every time. Makke your choice for your character, it may change for the next character.
Use Mod Organizer, if you want multiple characters and playthroughs.
yeah i don’t know about using a mod that was banned from nexus. must be a good reason to avoid it. your quality assessment is also an opinion and one i definitely disagree with. Charles hit it on the head. CBBE give you amazing control over customization. You can spend hours playing with bodyslide. throw in that u can then put your customized body into the outfit studio, and turn any armor you really must have into the perfect fit. so much fun even before u start up the game. the fact that each of us can customize our game as much or as little as we want is just the best thing ever. i wish more games allowed this much control. a big thank you to all of the creators of these amazing mods for giving us hours and hours of pure enjoyment.
hm… Well I wanted all these until I realized you had to be a paid member to download them? Anywhere you can download them for free? Thanks in advance..
You can download for free off Nexus. Any payment is strictly voluntary.
If you are referring to nexus, it is free. You just have to sign up to be a member. The only time you have to pay is if you want to become a premium member. Just do not select Amy of the pay options when you register, you will still have full access to nexus. Hope this helps.
Hi. I’ve been trying to emulate the stunning UNPB model you posted above. Can you tell me where you found it? Are there presets available? I’ve posted the pic on other sites looking for help, but several people think it’s actually a CBBE body. How do you get those hips? Help!
“”CBBE breasts look more “fake” than UNP from the front, but more “real” than UNP from the side.””
UNP BLESSED BODY- UNPB REDUX PROJECT choose option 2.5g TBBP Body
can someone help me i have transparencies in my character model why