Today I got my hands on the latest version of
Skyrim, the
Legendary Edition. So what's the logical thing to do now? Well, play
Oblivion of course!
I've spent the last two weeks working to get my current install of
Oblivion into a heavily-modded state that I'd be satisfied playing an actual long-term campaign with, so despite the allure of another shiny new
Elder Scrolls game this afternoon I decided to start an
Oblivion campaign from scratch.
The first companion I picked up was Svatava, who was originally a
CM Partners companion until I decided to graft her onto one of the popular
GGC Companions (minus the face paint you'll see in the last screenshot of this post). I like the scripting of these companions so I thought this time around my followers shouldn't be exclusively CM Partners. However, once I had taken Svatava through
Vilverin (fully enhanced by
Martigen's Monster Mod and
Francesco's Creatures and Items Mod) I decided that, despite the increased number of enemies, she was just a bit too powerful for me to be traveling with so early in the game. So, on the fly, I polished up one of my
Ainmhi works-in-progress and added her to the game. (That's one of the great things about CM Partners: you can pretty much add new characters or remove them whenever you want without worrying that it might bork the game.)
In full sunlight Frona is a bit paler than I'd prefer, but I used a pale freckled skin texture to begin with and it seems to fit well with the whole pink motif she seems to have fallen into.
I'm also unusually satisfied with how my player character has evolved. Usually she looks a bit more rugged and butch, but this time she ended up looking a bit more glamorous somehow. Doesn't seem to be a bad thing, though.
So anyway, that's what I've been up to.
I'll leave you now with this last, older screenshot that's a nice example of how things can change as my creative process runs its course:
