LM's KS Hairdo's Retexture WIP SSE _1st April UPDATED_

Last updated on: April 5, 2025 at 09:31 PM

I bought for 150€ HairTG - Cards and HairTG Surface for Substance Painter this week and started my KS Hairdo Retex project. I always wanted more rougher, realistic hair. 

It's 983 Hairstyles. Which means this will be an ongoing update of the mod until it's finished. Because you don't retexture 983 Hairstyles in some weeks. This will be a project I am doing on the side as much as I feel for it and then update the mod when I have done some more hair. 

For now there are 12 hairstyles done. I am unsure if I ever retexture the very curly hairstyles. I have curly hair material but not that curly and I kind of as well don't want to, because it's quiet a pain. As good as the meshes are, I struggle with getting the curly hair illusion right. And when I can't make anything equally good. nor better, I won't. 

I might change existing textures if they need fixing. Like Revere doesn't have a proper sculpt texture yet, because I still need to learn to work with HairTG Surface. It's more to know than Cards and I need to find some brain time first for this.

The KS Hairdos mesh UVs are a dream and that's why those retextures are possible. I am very thankful for this high quality mod we got from Kalilies and Stealthic. 

Credit:

• KS Hairdos SSE - Kalilies and Stealthic 

Applications used:

• Substance Painter / HairTG - Cards / HairTG Surface
• Photoshop
• Octagon
• Blender
• BadDog 
• LE/SE/FO4 PyNiFly Blender plug-in

Requirements:

• KS Hairdos SSE

Install and let my mod overwrite any conflicts. The textures fit the default KS scalp textures.

If you already want to use my hairline that overwrites default KS scalp texture, install the optional file.

• textures are 2k, BC7 for SE
• some minor mesh improvements
• added an ESP(eslified) that adds edited hairstyles

Hairs done:

                            

Permission:

• You are not allowed to upload this partially or fully. 
• If you want to use anything from this mod ask me for permission.

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Changelog:

1st April 2025:

• Added more hair, don't ask me which and what. It's causing my brain to hurt. And I will start to avoid updating the mod when something hurts my brain. So I accomodate myself to prevent that to happen. Which would be in everybody's interest, because I assume people would love me to update this mod from time to time.

• Redid AGAIN Chromatic because it get's used by so many hairs and it caused still issues. I hope it's okayish at least for now. ;_;

• Edited the unique LM_hairlines to be better. Quiet proud of those, they are really pretty and it isn't easy to make them. :3

• Added an optional file that has the LM_hairline overwriting the default KS. You can use it or not. I thought as well mod authors of NPC and Follower mods would appreciate this.

26th November 2024:

• Reworked all existing hair textures as I am still learning the HairTG tools and try to find solutions for certain issues.
• Added Hairs: Adrienne, Alexia, Angele, Angelina, Charlotte, Croft, Dalma, Dalma2, Ginevra, Levitating, Malva, Marie, Miley, Yuna, Slowly

03rd December 2024:

• Edited some existing hair textures.
• Edited hairstyles in blender
• duplicated one strand and flipped it's normals on Desirae
• moved top braid into head on Kyne
• moved some UVs a tiny bit on Cerigo to smoothen out the roots
• moved some UVs on Synthesis
• Added Hairs: Adnis, Adonis, Aftershock, Aikea, BlossomStory, Burn, Cassy, Cerigo, Desi, Desirae, Emerald, Eva, Himiko, Kyne, Liberty, Picky, Rinne, SeaBiscuit, Sophie, Synthesis
• added via ESP an alternative version for Aikea with the Headband having and edited UV adds
• black
• linen in:
• white
• red
• green
• purple
• pattern 01
• pattern 02 
• added via ESP duplicates of Burn, Cassy, Adonis, Aftershock and gave them a scalp (uses my own textures) 

I made the decision to add duplicates of the hairstyles that I gave a scalp mesh, because if I would change the original hair records, I break NPCs that make use of those.

If you don't want the changes of the ESP and/or the meshes just hide them. You still get the retex. I won't make myself atm the work with making optional stuff and all. Because I am tired. I don't want to. And for myself I don't need to. Maybe when the retex is done.