Hi, I was hoping someone could help me with this.

I've got this great face I made on facegen of a celebrity that I'd like to use on an NPC, but I can't figure out how to use get the face into Oblivion. I've been trying to just create a new race and use the face model for it, like so many other people do. The problem is, I can't find a tutorial for that; only for getting the face onto the main character.

Could anyone give me a link to a tutorial please, or maybe walk me through it?

Well, not to discourage you or anything, but here is a http://thenexusforums.com/index.php?showtopic=202645&st=0&gopid=1776925&#entry1776925 to get you started - it states you need a paid version of Facegen ($300) and some other programs to do it.

You can use GIMP which is free as opposed to Photoshop. I've been using GIMP and it's a pretty good program, with a bit of frustration for a beginning user, perhaps.

I'm not sure of a way around the Facegen paid version thing unless you know someone who has it who is willing to convert the facegen texture to a format you can use (DDS) in Oblivion's CS.

You will still need to create a normal map for the texture, and set your new race to use it and the facegen face shape you created. This is where Wyre Bash comes in b/c you need that to import the Facegen face for NPC use. It starts to get hairy for me from here b/c some people prefer using the Oblivion heads (using an exporter) and actually modifying the oblivion head meshes with a program like NIFskope to make new races. But I guess as long as your race is a human one, you can just duplicate the closest existing race to yours and apply your facegen face to it using the Wyre Bash face import feature.

I have never done this for NPCs though, so maybe someone wiser in these ways can help. I am happy with importing a face to the PC for now, which is a little simpler.

Hopefully that tutorial can help you for now. If you need further help, I might be able to later. Right now I barely have clarity of thought to type anything without being interrupted every five minutes. Guess I gotta spend some Dad time now.

there is the http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=29908 (http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3367) you can use to copy the face structure to a save game, there is also an option for it to import the texture created as well, but i have never used that.

I know that using some other program you can use the face from a savegame for an npc, but im not sure what tool you need for that ill look it up in a bit.

edit:
wrye bash has a face exporter you can use to copy your saves face to an esp, which is im guessing how people usually go about doing this.

Thanks so much! This is exactly the tutorial I've been looking for. ^^

Glad we could help! I know I was lost when first starting on trying to do this stuff. I've still got alot to learn, too.