I'm starting the game back up again and want to make it look as beautiful as possible. Is QTP III still the leader of the pack or is there something new out there?

Yes, QTP3 is still the only [mostly] complete hi-res texture pack. But there are other textures for things like trees and flora that QTP3 doesn't cover, probably at least a dozen other minor texture packs out there. And I heard a rumor someone recently did a new hi-res road texture...

Thanks for the road textures. Could you point me in the right direction for some other good retextures.

I personally enjoy Bomret's, especially those for SI.
Lot's of individual item replacers if you search both PES and TESNexus, but many of these will be down to personal taste.
There's also RAEVWD for LOD which is outstanding if your rig is capable of running it.
A great alternative is Corepc's texture and wheather replacement found on TESNexus.

Search for: amp's caves, improved trees and flora, improved fruit vegetables and meat, improved signs, unique signs, alluring potion bottles, improved candles, clouded crystal balls, book jackets

I'm sorry I'm not linking them but I'm too lazy to spend 10 minutes finding them. Just search each individually on tesnexus. If any of them give you no results just search for an individual word in it like "alluring" for alluring potion bottles, etc.

Also Bomret's SI textures, already mentioned, are basically QTP3 for SI since QTP3 only covers Cyrodiil.

Get http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15245. I'm taking the time to link it because it's awesome and essential. It's not a texture replacer, really, it's an overhaul of the ground terrain to make textures blend together better, and comes with its own modified QTP3 landscape textures that will overwrite the regular QTP3 ones.

This is why I need to finish my damn website so I could just link to the enhancement section. The passion of the divs continues...

AmpolX's textures are pretty much the best out there, IMO. Secondly, mikal33's. After that, I would just add whatever other bits and pieces appeal. More to the point, that's what I've done.

There are some things that QTP3 gets right, but others that I'm not so sure about. YMMV. I do currently use some of the architecture from that pack, but that is all.


edit: Oh, and if you also mean for bodies, clothing, armour and weapons (etc.)...? Yikes, there are a lot to list!

For weapons and armors hi res replacement use MEAT and the InsanitySorrow's Improved Armoury:) You can find MEAT on tesnexus and Improved Armoury on TES alliance but here is the http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1170901-relz-insanitys-retexture-releases/ to the bethesda thread:) I suggest you,if you like these retextures,to install MEAT first(because isn't a complete retexture project) and then Improved Armoury because at moment is the most complete equipment retexture project and actually it covers all the vanilla armors and weapons sets;insanity is now working on other sets(rare etc..) and on DLC equipment.

FatalIllusion forgot to mention the http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=27414 of armor retextures. Actually it seems I'm the only one on the forum aware of it, I've never seen anyone else suggest it, and it has probably the highest quality armor textures available. It retextures a nice little chunk of the vanilla armors with hi-res textures some of which have higher resolutions than any other texture replacer out there (4096x4096). Unfortunately it doesn't cover all the armor types, but you can just use InsanitySorrow's Improved Armoury textures for the armors the Redone series doesn't cover (and MEAT for the guard armors). Just make sure you install the Redone series textures last so they overwrite the other ones.

Wonderful textures..I didn't know about these retextures..thank you palidoo

I personally love anything by AmpolX. His textures are absolutely outstanding! For armor, I use InsanitySorrow's high res armor textures, found http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1170901-relz-insanitys-retexture-releases/

Many have already been mentioned. I use the "Vibrant"-textures http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=18677 as a base, because those are quite widespread and cover more things than even Qarls Texture Pack III, like clothing and misc items. Then I add others, like QTP3 (only with a strong rig, otherwise "QTP Redimized), or like those from Mikal33 (Improved Doors & Flora, Improved Trees & Flora,...). For creatures, there′s several packs of themythofanst on http://www.tesnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=610829, as well as those of http://www.tesnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=448877, like Dall′s creatures. The best textures I know are these from AmpolX, unfortunately it′s only a few...