So I’ve been messing around with Baldur’s Gate 3 character creation again, and man, it’s still kinda limited right? Found this Facemaker Boutique thing folks were talking about online. Grabbed it thinking it’d just be some extra haircuts or something basic.
The Download Struggle Was Real
First hiccup – the mod site looked like it hadn’t changed since 2010. Took me forever to find the actual download button among all those flashing banner ads. Almost closed the tab but hey, custom faces right? Finally got the zip file after accidentally clicking three survey popups.
Mod Manager Headaches
Dragged it into my mod manager and immediately got version conflict warnings. Turns out I needed some “ImprovedUI” thing first. Had to hunt that down separately, almost gave up right there. But after restarting twice, everything finally showed up green. Took longer than creating my first Tav character honestly.
Pro tip: load order suddenly matters? Whacked the Facemaker mod to the top just in case, no clue if that actually helped.
The Fun Part: Character Frankenstein-ing
Started a new game just to test it. Holy hell – suddenly had like 50 nose types? Mixed elf ears with dwarf jawlines and Tiefling skin patterns. Made some truly cursed combinations:
- Put scar tissue on forehead wrinkles that looked like topographic maps
- Gave purple lipstick to a half-orc with tusks
- Made a gnome with neck tattoos stretching to his bald head
Absolutely lost track of time swapping eyebrow sliders. Ended up with my vampire guy looking like he’d seen five centuries of taxes.
Crash City Population: My PC
Tried previewing my abomination creation in cinematic lighting – game froze solid twice. Removed some high-res skin texture thing I’d stacked, suddenly worked fine. Moral of the story? This ain’t plug-and-play magic.
Actual Gameplay? Not Yet!
Three hours later, realized I hadn’t gotten past the character screen. My poor custom character with mismatched eye colors? Still stuck on the Nautiloid because I spent all night tweaking cheekbone shadows.
Honestly? Worth the hassle. Finally made my sorcerer look properly ancient without just using default wrinkles. Wouldn’t recommend for casuals though – you gotta want it bad.