If you want to recreate your ME1 character from scratch in ME2 by converting slider values into a ME2 face code, here's how to do it. It's very simple, but you need to know what the slider values were for your ME1 character.

CONVERSION TABLE:

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Slider Value: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Face Code Value: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z

Example:

Below are the slider values and the corresponding face code values according to the conversion table given above. Note that * is the value for the scar slider which isn't supported in ME2.

7 5 3 11 || 31 12 16 16 1 12 12 || 1 10 15 16 16 1 1 || 20 1 1 10 || 10 1 1 16 16 || 6 5 11 || 4 9 16 4 || 6 1 6

7 5 3 * || W C G G 1 C C || 1 A F G G 1 1 || K 1 1 A || A 1 1 G G || 6 5 B || 4 9 G 4 || 6 1 6

Me3 Female Shepard Face Codes

Now let's put all these values into groups of three and add a dot between each group in order to form the face code, ignoring the value for the scar slider (*)...

ME2 Face Code: 753.WCG.G1C.C1A.FGG.11K.11A.A11.GG6.5B4.9G4.616

Here's how it looks like in ME2:

PS. If you want to get ME1 slider values from a ME2 face code (i.e. the opposite of the method described here) you can use this tool here.

A guide to customizing your character.

Effect

This is intended to be part modder's resource, part tutorial for customizing your female Commander Shepard (from here forth endearingly referred to as Femshep.)

I will be using my customized default Femshep as an example, but the techniques contained here can be applied to any custom character.

Part 1. Importing a headmorph into your game.

Part 2. Editing Your Custom Shepard
Mass effect 1 shepard face codes

Hair - modding in different hairstyles Shepard

Scalar, Vector, Texture - color and texture

Part 3. Texmod is your friend. Mass effect 3 male shepard face codes

Mass Effect 3 Shepard Face Codes

Part 4. Lists and more lists. Values to use in Gibbed.
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Download all the files needed to use my customized default Jane in your game here.

Shepard Face Code

*I had a request for a version w/o eyebrows so ones from the CC can be used: alternate tpf is here.