High-res reskins for classic mods...

[osjclatchford]

many thanks monsta!
its funny but looking for a half decent ssg model in the first place is what got me into quake skinning, Just couldn't find one in the shape I liked, so I thought frag it, re-skin the old one, I was surprised to find how easy it can be when I discovered the skins were simple 2d artwork that is stretched over the model, let alone that they are often all in one peice and not segmented like a lot of modern skins are...

I'm very glad you enjoy them, as these two skins (and my gib skins! ) are the personal favourites of my own collection and it really makes the difference to know that others are enjoying them too...

[osjclatchford]

OSJC's v_eshot skin for Painkeep

OK, just an experiment to see what I can do, skin-wise, wihout my main machine (that's still insisting on being on-fire);

High-ex shotgun skin
grab it and blow shit up!

or

Pic
gawp at it first...

As you can see its the qrp shotgun with some darker striped sections and the recolured+grained stock from my v_shot reskin...
I would have used my barrel style on it but by putting the bands of alternating colour on, you loose the 'curved-barrel' illusion that my v_shot skin gives. (look at the original v_eshot skin, the bands show up the true simplicity of the model)
So instead I used qrp's 'hexagonal' barrel, as this also had the lighter colour required*. This way there is no illusion to break!
so all I've really done is add some darker bands with some ridged detail to them to give some more depth...
Ok so its not gonna win any awards but as I said, its just an experiment, maybe i'll revisit it for a 1.2...

*UPDATE*
see I'm a man of my word...

v1.2!
copy the files from progs to your progs folder...

pic
I think this one looks more like the lighter parts have been clamped over the classic shotgun, to re-inforce for the explosive shells...
*END*

enjoy...or not
regards
Latchford

*I'm still not quite sure why so many skins of the sg and ssg have such light-grey barrels when the original was shiny-black like cold-blued steel; rygel's, qrp/primevil's and neogenesis's come to mind.

[Lightning_Hunter]

Wow, can't believe I missed this skin. That explosive shotgun is awesome! It's so awesome that I might even use it as the normal SG skin.

I hope you plan on doing more Painkeep skins!

[osjclatchford]

thanks, I take it you mean v1.2? as v1.0 is a bit bland imho...

[AndehX]

is there a download for those quake 3 gibs yet?

[Lightning_Hunter]

thanks, I take it you mean v1.2? as v1.0 is a bit bland imho...

Yes. Version 1.2 is much better.

[osjclatchford]

oh, and regarding;

...I hope you plan on doing more Painkeep skins!

I may have to do a skin for eshot2.mdl to make sure my eshot.mdl skin doesn't get lonely...