Felix

Description
Those who know of Pande will know him to be a good mapper, but it appears now that he is also branching out into the world of skinning! There aren’t that many modders out there that are good in more than one field of modding, but it definitely looks like Pande is one of those modders.

If you read the Readme however, you will notice something rather odd:

[quote] The armour was made in GtkRadiant 1.5 and NetRadiant, as totally black textured surfaces. I zoomed in with the camera, took multiple close up screenshots, and merged them in GIMP. I then applied the beveled effects and texture.[/quote]

I am rather puzzled at this, the armour was made in a mapping program and then turned into a texture? O.o

Well whatever method used to make it, it certainly looks good. The texture of the armour combined with the selective env mapping looks really cool and I think the Jedi Trainer model was a good choice for this skin. In fact I also agree with Pande when he says that the Jedi Trainer model is not modded or re-skinned often enough, as it does have a lot of potential.

A notable feature of this skin is that you can change it to a custom colour using a console command:

[quote] 1. use the default model from the player select menu (/model merc_jedi/default)
2. bring up the console (Shift + ~) and type /char_color_blue, /char_color_red, or /char_color_green.

The default values for all 3 is 255. A value lower than that will reduce saturation of that color.
So for example, if you want a green character you would set _blue and _red to 0, leaving _green at 255.

Colors come out darker when this is used... therefore they can also serve as an alternative to the team skins (red and blue) by having darker red and blue skins (may be more appealing to some).
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Personally I think this is a great idea, and along with the team support, bot support and even some new custom recorded taunts this makes for a well rounded and well polished skin that is well worth a download! :)

As with all mod’s though, there are a few things which I feel could still be improved upon. The main part I am thinking of is the face, which looks a little too low resolution when compared with the rest of the skin, I definitely think some extra detail, or a higher resolution texture would be good here. Also, I feel that the boots looked a little too plain. Again this is an area where I think a bit extra detail might look cool, like some straps or buckles or maybe some mud or scuff marks to make them look more worn.

All in all though this is a very impressive skin here from Pande. And a special shout out goes to Yami_Ryou as well for making the excellent custom sounds! :D

If you guy’s like the look of it, then be sure to give it a download!

[b]New Sounds:[/b] Yes
[b]Bot Support:[/b] Yes
[b]Team Support:[/b] Yes

~Nozyspy~