What is the best way to get good looking textures and colors for skins that looks real and not like out of paint. (not super complicated though)

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Do you mean to make a realistic skin, or to download a realistic skin?

what was he asking for?
a skin to download or some tips to make "realistic" markings?

btw its better to give threads you make a name/title that suggests the threads topic

i know he maybe found this, but since i put the trubble in to it ill post it.

1- open gimp
2- open the file you want to edit. For me its the rep_inf_clonecommander.tga.
3- select the paint tool and change the opacity around 50%



4- Next select the freeforum tool


5- select the area where you what to edit


6- paint away


7- next save it withOUT RLE compression.
8- in you ***c_con.lua and add dc: in front of the ReadDataFile("SIDE\\rep.lvl", so it looks like this: ReadDataFile("dc:SIDE\\rep.lvl",

9- munge and play your done.

*** stands for you 3 letter map name.

Nice explanation, you actually helped me out too.. lol

thanks 501st, that was what i wanted exactly thanks!

your welcome