StarShip Trooper Skin

I'm aware that there's a "first skins" thread and I apologise for having to start a whole new thread, but I'm planning to use this in a map I'm doing so i need feedback.

I changed pretty much all of the armour to the green that starship trooper armour is. The upper arm muscle shape is ripped off the chaosspaceorc's arm and re-coloured (had to squeeze it a little to fit it nicely). The forearm armour has a new pattern and i added a little control panel with tiny lights (looks like crap on the left arm because the model bends in it in two). I attempted to make the hands flesh but that looked horrible so i've left it as grey lines for now, perhaps ill shade it as a glove later. The gun has a texture i ripped out some old SST conversion. I think it sucks, probably re-do that bit. The lights have horizontal instead of vertical bars. The legs arent quite done yet (they are to have armour infront and black rubbery material behind). Oh i also made the guy's nose narrower. Finally, i deleted everything in the alpha channel. I figure ill trigger attach flag models to the backs of these in my map.

Its my attempt at skinning. I cheated on some of the shading (mainly the shoulder pads). Please feel free to critique, I really could use suggestions to make this better! I really need tips on how to make a better looking gun.

Myself I think the chest armour is a little plain and that the gun looks awful. The arm flesh and face are of slightly different colours.

Also, i have two questions. First of all, how do you remove that extremely annoying protuberance near the marine's crotch? Its circled in red in the screenshot.

Secondly, is there any way i can shorten the 2nd barrle or remove it completely without editing the model? I've searched and found threads that had more to do with team colour trouble than actually removing bits so please bear with my ignorance.

Here's a picture of the unit portrait. This is why i think the chest armour looks bland.

Awesome skin, but its too dark to really see all the details. I have no idea how to remove that thing, but it looks like a good skin.

Too dark? Hmmm i thought the contrast was so high it looked kinda cartoony. But on second thought i think you're right. Or it might be that i took that screenshot while WE was displaying midnight lighting. Gah.

wow totally awesome!! im a big fan of things that are related to starshiptroopers aliens or space marines!!! this skin rocks! plz keep us updated on the map you're putting it in. i really love the skin :D :infth:

to remove it alpha the square or rectangle at the top left of the blp. It should be removed. Nice skin by the way

Thanks for the encouragement guys. Mock1, i tried that, but it doesnt work. In any case that bit of skin is the same as the one used for the backpack so i suppose its impossible to remove. I've finished up my model.

The shading on the legs is abit weird methinks.

Here is the front view. Note the red ammo display on the gun and the little vents on the chest armour.

If people want this skin i'll probably release it after im done with my map.

Here is the view from the back. The backpack has a little heart rate monitor (very blurry) and two I/O jacks (also very blurry).

Pity i had to save the blp at 50% quality to keep filesize down.

well done on it... so u r a singaporean huh? i dun feel alone now ;)

ok, its very good on detailling and shading... great skin 10/10 of course, and i hope continue to work harder...!

Hey cool, it looks a bit more clear now, because the terrain isn't in the way. Its nicely dodged and shaded, i dont really think the legs are that weird, and the amo on the gun is cool, gives a more starship trooper feeling to the skin :D. I think its good already looks perfect to me. 10/10 :infth:

Hey its very Halo-like . I like it. easy 10/ten !

Thats a HELL good skin :D

A like the colours and the chest looks really good... You might wanna smooth out the arms where he has no armour coz it looks crappy...

Apart from that this is kick-@$$ skin :D

Thanks again guys.

I'm moving on to other SST-themed skins before i start work on the map itself. I plan to use a carrino beetle as an arachnid warrior bug because i noticed that if you alpha-out the carapace wings at the back you are left with a small head thing, 6 legs and 2 mandibles: a perfect arachnid warrior (what with that nerve stem thing). What do you guys think?

Also i'm trying to get team colours to work on the trooper again. When i started on it i made the entire alpha channel white to get rid of the team colour. Now i cant seem to add it back in! To be exact, i tried making two 50% grey bars on the shoulder pad and chest armour. I'd hoped that they would come out in the team colour but i guess it doesnt work that way. Does anyone have any ideas?

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Cant say anything exept... HOLY **** MAN!!! thats awesome skin gj gj gj gj gj gj 20/10 :D

Looking dam* good I liked the movie really much :D