weapon skin editing

hi everyone. i was wondering if someone could kindly answer my question. heres my dilema, i want to put a new weapon on a model. so i want to alpha out the weapon on the model. the problem is, i also want to put a skin on the model. how can i make it so the skin shows up along with the new weapon, and the old weapon doesn't show up at all. ty in advance ^_^

well this is the only wait i know how to do this:
1st: on the skin alpha out the original weapon
1st.b.: once you have it alphad out just do the skin like normal on the same file with the alphad out weapon.
2nd:well make sure your skin works with no weapon.
3rd: use triggers to attach the new weapon.

you can also:
1:upload the model file of the unit and just make a new one based on that model and remove the weapon. or find the unit with no weapon by searching online for hours.
2:skin the model u made
3:test it
4: us triggers to attach new weapon

well thats all i kno how to do it hope this helps :D

i thought the skin for the weapon was included in the original skin. just look for it. sometimes it's a little hard to edit though (given the small space).