"Chrome" skin for Rumiko

(c) Thomas "Blink101" Homer, 2001-2002

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"Rumiko" model is required to use these skins!

Get 6Rumiko.umod from your favourite UT models site. (e.g. Polycount)

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UPDATE!

Chrome is now version 3! I have finally learnt (some) Photoshop skills :-) The new skins were built in 512x512, from bits cannibalised from the old Chrome and brand new greyscale textures. The joys of layers. Final release textures were shrunk to 256x256 and reduced to 8 bit using Bright.

Some old favourites are back, along with a few new faces to make Chrome v307:

	The return of -
	AKA Kel: My loverly lady ;-) Again.
	Decker: Military shirt & dark skintones. Hard as nails.
	Soldier Kel: Kel in Decker's shirt, essentially. Still.
	Rose: The return of the bikini-clad blonde bimbo. With improved tattoos.

	NEW -
	Tribal: A botched together warpaint experiment...
	Vampiress: Undead kicker of ass and sucker of blood.
	Kagero: Stealth! Honour! Breasts! It can only be a Ninja girl. Hyaaa!

I am now happy with the non-face skins (pants and glove), so more faces to come in the v3xx series (hopefully).

Many thanks to Geo for the (kind) Polycount reviews, and Dave for the industry advice!

Tom [Blink101] Homer, 29th May 2002.

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Information:

This is my first attempt at a skin, and in fact at using Photoshop - so go easy on me :-)

The name came from the excessive shinyness of the metal texture I drew ;-)

The idea of Chrome is to create a whole load of characters using Roger[666]Bacon's excellent Rumiko model. So far only one face is done, but all 5 team colours are present - I tried not to do recolours (which suck), but rather to have a *different* pair of trousers and glove for each colour. (woo!)

	Default = Some grey corduroy jobbies
	Red = Tracksuit bottoms with a neo-tokyo twist
	Blue = Of course, knackered "old favourite" jeans
	Green = Camo, camo, camo and a touch of flage.
	Gold = Desert camoflage and warning stripes

Regular viewers will be pleased to note that the lower bitmaps have been done properly this time.

Anyway, this is pretty much a beta release to catch any early problems with the skin before I do the rest. There are currently ... <counts on fingers> ... 30-odd ideas for face/torso skins, hopefully I'll get them all done :-)

Enjoy the BETA release of Chrome, any gentle encouragement etc. can be sent to blink101@btinternet.com

Tom Homer (Blink101), 11th September 2001.

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