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 CS Girl Tutorial

Introduction

This tutorial will show you how to create a working Counter-Strike model using Milkshape 3D. I, the author of this tutorial, am not a professional modeler. I don't even work in the game development industry. I am a programmer for a metal building manufacturer. I am playing with game development in my free time, trying to become familiar with all aspects, including modeling. However, my main interest is still programming.

If you an intermediate or advanced modeler hoping to pick up a few insightful tips, you are most likely in the wrong place. This tutorial is for beginners who need a little help getting started.

This tutorial is quite long. Be sure to bookmark where you leave off should you need to quit and come back later. If you would like to download this tutorial to your hard drive, you may do so at any of the following mirrors.

Mirror 1 - hosted by FilePlanet
Mirror 2 - hosted by ModDev.net
Mirror 3 - hosted by Argeia (in his tutorials section)
Mirror 4 - hosted by DTA GAMEZ
Mirror 5 - hosted by NeTsaC'h (located in France)

What you'll need

The first thing you'll need is Milkshape 3D. Milkshape 3D is a 3D modeling and animation tool which can be found at www.milkshape3d.com. Milkshape 3D is shareware application which offers you a 30 day trial and costs only $20. During the 30 day trial, all features are enabled. After the trial, all features are still enabled, excluding the ability to save your work. While you're at the Milkshape 3D website, be sure to grab a copy of the free Half-Life Model Viewer.

The next thing you'll need for this tutorial is a tool to unwrap your 3D model. Milkshape does come with this feature, but it is lacking in options. For this tutorial, I used a freeware application called LithUnwrap. LithUnwrap however has graduated to shareware application and has a new name, Unwrap 3D. At $29, Unwrap 3D is well worth the money and you should have no trouble following the steps of this tutorial even if you can not find a copy of LithUnwrap. Unwrap 3D can be found at www.unwrap3d.com.

The next tool you'll need is a graphics application. For this tutorial, I used Photoshop 7 by Adobe. Jasc's Paint Shop Pro is a viable and much cheaper option, however, I will make no further reference to it in this tutorial.

Of course you should also have a copy of Counter-Strike installed.

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