I'm trying to make some hair for Scout, but after finishing it, I noticied some of Scout's default hair still appears, so I modeled some skin to hide it.

Now my problem is, how I texture it properly?

http://i.imgur.com/O4E3oue.jpg

I cant get the shadows/colors right, did anyone ever had to edit skin textures to make a hat?

Any idea what is the best thing to do with pointy stuff like horns and spikes?

So, I tried to do something more complex, a Jugg mask.

I just needs some tips on what should I mind when I do the seam marks, I just cant get a good UV mesh when the model is deformed.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=154259966

I have been using both GIMP and Paint Tool SAI.

While I like SAI for being easier to do stuff on it and being Wacon Tablet-friendly, it lacks some stuff such as editing channels and making normal maps, where GIMP does that.

I've tried to get Photoshop, but it was such a hassle to find it that I gave up. Last time I got it I also gave up because it was confusing me.

Still, I guess if you know how to use it, Photoshop is the best one for that.

Oh shit I got it. Thanks for the looking this for me, but I got it by looking around Valve textures.

It turns out that to work the mask2 properly, you need to give the Alpha channel a low oppacity white color, then you can edit the other channels without having to edit the Alpha channel along it.

Thank you so much man. I may be back later when I try to create some pants.

Hm, I dont have Photoshop. Even gave up trying to find it by other means.

I'm using Gimp, its the closest I have. I got to edit the Alpha channel, now I'm having the problem where I cant edit the other channels without editing the alpha channel along them.

Like, I want to place something on the R Channel, nothing shows up. Only when I select to edit the alpha channel along it something shows.

Sorry to bother this much, neither TF2 or Dota tutorials talked about this in depth.

Yes, I got to understand what they do (materials, reflections, self-illumination, all that stuff), my question is how I edit each mask layer so I can get the same result as the Valve models.

Its the only thing I lack to know (aside some other stuff I might need to know to make some pants, but that comes later): how I edit the RGB/A masks separately.

Well, I looked around Jugg's default sword materials and used his mask1 on my model.
It did work and it now has shadows and lights.

Now I want to know HOW I can edit them properly without having to copy other files.
Do you sugest any tutorials?

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=153533275

Like this

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=153455359

I dont really got the whole masks thing yet (how to edit them like on the guide), but I did covered the Alpha channel of mask1 with black and left a tiny spot unpainted as the Valve guide said, it still made my model bright.