Left 4 Dead 2

Left 4 Dead 2

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Bill: Remade
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27 May @ 7:16am
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Bill: Remade

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Left 4 Dead: Remade & Refined
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After a while, I've finally got this retexture for Bill to a state I am happy with. This retexture gives Bill, who is in second place for the lowest amount of detail, as much as I am able to pack into him. He has new diffuses, normal maps, and phongmasks, alongside an exponent map for the head. But no need to worry about this taking up too much space or memory, as it has been compressed without loss of quality.

Unlike Louis, Bill didn't have much I took issue with, so he was more of a canvas to me. As such, I moreso added to him. To start, I made his fatigues look dirty and damaged, instead of store brought.
Then I tweaked his phongmasks and exponents, so now his skin looks aged and wartorn instead of rubber, and his hands now have phong shading.

Speaking of his hands, they are THE thing that bothers me about his body texture, so I made some edits. The skintone is now more consistent with his head, has more detail, and his fingernails are in the style of Louis: Remade and no longer seem out of place.

I gave Bill the same treatment for his mouth as I did Louis, with consideration to his constant smoking. His teeth no longer have those black gaps, his tongue and interior are moist, his gums have detail, and the AO is redone.

You might also notice that I slightly altered the insides of Bill's gnome ears. Why? I am beginning to notice how weird the rest of the L4D's crew ears are. Thanks, Louis.

I did my best to get his hair looking a bit more natural in the beard and side of the hair, so I did some recoloring, blending, and altered the hair on his diffuse. His hair also has proper normal maps to give it depth. His eyelashes are whitened. And I also fixed that issue where Bill's hair wouldn't be covered in bile when spewed on.

His cigarette now has more depth and has a slight glow, and is of the Romero brand cigarettes, as seen in The Sacrifice trailer.

Bill's beret has the proper colors of a Vietnam War-era US-issued green beret and a fabric texture. Then the main addition: an improved 5th Special Forces Group flash on it, instead of the old, inaccurate one with the missized phongmask.

I removed those Nickelodeon splatters on his shirt. My second-biggest issue with his texture.

His boots now have their phong properly fitted and I fixed the misalignments of his laces.


With this retexture, I tried my best to get as close as possible to the quality of L4D2. Hopefully I did my best.


And lastly, thank you all for the kind words. It gave me the motivation to finish this up.



I fully support the use of my work in other projects. If you wish to use my creations, no need to ask, just credit me by linking my mod to yours.
63 Comments
Sharkzilla 15 Jul @ 2:05am 
not a huge fan of the switch from 1st SFG to 5th SFG
S1r4rth0r 6 Jul @ 7:23pm 
pls make an alt where he has his 1st SFG flash on his beret
Spyrow 21 Jun @ 2:25am 
You did an awesome job with your Refined & Remade mods, bravo
WinkingWalrus 15 Jun @ 3:11pm 
Why did you change his Beret Flash from 1st SFG to 5th SFG? Those are completely different organizations. I think I've seen concept art of him with a 5th SFG Beret Flashing, is that why you changed it? :zedrawr:
MOTS0 9 Jun @ 5:16pm 
if the lightwarps were a problem, why not use Nick or Coach's lightwarp?
cactac 2 Jun @ 6:37am 
nice bro
:steamhappy:
Слабейший 2 Jun @ 6:29am 
Great job! I can't wait for the next survivors to be made like this.
ediodimacaroni 1 Jun @ 11:59am 
this will be bill in 2013
Owns 1 Jun @ 10:21am 
i can say that the vest is fine, its just the pockets/zipper that blends in with the color like compared to mods like E3 redux by cuba and E3 francis by theareudead. but its your mod you can do whatever
Samuels' Chili Shop  [author] 1 Jun @ 10:06am 
@Owns I've taken care of the underside of the goatee. Could you tell me more about his vest? Apart from the misaligned phongmasks, some inconsistency, and lack of depth for the zippers, I'm not aware of any other issues. I've mostly been focused on his tattoos and the little details I gave everyone else.