Figure 3.5 A typical skin for an MD2 model. This is the skin for the HellPig MD2 created by Psionic Design (http:\/\/www. psionicdesign. com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n Each of the file names in the skin section is a different skin. A typical skin could look something like the one shown in Figure 3.5.<\/p>\n
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