7 years ago i made my first skin, and then when it didnt get accepted I gave up. Now im getting back into it with a much healthier perspective. Thank you for these videos! SUBBED
Welcome back to the skin making game! Best of luck.... Let me know if you need any help. And thank you for subscribing, we're glad to have you with us :D
Lol, 6 years ago I‘ve made 40-50 skins which I thought cool looking. Now I am looking at those and I am not even surprised why non of them were added. Horrible. I‘ll try again starting in 2024😂😂 Wish me quality over quantity🎉
It’s strange that knowing all this and having many skins in the workshop, Viper has not yet achieved at least one accepted skin. Maybe Valve added you to the blacklist after seeing your first works, so maybe you should start over with a new account? Nevertheless, I sincerely believe that in CS2 your skins will be sparkle, don’t be discouraged, 💪Viper! 🐍
Hahahaha I laughed so hard at the idea of getting blacklisted because of my 1st skins :D But I'm truly grateful for your very nice comment. It means to me more than you could imagine. Thank you so much
@@viperskins valve will put in what ever will maximise the amount of cases unboxed, yes? My proposition is make the cat skin a real thing but have only 1 of the 1000 patterns a cat that actually has a text box go MEOW or HISS, also potentially the cats tail goes spiky/static (when they go angry) and goes electric blue. This creates such a distinction between the general pattern and the number one pattern that it may just cause a lot of people to open up lots of cases. However, I'm not sure if there are rules against that.
You re a legend! I have been wading through rubbish, and with you finally found clear, concise, and at points hilarious (in a good way) comments. I thought I was pretty good with Gimp, you have shown shortcuts, and better explanations of layers it took me hours to not quite understand until now. I didn't know blender in the slightest other than some specifics for Minecraft, and learned more in a few hours than I have in 10 times that amount. It took me a long time to understand normal maps and PBR for Minecraft, you explained it in minutes way better - and this isn't even for Minecraft. I love your work...and hoping if you don't already (and if not I don't know why) you have CS2 access, and can help me with a few other issue I'm having related to that...few things not quite the same. Legend! Thankyou....
wow what a nice and sweet comment! Thank you sooo much. I'm so glad my videos were helpful and hopefully my future videos will be even better. Your comment made my day :D I have CS2 access now (Got it very recently) and soon I will be creating new tutorials for it. Stay tuned ;)
@@viperskins Everything was misaligned. It turned out everything I had done was perfect. After hours of frustration I gave up. Next day after rebooting, it all worked, possibly cached somewhere! Looking forward to new tutorials!
thx for the tutorial vids your making, been thinking about making some skins and these vids will help me for sure. Can't wait for CS2 to release to start creating
My pleasure man! There's some talk about CS2 getting fully released tomorrow and the day after. Also very soon I'll be releasing new tutorials for CS2.... Stay tuned :)
Great video! Tip 7 is one of the ones that affected me the most when I was starting out. I used to always want to finish something quickly and see the feedback right away. Now, my approach is to plan, execute, put it in storage, review it, and redo if necessary. Oh, and about CS2, thank you, Valve! It has made testing in-game much easier, although there are now many more texture maps and such. Do you intend to bring more tutorials in the future? I hope you do, as you're the best
Yeah that's where luck starts playing its part! As for Anime, it's true that we have many Anime inspired skins. But as an Anime fan myself I'm not complaining :)
Can we submit custom weapon models or is the geometry fixed? I guess normal map baking is the only way to simulate new geometry? Thanks for the videos; I appreciate you :)
You can't submit your own models. You can only create skins for the existing weapon models provided by Valve, which means you have to stick to the UV sheets of those models . And thank you for your nice words ☺️
thank you for this very interesting video (like always) this new format really cool, but i have a small question that may seems dumb, do i have to unlock the prime for starting submiting skins to the workshop ?
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video :) Regarding your question (Which is in no way dumb!!) I'm 99% sure that you DON'T need prime. The reason i say this is because I remember purchasing the prime status only when i started creating stickers (Back in CSGO you needed the prime status in order to download the SDK tool, which i believe is no longer needed for CS2), and I started creating stickers after i submitted many skins
I'm creating a new tutorial for CS2 right now, hopefully I'll start releasing new videos very soon. I'm planning to talk about skin submission tips, which will include thumbnail creation. But for now regarding the black bars, are you talking about the horizontal bars that you get above and below your image? If so then just make sure that your thumbnail has a 16:9 ratio, which means that you should use resolution 1920x1080. You can use larger images (Such as 3840x2160) but you don't need to since thumbnails are displayed in small sizes.
Thank you for subscribing and welcome to the channel :D I am working on a new CS2 tutorial but I still need some time. Hopefully they'll be completed and published soon
Siema szefie! Na filmie sprzed roku o naklejce kurczaka widziałem w komentarzach jak ktoś pytał o efekt holo na broniach, wspominałeś, że coś takiego da się osiągnąć przez pearlescent czy cos w tym rodzaju. Masz w planach film na ten temat? Może film w nowym stylu, cos w rodzaju omówienia jak dany skin powstał, na przykład printstream albo nowy AK HeadShot z dość wyraźnym efektem holo. Dodatkowo w tym filmie o naklejce kurczaka korzystałeś ze swego rodzaju poradnika na przykładzie naklejki ‚Bish’. Gdzie można znaleźć materiały do poznania ‚tajników tworzenia skinów’? 😅 Sorki za przydługi komentarz i tak wiele pytań, ale chętnie oglądam Twoje filmy i bardzo interesowałby mnie jakiś w tym rodzaju, a sądząc po komentarzach pod filmami to również wiele innych osób. Pozdro!
Thank you for your nice words. I used Google Translate to understand your comment but i think the translation was clear enough :) I still haven't talked about the Pearlescent effect in my videos. I will do one some time in the near future. However all my coming videos will be dedicated to CS2 skins. Stay tuned :)
@@viperskins Where are you originally from then? I was 1500% sure you’re Polish judging by your accent 😄 Otherwise I would write in english. There’s a lesson in that case: don’t judge a book by it’s cover 🤣 Well, now it makes more sense to make only cs2 dedicated videos.
lol yeah the struggle is relatable. You can either try and learn to paint or find someone who knows how to paint and introduce him/her to CS and to skins
I suggest watching youtube videos about the topic because I don't think i'm the best to talk about it. But a few tips that might help: 1. In the Render Properties set the Device to GPU Compute instead of CPU (You need to set your GPU in the settings (Preferences -> System) 2. Also in the Render Properties, under Sampling -> Render, you can lower the Max Samples value (But if you lower it too much that can lead to results with lower quality) 3. Close any software that you don't need during the bake process. Not sure what Tiling (2048) is, but for CS2 UV maps the resolution needs to be 4096x4096, which unfortunately will lead to longer bake time
Heyo! Nice Video. I was just wondering is it possible to make very good skins in the cs built in work shop, or do I need to use outside programs like blender?
@@viperskins oh got it. yeah my question seems pretty vague lol. i just wanted to know how much is the bare minimum that valve pays for each skin. thanks anyways
Hi, nice videos. Btw what are your best and worst upvote-downvote percentages? Bc I'm trying to work on my workshop submissions but in steam I'm still getting too many downvotes
Thank you! If i remember correctly my best rating was something like 75% upvotes, and my worst probably 20% (Maybe even lower). But I suggest that you don't let that bother you too much. For me every time i publish a skin i have high hopes for it and feel very good about it, but many times (Even for some of my recent skins) I get horrible ratings. In the past that used to annoy me so much but now when i get a bad rating i try to assess what might be the reasons for the downvotes. It's ok to ask for people's opinions if you feel that the results were unjust
@@viperskins 75% is really decent. Back in the days I was dissappointed and somewhat demotivated about these ratings bc even from the practical perspective they remove your works from the first pages and the chances of your work to be noticed keep going down. And about feedback - downvotes are almost always silent
I made some skins with the Patina finish but with the latest CS2 build they look much darker and worse than before. I assume it's a bug and have reported it but should I still submit the skins to the workshop with my old version images since I had pretty much just finished making the workshop images when the Inferno build came out or should I wait to see if they fix it and then submit?
i'm not familiar with the bug (Or anything that's related to CS2 yet). But if the skin looked good before and now it looks dark because of a certain cs2 build then it does seem like a bug and i suggest that you use the images where the skin look good
Hello, thank you for your tutorial, it has been very helpful to me. I encountered a problem and uploaded my skin to Valve. The review has also been approved. But I can't find him in CS2 Workshop. May I ask if you know the reason?
I don't understand the question. You can't find your skin after you published it? You should be able to find it in the workshop section of your profile
@@viperskinsYes, I can find my skin on my profile. What I mean is that I cannot search for the skin name on Steam's creative workshop page to find my skin
@@viperskins You can use the paint by number mask to do this some part of this (at least in patina or anodized multicolored/airbrushed). For example, if you use a paint by color mask in the anodized multicolored finish, everything painted red will be your pattern and then everything painted pink or yellow will be the flat colors you assigned to red and green channels of the anodized finish (inside the tools), IIRC.
Hello, I am looking for a video (I did not found it on your Channel but maybe I am blind) about how to make part of a weapon skin a little bit holographic, like the printstream but not applyed for large areas but more in specific drawn area. (Imagine the Mac10 Sakkaku but instead of glowing eyes it’s holographic eyes and nothing more than that is holographic on the skin). Thx and have a good day ! (Btw Thx for your videos)
If you're talking about the pearlescent effect then I still haven't talked about it. I did talk about glowing skins though. I will make a video about the pearlescent effect some time in the near future. Till then, remember that the pearlescent value that you give to the skin (In the old workbench it's the bottom-most value at the left side) works on the colorful parts only. It doesn't affect black as much as the rest of the colors
@@viperskinsok Thx a lot for the quick awnser !!! But I understand that if I want to use pearlescent effect it’s directly on the workbench and that imply that I can not chose a really specific aera of the artwork ? (like having a matte paint for a face and a pearlescent effect for one pupil only) If it is not possible, can I at least select a part of the weapon ? Like puting the pearlescent effect only on the barrel ? Thx for your work and awnser ! Have a good week !
@@pangtundure Are you using the new CS2 models? The glock tutorial is quite old, so make sure that you're using the new models and not the old ones. What's the name of the obj file that you used?
I did come accross new problems like not being able to bake the textures in blender because my pc cant process it fully (its low end). So yeah when your free I will just send you the skin for you to bake it pls.
Unfortunately I'm extremely busy these days and can't do that. However your computer should be able to handle baking textures. If it's too slow then try to leave it alone and close all other apps while it bakes
@@YourFriendlyNeighborhoodBalkan In CS2 you need to set your baking type to Diffuse and not Combined (That might help with the processing power needed), but make sure that the Metallic value of the material is set to 0. Also under the Render section (Under Sampling) try and lower the Max Samples a little bit. Let me know if these help
If my skin is selected, do I get the skin I designed for free? And The producer of the skin will receive some of the fees incurred by the skin transaction. Is it true?
I don't think you'll get your skin for free, but I'm not 100% sure..... Most probably you won't though lol As for profit, of course you'll get a very handsome revenue for your accepted skin. That's why people are competing so fiercely to have their skins accepted
Hey, I created three skins, and I am not sure how will I know if it's accepted or not. It said that it should get accepted in about 1 day. Then I received an email that it is listed. But not sure how can I use it in-game? Can you please advise, how does it actually look to get accepted and use your own skin in game? Thanks!
That's not how it works. You can't use your skin in-game unless Valve accepts the skin officially in a skin case. Every few months Valve releases something called a skin case, which normally includes around 15-17 skins. If your skin is included in one of these cases then you (And others) will be able to buy it and use it in-game
@@viperskins wow, like, what's the chance, there's maybe like thousands if not, tens of thousands skin makers out there... Daamn, did any of yours got added to a case?
@@TheApresto None of my skins have made it into the game yet. And yes you're absolutely right. The chances are quite slim. This skin business requires a lot of patience, as well as advertising and trying to get your name out there
@@viperskins but would advertising help in any way? I mean, I did not advertise my skins anywhere, and started getting positive and negative ratings out of nowhere, is that coming from valve's system? Also, can people give positive ratings if I just send them the link to the workshop files I upload, of that would affect valve's decision to add it to the game?
When you say "can't access the workbench" what do you mean? What do you get when you open the console and type "workshop_workbench"? Or isn't the console opening at all?
You create the TGA file the same way we used to do it in CSGO. I'm creating a new tutorial these days, but until then you can check out my old tutorial about it: ua-cam.com/video/XToXEa3oSts/v-deo.html However in the video i also talk about creating a "VTF" file. You can discard that part because it's no longer necessary
i tried commenting on the other video but my comment got deleted somehow. Anyway, I just wanted to say Thanks. After watching your guides, I created my first skin, this is how it turned out steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3180294306 Again thanks, keep uploading more guides
My pleasure! I'm glad you were able to create your 1st skin :) I tried opening the link but it seems that your skin still hasn't been approved for public release. It might take up to a few hours until it becomes public, and only then others will be able to see it. I will check it again later, but in any case congratulations on your 1st skin :)
7 years ago i made my first skin, and then when it didnt get accepted I gave up. Now im getting back into it with a much healthier perspective. Thank you for these videos! SUBBED
Welcome back to the skin making game! Best of luck.... Let me know if you need any help.
And thank you for subscribing, we're glad to have you with us :D
Lol, 6 years ago I‘ve made 40-50 skins which I thought cool looking. Now I am looking at those and I am not even surprised why non of them were added. Horrible. I‘ll try again starting in 2024😂😂 Wish me quality over quantity🎉
It so sad the nova relic skin didnt get accepted, it was made with love and passion
dude great video, I like this new approach, not just straight tutorials but more entertaining videos that are informative as well
Thank you so much my friend! Your feedback is always very much appreciated and very special to me! I'm so glad you like the video :)
It’s strange that knowing all this and having many skins in the workshop, Viper has not yet achieved at least one accepted skin. Maybe Valve added you to the blacklist after seeing your first works, so maybe you should start over with a new account? Nevertheless, I sincerely believe that in CS2 your skins will be sparkle, don’t be discouraged, 💪Viper! 🐍
Hahahaha I laughed so hard at the idea of getting blacklisted because of my 1st skins :D
But I'm truly grateful for your very nice comment. It means to me more than you could imagine. Thank you so much
All jokes aside, I would totally TOTALLY go for the sketch cat skin.
Some people want to watch the world burn!
@@viperskins valve will put in what ever will maximise the amount of cases unboxed, yes? My proposition is make the cat skin a real thing but have only 1 of the 1000 patterns a cat that actually has a text box go MEOW or HISS, also potentially the cats tail goes spiky/static (when they go angry) and goes electric blue. This creates such a distinction between the general pattern and the number one pattern that it may just cause a lot of people to open up lots of cases. However, I'm not sure if there are rules against that.
Never created a skin in my life, i dont really have plans too either, but its kinda interesting to see still
You re a legend! I have been wading through rubbish, and with you finally found clear, concise, and at points hilarious (in a good way) comments. I thought I was pretty good with Gimp, you have shown shortcuts, and better explanations of layers it took me hours to not quite understand until now. I didn't know blender in the slightest other than some specifics for Minecraft, and learned more in a few hours than I have in 10 times that amount. It took me a long time to understand normal maps and PBR for Minecraft, you explained it in minutes way better - and this isn't even for Minecraft. I love your work...and hoping if you don't already (and if not I don't know why) you have CS2 access, and can help me with a few other issue I'm having related to that...few things not quite the same. Legend! Thankyou....
wow what a nice and sweet comment! Thank you sooo much. I'm so glad my videos were helpful and hopefully my future videos will be even better. Your comment made my day :D
I have CS2 access now (Got it very recently) and soon I will be creating new tutorials for it. Stay tuned ;)
@@viperskins Everything was misaligned. It turned out everything I had done was perfect. After hours of frustration I gave up. Next day after rebooting, it all worked, possibly cached somewhere! Looking forward to new tutorials!
Also my question, why, or do...we need VTFEdit in CS2? I used it in CSGO but think workshop does that for you? Sorry new to this and learning
@@mxsxc1 In CS2 there's no need for the VTFEdit or VTF files in general. All you need is to upload your TGA files
thx for the tutorial vids your making, been thinking about making some skins and these vids will help me for sure. Can't wait for CS2 to release to start creating
My pleasure man! There's some talk about CS2 getting fully released tomorrow and the day after.
Also very soon I'll be releasing new tutorials for CS2.... Stay tuned :)
Thanks for the tips, now I will use more programs to make my skins cooler!
Best of luck :)
Thanks, I have very cool design but I don't know how to add some images to AK-47. Like a dragon@@viperskins
@@EnderiukasYT This video might help: ua-cam.com/video/KXo0nQsRc_4/v-deo.html
Thanks, that should help me :D Worth a sub@@viperskins
mine will never make it in :(
You never know. Keep improving the level and quality of your work and one day you might make it :)
btw I "fixed" it but the texture is mostly black even tho i have purple and red and grey. Yes, its on diffuse.
When you bake make sure that the Metallic Value is set to 0, otherwise you'll get a black map
its on 0 it was always on 0 by the looks of it and now i seem to get a random outcome but its always a dark DARK green gray with dark gray@@viperskins
I belive I fixed it by disabeling the influence "Direct" and "Inderect" wait gmam i think something is wrong@@viperskins
Nicely doneate! Thanks for the upload 👍
I would love to play with your chocolaty p250 skin ingame :P Nice video! 😊
Thank you so much :)
Great video! Tip 7 is one of the ones that affected me the most when I was starting out. I used to always want to finish something quickly and see the feedback right away. Now, my approach is to plan, execute, put it in storage, review it, and redo if necessary. Oh, and about CS2, thank you, Valve! It has made testing in-game much easier, although there are now many more texture maps and such. Do you intend to bring more tutorials in the future? I hope you do, as you're the best
Thank you so much!
You bet! Many more videos are getting cooked on low temperature as we speak ;)
Either make them flashy or boring and you’ll get picked LOL!
And for some reason, anime is big in cs 😅
Yeah that's where luck starts playing its part!
As for Anime, it's true that we have many Anime inspired skins. But as an Anime fan myself I'm not complaining :)
Can we submit custom weapon models or is the geometry fixed? I guess normal map baking is the only way to simulate new geometry? Thanks for the videos; I appreciate you :)
You can't submit your own models. You can only create skins for the existing weapon models provided by Valve, which means you have to stick to the UV sheets of those models .
And thank you for your nice words ☺️
Valve open eyes, hire him!!!
Valve please listen to this nice dude!
Thanks for the motivation!
if the community don't like valve will not like it
Usually there is a correlation between the two, you're right
@@viperskinsmost of the blue skins is trash, so if the community didnt like valve would like it very much
Hey man
You're doing great job! I wanna ask, have you get CS2 invite yet?
Thank you :)
Yes I got it very recently
Awesome video my man. 10/10
Thank you kind sir!
Hey can you make a video about how to see our skins in CS2. You customization folder missing short is life saver btw
I'm glad to know that my short is helpful :)
I will be creating new tutorials for CS2 very soon. Stay tuned ;)
thank you for this very interesting video (like always) this new format really cool, but i have a small question that may seems dumb, do i have to unlock the prime for starting submiting skins to the workshop ?
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)
Regarding your question (Which is in no way dumb!!) I'm 99% sure that you DON'T need prime. The reason i say this is because I remember purchasing the prime status only when i started creating stickers (Back in CSGO you needed the prime status in order to download the SDK tool, which i believe is no longer needed for CS2), and I started creating stickers after i submitted many skins
If the skin is accepted does it mean it's going to be on the game? Or is it up to another filter (upvotes, etc.).
In this video I'm talking about how to increase your chances of getting your skin make it officially into the game (In a skin case)
Once again very useful video! I have a question actually, will you make video about workshop in cs2? I know there are some big changes ❤
Thank you!
You bet I will! Stay tuned 😉
@@viperskins you are the GOAT man, appreciate it 🔥
hi bro! can you make a video about thumbnails? sizes, tips and tricks. Mine get ugly black bars
I'm creating a new tutorial for CS2 right now, hopefully I'll start releasing new videos very soon. I'm planning to talk about skin submission tips, which will include thumbnail creation.
But for now regarding the black bars, are you talking about the horizontal bars that you get above and below your image? If so then just make sure that your thumbnail has a 16:9 ratio, which means that you should use resolution 1920x1080. You can use larger images (Such as 3840x2160) but you don't need to since thumbnails are displayed in small sizes.
can you make videos for creating cs2 skins start from finish thanks alot subscribed
Thank you for subscribing and welcome to the channel :D
I am working on a new CS2 tutorial but I still need some time. Hopefully they'll be completed and published soon
thank you for the tutorials tho they are top quality
Do you have access to CS2? I’m waiting for some CS2 workshop guide and skin making tutorials, your content is great and always helpful.
I got the access 3 days ago with everyone else. I'll be working on cs2 tutorials very soon
Siema szefie! Na filmie sprzed roku o naklejce kurczaka widziałem w komentarzach jak ktoś pytał o efekt holo na broniach, wspominałeś, że coś takiego da się osiągnąć przez pearlescent czy cos w tym rodzaju. Masz w planach film na ten temat? Może film w nowym stylu, cos w rodzaju omówienia jak dany skin powstał, na przykład printstream albo nowy AK HeadShot z dość wyraźnym efektem holo. Dodatkowo w tym filmie o naklejce kurczaka korzystałeś ze swego rodzaju poradnika na przykładzie naklejki ‚Bish’. Gdzie można znaleźć materiały do poznania ‚tajników tworzenia skinów’? 😅
Sorki za przydługi komentarz i tak wiele pytań, ale chętnie oglądam Twoje filmy i bardzo interesowałby mnie jakiś w tym rodzaju, a sądząc po komentarzach pod filmami to również wiele innych osób.
Pozdro!
Thank you for your nice words. I used Google Translate to understand your comment but i think the translation was clear enough :)
I still haven't talked about the Pearlescent effect in my videos. I will do one some time in the near future. However all my coming videos will be dedicated to CS2 skins. Stay tuned :)
@@viperskins Where are you originally from then? I was 1500% sure you’re Polish judging by your accent 😄 Otherwise I would write in english.
There’s a lesson in that case: don’t judge a book by it’s cover 🤣
Well, now it makes more sense to make only cs2 dedicated videos.
4:50 XD nice!
Haha thanks! Maybe I should remake it for CS2!
I have an insane idea i just never painted anything 😢
lol yeah the struggle is relatable. You can either try and learn to paint or find someone who knows how to paint and introduce him/her to CS and to skins
@@viperskins i actually know one lady, thanks 🧐
Any tips on speeding up the baking process? Is using Tiling (2048) in the performance effective?
I suggest watching youtube videos about the topic because I don't think i'm the best to talk about it. But a few tips that might help:
1. In the Render Properties set the Device to GPU Compute instead of CPU (You need to set your GPU in the settings (Preferences -> System)
2. Also in the Render Properties, under Sampling -> Render, you can lower the Max Samples value (But if you lower it too much that can lead to results with lower quality)
3. Close any software that you don't need during the bake process.
Not sure what Tiling (2048) is, but for CS2 UV maps the resolution needs to be 4096x4096, which unfortunately will lead to longer bake time
@@viperskins Oh shoot, so the images are no longer 2048 like in csgo?
All of the default textures used by valve are 4096x4096, so I think 2048 is not preferable
@@viperskins Makes sense, thank you
Heyo! Nice Video. I was just wondering is it possible to make very good skins in the cs built in work shop, or do I need to use outside programs like blender?
Thank you!
I still didn't get to see the new tools. I will do so very soon and will make tutorials about everything 😉
would be great!@@viperskins
great video man. just one question: what's the minimum that valve pays you for these?
Thank you!
I don't understand the question. If you're asking whether I have any items accepted then the answer is no not yet
@@viperskins oh got it. yeah my question seems pretty vague lol. i just wanted to know how much is the bare minimum that valve pays for each skin. thanks anyways
Can you show us how to publish Cs2 Skins with the new Cs2 Workshop Tool, would be nice since I don’t get how it works at all😅
New tutorials for CS2 are on the way :) I need a bit of time to learn it myself since i only recently got the access to CS2
Hi, nice videos. Btw what are your best and worst upvote-downvote percentages? Bc I'm trying to work on my workshop submissions but in steam I'm still getting too many downvotes
Thank you!
If i remember correctly my best rating was something like 75% upvotes, and my worst probably 20% (Maybe even lower).
But I suggest that you don't let that bother you too much. For me every time i publish a skin i have high hopes for it and feel very good about it, but many times (Even for some of my recent skins) I get horrible ratings. In the past that used to annoy me so much but now when i get a bad rating i try to assess what might be the reasons for the downvotes. It's ok to ask for people's opinions if you feel that the results were unjust
@@viperskins 75% is really decent. Back in the days I was dissappointed and somewhat demotivated about these ratings bc even from the practical perspective they remove your works from the first pages and the chances of your work to be noticed keep going down. And about feedback - downvotes are almost always silent
I made some skins with the Patina finish but with the latest CS2 build they look much darker and worse than before. I assume it's a bug and have reported it but should I still submit the skins to the workshop with my old version images since I had pretty much just finished making the workshop images when the Inferno build came out or should I wait to see if they fix it and then submit?
i'm not familiar with the bug (Or anything that's related to CS2 yet). But if the skin looked good before and now it looks dark because of a certain cs2 build then it does seem like a bug and i suggest that you use the images where the skin look good
Hello, thank you for your tutorial, it has been very helpful to me. I encountered a problem and uploaded my skin to Valve. The review has also been approved. But I can't find him in CS2 Workshop. May I ask if you know the reason?
I don't understand the question. You can't find your skin after you published it? You should be able to find it in the workshop section of your profile
@@viperskinsYes, I can find my skin on my profile. What I mean is that I cannot search for the skin name on Steam's creative workshop page to find my skin
@@viperskins Yes, I can find my skin in my profile, but I cannot find it by searching for a name in Steam Workshop..
@@viperskins Yes, I can find my skin in my profile, but I cannot find it by searching for a name in Steam Workshop..
Hi Viper, is there a way to assign a pattern to certain parts of the weapon while assigning a predetermined color to other parts?
This is Not possible. Either the whole skin is pattern or none of it is
@@viperskins You can use the paint by number mask to do this some part of this (at least in patina or anodized multicolored/airbrushed). For example, if you use a paint by color mask in the anodized multicolored finish, everything painted red will be your pattern and then everything painted pink or yellow will be the flat colors you assigned to red and green channels of the anodized finish (inside the tools), IIRC.
Hello, I am looking for a video (I did not found it on your Channel but maybe I am blind) about how to make part of a weapon skin a little bit holographic, like the printstream but not applyed for large areas but more in specific drawn area. (Imagine the Mac10 Sakkaku but instead of glowing eyes it’s holographic eyes and nothing more than that is holographic on the skin). Thx and have a good day ! (Btw Thx for your videos)
If you're talking about the pearlescent effect then I still haven't talked about it. I did talk about glowing skins though.
I will make a video about the pearlescent effect some time in the near future. Till then, remember that the pearlescent value that you give to the skin (In the old workbench it's the bottom-most value at the left side) works on the colorful parts only. It doesn't affect black as much as the rest of the colors
@@viperskinsok Thx a lot for the quick awnser !!! But I understand that if I want to use pearlescent effect it’s directly on the workbench and that imply that I can not chose a really specific aera of the artwork ? (like having a matte paint for a face and a pearlescent effect for one pupil only) If it is not possible, can I at least select a part of the weapon ? Like puting the pearlescent effect only on the barrel ?
Thx for your work and awnser ! Have a good week !
where can you get the weapon models to import into blender?
www.counter-strike.net/workshop/workshopresources
Great video, helped me create my own skin awesome bro
Glad I could help :)
@@viperskins I'm having issues where the materials don't look right on game, how do i solve it ?
@@pangtundure It depends on what you mean by "don't look right"
@@viperskins well i followed your Glock 18 tutorial but the materials on blender isn't looking even close in the game.
@@pangtundure Are you using the new CS2 models? The glock tutorial is quite old, so make sure that you're using the new models and not the old ones.
What's the name of the obj file that you used?
I did come accross new problems like not being able to bake the textures in blender because my pc cant process it fully (its low end). So yeah when your free I will just send you the skin for you to bake it pls.
If you dont want to do it im compleatly fine with it.
anyways thx
Unfortunately I'm extremely busy these days and can't do that. However your computer should be able to handle baking textures. If it's too slow then try to leave it alone and close all other apps while it bakes
ok then thx but heres the problem. when it starts bakeing it remains on 1% and no textures are on the bakeing map+ it cancels after 2min@@viperskins
@@YourFriendlyNeighborhoodBalkan In CS2 you need to set your baking type to Diffuse and not Combined (That might help with the processing power needed), but make sure that the Metallic value of the material is set to 0.
Also under the Render section (Under Sampling) try and lower the Max Samples a little bit.
Let me know if these help
If my skin is selected, do I get the skin I designed for free?
And The producer of the skin will receive some of the fees incurred by the skin transaction. Is it true?
I don't think you'll get your skin for free, but I'm not 100% sure..... Most probably you won't though lol
As for profit, of course you'll get a very handsome revenue for your accepted skin. That's why people are competing so fiercely to have their skins accepted
Great vid broo❤😊
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How would I view my created skin in cs2 ?
It's hard to explain in a comment. I'll be making a tutorial about it soon
Hey, I created three skins, and I am not sure how will I know if it's accepted or not. It said that it should get accepted in about 1 day. Then I received an email that it is listed. But not sure how can I use it in-game?
Can you please advise, how does it actually look to get accepted and use your own skin in game?
Thanks!
That's not how it works. You can't use your skin in-game unless Valve accepts the skin officially in a skin case. Every few months Valve releases something called a skin case, which normally includes around 15-17 skins. If your skin is included in one of these cases then you (And others) will be able to buy it and use it in-game
@@viperskins wow, like, what's the chance, there's maybe like thousands if not, tens of thousands skin makers out there... Daamn, did any of yours got added to a case?
@@TheApresto None of my skins have made it into the game yet. And yes you're absolutely right. The chances are quite slim. This skin business requires a lot of patience, as well as advertising and trying to get your name out there
@@viperskins but would advertising help in any way? I mean, I did not advertise my skins anywhere, and started getting positive and negative ratings out of nowhere, is that coming from valve's system? Also, can people give positive ratings if I just send them the link to the workshop files I upload, of that would affect valve's decision to add it to the game?
Good video ❤
even if they arent accpeted officially can you still make money from your skins on the marketplace somehow?
No
@@viperskins but aren't there other websites online you can sell them ?
These sites sell officially accepted skins only
Has your skin ever been selected as an official work?
Not yet
@@viperskins It's very difficult to be an official work.
@@RESPECT8_fps Yes it is..... As I mention in the video, you need to make very high quality work, and you also need luck, lots of it!
Do you take any ideas/collaboration? :)
Sorry no :)
I cant access the workbench in csgo and the option to access it is on what do i do?
When you say "can't access the workbench" what do you mean? What do you get when you open the console and type "workshop_workbench"? Or isn't the console opening at all?
I litrally cant open it in csgo its not alowing me to@@viperskins
The button is on but it desnt work@@viperskins
I will test it again
also do I need prime to access it?@@viperskins
Have you got a skin in game?
Not yet
how can i import your gun skins?
That's not how it works. My skins need to get accepted by Valve first, then you can buy a key to the skin case that contains my skins
How to make tga file for cs 2 skin
You create the TGA file the same way we used to do it in CSGO. I'm creating a new tutorial these days, but until then you can check out my old tutorial about it: ua-cam.com/video/XToXEa3oSts/v-deo.html
However in the video i also talk about creating a "VTF" file. You can discard that part because it's no longer necessary
the funniest thing is the guy who dont know how to make skins, makes tutorials for others :D
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i tried commenting on the other video but my comment got deleted somehow. Anyway, I just wanted to say Thanks. After watching your guides, I created my first skin, this is how it turned out steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3180294306
Again thanks, keep uploading more guides
My pleasure! I'm glad you were able to create your 1st skin :)
I tried opening the link but it seems that your skin still hasn't been approved for public release. It might take up to a few hours until it becomes public, and only then others will be able to see it.
I will check it again later, but in any case congratulations on your 1st skin :)
@@viperskinsOh I didn't know that. Thanks
MAN PLS HELP ME
Talk to me! How can i help?
Hello I want to invite you to collaborate on a video. Do you have Discord so I can inform you further about my idea?
Accepted your invitation :)