It's surprising how simple, little changes can make a skin look better.

Even though this is a simple recolour, it's done very well. The mercs actually look like real mercs now, professionals. They don't stand out as much and the colouring of the vest is especially nice, fits in with the rest of the suit.

The gloves are damn sexy and look detailed. Gas-mask is a very nice touch, too. Default was too green. Pistol holster is also great, the default was too blurry and undetailed. I like your attention to detail.

I'm surprised, I have no commentary to add. Very nice skin, I like it.

You sir, show promise. Keep making more. :)

Yes yes yes! Freaking original!

And this skin has one quality that many "Russian" skins lack.

Realism and accuracy.

I love it. Even though you're limited by the default model, I like this alot. The colouring is great, Bondarchuk's face is a nice touch, and did I mention it's accurate and original? I, as a Russian, appreciate this, muzhik.

What I don't like is that some textures, like the holster and packs, look a little blurry. I think they're photoskinned. The face doesn't line up 100% with the model, but it's mostly the fault of the model wearing a face-mask. Not your fault.

I love it and I hope to see more real Russian skins soon. Oh, and a new model would make me so turned on that my penis might explode from the sheer arousal caused by the awesomeness.

Spasiba za teksturu! (thanks for the texture)

Wow, arseloads of effort, detail, and beauty, just what I came to expect from you, hehe.

The skin in terms of quality is just amazing.

A few criticisms relating to realism: the safety and hammer of the Makarov is not supposed to be brown metal or plastic, its colouring is supposed to match that of the slide as it's the same material. Just a pointer.

The metal on the slide and frame is perfect, it's not matte-black like most Makarov reskins, and matches that of the real-world counterpart. It's not matte and slightly shiny, which is great and realistic. Great job, I hope to see more from you. You are my mentor. :)

Well, I gotta be honest, it doesn't look good. It looks like you took the default SoC skin, darkened the grips and lowered the saturation, and brightened the metal. Looks exactly like an experiment I did once. Not that much of an improvement over the original Clear Sky SIG-550, that skin looked much better and realistic, in my opinion.

The bumpmaps look horrendous, to be honest. I hate to be so blunt, but that's how it is. It looks like the auto-generated ones from the vehicles on the metal parts, it resembles tin foil with all those wrinkles and bumps as a real gun would never look like that, in my opinion. It's also far too reflective and shiny, especially on the grips. Looks like wet rubber covered in plastic wrap. Other guns in Clear Sky, such as the Colt 1911 and Fort-12 have the same problem by default, but you made this, and it's a big step down.

What I can say is that you should use the default as a base, don't play too much with the brightness, use contrast instead. Copy and stamp parts from other Sig-550 skins, like combining the grip of the SoC skin with the Clear Sky one. I can't give any pointers on the bumpmaps other than how bad they look as I can't make proper ones myself. I prefer to use ones I know work properly or custom ones with authors' approval.

You need more practice with recoloring. Even though this is not a particularly good skin, it's a start, it's practice, and it's critique you can use to refine your skills. Hopefully you'll take what I and others say and keep on making realistic Stalker textures and recolors.

P.S. This skin seems to be for Clear Sky, not Shadow of Chernobyl. Even though they work for both, I think you should be more mindful of which category you use in the future.

Kickass! It's Yantar factory in source!

Freaking awesomez. Now if only we could have more maps like the city outside of the factory gates...

Maybe expand a little?