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Retail Styled Pre-Release Combine Soldiers (Episode 2)

The combine soldiers, right before the game was release, had a different design, which can be seen in some old screenshots (in Nova Prospekt fightting against the antlions).
When the game was release in 2004, their design was slightly changed, which his paddles matching is uniform color, turned to black, and his eyes become cyan instead of blue.

Some time later (I don't remember if it was in the Orange Box or earlier), the prisonguards receive another design instead of the default combine soldiers one. In Episode 2 in 2007, the soldiers who had a shotgun receive another design, with more brown & orange tones instead of grey & blue-ish ones.
When the Orange Box was release back in 2010, the materials of the combine soldiers have changed to be less bright, alongside dirty versions for both regular and shotgunner for Episode 2, receiving two final changes.

But, 15 years later, a random Half-Life fan saw all of these desings together in one image, and question to himself; "...What if, if the combine soldiers design was updated, but never changed since the Pre-Release?".
And well, after thinking on this question, he decide to made this.


Episode 2 version of my mod "Retail Styled Pre-Release Combine Soldiers (Half-Life 2)", which you have to subscribe first to make this one work.

Also, I used a Combine Soldier Dirty PNG template that I also found in another Gamebanana request, but this one is available for download, so if you want, go use it for your mods! (ALWAYS with credits of course).


PLANNED THINGS:
-Make a dirty version for Pre-Release styled shotgunners (probably not).
-Make a dirty version for Zombines.
-Make a support version for Phong + Specular Soldiers (EP2).

Credits:
Pre-Release Combine Soldier[gamebanana.com] (by Alfa33[gamebanana.com]): Where I get the original textures.

THG_[gamebanana.com]: Who made the Combine Soldier Dirty PNG template.

Seperate the dirt overlays from the Soldier textures.[gamebanana.com] (by back4ul8r[gamebanana.com]): The request where I get the PNG template.

JuoNoVom (me): Editing work.