I'd prefer to use texture maps as the base. I have a good anime type skin texture for M4 that came from the Marketplace. When rendered, it's style reminds me of some of the new Final Fantasy character cut scenes. I'll check out your bookmark, but yes, I think there needs to be a thread for this so I've started it.

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