Ultimate CS2 Skin Creation Guide [2024]

In this video I will teach you exactly how to Create your own CS2 Skin.
We will go over every step of the process, including software, designing and uploading to the Steam Workshop. Start creating now, and your skins may soon be accepted into the next CS2 Case!
Download Links:
- Weapon Models: www.counter-strike.net/worksh...
// VTFEdit is no longer needed, as you can export to TGA format directly from Blender //
- VTFEdit: nemstools.github.io/pages/VTF...
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[@prplguy8509]

super nice video man if you would do part 2 with more details that would be nice

[@Toebump]

This seems like a fun idea, I would like to see you toil with it.

[@xantohax4591]

Ease and fast, good explanation -> will watch your series if you create it> Keep the good work going Knots ;)

[@IMqSeby]

Just what I need, I'd love to see more details tho! Overall great vid man!

[@TheRookieRanger]

Ayo, been looking for a good one for a while. Super nice video man!

[@KnotsCS2]

Thanks man!

[@Andrypka]

Great guide! Do full series, it'd be awesome!

[@adri-nw6pw]

Im so glad I know how blender works. Ill try this later!

[@EmanS117]

Very good guide, I'd love to see more. Personally for me I've always wanted to learn how to use blender to make better looking skins, I've had it downloaded for the longest time but never made the step to actually learn how to use it. Better late than never.

[@DIABULUSKIRA]

Great video, i hope to see full series. It's short and full of information. And for blender user, that's me 😊 , this is perfect. Now i am going to use my own skins for playing CS2 :D

[@elil5614]

This would be a dope detailed series. Especially making Photoshop into Blender etc!

[@Psycho_Fan]

Tysm for that tutorial

[@arkis330]

New series like this would be great

[@KnotsCS2]

Already working on it ;)

[@nikolaj550]

please do full skin creation and please upload more i love this

[@daviddawood3272]

amaxing video , very very recommended for beginnerslike me , i will share it.

[@KnotsCS2]

Thanks! 🥰

[@zPurple]

love it

[@lillamouse7140]

Thank you so much for such an informative video!! please tell me, is there any way to download a scan for separate coloring of parts and then just upload it back to the blender? for example, if you want to make "full-fledged art" on the scan, and not just paint over the details with color, is it possible to import the scan into any 2d drawing program?

[@STDarkking4333]

Nice video

[@KingdomAudy]

please i'd love to creato some skins/stickers, could you make a full series? its so hard to find tutorials rn...

[@mrfranekk.1852]

i have problem with 1:24 i don t know how to seartch .

[@nexishrexi]

press shift + a

[@Tomixon200]

man i waiting for you to make a series named: rating your cs2 skins

[@ZaidoonTheGolden]

im having a problem, in vtf edit blender projects wont appear anywhere in any of my files when i use import

[@dif7051]

nice video 👌

[@speeeeeedwagon9372]

hi , do u know why the skin looks completely different in the inspect mode ? should i change any settings?

[@Pottic20xe]

YES PLEASE

[@Uuuuuum0113]

Would it be possible to edit the texture using photoshop?

[@aidencarini3216]

I know you porbably wont see this but my issue is that once i open blender and wavefront the modles arnt an option to use

[@Jimmy_Stealth1931]

Bro what does publish failure: error code 2 mean. I keep getting that but my skins are getting published but the publish is empty (file size is 0.000b and there is no thumbnail or name to it)

[@RamonNeves]

When publishing the skin or sticker, is it only possible to publish just one photo? How can I post several photos to make it look like a "carousel" of images?

[@samanthasaunders8495]

im unable to open the files in blender, its showing me that the files i have downloaded for the weapons are videos and theyre unable to play bc my software doesnt recognixe obj. how do i fix this

[@Nixalwa.]

hey! how do i make the skin metallic?

[@samjoseph5553]

bro i need a guide i got everyhting till the part were u get workshop eneblaing after i restarted my game i got into the consloe but i dont hve the command worshop_workbench can u help me pls?

[@ZaneNotZayne]

my skin doesn't come up, everything loads up find but when i go to preview my skin it doesn't show my skin that I made in blender

[@BubbleChumpkins]

Any idea as to why any time try to inspect my (or any skin) I am met with an error code? Idk how common this is but I cant find any way forward.

[@citizendot1800]

do we need to subscribe for prime to sell skins?

[@meemeli-_-7724]

when i try to publish it says publish failure: error code 2

[@ThourCS2]

Hi, great tutorial. Do you mind sharing how to create a sticker?

[@KnotsCS2]

Thanks! Will do that!

[@Casper_damgaard]

1:25 I have no image texture, what am i doing wrong?

[@Smiles4Kids]

Will I be able to play my new skin weapon on my game?.. .

[@davidwebb4096]

Hola. ESTOY DISEÑANDO SKINS, con BLENDER, PHOTOSHOP, y VTF, a la vez. Puedo probarlas en el WorkShop, pero luego no puedo usarlas en el juego, que es lo que me interesa. Se necesita tener la cuenta PRIME para ello, o existe otra forma?

[@avocadothegamer_]

when i try to open the workshop tools option it opens the game and then just completely stops. what should i do some one pls help me

[@namanienie123]

will this work if i am using geforce now

[@jonathanfrakes7865]

I cant open my skins folder on blender, can anyone help?

[@Gemokit]

need more part

[@khaos0069]

is someone know, what button you push on keyboard to make appear that box at 1:27 where he then goes in search,, and then texture material,, im blocked right there

[@KnotsCS2]

Shift A ;)

[@khaos0069]

gracias senior @@KnotsCS2

[@dark-mode09]

what tga file can you explain

[@deeeeeeeeeeeeee14es]

could you make a sticker guide with the workshop tools, because I don't have the CS SDK

[@KnotsCS2]

Sticker guide coming your way this weekend! 😁

[@sannii2222]

anyone got an idea what the chances are for a skin to be published into a new case?

[@michalmijok]

Is it possible to make skins via Photoshop ? I know how to paint in photoshop, but don't know crap about Blender

[@sigma_guy623]

i get error 1 when i try to inspect the skin, please help

[@rettor7793]

I can't inspect it, I've been waiting for an hour.Can you help me?

[@ITMenterprises]

Im new to cs2 skin making, my skin shows up metallic for some reason, like chrome shiny, is there a reason for this? Was it because of the gunsmith folder option? Many thanks!

[@KnotsCS2]

Hey! Dont know exactly. Send me a dm on discord and I'm sure we can find the problem :)

[@TodayNot]

Mann that looks complicated, please do a series. But for starters how do you add a image file onto the skin? Like surely you can do the artwork on proper drawing software and port the image to the skin right?

[@KnotsCS2]

Yeah, definitely. you can draw in any software and add the image the same way we did in this video. Instead of our texture we just select the file we want to use

[@khaos0069]

@KnotsCS yo budy,, great vids, thx for the info, im just a dinosaur with these kind of stuff, im trying cause, im an artist, and i thing ill have really great idea for weapons skins,,, only thing,, ive miss the, how to add an image texture,, like youve done at 1:27, i mean, i cant even have or find the little box where its says search , like i see you do,, can did i do something wrong ? or you need to already have an image texture,,, im just,, lol ,, lost,, find this a bit complicated,, thx man

[@KnotsCS2]

Hey! Send me a dm on discord. Easier to help you out over there :)

[@khaos0069]

@KnotsCSGO i actually want to put this on a god damn ak 47,, that would be so fucking killer lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/d527pGmwqNBsaNE

[@marchettooo]

Hello, nice video :). How can i upload a skin from my inventory to see it in blender?

[@KnotsCS2]

You can download the texture files for a skin by going to karambit.gg There you can input the inspect link of the skin you want to port.

[@marchettooo]

@@KnotsCS2 The page is down right now, is any other method? Thanks :)

[@GGReady.]

It doesn't work for me, I use blender to export as a TGA and when I open my skin in the workshop it doesn't look like it did in blender

[@Goldfishies1]

Lads, make sure to watch Viper Skin's guide if you want to make more detailed and textured skins

[@higherCs2]

How do i move arownd and look at the gun in blender?

[@KnotsCS2]

I think thats middle mouse and drag

[@mangaka7]

Hi, Great video! However I have encountered a problem. When I project an image (illustration) to the mesh, it looks good in Blender and the texture is fine. I export it as a targa and when it comes into CS2, it looks pixelated and there are blocky artifacts. I also tried Substance Painter and the same thing is happening. I don't know what's causing it. I'm using 4k texture resolution for custom paint job and gunsmith. If you know what I'm doing wrong and have a solution, please let me know. Thank you! 🙏

[@KnotsCS2]

Hi! I'm not immediately sure what could cause this. Feel free to send me a dm on discord and I'm sure we'll figure out what the problem is :)

[@mangaka7]

@@KnotsCS2What's your Discord?

[@whozproxy]

They might not downscale the images so, try down scaling the texture to 2048x2048 and see if it fixes!

[@mangaka7]

@@whozproxyDoesn't work unfortunately. I see people using 4k and have no problems so there must be something wrong with my targa export settings. I'll ask around. Thanks.

[@KnotsCS2]

Discord is in the description. Send me a message!

[@user-fl7ce1yb8q]

hey, how do i make a skin thats pattern based?

[@KnotsCS2]

Video coming up!

[@UZYs_editzs]

Wish me luck. I've just created a skin and it got rejected. So, I submitted another one, good?

[@ChonechillaXD]

i wish you luck!!!!

[@tobysceptiman7058]

Updates?

[@ThourCS2]

Quick tip, you do not need VTF Editor as Blender can directly export to TGA Format.

[@KnotsCS2]

Yep, I found that out aswell😅. Thanks for the tip!

[@ThourCS2]

@@KnotsCS2 Np, waiting for the sticker tutorial.

[@DontSlobberDontBother]

How do you do this with blender?

[@JLarrenTV]

I was just browsing some skins and randomly came across my mind "What if I just make a my own skin", then the quote "If it was easy, everyone would have done it." instantly slapped me in the head. lol

[@KnotsCS2]

Making skins is easy. Now, making good skins, thats a problem...

[@DIABULUSKIRA]

I am starting today with skins. No need for money. If i easrn something, great, if don't at least i will play with those skins 😁

[@samjoseph5553]

pls doa part 2 video with more details bro

[@UneQ007]

I can use skin made by me in cs ? MM and primiere ?

[@KnotsCS2]

No, unfortunately not. You can only use skins that are accepted into a collection.

[@tehoshit]

on 2:00 when u select the skin on editing mode and the pieces go on the texture so that u can see what u paint your pieces all go inside the square, mine go over the edges so that i cant paint them so what should i do?

[@KnotsCS2]

Did you set the size of the texture correctly? When you have selected all the pieces you can use 'S' to scale them.

[@tehoshit]

yeah i put the image at 2048x2048 it seems to just go over the image even if i scale it to 10000x10000@@KnotsCS2

[@tehoshit]

and even if i scale the weapon down it doesnt change anything on the image side@@KnotsCS2

[@KnotsCS2]

Send me a message on discord and I'll try to help you out :)

[@tehoshit]

ye i dmd u@@KnotsCS2

[@Sullycs2]

I am receiving this error "Failed to compile associate context for "weapons/paints/workshop/gs_paintkit_example.vcompmat" IDk what the issue is or could be. any clue?

[@KnotsCS2]

No idea. Send me a DM on discord and we'll figure it out! :)

[@povilasstratkauskas8816]

I have the same problem. Any chance you've managed to fix it?

[@Brionick]

full detailed video plz

[@KnotsCS2]

On the way :)

[@DAMHANE.0al]

If i make a skin , can i play with it directly or i have wait for cs to accept it and sell it ?

[@KnotsCS2]

Unfortunately you cannot play with a skin that is not officially in the game. So, You'd need to hope it gets accepted :)

[@anderzz000n]

Tutorial with more details

[@Kapitan_Wasia]

cool guide but i can't draw

[@DIABULUSKIRA]

For drawing check some blender tutorials. Don't forget to select material that you have created in 'material' tab (lower righ Earth like icon), than in UV editor at top of the window choose your skin, in edit mod select all and than head to "texture painting". I hope this helps a little. It's hard to explain without video. But you should check some blender youtubers like " Ryan King" and "Blender guru". They have plenty of begginer and advanced blender tutorials. They are the best and most of the things that i have learend, enough to make my own models and publish at Unity and Unreal marketplace. Can't wait to try this skin editing and to publish my own skins and to play woth them in CS2 finally 😊

[@RiftSn1per]

i follow all the steps and it still doesnt workkkkkk why am i like this

[@bakedddbean7118]

i cant select the weapons in blender. the file thing is blacked out

[@KnotsCS2]

Send me a message on discord, and I'll try to help you out :)

[@bakedddbean7118]

@@KnotsCS2 it’s ok I figured it out like 10 mins after I posted this comment xD

[@konoostaclips]

How can you do it? I can´t select it. @@bakedddbean7118

[@Event52]

I can't import the file in to blender do you know how to fix it?

[@KnotsCS2]

Hi! Send me a message on discord and I'm sure we can figure it out.

[@KnotsCS2]

Hi! Send me a message on discord and I'm sure we can figure it out.

[@MeakieOne]

same problem

[@DavidPuiu420]

how do i create skins for knives?

[@KnotsCS2]

That's not yet possible. Hopefully valve will add it soon :)

[@DavidPuiu420]

@@KnotsCS2thanks, and also youre the calmest person in cs2 youtube, big thumbs up

[@Big_Brilliant_Cheese]

gg

[@pangtundure]

I've created one it's like 7/10 ish on blender but shit on game

[@Av1atooor]

guys can anyone tell me how to add rar files to blender

[@KnotsCS2]

You should probably unpack it first. What do you want to import? A 3d model or a texture?

[@Av1atooor]

@@KnotsCS2i want to unpack gun models

[@Av1atooor]

@@KnotsCS2 thx i unpacked them and i like your vids

[@mr.person4873]

my blender crashed when I click New can you please tell me how to fix it

[@Theun7n0wn]

is the cs2 workshop item tools working for you?

[@mr.person4873]

@@Theun7n0wn no the problem is when i click on the Material it crashed

[@phantomgrey2878]

im gonna make a skin now you better upvote it

[@KnotsCS2]

Send a link in the discord! :)

[@0xgreyhound]

Its crazy tho they didnt make it easier w the new workshop tools

[@D4wnSteam]

what about stickers?

[@KnotsCS2]

I dont have a clue how that works, but I'm looking into it now. You can expect a tutorial in a week or so 😉

[@D4wnSteam]

Thanks :) @@KnotsCS2

[@khaos0069]

how do you place that image texture at 1:27,,,, i mean,, i dont know fuck all about this program,, what are the shortcut to open that box then choose add texture material,,i cant even find it

[@Kam33l]

he answered in the other comment. it is Shift + A and then search

[@Atlaz-777]

ow can i move my camera like you at 0:56

[@Atlaz-777]

0:56 - 0:60

[@KnotsCS2]

Keep your middle mouse button clicked and drag.

[@Atlaz-777]

@@KnotsCS2 thanks bro ❤

[@Borko192]

First

[@Camjam-jx9gd]

did not work :(

[@manurix1945]

amazing guide but to be honest, this is a lot for a person with -ve creativity like me

[@Lifelin3]

You forgot the links lol

[@KnotsCS2]

whoops. Added them now :D

[@Reiko999rei]

dude, please make it more detailed, let the video be long🙏

[@KnotsCS2]

Working on it right now 😁

[@asparr]

not work

[@user-gl7ds4pt8c]

but how you create a uv map that "matches" with the default uv map from cs2 weapon geometry? when I bake the texture and test in cs2, it always looks chaotic. :(

[@KaldyMan]

Doesnt work, VTFEdit say Error loading image even tho i repeated step after step took me over 2 hours i repeated the same stuff 3 times didnt work, womp womp Update your video please im trying to get some money over here

[@KnotsCS2]

Hit me up on discord! This method should still work

[@heykuze]

what is this? XD

[@MrCandySkull]

Disappointed with the clickbait thumbnail. It shows off Normals, Metalness and Roughness. None of which have been mentioned.

[@jmal0075]

it is not working?.... but why?

[@jmal0075]

i am watched this 5 times bruh it is not working

[@GameCritic-g5j]

Instead of right clicking of the texture editor and clicking search. Click add, texture, image texture, and then follow the steps given in the video