Jsleezy

I'm really digging the icons, however, I'm not sure how I feel about the dude carrying the riot shield. Maybe the shield would have been enough?

Ah yes, it probably stands out even before I make any changes to it. Full camo it is then

Yes, the recoloring would be pretty simple and time consuming but not impossible. What I'm wondering is isn't all that stuff hard-coded? Would it even be possible to say in the code what specific sprites to use since right now I'm pretty sure they are all pulled from the same sprite source.

Full camo or simple?

@Mytheos Thanks for the encouragement! We are on the same page. I'm hoping to make them look as natural soldier as possible. Unfortunately, I won't have as many assets to work with on the female portraits which means I will have to get creative and spend more time per portrait. With a little time they should match the male portraits pretty well. @Cspruce That's a good idea. I think I will give it a try later when I reach that point. Thanks for the tip. I was thinking about just replacing the hand files but your idea is more practical.

Thanks guys. I knew from the beginning that it wasn't going to match the painterly style they are using but I still wanted to give it a touch of realism to my soldiers. Perhaps when I'm done doing the portraits I could expand into making the uniforms / backgrounds more realistic, but it's not something I'm too worried for now. The portraits themselves actually do blend in pretty well in-game. The only little thing I'm worried about is the skin tones on some of the Black portraits not matching the hands to which I'm thinking about giving them gloves. @Cspruce - Thanks, man. I really hope people get to enjoy the game from my point of view once it's done. Also, the other day I saw your Marine Edition mod and it gave me the push I needed to get back on track and get this done...so thanks again.

This is my first time posting and my first mod (ever). When I first played Xenonauts it seemed like the portraits lacked personality...the cartoony feeling just wasn't doing it for me so I decided to create the Real Fighter Portrait Pack based on the current portraits but using (mostly) MMA fighters pieced together in Photoshop. Not all the portraits are based on the original ones...I decided some races needed a little more diversity on the looks. The mod probably won't be completed for a little while. I still need to complete around 30 male portraits and all of the female portraits. My goal is to have it completed by the time the full game comes out. The Real Fighter Portrait Pack will also add more male portrait diversity since as of right now around 50% of the original male portraits repeat themselves. Here are some screenshots of what you can expect: Let me know what you guys think.