Skinning tutorial for newcomers

[WayneRooney]

Is there any one here with information on a guide to skin a basic item?

I have PFM, Hex Editor, and GIMP. But I still have no idea how find a file, extract it, edit it, and put it back in the game.

I really want to start skinning and modding because RTW2 has so much potential and I want to join a group of like-minded folks to try overhaul this game.

Thank you

[uribe_abc]

here is a great tutorial, it helped me
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...iginal-texture

[WayneRooney]

I don't mean to sound like a retard, but where does the actual 'drawing' take place. I want to skin a model as in draw and colour but all i get from these tutorials is helmet_cpu/VarientFace_html/java.12345

So confused.

How do I take the file and stick it in GIMP 2?