Isn't a "DetailTexture" the revolutionary thing within Soldier of Fortune (the 1st one). They found the method out in like Quake2, so decided to try it out or something
from the second post images, id say the normalmap needs to be a lot stronger, and bigger images would make it easier to see:) is this 1st person or 3rd?
FredH said voting will end January 1st in the submission thread on the gameartisans site. Here's the link: http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18020&page=9