Well, you've got a lot of stuff to read then. Don't let that demotivate you though. Here's a few links to get you started. There's a lot more that you'll have to learn though. http://media.steampowered.com/apps/dota2/workshop/Dota2CharacterArtGuide.pdf…
Thanks a bunch for helping out, however even with your .qc setup I couldn't get it to work. In the end I stumbled over this nifty app that let's you change the texture name in .mdl files. That did the trick. It works now!
@VII You may find this useful http://www.dota2.com/workshop/requirements/npcs and this one for glowing items http://media.steampowered.com/apps/dota2/workshop/Dota2ShaderMaskGuide.pdf .. Oh and this one for modeling http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=123397498&searchtext=pudge Have fun! @Jalcober,…
foxclover - I can't help with blender baking, but if you can't figure out the problem I'd recommend just using Xnormal for baking. It's free and pretty straight forward compared to baking in most 3d apps. Onilolz - The importer is working for me, but every time I try to preview in game i'm getting crashes :(