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i heard that milkshape does not add new vertices/indices, so how would i model something like the plasma rifle without adding any new V/I's?
simply, i'm looking for a milkshape tut.

http://www.halomods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1887

its on changing the banshee in milkshape tho