Pick up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted, its populace dwindling. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people, people he cares about, are counting on him.
Phong and Normal treatments for Half-Life 2's Combine Soldier. I plan on writing a tutorial on VDC about the process one day, but that's a future project. For now, it's here for anyone to use as they see fit. It greatly increases the visual quality of the soldier but can cause noticeable drops in framerate when many are being drawn close to the camera.
What about the shotgun Combine trooper in Episode 2?
You'd need to customise its VMTs for that. I've not looked into it yet, but there don't _seem_ to be any changes to the UV map.