Helldivers 2 Custom Gear Mod Creation

Helldivers 2 custom gear replacement: 6 mods

Goal: Replace six stock Helldivers 2 items with custom designs that match the game’s native look and performance, each delivered as its own mod for HD2 Mod Manager (Nexus Mods).

Items

2 body armours (Brawny body type only)
2 helmets
2 weapons: CQC-2 Saber and Speargun

What I provides

Custom 3D models for the armours and helmets
Custom weapon models by the end of week 2

Work included

Extracting the stock models with Filediver
Retopology to stock poly budgets, UVs and LODs
PBR textures matched to the HD2 material style
Rigging and weighting to the existing HD2 skeleton
Weapon socket and FX point alignment, so default animations work
Packaging each item as a separate mod with manifest, folder structure and icon
In-game testing of every item

Acceptance

All six mods install through HD2 Mod Manager with no errors or missing materials
Armour deforms correctly, with no visible clipping against vanilla gear or emotes
Weapons work with the default fire and reload animations
Visual quality is on par with stock assets