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Intent and impact are both important in evaluating actions. Whatever the impact, Sombre's intent was clearly not to stir the racial pot. As a fan of not only mods in general but this community as a whole, the worst possible outcome would be anything that damages those. In that spirit, I'll move back to talking about important things, like Dom 3 mods
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I do happen to think that the very red lips look out of place. Maybe more crimson shades or a more brick red? It's the contrast, I feel, that's jarring. On a more positive note, the texturing on the hippo is absolutely awesome. Did you use a different source to generate that? I'd love to see more along that line.
On the whole, I think the concept is great and I'm absolutely dying to try the mod.