Note: When you reach your steam username folder, you might have to create some folders you don't see.

For Weapon Skins

First off download the skin

1. Notice the file has a ".rar" extension. Winzip does not support rar files. You must download WinRAR in order to access rar files.
2. Once WinRAR is installed, open up the file.
3. Now let's review the folders.

1. materials: this contains the textures for the weapon. Without it, you will have a pink and black looking gun.
   
   
   • models: skins for models
     
   • weapons: skins for weapons
     
   • v_models: skins for weapons in first person view
     
   • w_models: (this may not appear all the time) Skins for the weapons in world view
   
   
2. models: this contains the model for a weapon. Without it, your skin would not work.
   • weapons: folder that contains models for weapons
   
   
3. scripts: this tells where the sound of each event (reload, draw) goes.
   
   • game_sounds_manifest.txt: Do not overwrite this if you install another skin that has this file in it.
     
   • weapons: sound scripts for weapons
   
   
4. sounds: this contains the sounds for the weapon
   
   • weapons: sounds for weapons
     
   • [weapon name]: sounds for this particular weapon
   
   
5. 
   NOTE: It is normal for some folders to not appear in other skins
   that you download. (E.g. when you open up a different skin you see only materials and models)
   
   
   
6. The following procedure (STEPS 6-14) works for any skin that opens up displaying any combination of these folders: materials models scripts sound
   That means you can use this procedure for any skin you download as long as it was submitted correctly.
   
7. 
   
8. Go to Start>Run
   
9. Enter C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\ and click OK.
      The folder above may be different for you. Try removing "Valve" if it doesn't work.
   
10. Select the folder with your email/username
    
11. Select the counter-strike source folder
    
12. Select the cstrike folder
    
13. Now go back to WinRAR
    
14. Select all of the folders
    
15. Now drag and drop the folders into the cstrike folder (make sure the pointer is on the white part of the cstrike window when you release the mouse and you select yes to all)
    
16. Now your skin is installed! Go play counter-strike source and enjoy!
    
17. 
    
    For Player Skins
    
18. Download a T/CT skin
    
19. Open with WinRAR
    
20. You should see some vtf files
    
21. Go to C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\Counter-Strike Source \cstrike\materials\models\player\
       The folder above may be different for you.
    
22. Create these folders: ct_gign ct_gsg9 ct_sas ct_urban t_arctic t_guerilla t_leet & t_phoenix
    
23. If the files in the rar file start with ct_urban, drag and drop all the files into the folder "ct_urban". If the files start with t_phoenix, drag and drop all the files into the folder t_phoenix. The same concept applies to the other Terrorist & Counter-Terrorist skins.