you've seen fantastic skins and mods by the best of the jpog community modders and skinners,and decided to try if you are as good as them.there are some things you have to know:
cants and dont:
you cant change dinosaur models
you cant change dinosaur sizes
you cant add more than 15 new dinosaurs by MST
dont ask other people for help all the time
dont take others work and say its your own
some other things you should now:
you will have to spend hours,or even days in figuring out why something wont work
you will need to put a lot of efort for good results
you should strat small, and then try to improve,FSM modding and source texture skinning can be hard,so it's better to start with simple .ini mods,or skin recolours
if you've read this,you are ready to decide wether to start or not,good luck to all those who do