disregarding colors
2 hand models
2 leg models
2 pants models (second which disregards the leg models)
2 arm models
2 body types
5? shoulder pads
4? backpacks
7? hats
5? plumes, 1 helmet visor
thats already a lot :o
around 51200 combinations already without colors, with colors its in the millions/trillions depending if you only count default colors or allow any rgb value
oh that's not even counting decals/faces
ok yeah there's a lot of combinations
as i'm creating more weapons and stuff i'm starting to appreciate the amount of work people put into particle effects for their weapons. t+t's grenade is a good example, it looks absolutely fantastic only because a lot (and i mean a lot, looking at the scripts it probably took days to make that explosion look perfect) of effort and work was put into it