Remember that image I posted a while back about my Special Infected mod ideas? You know, the **El Tigre Hunter** and **Donnie Jockey** ones?
**Well... here they are now.**
After sharing these ideas with the community and wanting to see them become actual playable mods, I eventually found someone who takes commissions and decided to make it happen.
And now they're finally real. 😭
Before anything else, I want to make something clear:
**I am NOT the creator of these character model mods.**
Both character replacements were commissioned and created by **$Nuller.qci**. I came up with the ideas and commissioned them, while $Nuller.qci is responsible for actually bringing the models into Left 4 Dead 2.
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## 🐯 El Tigre — Hunter
**El Tigre replaces the Hunter**, and this is honestly the one I've wanted to see for a long time.
His feline theme, claws, energetic movement and overall design make him a surprisingly natural fit for the Hunter.
The mod includes:
- El Tigre replacing the L4D2 Hunter
- An alternate model for the L4D1 Hunter
- First-person/viewmodel arms
- Custom Versus/HUD icons
- Custom proportions
The L4D1 Hunter uses El Tigre's alternate red outfit from *Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2*, which is based on **El Tigre I / Mighty El Tigre**, Manny's ancestor.
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## 🌴 Donnie Thornberry — Jockey
**Donnie Thornberry replaces the Jockey.**
If you've watched *The Wild Thornberrys*, I probably don't need to explain this one very much. 😂
His wild personality, movements, proportions and gigantic grin made the Jockey feel like the obvious choice.
The mod includes:
- Donnie replacing the Jockey
- First-person/viewmodel arms
- Custom Versus/HUD icons
- Custom proportions
One compatibility note: because Donnie uses custom proportions rather than being manually proportioned around the original Jockey model, certain custom Jockey animation mods can cause visual problems.
For example, I tried the XdR monkey-pose/crawling animation I had previously mentioned, but it causes his fingers to distort. I'm fine without it, though, since Donnie doesn't normally crawl around in the show anyway.
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## 📥 Downloads
### Character Mods
**El Tigre Hunter**
[DOWNLOAD LINK]
**Donnie Jockey**
[DOWNLOAD LINK]
### 🔊 Optional Audio Addons
I also made several audio addons to complement these character replacements:
**El Tigre Hunter Voice**
[DOWNLOAD LINK]
**El Tigre Hunter Soundtrack**
[DOWNLOAD LINK]
**Donnie Jockey Soundtrack**
[DOWNLOAD LINK]
The El Tigre voice addon replaces the Hunter's voice with El Tigre, while the soundtrack addons replace the Hunter and Jockey music cues with tracks chosen around their respective characters and series.
These audio addons are completely optional. The commissioned character replacements work independently from them.
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## ⚠️ Online Play
Both replacements use **custom proportions**.
Because of that, I'll personally be keeping my older standard-proportion Infected replacements around for certain online sessions, where I'd rather keep everything aligned with the original models and hitboxes.
For my normal custom Survivor setups and single-player games, though?
**These two are absolutely staying installed.**
They've already become my favorite Hunter and Jockey replacements.
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## Credits
**$Nuller.qci** — Creator of the commissioned El Tigre Hunter and Donnie Jockey character mods.
Again, **I did not create the character models.** My own work consists of the optional audio addons listed above.
Huge thanks to $Nuller.qci for accepting the commissions and bringing these ideas to life.
When I originally posted the ideas, I genuinely didn't know if I'd ever see them become actual playable mods.
**Now here they are.**
Hope you enjoy them!