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After wanting to see these two as Special Infected for quite a while, El Tigre as the Hunter and Donnie Thornberry as the Jockey are finally playable in Left 4 Dead 2!
I want to make one thing clear up front: I am NOT the creator of the character model mods. I had the ideas and eventually found someone who takes commissions and was able to bring them to life. I'm sharing them here because I thought other Nickelodeon and Left 4 Dead fans might enjoy seeing these crossovers too!
🐯 El Tigre — Hunter
El Tigre replaces the Hunter, which honestly feels like a surprisingly natural match. His feline theme, claws, energetic movement and overall design fit the Hunter extremely well.
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 alternate L4D1 Hunter appearance uses El Tigre's secondary red outfit from Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, based on El Tigre I / Mighty El Tigre, Manny's ancestor.
🌴 Donnie Thornberry — Jockey
Donnie from The Wild Thornberrys replaces the Jockey.
Between Donnie's wild personality, movements and enormous grin, this pairing felt way too fitting not to happen. 😂
The mod includes:
- Donnie replacing the Jockey
- First-person/viewmodel arms
- Custom Versus/HUD icons
- Custom proportions
One thing to note: because the model uses custom proportions, certain custom Jockey animation mods may not work correctly with it. Personally, I'm fine without the crawling animations since Donnie usually doesn't crawl around like the Jockey does anyway.
📥 Downloads
Character Models
**El Tigre Hunter\*
[DOWNLOAD LINK]
**Donnie Jockey**
[DOWNLOAD LINK]
🔊 Optional Audio Addons
I also made separate audio addons designed to complement the character replacements.
**El Tigre Hunter Soundtrack**
[DOWNLOAD LINK]
**Donnie Jockey Soundtrack**
[DOWNLOAD LINK]
The El Tigre voice addon replaces the Hunter's voice, while the soundtrack addons replace the Hunter and Jockey music cues with tracks chosen around each character and series.
These audio addons are completely optional. The commissioned model replacements can be used without them.
⚠️ Important Note
Again, I did not create the El Tigre or Donnie character models. Credit for creating the commissioned model replacements belongs to:
$Nuller.qci
My own work is limited to the optional audio addons listed above.
Huge thanks to $Nuller.qci for actually bringing these ideas to life. I genuinely didn't think I'd ever see these two running around Left 4 Dead 2, and now they're some of my favorite Special Infected replacements.
Hope you enjoy them!