For 1.8, there is new base skin customization settings so you can change how you skin looks by changing its hat, jacket, etc. Seto did a very nice video on it and how useful this can be in PVP survival situations. May contain some mature words Edit: Probably something you DON'T want to try on EMC. However, this shows some of the wonderful things we will be able to do with skins on EMC for 1.8, I am sure more ideas are to come.
I am still kinda confused. I have had dozen of texture packs on at once and still see someone with a stone skin. The only difference is in this video it is dual, so it is both nether and stone.
That's just the point, if the other person is using anything other than the default texture pack, these skins will not hide you lol
Well then you can do a dual skin, so the stone will be default texturepack and the netherrack will be a Faithful one.