Yes, I took a sample skin from MCSkin3D program and changed it some to make it mine. http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/746941-mcskin3d-new-skinning-program/
Check out this thread. http://empireminecraft.com/threads/client-side-mod-request-and-review-thread.512/
The random 1 block wide chasm thing just on the border of the protected zone is a bug and I think its been fixed by JustinGuy already
Thanks, very nice of you! I'm just a guy raised in the south and traveled all over the country (months at a time) with my old job.