Garry's Mod Compiled Ported Model Texture problem

[Velocihater]

Hi facepunch, this is my first post so please excuse me if I screw anything up or get banned
So basically, I attempted to port a model from a game into Garry's Mod. So far it was going good, I followed the Valve Developer wiki, converted the textures into VTF, turned the model into a .smd, made the VMT, and the QC. So I compiled it all up and uploaded to the Workshop as a private model for testing. However, when I put out the model, I was greeted with missing textures allover the body. Good news is that the model meshes worked however. I'm not sure what I did wrong, I thought I put the directories in my .qc file and my .VMT. I thought you guys could check it out because this is the modelling section. Here's my .qc file and .VMT files
QC

$modelname "SCPCB/SCPGuard.mdl"
$scale 10
$model "studio" "ref.smd"
$cdmaterials "materials\model\guard_diffuse.vmt"
$hboxset "default"
// Model uses material "materials\model\guard_diffuse.vmt"
// Model uses material "materials\model\helmet.vmt"
$surfaceprop "player"
$illumposition 1.976 -1.162 -1.269
$sequence idle "idle" loop ACT_VM_IDLE 1 fps 30.00
$collisionmodel "ref.smd" {

	$mass 8.00
	$inertia 1.00
	$damping 0.00
	$rotdamping 0.00
}

1st VMT "guard_diffuse.vmt"

"VertexlitGeneric"
{
	"$basetexture" "materials\model\guard_diffuse"
}

2nd VMT "helmet.vmt"

"VertexlitGeneric"
{
	"$basetexture" "materials\model\helmet"
}

My VMT and VTF files are in my materials\model\ folders.
I don't know what to do, is there something wrong with my formatting?
Thanks

[LunaSkywalker]

The simplest mistake it could be is not properly setting the materials up in the modeling program you're using. You can check this easily: open the .smd in a text editor and make sure the materials are referenced there correctly

[SkullManPL]

If your VMTs and VTFs are in ".../GarrysMod/garrysmod/materials/models/HERE" just change line:
[I]$cdmaterials "materials\model\guard_diffuse.vmt"[/I]
into:
[I]$cdmaterials "model\"[/I]

[Velocihater]

[QUOTE=LunaSkywalker;50677691]The simplest mistake it could be is not properly setting the materials up in the modeling program you're using. You can check this easily: open the .smd in a text editor and make sure the materials are referenced there correctly[/QUOTE]

Should the materials in the smd itself have directories? They use both guard_diffuse.vtf and helmet.vtf which I put both in Garry's Mod/garry's mod/materials/model

[Velocihater]

[QUOTE=SkullManPL;50678174]If your VMTs and VTFs are in ".../GarrysMod/garrysmod/materials/models/HERE" just change line:
[I]$cdmaterials "materials\model\guard_diffuse.vmt"[/I]
into:
[I]$cdmaterials "model\"[/I][/QUOTE]

But what if my materials aren't in in Garrysmod/garrysmod/materials/?
I like them to be in my own seperate own folder for uploading, not for my own personal use. Is their anyway to do that?

[N7Legion]

Then you got to change the path in "$cdmaterials"

and then change the vmt files and put them on the designated path from above.

e.g.
$cdmaterials "models/player/legion/fallout/"

Put the files in materials/models/player/legion/fallout/
Change the .vmt files their code to
"$basetexture" "models/player/legion/fallout/helmet"