How does one replace the original 9 races?

taking modding to the next level

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I actually don't care about ship design; the originals are fine by me. But how does one change the name, leader, and race portrait for all the originals.

I know about the RaceConfig.xml. I tried changing it in just there but although the unit portrait, for example, was changed in some places, in others it remained static, as did the name. I know that I also have to edit the MapRaceInfo.xml.

Does CustomPlanets.xml have to get changed as the Help with Modding Races implied... does anyone know of a tutorial or text file that explains how to do this all? The thing on Wikipedia was a little bit inadequent, I thought.
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They are working on making modding much easier - don't know if it will be with the 1.1 version due out next week or the 1.2 version in the future (probably in May).

Frogboy was going to publish a complete alternative universe mod to show how it is done in conjunction with the release of 1.1v3, but I'm not sure if he will now or wait until the modding part of the game is optimized and released wit hte next patch after 1.1.