Thank you for your feedback, garriola83! Right now this is just showing my progress on the diffuse map, but I definitely see what you're talking about with the dead skin and flat leather texture. I'm planning on adding some alpha cards for the fur and the hair after I work out the diffuse map on the rest of the pieces, and…
After a long hiatus that included moving back to Canada, I finally have some progress to show. Retopo, UV's and just normal bakes for now. Diffuse and spec maps will be next on my hit list.