The noose hanging from his neck won't have any deformation, it might even crash through the shoulder when he's turning his head from side to side. You should get clarification on this though. Fun design still, not to discourage you or anything.
Glad to see you got the socket previewer working...fun isnt it?? :) Weapon wise, dont know that a hospital balloon is but it looks like your gloss is the problem. I hadn't had the chance to open the master shader for the weapons but it might use the spec map as a gloss map as well. Try to darken your spec areas where the…