Hey ! New face is much better indeed. =) I also have a character that I redid twice and never finished... and just like you I plan to reboot him again. This coat looks great, are you going to use Marvelous Designer ?
hmm don't know yet, I experiment a lot, that's probably why I never finish stuff I like the quick results of Marvelous but it's hard to control the look of the folds plus, there's a dilemma : i want to make the coat longer because it looks cool, but it will hide the mech details :c