Thanks for the feedback. The look is meant to be a kind of old sinewy, wirey body with a distended belly. It's hard to make out on the shots, but the pecs actually hang a bit with the sinews/tendons of the upper arms showing through near the clavs. Red
Here's a pic of the work in progress textures. I was trying various colour schemes and wanted to avoid going for something dull. I felt it needed some green in there, but I'd also read that red is very hard to see in deep water so I thought it might be interesting to try this lurid pinky red on his head and tentacles. The…