Just covering the book, no spec or normal on it yet. I'm liking this new texture better already. I think I'll be adding an alpha this time to the edges of the book.
I've finally added the cape and drapes, as well as tweaking certain part of the diffuse and spec map. But I'm not fully sold on the gold so I may redo that.
You plug the gloss into the alpha of the spec map. I would still go for a bit of slimyness that's kind of their thing. At least the mouth, eyes, glowing sac thing.
I agree with BlvdNights concerning the specs intensity and the scene seem to be too bright and yellowed , finally , the model with the organic thing is not really detailled . Otherwise, there is good potential =)
I think you're right. It might be caused by the color of the lights that are in the scene. I'll test it with standard color lights and see what happens. The spec is more of an orange.