[meta] 3D modeling - one Goddess found, (mumble) to go

[Mark Skarr]

The first version of this helmet was actually darker than that.  It was running 8e8fad (142/143/173;H238/S18%/B68%) with variations biased by sky and lighting.

C0C0C0 (192^3;H255;S0%;B75%) is actually the gloss cover I was using for it.  The Veins have to be running at 255^3.

Regardless, I've resampled the texture to (184^3) and have thrown it in the engine to see what it looks like.  When I have a useable sample, I'll post it.
    
This was the original texture ^; anyone can invert that to see what it would look like                    This is the new, inverted, severely "bleached out" version ^.  I don't know if we'll be able to see the marbling.
Edit:  Clicked Post instead of Preview, because I'm stoopid like that.  Just wanted to say: I've had to push my 3d skills to new levels for working on this, and, honestly, I've never been happier.  Thanks for working with me on this.  It continues to be fun and, hopefully, this is just the beginning.
Edit 2:  Good News!  I'd been having trouble with my rendering engine (LuxRender) not fully ignoring zones I set to "Null" (similar problem I'm having with Silverbolt).  They have a new release and that fixed it.  YAY!  I'm very happy about that.  So, I had to restart the helmet, but I'm happy doing that seeing that it's fixed.
Edit 3:  New Helmet!
Edit 4:  When I bump up the glossyness to anything approaching reflectivity, we lose all detail on the marbling.  (That's actually why Rose is in the picture, she's my reflectivity test)

Edit 5:  Apparently, part of my creative process is shooting my mouth off.  After making my statement in Edit 4, I goofed around with the settings and got this:

It's still too early to tell, but I can see some marbling, and I got a mirror-finish on it to boot.