First thing that I can think of is that the lighting on your renders isn't too good. It looks like the Poser default lights to me, and they ain't too good at all. My suggestion is to delete them and bring in a single white spotlight, pointed at your model's head. Play around with the intensity and keep rendering. Alternatively, search for some light tutorials, or download free light sets from Freestuff. Dr Geep has a very good light tute in this very forum. Search for "geep" (After all that, I hope I'm correct about the light you used.) Second thing - change the highlights on your model's texture. The glossy sheen in achieved by changing the highlight colour away from dark grey/black. You can also change the highlight size. Making the size smaller will eventually give the figure a wet or oiled up look. Third - and it's hard to tell from your pics - bump maps! They really make so much difference to the quality and realism of a model.

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