The most realistic texture maps are made using digital photos of the skin of a real live model. You need a lot of photos of the various different bits of the same person from all different angles. Syyd Raven has a whole forum dedicated to the subject over at www.runtimedna.com. I'd start there. I know there are also some for-sale tutes on photo based texture making here in the marketplace.

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