"And that brings up another point. None of the morphs that I have done would look like the person without textures. It's the combination of the two that has made it work. Lordy, I couldn't imagine doing a clay render that accurate! LMAO"

Well, I have a small collection of celebrity life masks, and I'm often struck by how generic even a famous face can look without the coloration of the original donor.  Older faces, generally seem to carry the resemblance best.
As an example, here's Gina Davis from about the time she did Beetlejuice.