"The reason it doesn't look like a plastic mannequin is ENTIRELY because of the shaders - my VSS shaders. Your assertion is ridiculous."

The only reason Antonia looks "realistic" is because she is "sculpted" realistic.

Antonia has a fantastic rig and very realistic sculpt, unlike V4.

A real woman will still look like a real woman even if you take a picture of her at night under a street lantern with a cell phone cam.
A Barbie doll will still look like a Barbie doll even if you take a photograph of it using high end studio equipment.

Sorry Bagginsbill, but your shaders are not as important as you think they might be.

They might add the last 5%, but the major factor wether a mesh appears to be realistic or not is the sculpting.