Well, to me they all look pretty 'poserish' with just some variations of specularity. Not too convincing and - yes indeed on the fake, plastic-looking side, if you ask me.

"Keep in mind. I hate dry skin, wax and plastic and I don't want photo realism. Just a basic properly lit scene that lets you enjoy the beauty of V4."

If you want something 'S.uper S.exy' you'll inevitably have to bother with those looks in reality, because that's where we all get our references, and that's what we'll involuntary compare your images with.

Google for references.

There is quite a variety of wet looking skin:

• dry skin with rolling off droplets (needs a good dry skin with a layer of drops, pretty hard to achieve)

• skin covered with a thin water film (that makes it reflective, not so much specular)

• skin covered with lotion (what makes it more specular and reflective)

• mixtures of any degree of the previous

fine detail like sss and fresnel effect can add a good deal under certain light conditions (artificial light, studio lights, indoor renders) but can as well be omited in outdoor or sunshine renders. it always depends on the current condition.

Skin isn't simple, and you have to master lighting as well as shading to a certain realistic degree.

From there you can tweak your settings further to your liking.

just my 2c.