I finally finished the image but simply had to give up on the stockings. There was also little glitch in the original skirt texture that most people probably could have fixed in post work but I couldn't figure it out so I spent another 2 bucks at daz and bought another texture.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2411528

Certainly not perfect, but better than I originally hoped for before all the help I got here

 

thanks!!