Skin material shouldn't necessarily be inferior, as the same texture is being used; it would actually be better if the shader was more representitive of real skin..

One thing I noticed about the two renders I posted above is that the LUXRender image has a better dynamic range.  The reflection of the emitter in the eyes is quite realistic, whilst it is blown out in the Firefly render.....

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