Quote - ok ... I think I got it now .... just gotta get the right settings to have her dark skin show up the right color ....

 

now ... your mud vid .... your cat sounds nice and happy purring .... LOL  .... but there is now way I can re-create your mass of nodes .... is there any way to alter the settings on the blood to make it look more like dirt?

 

 

oh and the sound in your vid is way down btw .....

You have to, like, paint dirt onto your textures in an image eding program like Photoshop while being careful of seams. You can still use a mask to split specularity between skin and dirt. Remember that dirt is matte and won't be reflecting things.