Minstrel,

I checked out the mix20 at last after watching the Alex Alvarez videos, its very cool. I actually prefer the layered method of the blinns mixed with the fast skin shader. Its very similar to an old skin shader network (pre-sss) by Steve Stahlberg.

I think I'll be heading in the direction of this shader very soon with my character work...should be interesting LOL

Cheers
Jay