Setting VraySkin material(not Vrayfastsss2)

[Joezeta]

I've searched a lot informations on how single maps should be blended to achieve a realistic skin shader with the new Vray skin material.
But I couldn't find useful answers. I'll start with some basic answers, hoping to reconstruct the rest.

So, do some examples exist?
Why diffuse is set to 0 amount,when the basic material is loaded?
What kind of texture is supposed to go there?
And should I use a specular map to control the little details of the skin? Or is the normal bump sufficient?

Joey

[vlado]

I think, the consensus these days is that you should look into the alSurface material if you want realistic skin:
https://github.com/ChaosGroup/vray_al_surface/releases

Best regards,
Vlado

[Joezeta]

So the 3dsmax Vray alShader is apparently a bit different from the Maya's one. There are some documented workflows (like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v6OWgaESkc) which CAN be translated into Max, but going on blindly is not what I'm looking for. I'm testing it but I'm falling into a lot of problems (for example throwing a specular map into the reflect1 strength slot and/or reflect1 roughness slot isn't apparently producing any visible change). So, is there any other resource/example to look into?