Texture Issues/Insight Wanted

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Okay so my issue is regarding textures. I know what problem im having but honestly dont fully know for sure what i should be asking about here. Long story short, i have SOS and an edited addon i made specifically for a non-standard body. ie: a custom race. anyway, that part is fine and all, the race even schlongifies. My problem is that my SOS texture doesnt match the body color no matter what i do. it looked okay in the default state when your considering the glossiness but wayyyy too light. it DID darken some as i changed body colors but it never matched from the start.

 

so, i edited the texture some in photoshop and made it darker. it matches a LOT better now but now the gloss or another part is off some. any help, advice, suggestions?

 

also, i know some, but little about textures in general. any thing anyone wants to post here is welcome, particularly from anyone who does/has made textures from scratch or at least made the variations (_msn.dds  _sk.dds   ect) of a basic texture. i know how they work from the outside like in CK (pretty sure anyway lol) and would like to learn/get some insight on the full creation, especially the easiest way to do it from scratch and best ways to save/compress with photoshop's .dds plugin.

 

again, anything would be appreciated