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As I've said before, I've kind of become many people's go-to artist for statuefication/mannequinization, which is a little odd to me since I don't share those fetishes. But unlike some other fetishes I don't share but which I won't name, they don't turn me off, so I'm always game to portray frozen figures in a commissioned image. 
I've gotten a lot of compliments on the glossy skin effect I'm able to achieve on these poor frozen heroines' skin:
As many of you know, I'm not one to hoard information, so here's how I achieve this effect if you want to duplicate it. (Of course this assumes you're using Daz Studio and the Iray render engine.)
- Select the target figure in the Scene tab.
- Go to the Surfaces tab, expand the figure's surfaces list, and select Skin.
- I recommend Ctrl+clicking on "Lips", which for whatever reason is not selected along with all the other skin surfaces.
- Go to your list of Iray shaders (I usually find them in the Smart Content tab under Shaders/Iray) and find the Plastic shaders.
- Double-click on the Plastic - Glossy shader to apply it.
- Go back to the Surfaces tab. With all the skin surfaces still selected, change the following settings to maximize the reflective effect:
Glossy Reflectivity = 1.00
Glossy Roughness = 0.00 - That's it!
I should add that I find I get the best results with bright lighting as well as a bright HDRi. The former ensures you get bright reflections off the glossy skin, and the latter ensures you'll have some interesting patterns reflected there as well.
Happy rendering!
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