Glad you like it! It is actually a coincidence. I was browsing deviant art for either fun, or inspiration, and found an image that caught my eye, and then I had to run into Photoshop and start putting down pixels. I didn't know it would necessarily become steam punk, but with the leather, it seemed appropriate to try that direction. You'll notice more skin/skin tone showing in that image than on the skin, I've been avoiding actual skin showing by design because I want the skin to work for people who want to feel like they're wearing a functional (or stylized) space suit as well as for those who just want to look cool. In any case, back to the point. That image was the inspiration, I looked at it one day, put down some pixels, then it may have been days, or even months before I went back to it. I didn't look at that image again until now, as my own imagination went from there.Ooh, that looks really nice. I never really considered myself much of a fan of steam punk, but lately I've been starting to appreciate it more.
When I was looking at just the flat textures of it, it reminded me a lot of Guns of Icarus. Is that possibly an inspiration behind the skin or merely coincidence? (Guns of Icarus is super fun and one of the reasons I'm starting to like steam punky stuff more.)
In any case, it looks really nice, I'll probably end up using this, thanks.