I checked him out at SDCC and he was standing right next to Ned. This was the exact proto-type figure we saw in all the pictures. His skin is very smooth but Ned was as well in proto-type if I remember correctly. Ned came out much better in production and I hope the same will happen with John. I hope they do a bit with the hair as well, at least paint wise as in the lighting in that case it looked too smooth and shiny. The cloak looked great in person and they did not show Dire Wolf at the show. The version of Ned and John shown did not have an orange cast, if it appears that way in any pictures it is contamination from the other things around the case and the lighting. The cases at the Diamond select booth are not easy to look through or photograph through and they do not put much effort into layout or poses either.