Custom Race, textures, and armor compatability?

[Galcyon]

Ok, so I've downloaded a drow race, and modified some textures to greyscale (so I can get a proper obsidian-looking skin), and I've hit a major snag.

 

Is it actually possible to make a brand new race, with brand new textures, without having to edit *all* armor entries in vanilla and mods?

 

If the answer is yes, and if it's supposed to be "under copy data, select 'default' for armor race", I can tell you that it's not working; the skin texture keeps defaulting to the basic skin texture on the armor, not the modded skin texture I want.