Personally, I'm thinking that Raziel from The Legacy of Kain would be a good start -- a ghoulish creature, his face half shrouded in a dark, tattered cloak. It's still sort of cloth-based:http://patriciasok.insanejournal.com/503.html

Personally, I'm thinking that Raziel from The Legacy of Kain would be a good start -- a ghoulish creature, his face… http://pi.pe/-u7c7bt