Thanks aalomon, and others, as the confusion over "gargoyle" turned out to be the issue. With clarification, the parents of my snake are:
Male black pastel x het red (the so called "gargoyle") and female cinnie x pastel (pewter).
WOBP calls the male an "onyx ball" rather. http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/onyx-ball/
Now the het red pastel labeling makes sense. Here were the possibilities.
http://www.worldofballpythons.com/wi...5&female=40,32
He says red het expert Ben Renick helped make the classification. Looking at Renick's site, here's a picture of what he calls a red het pastel:
http://www.benrenick.com/collection....Pythons&id=508
And the first WOBP pic of a red het pastel looks like mine too:
http://www.worldofballpythons.com/fi...pastel/001.jpg
As aalomon pointed out, if mine has pastel, it's very muted.