Congratulations!! A great model, Russell! And congratulations, that you finished it in time!

Yet, after your experiences with Lightwave and the exporting to MED, I curious wether you would give the MED and its bone tools a try. And, give a comparision between the two programms!

http://www.puppenheim.org/
http://www.wuerfels-welt.de
Old Game Tutorial: http://www.puppenheim.org/MITutorial.zip
Free Game Editor: http://puppenheim.org/AlienalsWeihnachtsmann.zip
http://www.puppenheim.org/blender_starting_main_settings.txt