I'm using a newer version of Blender (ver. 2.48) and have all of the required conversions downloaded, and all I can do so far is make the body pose. The hands and head, when joined with the mesh torso, removes the ability to pose with the skeleton/mesh, but if you don't merge the meshes the torso will model just fine, so, what gives? I know this method works (because I can almost get it to work already) but I'm just a little lost in translation here. I'll post back when I can get it to work and will include a step-by-step process for anyone else with this problem. Also I'm open for any help : D