Need some help with a race mod

[Kazuharu]

I'm trying to make my own custom race for oblivion. I already have a detailed lore-friendly backstory, body meshes, textures, and some special powers.

The thing is, I'm running into some trouble. The race I'm making is supposed to be a kind of silver tiger cat creature that (because of their lore) are really powerful warriors and know really powerful "unusual magicks" (i.e: scripted spells). Anyway, the hair mesh that I'm looking for is kind of an anime-ish spikey slicked back hair style with a ponytail coming out of the neck and going down just past the small of the back, with just a little bit of bangs (like Captain Hitsugaya from Bleach or Hiei from Yu Yu Hakisho, but with a ponytail as well). Attached to this is a concept art picture of the race I'm trying to make.

Here are links to three more pictures just for added detail:

Capt Hitsugaya picture

DBZ Trunks picture

Hiei picture

 

Secondly, I was planning on trying to make a custom scripted spell called "Short Circuit" that could activate levers, pressure plates, buttons, and tripwires at a distance. I thought I could do this, but I just can't think of a way without it activating doors, beds, chests, plants, etc as well. Also I would need it to effect the appropriate activators from "non-vanilla" oblivion sources. All I need is the script for this spell.

 

Lastly, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to merge mods together, like so that I could take the npcs from one mod and change them all to being from my race mod (without having to entirely remake one of the mods inside the other).

 

Oh, and while this is not what I originally asked, If anyone knows of a good cat creature head mesh and texture that would look sort of like my first picture, but maybe have a little bit of a built in beard like in the pic link below:

Scar picture

 

Thank you