Making progress as you can see, it's the bat/bone that's causing problems. so, i'll fix that up. BUT!!!! i have something else that's working fine!
i used bowser's shell spikes for the shell and snout, but i still have some texturing to do I have added transparency to the eyes after i took the snapshots, so that's fixed now.
I do have one question though. How do i make it so the bat only shows up when using Lucas' side smashes?
The yellow was probly the eye texture reacting to the messed up model. I noticed that only the shell and eyes are missing, and both are only rigged to onne bone. Maybe if I rig v them to more than one bone each, that'll fix it.
Scratch that, I just reread your post and understood it better X) I'll reimport the bones
workin on this: just have to add a slight shine, and that'll do it. The rigging was a whole lot easier with bones, so i'll have to practice more with living characters.
also, i have textures for blinking eyes and angry eyes, but i don't know how to use them. any tips?