Sorry I figured out what I was doing wrong. I dont know what conforming to the original mesh is for but it appears it is not neccessary. I do however not understand why some of the meshes refuse to be changeable. I do everything correctly without error and yet for some reason some meshes just dont seem to be loading the loose files so it is impossible to alter them. They just ignore the modified files and load the default ones. It is strange. I have noticed the orcs as well as the wooden shield and metal shield so far. Any idea about this?