you qc has a little difference from mine, i dont set a a path for the smd, in mine is $model "courier" "donkey.smd" (its donkey because im testing it on dota test replacing the original one) one thing that could be causing your problem is in the export of the smd file open it before compiling and check if it have a sequece…
Thanks Eleryn, though that kinda stinks. Attempted to upload my headpiece into the client; got an error of: "Skeleton Error: can't find joint 59". Seems like I have more than just material issues now. Below is my concept drawing, along with imgur links to the current status (done modeling and rigging).…