Now that I've played around a bit more I see that all those layers I saw were pieces of the skeleton. The model itself is just one object, I don't see separate pieces for say the tail, head, or weapon (the layer for the model is just smdimport). I figured since the posting had said the models were modular that one wouldn't…
There is a way if you're in the beta: * Download GCFScape (http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=26) * Navigate to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dota 2 beta\dota" and open the "pak01_dir.vpk" file with GCFScape * Extract the whole folder (or just "models\heroes\" if you don't intend on viewing them…