Here's #2, Tempest. I used the vxfemale2 mesh and set up animated textures on the skin.
I have small video of the animated textures here: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v294/hoss20/?action=view¤t=CharacterTool22010-10-0320-56-10-40.mp4 (If there's a better way to do this, let me know)
Here's the standard preview pic:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/hoss20/Tempest-1.jpg)
My stuff can be found here: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/hoss20/
This was a new process for me, so please let me know if you guys have any problems with the skope.