metroid prime hunters SSBB rigged trophies

[alexmach1]

i was planning on t-posing all the trophies and rigging them for use in animation/games/mods. 2 issues however:
1) what program do you suggest i use for rigging? i use 3ds max 2010
2) most of the textures included with the trophies (see models-resource.com) are either missing or wrong.


my questions:
1) can someone either retrieve the textures or show me where to get the necessary textures?
2) would anyone want to download the finished products, because i was planning on publishing them afterwards in the wii/custom section.

SCREENSHOTS

goddang the leg was complicated :/
EDIT: lower torso finished! just need to connect legs to pelvis...
EDIT: upper torso finished! added some FX.