I think I see the problem. Sometimes you need a slightly diffrent Shield figure cunstruction. You have to keep all the body parts and delete all the channels from them. (You'll probably wear out your delete key!)

{
version
{
number 4.01
}
actor hip:1
{
*A totally empty geometry designation
}

...

• This is where the second geometry line usually is

actor hip:1
{
name Fog Control
on
bend 0
dynamicsLock 1
hidden 0
addToMenu 1
castsShadow 1
includeInDepthCue 1
parent BODY:0
endPoint 0 0.021 0
origin 0 -0.079 0
orientation 0 0 0
displayOrigin 0
displayMode USEPARENT
customMaterial 0
locked 0

• Look Ma No Channels!

}
...

figure
{
name EMC Shield
root BODY:0
addChild hip:1
BODY:1

...
}
}

Something like this. See in the middle where the Actor is included but all the channels have been removed.

Nerd3D