"It won't parent because it is a prop" Uh... ya lost us there... props can indeed be parented, and with P4, can also be saved as "Smart Props" which retain parenting properties (as .hr2 hair models did back in P3). -To parent a prop (as opposed to a figure) select the prop and either right-click or go to the Objects pulldown. Choose "Change Parent" and from there it works like parenting a figure. If that was not the problem, please explain a little further.