The fact you have two figures shouldn't complicate this, provided we go steady. You say that there  is no texture map on the V3 model, only the diffuse colour. Am I right in assuming that this means you haven't applied any MAT poses or material setting to the figure at all? It's stil in the state it was in when youadded the figure to the scene?

It sounds like you're still missing out on a control map to dictate where the blending is. It would help me to talk you through this if you could provide me a couple of screen shots here. Can you show me the basic setup you have in the 'pose' room, and then the material setup you have so far for the skin in the material room? Once I have them, I can see where we're starting from, set my end up to the same config, and walk it through one step at a time. :)

jonthecelt