Mmkay, I saw the error of my ways regarding the mesh splitting. It was nothing LightWave-related, just bad handling of geometry with no normals and of empty groups.

Here's the download for the MikeJ-mapped Antonia mesh split into actors:
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/rrfilelock/download.php?fileid=39012&key=600

-- I'm not mad at you, just Westphalian.