Mike

Are you saying that you can see the figure in Preview, but it vanishes when you render it?

Have you tried selecting a different standard render setting to see if that changes anything.

I.e. set Firefly to final render in the Auto Settings panel and see what happens.

Maybe some setting got changed someplace that stops the figure from showing (I don't know what that could be).

Mike

If you shoot a mime, do you need a silencer?