ah so it does work! I wonder what you guys did differently...! That collada import is pretty good!

Anyway thanks guys. Don't worry I was just helping out some friends that were a bit frustrated. I'll direct them to here.

In the meanwhile for the hell if it I ran my Project E through Zbrush:

cheers guys!

"The fool is not the one that does something foolish, but the one that does nothing at all."