for the first time ever I finally decided to really try and learn Blender, I dedicated a couple hours of my time to just non-stop reading of documentation on the forums when I didn't know how to do something while I came up with this:
I still need to find a good working (no broken images) documentation on:
A) texturing - still haven't figured it out properly yet (something about the UV/image editor??) in Blender.
B) animation - some previous experience in MilkShape, I can probably figure this out when I get to it.
C) applying the relevant bones such as the mount point. no clue yet.