i had a question about what format to submit 3d charitors in. the main 3d package i use is blender3d which i know is compatable with orge but i was not sure what file type you are useing for the program. maybe what you might want to do, is talk to the people in the blender 3d community (
www.blender3d.org ) and see if they could run a contest for a small prise to see who can make the best 3d animated charitors. you might want to create a list of specifications such as what the 3d skeleton must do for the morph tech that you have in the app, also what type of charictors, and maybe a free-for-all charictor.
if you look them up i am sure that you will find tons of top level animators that would love to win a cool title or prize in a contest.
that way it could cut down your modelling and production cost. also i would maybe mention something to them about creating a python plugin (as that is blender internal scripting language) which can edit the 3d files natively.
i thought this would be a good food for thought and help save you some money.
- Luke Galutia