hey jay, if i understand your posts correctly, do you model in poly and then convert to subD? when you model in poly, do you use smooth proxy? and then how do you bind your model then?
what i do is, i model in smooth proxy. separate low and hi res. after creating joints and iks, i bind smooth mesh via smooth skin bind. i parent the low res to the joints, and just keep them as per refernce for quick animation. is there any better way?