Admtitingly AGP, I tried to use Cyberkilla's Skeletal API, and that did not work for me either. As you have stated, the feature is very pivotal. I still love JPCT though~!
To Egon and AGP: Nowadays, I find my game programming skills severely lacking and have decided to explore 3D modeling. Since you two are both actively working on your game projects, if you two would like any modeling done, please feel free to ask me.
To fireside: Maybe it is because of my programming skills or something, but I find JME to be really hard to use. Are you comfortable with that engine? If so, I am curious if there was a nice and easy-to-read tutorial.