NOTE!!! this is assuming you knwo the basics of modeling using nicks tutorial, editing the mesh and importing it. it does not teach that just the cutting!!!
First off, you import the model you want to have edited, i this case the gondor soldier
Delete all unnessesary items (bones boundingbox, forged blades, or hide them if you please
Convert it into editable mesh, and select all the verticles for the sword
Right click on one of the verticles, and hit Detach
Then delete the sword, and hide the model, import the one with the weapon you want (in this case gimli)
delete or hide all unnessecary items
now in this model (some others do it but not all) the weapon is already separate, then its just a matter of moving it, and deleting the rest of the model
then unhide the older model, and just stick the axe in his hand, you do not need to attach it at all.
and there you go, you just put gimli's axe onto gondor soldier
Edited by SDK Kwen, 07 January 2006 - 03:24 PM.