Thank for the support. My second model isnt going to be part of my friend set. I hope to have it out before the end of this week. Its rigged, all that's left now is textures, shape keys, drivers and a few fixes on the rig. No spoilers as to what it is though :D

the model was made is version 2.72b so make sure you at-least run that. when i installed 2.73 i had some issues so i downgraded to 2.72b for the time being. you might have to do that. if that doesn't work try and deleting the drivers for the shape keys and test the shape keys to find out if the drivers are the problem or the shape keys. from there a solutions should be easier to find. i just downloaded my own model and the drivers work so if you still have any issues just ask. ill try and help

The shape keys work fine, and I'm assuming the drivers do to, but the objects and bones that the drivers tie to the shapekeys don't actually show up. The objects themselves seem to exist, but they don't actually seem to be placed in the world, nor do they seem to have any vertices. I actually started with 2.72, then upgraded to 2.73 to make sure it wasn't that. Anyway, regardless, I don't actually plan to use the model, it's a really nice model but I don't have any use for it. All I used it for was to play around with different hair shading techniques. I just noticed that those bones and drivers existed while playing around, and chose to tell you that they weren't working. Anyway, thanks for responding!

do you mean the bones for the drivers aren't in the world? i have those bones in a different layer in the rig. you have to click on the rig then go to the "data" tab in the properties panel and under "skeleton" - "layers" enable all the layers with bones in them. i think this is what the problem was

Ah, ok, that's probably it, I'll check later (rendering something big right now)

I have been using blender since 2.51 which came out about 5 years ago. While that has help I think being able to make a model like this just takes dedication and tutorials. Here is one that helped Me alot. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xuf6ODN_xY I suggest watching both of his character modeling series. Btw the model he makes in that tutorial is up for download on this website

Thanks. The way I made the world invisable was by going to the property's panel then the render tab. Under there go to film and check "transparent"

Thank you very much!

thanks :D to undo a unlike you just have to like that model and it should invert. also i uploaded a model a few days ago. its still on the front page if you want to check it out. you might like it.

How to like it? I can't find the like button or maybe it's automatically like when I was downloaded your blend file?

not sure but i checked your account and my blend is in your liked blends. here is a link to my other model http://www.blendswap.com/blends/view/77699

turns out to like a model you click on the heart. who would have known. i didnt.

Thanks. Felt relief to know it.