

I tried to create little models of animals and insects in the game and while they showed up in the GECK they would not draw in the game.

The banner (the mesh) can not be a 'Static' object if it (the mesh) is intended to be animated. If the banner has a different name then the animations aren't recognized (or found?) by the game (because of naming?) so the game just won't draw the banner. If the banner is an animated object the animations have to be present for the object to be seen in the game. I am going to guess here, I really don't know what is going on and I think this may be a slightly different problem than you're having.
