btw... the fastest way to do it with magnets would be to use the group tool on each part that has spikes you want to remove. create a new group (name it spikes) and include the spike material. then slap a huge honking magnet on the whole thing, set the mag zone to affect only the group 'spikes;' add all the body parts to the magnet's influence, then shrink the sucker down to a teeny tiny point. hide it inside the dragon's belly; then spawn morph targets for each part. (though if you do it this REALLY quick way, some odd little dots might fly out of the stomack if you move, say, the tail tip; being as the tiny spikes will still move with each body part.)