Try with TexMod. It's really easy to work with it. The file formats are dds, bmp, jpg, png, etc.

Using Surveyor's old DMC4Model I've ripped this and I created a few bones to make the render pose. The proportions aren't the best because of the "pancake" effect.
Quick render using mental ray and maya 2009:

@revelation: Have you flipped Nero's model or your tool is loading it flipped?

So is there a way to use this to mod the game now? And can you make it work with Maya?

Surveyor could you please give me a link to the current version of your converter.

Thanks for the reply and good luck with the tools.

This is a pic to demonstrate how I abused nero to make him even more devilish ... poor nero. How did you edit the model? I mean when I use your converter and try to import the *.obj file in Autodesk Maya 2009 an error appears... However I used the Autodesk FBX Converter to open the file, but the mo...