rito thanks ava, ill have a look into it
I was thinking about this earlier and in tfc you have item_tfgoals which have "replacement_model" which allows you to change the playermodel of the person who picks it up
http://tf.valve-erc.com/kbase.php?id=2
Do you reckon it is possible to create an item_tfgoal at the users origin and set the bitfield values of the entity corretly?
Might be easier than using FM?