Hand Model Help

[Obscenity Engine]

I've been trying to find a way to make the lantern and Daniel's hand invisible for something I am working on, but I haven't been able to find a way to make it happen. I've considered shrinking the hand in the model editor, but I can't figure out how to use it. I also got Maya 2011 but it doesn't support the files the hand uses. Also, I want the light from the lantern to still function properly. Could someone show me how to do it, if it's even possible?

[Acies]

Add an alpha which is purely black to both the hands and lantern.
Alpha:
A grayscale image in .tga format.

Add that using the materialeditor, by opening up your lantern texture/hand texture (make sure to create backups!).

For optimization - create new lantern/hand placeholders with low polycounts - perhaps two planes`?

Good luck :]

[Obscenity Engine]

Add an alpha which is purely black to both the hands and lantern.
Alpha:
A grayscale image in .tga format.

Add that using the materialeditor, by opening up your lantern texture/hand texture (make sure to create backups!).

For optimization - create new lantern/hand placeholders with low polycounts - perhaps two planes`?

Good luck :]

Thanks!