Hi their,
I've been working on getting my first model put together but am having difficulties with the downloaded models. Mostly I think I'm just missing something about how to work with them in blender.

What I'm trying to do is remove Keeper of the Lights staff so I can model a new one in it's place. I can't seem to figure out how to separate the individual components of the models that valve provides though. Am I just missing something about how the vertex groups and bones interact with eachother?

Thanks for any help.