Here is a working model for a character in my story 'Sister Aphrodita' http://archiveofourown.org/works/4748636.
I call her the Fairy Den Mother.
OpenGL, to show how the rigging works:
Yafaray, to show some preliminary textures:
You can try the Biovision Hierarchy mocap yourself:
http://www.geekopolis.ca/mocap/fairyDenMother1.bvh