Is the project still sleeping? I must say i'm impressed of what you did untill now. I use Blender 3D for 3D modeling so I guess I could help you with models and animations and my friend could help you with textures. He is very good with photoshop. I've added you to msn. We can talk there.
I've managed to add new smileys to kopete but special smileys (not default) only I see. What do I have to do, so other people will see my smileys?