This thread will contain write-ups of my workflows, both as my own reference resource and for anyone else's interest. Give me some time to fill each section.
Things have definitely changed over the last year or two and some of the old guides are no longer relevant, and often also overly convoluted.
UPDATE: This guide is already kind of out of date. BadDog has released pyNifly and the blender niftools plugin has gotten some updates, they are easier to use for exporting meshes. Th