In case anyone is wondering on how this turned out:
Mr.Planet was incredibly difficult to import meshes into, But did work very well for unsupported opensource software! I was quite impressed.
I was able to find (purchase) a plugin for 3DS Max that works very well, very smooth, and is very intuitive.
Animated:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6CY7kfmcI8&NR=1
Multiple, custom markers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1F1my9ExX0