Revert "Attempt #2 to merge croby's skinning work; I think all these files belong in rice and not KC, but not certain"

This reverts commit 5b62fb5055404a1f219d940d0b7ab20f50a6df6a.
Revert "Attempt #1 to merge croby's skinning work"

This reverts commit c14e73f08820bc25320e8285bee8824b9a2c5b2f.