The last few days I've been hacking away on getting the Glest mesh format (http://glest.org/en/index.php) loading and animating in Irrlicht. My hope is this will eventually make its way into the trunk and future releases. Here is some of the screenshots I took along the way. You can find a video of an animated mesh below. I had alot of fun working on this and hope some other developers can benefit from this. I will be releasing the source once I've cleaned up and refactored a bit.
Glest has wonderful and simple models. I remember I spend one day trying to rip them somehow. If I had those models available in Irrlicht, I could create wonderful looking games/demos in no time. What is the deal with the licence?
Wonderful, animated formats are always welcome. Just provide your sources and I'll be happy to integrate them into the core engine, if everything comes with the proper license