Hi, we saw the project and this is kind interesting we feel. We will be very happy if we can serve you with this project. We are experience in Animation and Visual Effects industry over 6 years and we very familiar with Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, Chaos Group Vray, Mental ray, Iray and other applications. So, we can set up the files in maya with quite confidently and simply. You don't need to explain long because we already have the answer of your precious questains.
We will transfer the files from 3ds max to maya with "Send to Maya" options or with ".fbx" format. The we will show you the progress. After approval we will play for some time with maya mental ray physical materials. After that we will provide the lighting in maya mental ray rendering system. When we are done the files is all yours.
Please think about this and contact us.
Thank you,
Subhajit Nath
(FreelanceSeva)