Orchard CMS custom rendering of Image Gallery
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In Orchard, I'd like to use the [Image Gallery Module][1] to allow our customers to maintain an image gallery.  However I'd like to handle the rendering of this gallery myself instead of using the included PrettyPhoto, Lightbox, SlideViewerPro plugins.

What is the easiest way to do this?  I've tried using an alternate template, but I can't figure out how to access the images.  Something along the lines of...

    //imageGalleryVM is null below
    var imageGalleryVM = @Model.ContentItem.ResortInfo.ContentItem.ImageGalleryPart.ViewModel

I'd like to avoid creating a new plugin for the image gallery module, but if that's my only option, please let me know.

  [1]: http://orchardimagegallery.codeplex.com/