need a HAND

[Iain McFadzen]

I can't think of a single reason why you would want to use IK on a hand. Just fill it with bones and skin it. You could wire up the finger rotations to make it a bit easier to pose of course.

[Martinos]

hmm kay ..

i'm still a noob but learnin..
thx for the tip

[Martinos]

mkay definately need a tut for this can't get past this..

http://members.home.nl/martinos/handpfrt.jpg

bones too big for the mesh etc..
:shrug:

[gaggle]

Use Bone Tools (under the Character menu in MAX5, and it's available as a plugin for MAX4, though I think it's called "Skeletal Tools" or something to that effect), with that you can change the sizes of multiple bones at the same time. Or you can tweak the size of each bone one at a time if you got the patience.

Anyways, my point is, if your bones are too large.. just.. er.. size them down? They have properties like all other objects, including size-spinners. Don't scale them btw, use their spinners. Scaling bones is.. not good.

Read up on some of the tutorials that comes with MAX, they have stuff on IK and FK and setting up a hand so they're controlled by a couple of sliders. "Custom Attributes" Are Your Friends™ :)

If you want a really close-up detailed animated hand you're probably going to have to invest the time to set up some proper bulge-deformers. Fingers have, in my experience, a tendency to end up looking mighty flat if they're just deformed by your average three-bones-chain per finger. Bulge deformers, which the Skin and Physique modifier has, should help to avoid that.

Best of luck on it, it looks like a nicely-modelled hand.

[Martinos]

n1 reason why i luv this forum :D

[TOMMY 3D FREAK]

hi,

can't help you with the question, just wanted to say that i find it a neatly modelled hand!!!
very nice



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[motion_82]

NICE HAND

Can I ask how you modeled it

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