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JaredTaylor
07-02-2008, 11:09 AM
Hello, I have gotten farther with this model than I have ever got with my others. Now I have to add tongue and teeth, I do not know whether I should model them separately and parent them both to the mesh or if I should extrude from the back of the throat and top of the mouth.

Render and Wire are below.

I want to rig and animate this character. What method is most effective/easy for when it comes to animating. Thank you.

http://i29.tinypic.com/212ehs6.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/293k35y.jpg
TheFreak
07-02-2008, 07:42 PM
Hey there,

I thought I would pop in and give my 2 cents :P

I usually model the inner mouth and tongue from the lips backwards and down the throat. The model the teeth seperate and sometimes the gums, it all depends. A bit like the real thing actually :P Use your own mouth as a guide and go from there.

I have attached an odd and probably confusing screenshot to further confuse, but hopefully explain, what I mean :P

Enjoy
JaredTaylor
07-03-2008, 12:05 AM
I understand the screenshot, thank you :)

My main issue was if I would have problems animating doing it one way or the other, but I'll go with what you said, I usually extrude the tongue from right at the back of the throat though, any reason not to?

Thanks mate.
TheFreak
07-03-2008, 09:03 AM
Not sure if extruding the tongue from the back of the throat would cause problems or not. I guess it might make rigging a little more awkward. Also feel your own tongue and you will see it comes from the bottom of your mouth so it probably makes more sense to start there. This was the method that I got from a couple of tutorials so I cannot claim it as my own but I think it makes sense.

Cheers
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