WIP rooftop jump with an axe.

[KielFiggins]

Hey man animation is looking fun, so here's some crits:
/this guy needs more of a solid plant to make that jump, lookslike you got some sliding going on
/what's a space marine doing jumping on to the little house on the praire? Proxy model in a bit moreof the set to really sell the story
/looksl like the axe is to wiggly while planted, thinl of a wood axe stuck in a stump, would be ptretty stiff
/have this guy remain abad ass and tear the axe back out of the roof,dropping some debris and all

Looking cool man excited to see the next round of updates.

[AdamGillespie]

Badass he shall be.

As for the wood thing, I was essentially thinking that the wood wasnt all that thick. Ill give that a shot though and see how it turns out. New updates by 2am.

Edit: Fell asleep. Updated at 4:30am. Same link. Edits were - Calmed down the axe wobble. Added a pull from the wood. Adjusted timing. A little bit of secondary. Made foot plants more planted and less slidey, and...ummm...motion blur? heh.

Edit Edit: @Figgins - I'll get around to fixing the environment tomorrow morning.

[AdamGillespie]

More adjustments to the rig. Shingle movement in the BG. I might want to add a few more blend shapes, cant really see his face but for the times you do I want him to have more expression than O_O

[KielFiggins]

Hey man, thanks for putting the frame counter on there, with that in mind, here we go:

-left foot sliding forward from f0-f5
-line of action really broken at f18. would need to use his core muscles to swing that ax down AND counteract the intial thrust in the jump
-f19-f26, shoulders and wrists all broken
-slow him down on the recovery, from f26-f55, he's flailing all around in that armour. Try not to over key those poses.
-weird off balance pose at f73. he'd need to be reaching up, curling over the ledge getting his weight over the crest, not sitting over empty space
-how is he making that tranision at f77? wheres he putting the weight?
-alot of sliding and shuffling from f90-f105
-the pulling of the ax reads well
-f132-139, looks like his left clavicle is rotating independaly of the motion

http://www.3dfiggins.com/Temp_Delete/aj_Crit_0.jpg

Keep on keeping on

[AdamGillespie]

Thanks Figgins. Took your advice on some of those.

PS, as for the foot sliding, it was rotating on the toe. Was going for a minimalistic game style rig so no bendy toes on blocky feet. Damn you bone count limitations! Either way I compensated for that by simulating a roll. Good call brudda.

Final updated. Gonna kill some zombies (borderlands dlc...oooo yeah...) then hop back to it on a new piece. Thanks for your help man.

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