cgmotion
04-14-2010, 03:16 PM
Hey all,
So I'm new to rigging, and I'm trying to setup what I assume is a bit more complex of a rig in 3DS max for a project I'm working on. Basically I'm trying to rig letters as if they were characters, one of the letters being the letter "b".
I understand creating bones and the spline/HI solvers, and plan to use a combination of the two. But, trying to rig these as characters, I want to give them a lot of life...bouncy, squishy, squashy, and stretchy. My general question is, how do I accomplish that level of deformation/flexibility after adding in bones?
A more focused question I am dealing with at the moment is I am having trouble with connections between bones. I can make a chain routing off in one direction, (from the ascender of the "b" and out around the curve, but if I try to make it a split with an added chain following the rest of the ascender down, I lose the connection in the chain. I've tried connecting the bones in various directions/orders but cannot get them to stick. Is there a general rule or is this even possible?
Any help, guidance, or tutorials to watch are greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
So I'm new to rigging, and I'm trying to setup what I assume is a bit more complex of a rig in 3DS max for a project I'm working on. Basically I'm trying to rig letters as if they were characters, one of the letters being the letter "b".
I understand creating bones and the spline/HI solvers, and plan to use a combination of the two. But, trying to rig these as characters, I want to give them a lot of life...bouncy, squishy, squashy, and stretchy. My general question is, how do I accomplish that level of deformation/flexibility after adding in bones?
A more focused question I am dealing with at the moment is I am having trouble with connections between bones. I can make a chain routing off in one direction, (from the ascender of the "b" and out around the curve, but if I try to make it a split with an added chain following the rest of the ascender down, I lose the connection in the chain. I've tried connecting the bones in various directions/orders but cannot get them to stick. Is there a general rule or is this even possible?
Any help, guidance, or tutorials to watch are greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!