Rigging has deformed my object beyond reason

#1

Hi there

I have rigged a character in lightwave and the rig seems to be working fine. However, it seems to be deforming my character far and beyond the funky chicken dance :frowning:
not sure if it has something to do with the rest rotations/positions of the bones.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I’m fairly new to this.

Here is the link to the object and scene files:

http://www.flagshipweb.co.za/jp/RigTest.zip

PS. in case anyone is wondering why the foot joints appear different to the skelegon layer on the model, its because i found a tutorial on how to rig the legs using joints and have replaced the bones in the feet with joints. Hope this isn’t the reason for the funky deformations!!

Thanks

#2

You have to rest your bones/joint. Probably some bone or joint has not been rested correctly.

Disable the IK, select all your bones/joints and press “r”.

You should get what you can see in the attached scene.

#3

Thanks Lino

I played around and came to the same conclusion about 10mins before your reply.

I should have tried that first. ( such a dumbass )

Thanks for the quick reply

#4

You’re welcome!

I’m happy you solved that!

#5

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