Community Rigs and Resources

slipsius · Mar 2017

Welcome to the Rigs and Resources sticky. Please feel free to share your resources (tutorials, articles, tools, etc) and rigs in this thread. Things shared in this thread will also be added to the following site, so be sure to bookmark it for your one stop shop for everything animation.

https://animatorsresourcekit.wordpress.com/

Note: This thread was 3 different threads merged together. Thank you for all those involved in the previous threads.

Kaireml · Mar 2018

Another Rig from Paragon. Grux Red Beetle.

Thanks to Epic for releasing this awesome assets with the community.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xVXWlRW_xqNU5REiwrnZw2ZHxDR3ulcY/view?usp=sharing

Hito · Mar 2018

Image: https://media.giphy.com/media/fQiIGi9HfUEOpPjVfl/giphy.gif

fixed up stretchy arm a bit. squash at your own risk though. Also split out the weapons for Murdock and Countess. links above have updated files.

Hito · Apr 2018

Fixed Murdock loading problem; reduced overall file sizes for Countess and Murdock

and Dekker, doing the Grux

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6f79kdr2bleb62o/Paragon_Dekker.rar?dl=0

Assets by Epic

alancamilo · Apr 2018

Hey guys

It's been more than 3 years since I couldn't update aTools, but I'm finally free of any contract restrictions and able to work on it again. There is so much stuff I wanted to improve that I decided to even give it a different name. It's already ready to beta-test, I hope you enjoy!

http://www.animbot.ca

_adamturnbull · Apr 2018

Awesome stuff @alancamilo. Can't wait to start playing with this!

RN · Apr 2018

alancamilo said:

Hi. For clarification, this is the Kayla rig by Josh Sobel:
http://www.joshsobelrigs.com/kayla

Hito · Apr 2018

@RN coolest ever!

Paragon Muriel

https://www.dropbox.com/s/w47k1jq8s160zpu/Paragon_Muriel.rar?dl=0

Kaireml · Apr 2018

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/sd/xospw0yl2s2x.gif

Rig from Paragon. Serath Frost.

Thanks to Epic for releasing this awesome assets with the community.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VQvNA_1AA0f9P0fHvTQoNkmvNi8uhHzb/view?usp=sharing

KaburaStudios · Apr 2018

Hey guys, I'm new here, rigging enthusiast and I love the community . For anyone interested in a character rig with a facial rig that can be used in games, there is a new product in CG Trader:

https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/character/woman/gam-c0bbe959-14b3-4c25-9a8e-791b270fbb6c

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/2f/ovz9u95ijvbt.jpg

If you are at CG Trader homepage, you can just type FacialRig in the search bar and it will be easy to find.
This is a description of the product:

Eve01 GameReady FacialRig low-poly 3d model ready for Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), games and other real-time apps.

This is a game ready female character with a Facial Rig.
For Maya users there are two files:

03_CartoonEyes001_Co001_Texturing_Photoshop.ma
This is a reference file that goes with the main file. It is better to put it next to the main file. Do not delete this file.

Eve001_Selling_Prep.ma
This is the main file you will use to test the rig and do some animations

Youtube videos to see the rig in action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHbbPfeoa0c&t=32s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyWFxkKToRo&t=745s

Any constructive feedback about the rig is welcome and thank you for your patience.

LiamReynolds · Apr 2018

@Hito @Kaireml can I know if these are for Maya and which version? Need some context whether i can use these to animate with or are they just assets within UE4 still.

Thanks

Hito · Apr 2018

@LiamReynolds Mine I did in Maya 2015. They should work without ARTv1 from UE4 marketplace. But you lose some tools included in that. And yea should be able to animate these. They have full control rig with FK/IK/Stretch and stuff. Simulated aspects like cloth you'll have to apply in UE or Maya. My primary goal was to get animation ready assets that matched the current game skeleton assets so additional animations can be added the characters without retargeting in UE4.

if you are familiar with ART pipeline, drop the two maya scenes into appropriate folders in the ART project. and add the character for animation in Maya.

If not using ART, open the scene in the AnimRigs folder and browse to the matching *_Export file and things should load up.

Kaireml · Apr 2018

LiamReynolds said:

@Hito @Kaireml can I know if these are for Maya and which version? Need some context whether i can use these to animate with or are they just assets within UE4 still. Thanks

Im using maya 2016 on here,as @Hito said you just need to install ART Tools to use it properly.

LiamReynolds · Apr 2018

Thanks. Never used ART but might look into it if it allows me to use these cool characters in Maya. When i try to open yours @Kaireml in Maya 2016, it tries to pull in a reference so it doesn't work. (Export files) maybe thats the ART part you talk about

Hito · Apr 2018

If you're not using ART, open the file in AnimRigs folder; and when you get missing reference dialogue, browse over to the ExportFiles and find the matching export file. [Character]_Export to load the character for animation. things like FK/IK switching is in a group called "Rig Settings" look for it in the Outliner.

if you're using ART, you place the two files into the matching folders in your ART project, typical path looks like this:
Epic Games\UE_4.15\Engine\Plugins\Marketplace\ARTv1\MayaTools\General\ART\Projects

then in Maya, use the "Add Character for Animation" command in ART tools menu.

Arturow · Apr 2018

Assets from ADAM Episodes 2-3 from Unity and Oats Studios are free, size: 7.4 GB [unzipped] / Windows DX11 only

https://blogs.unity3d.com/es/2018/04/11/assets-from-adam-episode-2-and-3-now-available-for-creators-to-explore-on-the-unity-asset-store/

Hito · Jul 2018

Max's classic Biped in Maya HIK, if you ever get nostalgic

https://www.dropbox.com/s/apx92mgwax3woms/Maya_Biped.zip

Image: https://media.giphy.com/media/THHqw4efNdVc837dcO/giphy.gif

lanthonyptang · Nov 2018

Hi,

I wanted to hand this rig out to animators to see how well it works and see it come to life. Feel free to grab for free.
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://gumroad.com/l/ltSGR">https://gumroad.com/l/ltSGR</a>

I rigged it up with UE4 in mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08AG9q8utkk

_adamturnbull · Dec 2018

Our Art Edu team at Riot just released a 10-part educational video series on game art. Here is the animation one!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmNUAX2V8JQ&list=PL42m9XiTqPHJdJuVXO6Vf5ta5D07peiVx&index=6

Rmunday · Dec 2018

@_adamturnbull very interesting video! Looks like the animation team had a fun time putting that together. Thanks for the share!

_adamturnbull · Mar 2019

Keith Lango just released all of his previously paid videos for free!

snickerwicket · Mar 2019

Hey @Hito, I'm struggling with Max's classic biped, I'm missing something obvious, I can't get some of the controls to move or rotate. The obstinate controls are the head and hands. Is there some switch I need to flip?

Edit: Figured it out as soon as I sent this message.