Maya Spine Rig

BsuMich12

 I am working on a still rendered shot where I am trying to show to the spine in the form of scoliosis. Although I am having trouble getting the implants and rod I've placed on the spine to deform properly with my spine rig when I move it.  I have attached some screenshot of the spine in it's regular form, when it's deformed, and the final image I am trying to mimic.

throttlekitty

The implants should be parented to the spine joints/locators, or if you need to maintain a special hierarchy, you could use a parent constraint from Spine to Implant.

For the Rod, I would probably use a long curve, with a CV placed at each joint along the Spine chain. Then create a cluster per CV, parenting each to their corresponding joint. With a circle extruded along the curve, you get a rod that bends with the spine, but this is a maya-only solution.

Alternatively, you could use smaller rods- one section per joint. Parent them to their base joint, and add an Aim Constraint so they point at the next joint in the chain.

oglu

 Think this question is special i would ask that the TDs over at techartist.
http://tech-artist.org/