[Maya] Methods for posing a mesh

Necrodark

Hey guys im currently working on a weapon for my portfolio, i was follwoing arrimus3D's tutorial on how to model the sling but im using maya, he uses a skin modifier to "pose" the sling (which he modeled flat). I'm trying to reproduce his method in maya but am having no luck, ive tried curve warp, skinning, riggin etc, any ideas?




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sprunghunt

why didn't rigging the mesh work? why didn't curve warp work? all these techniques should work if you use them correctly. 

Necrodark

@sprunghunt
 When i tried curve warp the mesh, it doesnt follow the curve properly, its offset away from the spline and the mesh gets warped



Rigging worked alright but when i rotated it the mesh broke too

oglu

I would use the wire deformer and a dropoff distance about 100.