Blender. Question about rigging up an antenna
So below here, I have taken a screenshot of the top of the head of this robot that I am working on.
Now, this seems to me like it would be something simple. But I can't really figure out how to set it up how I want it. The red object is his head, the yellow the antenna, and the green is just an object to be fitted onto the end of the antenna.
All I really want is pretty obvious. The antenna should be anchored to his head just where it is. And for it to be able to wobble (I used a soft body, is there any better option?) and the object at the top to stay attached to the top of the antenna where it is. The antenna object is a curve, so I can't have it joined with the cradle at the top.
The heirarchy goes: Red Head > Yellow Antenna > Green Cradle, with the head being the parent.
Every time I animate with the soft body on, the antenna just bounces/wobbles in place, but the cradle stays floating where it is. Additionally, when I animate the head to move, for example: left on the x-axis; the antenna pretty much goes haywire and moves back and forth along the x-axis, but it still follows the general location of the head (if that makes any sense).
I tried some things with hooks, though I don't really know what I'm doing with them much. Any help here at all with setting this all up would be much appreciated.
Now, this seems to me like it would be something simple. But I can't really figure out how to set it up how I want it. The red object is his head, the yellow the antenna, and the green is just an object to be fitted onto the end of the antenna.
All I really want is pretty obvious. The antenna should be anchored to his head just where it is. And for it to be able to wobble (I used a soft body, is there any better option?) and the object at the top to stay attached to the top of the antenna where it is. The antenna object is a curve, so I can't have it joined with the cradle at the top.
The heirarchy goes: Red Head > Yellow Antenna > Green Cradle, with the head being the parent.
Every time I animate with the soft body on, the antenna just bounces/wobbles in place, but the cradle stays floating where it is. Additionally, when I animate the head to move, for example: left on the x-axis; the antenna pretty much goes haywire and moves back and forth along the x-axis, but it still follows the general location of the head (if that makes any sense).
I tried some things with hooks, though I don't really know what I'm doing with them much. Any help here at all with setting this all up would be much appreciated.