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How to get translation retargeting right

I'm trying to make a character using the UE4 mannequin rig, but I cant seem to get the translation retargeting right. Heres how it compares to the mannequin. The bone hierarchy is the same, and …
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Ottomotto

Best way to rig pauldrons

Whats the best way to rig pauldrons, and in my case in particular, theres an extra layer on top of the pauldrons. Should I make an extra bone for for the pauldrons? What should I parent it too? This …
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Ottomotto

Maya LT Rig/Anims File Referencing Pipeline Alternative?

Hi All,I'm currently using Maya LT and have stumbled across a problem, which is File Referencing is a missing feature TT....Currently I'm looking at implementing a clean pipeline where we can separat…
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spidlee

I Can Rig Anything

Hi,My Name Is Karim Ahmed I am A 3D Character Rigger With 9 Years Experience in Character Rigs With All of Its Types (Humanoid - Cartoon - Machines - Hybrid - Cars -Animals) for Media and for Games,&…
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Karim_Ahmed

[RIGGING ADVICE] Will this game model have any rigging issues going forward?

hey guys, working on a game character, wanting to make this animatable and I am concerned with the shoulder's rotation due to hard surface armor in the way of the clavicle. I am very new to rigging, …
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carvuliero

Project Borealis - looking for a lead animator

Project Borealis is a team of enthusiastic Half-Life fans aiming to create a follow-up to Half-Life 2: Episode 2 based on the Epistle 3 post by Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw in 2017.We've just o…
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ProjectBorealis

Maya Weight Painting Issue.

Hey everyone, I'm still quite the Noob when it comes to rigging and I've just run into an Issue I absolutely can't resolve. I have exactly the same Setup on both legs and even tried mirroring and ham…
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Xenobiotic

A Question on Rigging Coats

I am remaking a staple character of my creation that wears a long coat. I have a question regarding how one rigs such a long coat. What I normally do is to make the lower coat a separate part and sim…
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Quasar

Best way to rig for presentation for UE4?

Whats the best way to rig for ue4 when it comes to just presenting work. I know in prodction there are alot of factors that go into what works best, but I'm just a character artist trying to present …
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Ottomotto

3D animator/rigger is looking for remote job (3ds max)

Here is my latest portfolio: https://vimeo.com/492085264My contacts:Email: ankin.sergey@gmail.comSkype: sergey_ankin
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sergsse

[CLOSED] [PAID] Blender rig for in-game characters

Hey,We're a small team of 4 people and we just started working on a new MOBA game.Currently, we're looking for a rigger (in Blender) to skin/rig our character models.All characters will mostly be hum…
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ray6539

Michael Fry - 3D Character Artist looking for freelance work

Hi,I am a freelancing 3D artist from Germany with 3+ years of experience, looking to do long-term work as a 3D Character Artist for your project.My native language is German, but I am completely flue…
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MichaelFry

FINISHED - Lightsaber Droid

This didn't start out as a Star Wars design, but a friend told me to give 'em some lightsabers. I think it works!The whole thing was hard-surface modeled in Maya and the renders were done in Marmoset…
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sarasumm

Maya 2018 - very junior rigger - quadruped rigging

Hi there,I'm new here and I am also a very junior rigger with a lot of question! I have to rig this buffalo for school, I already have rig a biped from scratch.  I don't use any auto-rig, so I l…
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mattkushner

[CLOSED] [Paid] Looking for rigger in Maya

Hey,We're a small team of 4 people and we just started working on a new MOBA game.Currently, we're looking for a rigger (in Maya) to skin/rig our character models.All characters will mostly be humano…
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ray6539

[Rigging][Maya] How do I get a hand rig that I can use FK controlls and SDKs on?

I can't drive the joints with the SDKs alone, because then the FK controls don't follow the joints. I could put a parent constraint on the FK controls, but keyframing an attribute with a controller o…
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nomzod

[Maya] Rigging with multiple references

Hey, I have a character with multiple pieces of equipment (different gloves, shoulder pads, shoes, etc...) as different .ma files referenced to the file. I want all of the pieces to be rigged to a si…
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Ramshackle Shed

exporting 3ds max rigs, skinning weights and animations via maxscript

I have some animations both using regular bones and using the biped system in 3ds max. I'd like to get all the associated data and output it to a custom file format (such as json) via maxscript. I gu…
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poopipe

Maya, Rigging, Rotate Joints using using "local rotation axis"

Heya im new to rigging in Maya an was watching a guide which said all joints need to be pointing with the "Y" in the direction it shall move forward correctly. He used Component type as a selection t…
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GarethStandfield

Robot Joint Rigging

Hey Guys, I was wondering if anyone knows a great way to make the shoulder joints work seamlessly when the hand are being moved in IK? Any tutorials? or ideas 
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Flamake

Maya IK Leg not scaling with the rest of the rig.

When I scale the Master Controller of my rig the left leg doesn't scale properly. If someone could help me understand what is going on I would very much appreciate the help.I've been following this t…
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Noobles

[CLOSED] 3D Character Artist

Hello, we're a new indie game company working on a party game and we're looking for a 3D artist who can model severals characters, rig them and optionally animate them. We want them to be stylized…
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Setsuniverse

Game Trailer：Diva Destiny （命运歌姬CG）

Diva Destiny is a anisong dancing game with over 1000 licensed anisongs. Thanks Diva Destiny for trust and bringing back this incredible game! --- Check out the making of for our Diva Desti…
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hugeclaw

[ Paid ] Looking for Lowpoly 3D Character Artist for Indie VR Project

** Thank you for all the submissions, we have found an artist and are no longer taking applications. Thank you. **Hello! We are a small American indie studio looking for a character artist capable of…
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buce1

Help with Modular Characters Pipeline

In videogames like Uncharted 4, Saints Row, Darksouls; I could see that they use a Modular character for Skins and Armors for their characters. I want to know the correct pipeline about this. My main…
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Alex_J

[rigging] How do you make controllers like these?

at 00:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT7EYvhazTIAnyone know how to make spherical, coloured controllers like those?
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throttlekitty

Struggling with Rigging an Art Easel

I have a pretty simple easel that is a main focus of an upcoming animation. I need to rig it more like a character then a simple props that i'm use to.Requirements of the rig.Needs to pivot up  …
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Nicodemaus

Looking for critique - Lowpoly Rigging (Blender)

Hey folks. I've setup a simple rig for a lowpoly (~1500 tris) character - no constraints or drivers or bone shapes or anything clever (yet). The .blend also includes a simple animation to test the ri…
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Reverend Speed

[PAID] 3D Modeler/Artist to model this character + skin to skeleton compatible with UE4 Mannequin

Paying up to $300 USD.If interested, please contact me at adamkareem@gmail.com and include a link to your portfolio. Before hiring, I'll offer to pay for a work sample of just her head (nec…
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adamkareem

[PAID][NSFW] Looking for a rigger for a few skinning adjustments on my models.

Hello everyone,I have a few models that are rigged and skinned, but discovered a few issues with them, so Im looking for an experienced rigger to fix them in Maya. I will provide animations, that are…
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Stan01

[HELP]Client wants me to rig his 8 armors with UMA 2, I'm currently using Autodesk Maya 2019.

Client wants me to rig his 8 armors with UMA 2, I'm currently using Autodesk Maya 2019, can I rig it with my application and export it on UMA 2?Can someone tell me how does this works or what's its p…
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niczonfire

[Rev Share] Looking for passionate artists for game development!

I'm looking to find concept artists, 3d modelers, riggers, and animators to collaborate on a project in Unity. The game we would like to create is an RPG. We are not set on any "one"  idea …
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Pyrrhon

3ds max (2019) noobish questions about IK and CAT

Yo!  What's bopping polycount!? I'm new around here hoping to get some help. I've finally started to dive into the world of IK and CAT rigging and my oh my am I stuck in a few places.&…
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anotherdoseofcorey

Neck Topology; Option A or B?

Which would you say is an ideal neck topology; [A] one that follows the major neck muscles or sternal head (Sternocleidomastoid) or [B], nice even straight upward loops that follow the creases in the…
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rollin

Creating First Person Animations - Tips & Guides

Hello,I was just thinking about a new project for my self-teaching and I came up with a project idea of making first person models of a gun and hands , with custom rig and textures and the also makin…
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Alex_J

Rigger + Animator

My name is Paramjot, and I am 3D Rigger and Animator. I mainly work in Maya and can do artwork for Unity and Unreal Engine games and apps. I also have inhouse team, which can help in Concept Art…
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appmechanic

[PAID] Need an Experienced Character Animator and Rigger for Sci-Fi FPS Project

I am looking for a character animator and rigger with experience developing games in Unity Engine, and enthusiasm for science fiction and first person shooters.For additional context, I am currently …
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tdietz12

3D Character Environment Artist - Looking for work

Hi, my name is Lieu. I am 3d Artist, can modeling, texture, rigging, sculpting, looking for freelance jobs. Here is some lastest file i made. Hope everybody like this.https://minhhoanglieu.artst…
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LieuMinhHoang

Rate My Rigging

I created this anatomically sound basemesh and rigged it in DAZ. My aim was to mimic physiological muscle and skeletal movement as accurate as possible only using basic general weight map rigging. Fe…
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tyree1

[WIP] Ollie, quidditch player - Critics needed

Hi there! It's my first time posting here so, I'm hoping to not do any mistakes.Feel free to critique, help, give tips and advices ! Thank you so much, it's really appreciated ! So let me present to …
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Marinc

RdM Tools v2, Rigging tools/Auto Rig

I just want to share my new rigging tools!Hope you like them!The tools: https://flippednormals.com/downloads/rdm-tools-v2/ref/esteban-rdgz95/ Free Version: https://flippednormals.com/downlo…
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Mark Dygert

Can anyone have a look at my file and explain weight painting for animations rigs to me

Can anyone explain what the best way to understand weight painting a blender rig is? I am trying to rig a pony to obviously work smoothly and move in a caricature way for a pony. But, I am having a h…
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FourtyNights

Sketchbook: Chillbrush

I've know about polycount since 2009 and I finally decided to submit some artwork. This is more of a journal than a critique thread. I'll make separate posts for critiques.
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Chillbrush

Blender- Cannot get rigify rig to bind to mesh

I am trying to animate a pony. I have a bunch of weight groups for fur. I am trying to bind the rigify rig to the mesh just to make sure that everything is working before I move on into more advanced…
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RN

Odd rigging problem with the item tester.

Hello all! I've been working on my "third" tf2 item (never uploaded the first one, and the jigglebones on the second are broken and IDK how to fix them.) and I've been having a, how you say, int…
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ToBe

(maya) probably a noob question on rigging

I have a problem with the IKFK arm i am building in maya. The upper arm twist joints, the last segment does a 180 whenever I move the forearm past 90 degrees. The upper arm twist is made of 4 joints,…
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5jay5

How does Cloth physics/rigging work?

So I've been avoiding any form of jackets, coats, dresses, etc. Because I have absolutely n idea how it works. I've seen some stuff on rigging the cloth manually, I've seen some stuff about simulatio…
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Mark Dygert

[Paid] Need Blender Rigger for Furry NSFW Model

So I need someone to properly rig that model I have to have jiggle breasts, a vagina etc. It needs to be done within Blender.[NSFW WARNING]This is the model in question.You don't need to downloa…
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EdenOfPrn

[PAID] Rigger for Robot Model

[EDIT] Thank you for your emails! We have chosen a rigger for this project, but hope to hear from you all next time a project comes around.Hello Polycount!     We are in need of a rigg…
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ItsJustHouse

FFD For Rigging

Hello, I´ve an issue with FFD (WSM) when I want to filter the defformation the FFD does with vertex paint and volume select. I make 2 vertex map and 2 volume with different map channel so I can separ…
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Augusto

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