zomg best move ever imo... 0 new ideas, every theme they stuck in there is just such a tried and true cliche, with a few laughs here and there, it actually became a rather enjoyable little 5 dollar matinee.
Just tried it out, and actually realized how nice it works, and you're not limited to four persons :P http://www.blender.org/cms/Verse-Blender.verse_blender.0.html
The problem with the curvature based method is the hard edged lowpoly mesh. You get literally 0 curvature data from that. That was the 1st thing i tried.
@josh.0 I found this a while ago that might be of some use to you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow4ub0IwFUU but it is in Maya - but the skills might be transferable?
Depending on what you are going for, changing the Continuity to 0 is like using a linear key, and changing the Tension to 50 is like using a Slow In/Out key.
@alex_kim and for anyone else who needs it. Did a quick version of the gun. Hopefully this helps for studying. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nm7oivxnd4dp6hk/AADn_B12dlnyK66FDU9y1Rowa?dl=0
It already is a Google+ Event. We already made it permanent since mid March. or something https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c7fe9g4molu8u9fs73a0274dvh4?authkey=CLjb6MKl34ml1gE