Why not a rigged mannequin?

[dargelos]

I think i would share this. Its just a zsphere rig with a very basic mesh but i think it s fun to play with poses and as first step to create characters...
here is a little video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh3_YPB2fIE

[dargelos]

[pimeto]

This is really interesting! I never did this, and dont know how to rig mannequin.
But, actually is it possible to rig a mannequin ?


edit: nevermind, i found the info Awesome stuff!

[cuffi]

just awesome thanks alot!!!!

[eric22]

This is awesome! How do you get the free-floating zspheres in the rig? Is it just by deleting the connecting zspheres?

[dargelos]

yes I found that deleting the connection zsphere change the way the rig behaves.. this is very usefull for the neck-head are for example.. if you try to pose a character with zpheres and move the neck or head you will probably get weird results but if you leave the neck unconnected it works pretty well.. it takes some time to get used but one you get used its pretty easy .
Another nice thing with zspheres is you can store poses or deformations in layers and reuse them and mix them so you can very quick get the overall shape of your character..etc

[madeinpondicherry]

youtube link not working??

[enemtor]

Hi dargelos, it says that the video is unavailable. But I guess that is just me?

Thanks for the tip about mixing the pose layers. I for some reason always had issues getting this to work. I also almost always remesh my characters while working many times and therefore I'd lose the bindpose anyway. I will give this another try though. Maybe your video will work at my work place.