By Etienne "Vexod14" Beschet
This livestream session demonstrates how to effectively build a skeleton rig from scratch and skin the body of a bipede character with akeytsu. Shortcuts and tricks are detailed in subtitles all along the video.
Credits : 3D Sculpt by Sergey Katsukov, 3D Modelling by Etienne "Vexod14" Beschet
Version : 2019.3.3
BODY SKINNING
Video breaks down as follows:
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 00:23 - Create Spine
- 01:33 - Create Right Arm
- 01:46 - Create Fingers
- 02:10 - Create Right Leg
- 02:26 - Name Joints
- 02:59 - Align Orientations
Body Skinning
Video breaks down as follows:
- 00:00 Introduction
- 00:10 Generate Rough Pass with Auto-Skin
- 00:56 Check Weights
- 01:10 Bind Pose Editing
- 01:50 Edit Rigid Weights & Smooth Strength
- 05:03 Mirror Rig & Skin
Controller set-up
Video breaks down as follows:
- 00:00 -Introduction
- 00:12 - Set up IK controls
- 01:00 - Finetune Joint Orients
- 02:25 - Reverse Foot Set-up
- 04:25 - Final Checks
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