Rig Test Video - Character (21/10/15)

Joint Constraints and IK's - Character (17/10/15)

Joint constraints are weirdly complex.
More complex than they ever should be.

Most of the torso and body constraints done.

I'm ever thankful I didn't have to constraint the horrific mass of joints this thing once was.

We have working arm IK's!

Bends nicely, too.

Leg IK's.

And bend.

Blend Shapes - Character - (17/10/15)

Once I had Keat show me how to do these, I powered through them pretty fast.
I'll probably knock out a few more, if I have time.

We've got a few different emotions, and then controls for the overall scale of the head.

Default expression.

'big', courtesy of Keat.

'small', also courtesy of Keat.

Happy.

Angry.

Mad - which is a little more exaggerated than anger, and the mouth opens slightly.

A little smirk.

And I still like what you get when you turn anger and mad on together.

Grrr.

Skinning - Character (17/10/15)

There isn't a huge amount to say in terms of how skinning the model went?

That part seemed to work out rather smoothly, however I did start painting skin weights before adding joint contraints, so I promptly stopped with it, and moved on, to come back to finish testing things after I had easier controls.

Fully skinned.

The spine stayed purple, however? It doesn't look skinned, but it works same as if it was.

There were some pretty immediate issues and deformities.

They were tamed pretty easily.

Rigging - Character (17/10/15)

I'm skipping a step here - UV textures. Why?
I did complete them, but in the last.. month or two since I uploaded, I lost every single file I had on USB - including the UV's.
I'll redo them and upload them soon, I swear.

Rigging though!
I did not like rigging.
This hurts.

Started with the spine. This isn't too bad...

..yeah, I can do this..

Oh god, why did I make a skirt.

Welcome to your new nightmare. Joint hell.

Don't worry, Keat talked sense into me, and the skirt's back down to only four 'pleats' as I've been calling them.

3D Model - Completed Model (17/10/15)

Holy posts, Batman!

..yeah, guess who forgot this needed updating after the last hand in, and then forgot her password?
Good guess.

So, brace yourselves for a pile of posts as I update everything I forgot to show.

Completed model, low poly.

Completed model, smoothed.

Face detail

Dress detail

Hand detail