Fearg Na Mara Rigs

For Fearg Na Mara, I created 2 rigs- the Kelpie rig, and a Murdo rig. The kelpie would be posed for stills, and the Murdo rig would be used with the 3d water/boat scene, and finally drawn over.

The Kelpie was my only Quadraped rig, and I was happy to have the chance to try rigging quads. I learned a lot about horse anatomy too, haha!

Here is the kelpie rig-

Kelpie 

• Foot controls (with foot roll)
• IK legs with aim knees
• shoulder controls
• COG control
• hips control
• torso controls
• chest control (with attribute for moving neck)
• neck controls
• head control
• moving jaw 
• moving eyes
• closing eyelids
• ear controls

His spine uses a spline IK, which was very tricky to get working, but makes such a difference in the movement of the spine.

I had a few problems with topology on the Kelpie model, most notable around his front legs. This was a bit of a pain, as the modeller was convinced it could be fixed with weightpaints... but eventually, it was changed and all was well!

Murdo

Murdo was a simple rig. The director just wanted a dummy which could be posed and drawn over, so I whipped this up


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