TheSpleen Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 elf.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Yea I like Elfy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*A:M User* Shelton Posted October 12, 2009 *A:M User* Share Posted October 12, 2009 He will be fun to work with. Good job! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 For an elf he looks an awful lot like a pumpkin! Nice start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnl3d Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 nice definitely shows the spleen style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted October 12, 2009 Hash Fellow Share Posted October 12, 2009 Looks good. He can be an orange celebrity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Looks great, Gene! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedgeeguy Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I like it ... hopefully he might also get a body? Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason1025 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Your models keep getting better and better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Baker Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Nice job Spleen, I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 I like it ... hopefully he might also get a body? Bruce No...he just wanted a little head BTW Bruce I love your work! I hope to be as good as you one day. Whenever I do my music videos I remember your mice video and how well they played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedgeeguy Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Thanks Gene that's very kind of you! Too be honest I still have no idea what I'm doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 Thanks Gene that's very kind of you! Too be honest I still have no idea what I'm doing. Me either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 Santa's sleigh. It is being renovated now so this is a rough start. Sorry for file size. sleigh2.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Thats a nice looking sleigh,hope one of them prezies are for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 I am having one heck of a time getting this elf rigged. elfturn.mov With Christmas coming I am hoping maybe we can work something out? In exchange for help rigging my elf, I in turn will share the model for anyone who wishes to use him in their own Christmas project. I have had him rigged and it was total nightmare. So now he is boneless and clean for rigging anew. Gene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyGormezano Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 He turned out well! Cheeks are a tiny bit creased...but he shows improvement and great character. Did you try the Lite-rig? TSM2? 2008? Not sure what the "nightmare" was - the face? Show your problems and more than likely someone will chime in (that is, someone who has more knowledge than I) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Gene is he cfa'd , if so can you show a wireframe of him ,maybe I could rig him with the 208 rig ,but he doese need to be cfa'd first we could both do it together at the same time,Im not graet at it but Iv done a few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 elfnobones.mdl The problem was alot of things, knees going wrong way, legs twisting, feet not staying straight. All problems caused by myself I am sure. Here is the model if anyone wants a shot at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 Here he is with lite rig bones lined up. I get very confused after that even though I am following instructions. elflite.mdl after this I am lost. If I auto assign bones all hell breaks loose. I am not worried about the face rigging so much cause I like using pose sliders for that. I am great with pose sliders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Giving it a bash with the 2008 rig ,but will take some time ,I have the bones in and asiened got the waiting to do.I had to add a spline in the shoulders but that hopefully won't be a problem.I have done the hat seperately Ill stick a bone or two in it .Have to see how the jacket tails go ,might be a bit of messing to get them working properly ,maybe bone them seperately aswell.Fingers are 3 and the rig has 4 so just egnored the middle finger hope it works .If your there Mark I could use some advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Spleeny did you want to give an email so I can send it to you ,mine is s-hara@ntlworld.com if not I can post it here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Steve, don't use the pinky finger. I find that works the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Than's a lot Mark ,its graet to see you ,youv been sorly missed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 Spleeny did you want to give an email so I can send it to you ,mine is s-hara@ntlworld.com if not I can post it here you can post here I don't mind sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Ok elphy_riged.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Steve, there are some installation issues. It appears that you didn't scale a few bones correctly. There are bones out of position in the legs and hands. It seems you didn't scale the bones in the XYZ axis' equally, the only exception to this is the balance install bone (which looks as though you didn't scale that correctly either). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 Ok I LOVE IT! Thank you Steve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 Steve, there are some installation issues. It appears that you didn't scale a few bones correctly. There are bones out of position in the legs and hands. It seems you didn't scale the bones in the XYZ axis' equally, the only exception to this is the balance install bone (which looks as though you didn't scale that correctly either). hmmmmm is it fixable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Yes, it can be fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 AH again I strike ,would you fix it Mark and I had done the hands before you replyed so I left the midlle finger out ,but it seems to be working ok.What is the wrong stuff doing that I missed Mark edit oh btw it wasn't equal the left side is out to the right side and the bones on the left wasn't asighned or waited so I done that after,could that be part of the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Here's a quick fix. elphy_rigged_fixed.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Yea I can see the diferance on the legs ,theye work a lot straiter now ,theye had a bit of a turn in before , Nice one Mark. You got eyes like an hawk lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 THANK YOU BOTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Your welcome ,a nice charector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 I made a few facial sliders and here is the test. No he is not totally evil, but he will go postal in the song so I had to give him the mad look. I realise my snow is more like raining snowballs LOL, I will fix that. Just wanted to test a few things. toyshopsnow2.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve392 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 haha yea he doese look evil ,did you use a pose for the ears or a bone ,looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 haha yea he doese look evil ,did you use a pose for the ears or a bone ,looks good pose slider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 Added some of Gerry's props and an AM box The set is starting to take shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 Ok I am losing my mind! I fixed santa but when trying to rig him I could not find the 2008 rig instruction although I have all the hxt's. So I went with the TSM rig. And it just seems no matter what I do it goes haywire! At the moment I am extremely frustrated and ready to scrap this whole video! I know I am horrible at rigging but I am sitting here trying my hardest to get it done and learn. Is there a rigging for dummies book? I really need to get good at rigging anyway. santamyronnobonestsm.mdl What am I doing wrong? Not looking for someone else to do it, only to learn myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 The 2008 rig instructions are located in the zip folder that contains the 2008 rig installer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 How is this project coming? Are you getting bogged down in the rigging? It's looking pretty good so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 How is this project coming? Are you getting bogged down in the rigging? It's looking pretty good so far. Almost complete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 Just to relive this old video: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildsided Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Lookin' cool Spleen. Glad i'm not the only one getting stuff ready for Christmas in the middle of November Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertexspline Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 smiles......very cute Gene indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 very old, one of our first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Doyle Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Just noticed you're on the Christmas theme too. Very good work. lots of detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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