rusty 3 Posted February 17 Hi, I need to animate long tentacles waving like an Octopus under water. There use to be a plug-in to assist with this. Anyone remember what it was and if it’s still available? Thanks, Rusty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robcat2075 283 Posted February 19 That doesn't soudnd familiar. Do you still need to rig the legs? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rusty 3 Posted February 19 Hi Rob! Yeah, I remember the plugin from long ago it was pretty cool. I'm sure I have it on my desktop but the disk went out. Probably wouldn't work anymore. Rig the legs? Yes and I don't remember how!! I've decided just to pose the beast not animate it.I need to grab the end of the bone chain and move the entire bone chain from there. Kinematic something??? Rusty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robcat2075 283 Posted February 19 Something as long as a tentacle will need more than just the end control If you are familiar with TSM2, that will do "tails" and you can have as many tails as you want. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robcat2075 283 Posted February 19 Here is an example I did long ago that uses the path constraint to place bones along a spline. Then you just animate the points of the spline. TentacleSplineRingPath04.zip TentaclePathB.mp4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robcat2075 283 Posted February 19 there is a discussion of tentacle rigging with several ideas proposed here... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rusty 3 Posted February 20 Rob your the best!!! I'll check these out. Rusty An ad for my scifi books I made in AM. ExplorerTwoAd.mp4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
