rusty 3 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 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 Link to post Share on other sites
robcat2075 350 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 That doesn't soudnd familiar. Do you still need to rig the legs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rusty 3 Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 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 Link to post Share on other sites
robcat2075 350 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 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 Link to post Share on other sites
robcat2075 350 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 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 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robcat2075 350 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 there is a discussion of tentacle rigging with several ideas proposed here... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rusty 3 Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 Rob your the best!!! I'll check these out. Rusty An ad for my scifi books I made in AM. ExplorerTwoAd.mp4 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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