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monjanse Posted: December 12, 2009   Post subject: making animals skeleton realistic, in legs.
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How can i make legs in animals more flexy from the body, like in rotatouille forexample? the issues i have in 3ds max is with the envelopes.

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Description: look at rottatoille rat Remys legs. they look so flexy from the rest of the body.


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Description: the squirrels backleg is moved, like in running. but it does not loock realistic, chause the envelopes cant get only the leg, but mutch of the body too.


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Description: a squirrel with bone-skeletton.



3d artist gallery Andyba Posted: December 12, 2009   Post subject:
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Paint the weights manually... The envelopes are more for game development when you have to use the exactly same rig with many characters. They don't offer much precision.


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