Tutorial:
Alright! To begin this tutorial, you need a basic knowledge of blender, some sort of mesh (object), and an armature. If you don't know how to build a armature, follow the following tutorial. STOP WHEN YOU GET TO THE WEIGHT PAINTING, AND COME BACK HERE! For that tutorial
Okay! Let's start!
Go into Object Mode:
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 Viewed 1438 times </dd></dl></div><br /><br />Now the deer's antlers and eyes were not weight painted by the bone heat parent thing, so we need to manually paint them, a semi-painless operation. Make sure that the effected bone is selected. Select the mesh and go into weight paint.<br /><br /><div class=)
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Only do this after you have finished tweeking the armature completely!: Viewed 1407 times </dd></dl></div><br /><br />So there you have it! A complete armature! One more tip: when animating and moving the mesh, move the armature instead, or else the armature will be left behind...<br /><br />I hope this tutorial will be helpful to you! The technique saved me a lot of time while rigging this deer for a project.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><div style=)
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