Spiderbot

1. 2009 July 2

   Rico permalink

   Thanks for the release. I’m using 2008 but had no problem opening the file after I modified it. I’m looking forward to your future rigs. What kind of rigs will they be?
2. 2009 July 2

   Admin permalink

   Thanks Rico. Yea it should open on any version of maya since its not really using anything maya 2009 specific.

   I’ll post info about the next model\rig soon
3. 2009 July 2

   Raveen permalink

   Sweet! Thanks a lot Ali! I’ll work on some animations with him when I get time.

   Looking forward to your future rigs too!
4. 2009 July 2

   Ali permalink

   Thanks Raveen. Looking forward to seeing your anim with him
5. 2009 July 3

   Brad permalink

   Hey. Cool Rig.
   Speaking as an animator,
   here are some thoughts:

   I definately want the HeadControl
   and the TurretControl to RotateX and Z.
   That would make for some nice spine-like movement.

   I also want the entire Head and turret piece to stretch up.

   I want the control to telescope the cannon out.

   Btw the cannon tube geo needs to freeze transforms.

   I like the legs. They look like the need some kind
   of feet platforms to feel like they touch the ground.

   Anyway, hope this helps.

   Brad
6. 2009 July 3

   Ali permalink

   Cheers for the feedback Brad. I will work on your suggestions for V2.
7. 2009 July 6

   Bartok permalink

   I will try this , its looking good.
   Q:J
8. 2009 July 23

   Jeremy permalink

   Hey Ali,

   Terrific rig! I’m working on a quick little animation with it now, I’ll send you a link soon. More rotation controls on the head would be nice. The biggest thing would be eyelids and an eyeblink control! Kind of silly for a robot to blink I admit, but it can add a lot of character.

   Thanks for the rig, it’s a lot of fun to animate!
9. 2009 July 24

   Ali permalink

   Glad you like it Jeremy!

   The next model\rig will be much more detailed

   Looking forward to your anim!
10. 2009 August 22

    Frankie Stellato permalink

    Hey Ali, thanks for this rig I had a lot of fun animating it! Very easy and fast to use. Can’t wait for the next one thanks again!

    Here’s a link to what I did with it.

    http://vimeo.com/6219213

    Thanks again!
11. 2009 August 28

    Bruno Andrade permalink

    Hi Ali, thanks for releasing this spider rig, looks cool to animate, Im looking forward for the rat rig, the model looks awesome. btw Im also an AM student, finishing class 6 now.

    Im having troubles opening the spider rig. I have maya 2008 on a Mac.
    I get an error saying that the errors have ocurred on the scene resulting in data loss and to check the script editor for details.
    There it only states ” // Error: Error reading file. ”

    cheers,
12. 2009 August 29

    Ali permalink

    Hi Bruno,

    You just need to open the scene file in a text editor and just change the part towards the top of page that says “requires maya 2009″ to 2008.

    It will open fine in maya 2008 after that.
13. 2009 August 29

    Bruno Andrade permalink

    Hi Ali,

    thanks man, it worked fine. The rig is great for animation practice, going to plan something for him soon.

    I’m learning to rig in maya, I have always been curious as to how make the atribute smooth work? can you explan it to me, it can be a quick explanation, just so I have a starting point to try things. The atribute is located in the master control, where I can set the smooth iterations of the whole mesh.

    thanks again,
14. 2009 September 7

    Ali permalink

    Sorry for the late reply bruno, had a spam attack on the site and had to disable comments.

    Thats pretty easy to setup. I just created a custom attribute and linked that to the smooth iteration with the connection editor.

    Hope this helps.
15. 2009 October 24

    Mel Milton permalink

    Thanks for sharing this fun rig! Did a small test here : http://melmade.blogspot.com/2009/10/almost-month-of-nothing.html

    Loved how simple and fun he was and hope to do more little test with him. Again awesome that you would share it

    Keep on keepin on!

    –Mel
16. 2009 October 31

    Fatih permalink

    Hi Ali,

    thought i’d drop a comment on your spider bot i’ve starting animating it,
    Im wondering are you thinking of adding an eye lid to it, helping it blink can help push the animation besides that nice work.

    Fatih.
17. 2009 November 1

    Ali permalink

    Thats awesome Mel, Glad you liked it!

    –

    @Fatih, No current plans to add a eyelid. I am working on another rig, maybe after that I will revisit spiderbot.
18. 2009 November 4

    Kristoffer permalink

    Awsome rig, fun to work with.
    heres an animation i did
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN-fmREXonQ

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