Maya Troll 3d Walk Cycle Experiment

Friday 10th April 2015

Session Review

First attempt at moving the trolls left leg
Following on from yesterdays previous session I decided creating a walk cycle for the troll model by using the 3d goblin frames as a  visual guide; However, as I have managed to move animate the legs they only seem to rotate and not move forward, backwards or upwards. Causing a major grievance for me since this is a very good model regardless of that current fault and I cannot seem to obtain another free professional quality goblin or troll model.


Thankfully, I did manage to find a few free Orc fully rigged models; however, they are just models and not fully rigged so unless I can complete a rigging tutorial within the remaining time I have then I will use those 3d models.


References

 https://www.mixamo.com/editor/new/729?character_id=174715

 https://www.mixamo.com/3d-characters

 http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/Index.cfm?keyword=ogre

 http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3ds-max-goblin-animation/711687

By Sebastian Jones

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