Project: Rigging the 8th Cadian warmachine

[misty marten]

p.s: This is my first time doing this shit

Project: Rigging the 8th Cadian warmachine

[timid topaz]

Cadia Stands!

[hard condor]

I was planning on rigging up some of these actually

I can just toss over what I get too in my free time

[wanton storm]

I was thinking about making flyable versions of these for VRC, but there is no cargobay in the Valkyrie. Though strangely the bomber only seen for 2 seconds dropping a bomb has a fully modeled cockpit and gunner positions.

[safe needle]

I am pretty sure there are some good Blueprints/designs of the Valkyrie's cargo-bay for 3D modelling or a find a good cargo-bay as a place holder for VRC 🤔
I was surprised too that the bomber as fully modelled Cockpit, it just show the love put in to the model making of these beautiful vehicles 😁

[wanton storm]

But the Valkyrie doesn't even have flight controls lmao

Its funny to me the vehicle you see close up is less detailed than the flyover distant bomber

[misty marten]

Report: putting the leman Russ production on hold and focusing my efforts on the Imperial Bane Blade.
BaneBlade: This will be a challenging one due to it being a static mesh and not having rigs I will have to dissemble the entire machine into key compartments so getting the rig phase it wont be a pain to work with.

Leman Russ: From last night reason why the leman russ is on hold for now is due to the factor of lack in resources of research to figure out how to get the tread and wheels to full function when the tank is on the move but manage to get the treads to function but will need further tweaks and additional assistance I could get it done soon as possible.
-End Report-

[balmy kettle]

your doing amazing work!

[hard condor]

tbh i wouldn't see a reason to rig the treads, if u want this for vrc id recommend just animating the UV's scrolling, its what i do

And if its for belnder use, ig youd need to make a few bones around the entire tread

But so far so good, god speed

[misty marten]

This isn't for vrc

And no way in hell I am doing that

All this stuff is for blender

[hard condor]

it would make no difference, like i said just proly need a few bones around the tread and some shared weights and or 1 bone as the parent

Squad does that for some of their treads

It works

[misty marten]

It has bones

[hard condor]

Then i dont understand da issue

[misty marten]

Do you have a video guide for that

[misty marten]

Each tread as a bobe

Bone

[hard condor]

Uhhh not really, i just worked with their MTLB and a few other tracked vics from that game

It looks like they just shift em forward a bit and at some point, smoothly reset their position to the OG state

[misty marten]

Aha

[hard condor]

so it looks like its looping

at least thats what i THINK, but its what i see ig

[misty marten]

Then that way you did I can't do

[hard condor]

Yeah treads are a pain in the dick

But man do they look sexy

Hmm

This is some of the way squad does it

2 bones very close, 1 for the wheel and then 1 for the small portion of the tread

around the wheel

[misty marten]

Aha

You have a manual for it

[hard condor]

Okay looking at the Russ's bones now

Yeah they have to like, animate each single tread piece moving forward a little bit and fucking repeat it

thats insane

But thats what im thinking , looking at all these bones

I've only done something like that once, for a chainsword , animating each tooth to move enough and then back to its original position, but fast or smooth enough so you wouldn't notice

There is prolly a better way, but thats my guess

[misty marten]

I am not going to spend hours animating each tread

[hard condor]

Ayup

Thats animation life my guy

[misty marten]

I am aware

[hard condor]

Even for shit like vrc, gotta have that passion project

God speed lol

[misty marten]

There are better workflows out there

And the one I did does work

[hard condor]

Again, then i dont see the problem lmfao

Your gunna have to want it enough, and spend time to animate lolol

[misty marten]

I rather fight a chaos titan

[balmy kettle]

REAL

[signal haven]

I dont think that was going to work animating the textures
Cuz treads for what i remember are a lot of parts it would not look good taco what you are doing looks good using the line to animate its how most people do it and u can have more control

[hard condor]

For squad it does, for this , hell no

There are bones for each individual tread , there wouldn't be a point to animate the uvs

[misty marten]

Reports:
Haven't got working on the models as yesterday was my birthday and I plan to do something during the week but will continue when there is an opening

[misty marten]

Reports: Still the same from the last report just working on a render

[balmy kettle]

https://tenor.com/view/ryan-gosling-gif-4141614690021201678

[wanton storm]

Tbf most animation recorders with interpolate frames, so if you do a starting frame at 0 and the ending frame the full tread movement, it should be fine.IT get's tricky if you animate suspension though

[misty marten]

I am not animating the treads

[cerulean tide]

i've got idea with this, just replace the treads with the dawn of war 2 treads so the animation part is just a material.... just saying o3o

[misty marten]

No

[cerulean tide]

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[rancid lintel]

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[ornate locust]

Did this ever get finished? Just curious

[misty marten]

On hold

[ornate locust]

All good

[toxic ermine]

how the project?

[misty marten]

On hold but will try to attempt it again

[icy steppe]

Yo am i able to get the models if possible please?

[misty marten]

I haven't touched the project in a long time but still have the models

[icy steppe]

Pretty much what im looking for tbh

[misty marten]

what happened to the other guys one?

[icy steppe]

Hey just wanted to ask once more would i be able to get the bane blade model i need it for a project please if you don't mind is you still have the model that is

[misty marten]

I don't have the file but I'll check my drive to see if I have still