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My thanks to Toby Gains for the thumbnails! :)

Free Rig Examples
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Character w/ Skelegons

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Spider Bot
This has a simple SubD character with skelegons A simple spider like robot with IK

 

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Long Neck w/ IK

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Piston

Example showing a long neck with bones and IK Simple Pistons with IK

 

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Tentacles

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Tire Squash
Example showing one easy way of setting up and animating a tentacle using selection sets. This is a simple example showing how to use displacment maps with falloff to get a tire to deform WHILE it rotates.

 

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Twisty, Bendy DNA New!

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Example showing how to use Lightwaves built in deformation tools. The base sets where the effect starts and the handle created the effect. Animate both and see what happens.. This is a simple rig for a dragon or fire lizard type setup. Its simple and gives good deformations without weight maps.

 

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Phone Cord New!

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This Rig contains a phone cord (though it could be anything) and a setup using a chain of bones and nulls to deform along a path. Something new coming soon.