I have a bunch of multiple magnet created, joint controlled morphs that have exactly the delayed onset you're looking for. The concept has been discussed in a few tech forums. There are some excellent tutorials and I should always mention the debt we all owe to Stephen Stahlberg... The hardest part when having one limb deform another (shoulder-chest, upper arm-forearm, thigh-shin) is how to spawn the morphs without including effects of any existing JCM already on the figure. In all the JCM cases I have seen, none have any deforming effect when the figure is in its zero pose. The simplest way around this is to duplicate the magnet parented to one body part onto the other body part sharing the effect. The caveat, of course, is to have the magnet base scales identical (which they won't be by default on different body parts being derived from the size of that part). That way the to magnets will apply the same amount of deformation to the adjoining parts. Once the magnets are successfully placed to achieve the desired deformation in the maximum joint bend position, the figure can be returned to its zero pose and the morphs spawned without interference from any existing JCM. To delay onset of morphs and scale their effects, you can use a dummy (no deltas) morph with a negative initial value (the offset) depending on the actual joint rotation. The other morphs have their limits set and depend on the dummy. As the joint bends, the morph limits prevent them taking effect until the dummy offset is accounted for, then the morphs commence their deformation. In the attached sample image, (Delenhoure GND-orion1167, NB Bikini-...) the morphs include: Buttock GluteBendFix - uses Buttock xrot ThighBulge Thigh KneeBendCtrl - the dummy control morph using Shin xrot ThighBulge KneeBulge KneeCrease CalfSquash Shin KneeBulge CalfSquash Each morph was created from up to three separate magnets per body part. I have other examples of extreme joint bends on R'otica in the Main Gallery as GeoffIX
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