yeah i followed this tutorial for making/using bones http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Bones, but some bones dont   get all the poly's i need, and some get too much, does anyone know if you can make them kind of grasp farther/shorter distances or something? an answer would very appreciated, thanks,                                                                                                                                                                                   zkenshin ^^

Quote - yeah i followed this tutorial for making/using bones http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Bones, but some bones dont   get all the poly's i need, and some get too much, does anyone know if you can make them kind of grasp farther/shorter distances or something? an answer would very appreciated, thanks,                                                                                                                                                                                   zkenshin ^^

You're in luck.. I'm just finishing up a tutorial on using weight painting to rig your meshes to your armatures..

I should be done in about 30 minutes or so..

Here we go..  Hot off the press.  Hope this helps you. 

Rig Weight Painting 

Scott

ah thanks so much for this! im checking it out now, this i a big help! :D thanks loads                                                                                                                                                                           zkenshin

yeah ill have to finish checking it it tomorrow, but so far it been reallt helpful ^^, thanks again

Great.  Glad I could help.  :b_grin:

Reddog's tutorial method is the better way to go about it but you can also use envelopes:

http://www.blender.org/development/release-logs/blender-240/armature-envelopes/