odf opened this issue on Oct 27, 2008 · 13933 posts
Diogenes posted Tue, 11 November 2008 at 4:15 PM
Sorry it is taking me so long, can't help it. In explanation,some of you may know about this hip rigg I have been working on for the last year and a half, it acts like a second hip that alows the hip to swivle around independent of the body like a ball. It was great for forward and backward bends and some side to side, but I couldn't controle each side of the hip independently, so I had been kicking an idea around in my head for awhile of a way to split the hip and be able to controle each side of the hip independently. This new idea is what is going into Antonia. Here's a pic of some of what it can do. In the first two shots you see one side of the hip made broader, this would be great for a wider hipped heavy woman, with some morphs to add bulk to the body it would be perfect, it widens the gap between the legs and allows for more bulk to be added while retaining the bending ability of the rigg. in the second two shots you can see how the separate hips can be used to move the butt hip up and forward on the one side and down and backward on the other. This is great for getting the proper form for the model say when they are running full out with one leg forward and the other back these are exagerated shots of the bends so you can't miss whats going on.. It's also what I use to pull the crease and flattening out of the leg hip bend. These two bones work like a ball and socket joint.
Well as you can imagine something like this is murder to set up the falloff zones for, so I really am working on it it's just hard and is taking awhile.