thanks for the link Phil but i kinda slipped in there and read that Tutorial while you were sleeping last night, surprised your dogs barking didnt wake you up...LOL

 i made a new bone and found it messed up the zones that were already applied to the figure, was hoping there was a shortcut to adding a bone that didnt require reworking what was already in place, i have seen figures being worked on by Phantom3d where he added a helper object, whether he added it before or after weight mapping is something i dont know,  perhaps he anticipated the need and added them beforehand i asked him a couple times but he stays pretty busy and i never got a clear answer...

 :O)

Y'all have a great day.