Hi everyone,
I'm just about to animate a character who is meant to have handcuffs, and I just don't have a clue as to what's the best method to set up the character so that I can have a fairly decent amount of control in the arms/hands, but at the same time make the chain inbetween follow/stretch/deform accordingly.
The scenario is this:
http://www.rvganimation.com/clips/dec08_wip.movThe character rig I'm using is Moom from
http://www.highend3d.comMy initial idea was to basically forget about the handcuffs and go for the animation...and then once the animation was done, add the handcuffs with the chain as a stretchy chain setup?? Or perhaps use a dynamic hair curve to drive the chain, however I don't know how to do this at all, plus I need to make sure it collides with the table, and it stays attached to both arms, etc...
Hope anyone can give me a hand asap?? anyone has animated a character with handcuffs before????
help!!
Claymation 600 posts11 Dec 2008I just rigged some handcuffs yesterday, as a matter of fact. I used a pretty simple stretchy IK chain with just 4 controls: one for each handcuff, one for the chain, and one for the overall rig. You could make as many controls for the chain as you want, but i wanted something as simple as possible, and it works just fine.
