question How do you create rigs? No really.

[Littleman9Mew2 206]

I am very curious on how all of these rigs are created because I'm planning to make one but I don't see anyone on how they made them or what you need to make them for Mine-imator. Does anyone know?


SO...my questions are:

1 how did you make the models for the rig? Like a dragon shape
2 how do you apply the texture for the rig to use? like the wing texture for the dragon's wing
3 where can I get a program that can make rigs? to make the dragon shape
4 is it free?

5 are there ANY tutorials on how to do this?

NOTE: I am not going to make a dragon model, it for an example

[Hax4Ever 670]

3 where can I get a program that can make rigs? to make the dragon shape

 

 

You make the rigs in mine-imator... 

[GhostTheCreep 11]

Making a rig, is not that easy. I'll answer your questions first,

1.how did you make the models for the rig? Like a dragon shape?

Rigs are basically models made out of small parts (blocks and mob parts that are scaled for the model's parts)

2 how do you apply the texture for the rig to use? like the wing texture for the dragon's wing?

Rigs are mainly made out of blocks and mob parts, so changing the texture will be changing the texture of the blocks and mob parts.

3 where can I get a program that can make rigs? to make the dragon shape? 

It is just Mine-imator , u deselect the simple scaling part to change the shape.

4 is it free?

Sure, if you don't know how to use MIne-imator, then i couldn't help.

5 are there ANY tutorials on how to do this??

I think there are some, seaech Mine-imator rigs tutorial , you may find some

 

P.S sorry for my poor grammar. Hope the reply could help u

[AzoeGamer 101]

Just found a Shiny Mewto! Oh no,it's just your profile pic...

[MrPizzaCat 456]

him https://www.youtube.com/user/Tutorial Guy him https://www.youtube.com/user/BiteSizedStudios and him might help https://www.youtube.com/user/TheCasmicStudios in some way and he shows how to make a facial rig https://www.youtube.com/user/RobloJamieson/videos

Edited July 21, 2014 by ninjacrafter200

[ÜberKiller 7.5k]

If you plan on making props, combine schematics/blocks so that they seem user friendly to operate.

 

If you plan on making items, use a set of textures from a texture sheet.

 

If you want to make facial rigs, clear out the eyes and mouth of a rig and fill in the pieces yourself. Adding eyelids, eyes, mouth, lips, tounge, teeth etc.

 

There isn't a clear explanation to it. Mix pieces until it looks like a maneuverable thing and it's a rig.

[Littleman9Mew2 206]

Thanks guys! This can really help me alot! I get it now!

[Mr.Matt 824]

you  get idea lets say a dalek then you make it a thing and a everyone loves you and gives you cookies (cookies not guaranteed) 

[PixelAllu 199]

3 where can I get a program that can make rigs? to make the dragon shape

4 is it free?

5 are there ANY tutorials on how to do this?

 

All mineimator... everything is made in mineimator

[Achroma MC 1.7k]

How to make textures:

So, first off, you're going to need to get a texture sheet. I have the basic block sheet below.

{Mine-imator 0.7 Texture sheet}

 

Or, if you need something for 1.0.0:

Block sheet:

Item sheet:

 

Save the picture above, and open it using an image editing software.  {Anything BUT MS Paint. I use Paint.NET. Link: http://www.getpaint.net/ }

Each texture is 16 squared pixels. {16 x 16, or 96 pixels in a square format}

 

Using your desired image editing program, select a 16 x 16 area, and delete it.

 

Then you should see a blank area with no pixels. There is where you will make your texture.

Go to the colour pallet, select a colour, then make what-ever texture you want. 

You can keep doing this and make as many textures as you want.

 

Once you're done, save the image, then exit.

 

How to make a rig:

**"Copy and paste very old posts of mine" skills, activate!**

 

 

First off, let's just say I'm not really good at explaining things. But, for the main purpose of helping someone, and due to I am a rigger, I'll give it a shot!

 

So, rigs...

 

First, we will need to dig in and find the definition of rig:

 

rig¹

rig/

 

"An apparatus, device, or piece of equipment designed for a particular purpose."

Info gathered via Google search "Definition of rig".

 

In this case, this piece of equipment is what you make the rig to be. For example, Zeux's Steve rig.

 

Zeux made an intractable character rig with fully working facial expression. This is the equipment any animator could use to get facial expressions, along with the thousand countless other Steve rigs out there on this forum.

 

But, how did Zeux / TheCasmicStudios make his rig?

 

He made it out of blocks. Each block has a different texture, using the colour of the character's skin. He edits the texture to make some blocks to make  them have the correct colour scheme needed to make it be an essential block usable for character's parts. {Eyelids, eye sockets, pupils, etc...}

 

Then, he makes a skin of the character. He erases some parts of the skin using an image editor to make space for the character's facial parts.

 

Next, he opens up Mine-imator, imports a character with that skin, adds a block, uses the texture he previously created, parented the block to the character's head, re-sizes it and positions it to make it act like one of the parts of the face.

 

Then you can just repeat this with all of the other parts.

 

Okay, that's just a Steve rig, I got a bit off topic...    Okay, now to the making of rigs.

 

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Now... Let's go onto the creation. 

 

So, if you want a character rig, just check above, or look at the 2 videos below:

 

How To Make A Steve Rig - A Mine-Imator Tutorial (Part 1) --- Made by RobloJamieson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2CeT9L7lnI

How To Make A Steve Rig - A Mine-Imator Tutorial (Part 2) --- Made by RobloJamieson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkBKyKYhHLU

 

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For our sake of making this quick, because I have wasted way to much time, our example is going to be a bow rig.

 

You are going to need to make an item sheet. {If you want custom textures.} Make the texture be usable for items. This is how you get the special "Shapes" in your add-ons.

 

So, go into Mine-imator, and add in a base item, in our case, the metal part. This is where all the main essentials are going to be attached to. Add the texture you previously just made.

 

Secondly, add on the item add-ons, or the wooden part for our bow. This is where the bow string is going to be parented to. These items are needed to be parented to the base item.

 

Next, add on any add-ons to the add-ons, or our main part of the string. This is where the true bending of the string starts. These items are needed to be parented to the previous add-ons, or the wooden part.

 

Then, add on the next bending part of the string, or the add-ons' add-ons' add-ons. This is where you can make the bow string bend. These items are needed to be parented to the previous add-ons.

 

After, add the arrow. This is, of course, the bow's ammunition. These items are needed to be parented to the base item.

 

Lastly, if you want to, you can add a character to hold the bow. The base item will need to be parented to one of the character's hands.

 

So, for rigging, this is basically what I do:

 

• Base item/block
• Add-on items/blocks
• Add-ons to the add-ons, add-ons to those add-ons, etc., etc...
• Extra needs

Or, let's just say:

 

"A bunch of items attached to each other..."

 

If this didn't help, I warned you at the beginning. Eh.

 

If you first make a simple rig and keep on making more and more simple rigs, you would get the hang of it, soon enough. Then, you can try harder things, and advance from your level.

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Also, as I've said before, I am sorry if the tutorial(s) didn't help, as for I'm not very good at explaining things at times. If it helped, great, if it didn't, maybe another person can help. But, you are certainly welcome, non-the-less.

Edited July 21, 2014 by MCWarrior

[Jmanbeatsminecraft 160]

 

How to make textures:

So, first off, you're going to need to get a texture sheet. I have the basic block sheet below.

{Mine-imator 0.7 Texture sheet}

 

Or, if you need something for 1.0.0:

Block sheet:

Item sheet:

 

Save the picture above, and open it using an image editing software.  {Anything BUT MS Paint. I use Paint.NET. Link: http://www.getpaint.net/ }

Each texture is 16 squared pixels. {16 x 16, or 96 pixels in a square format}

 

Using your desired image editing program, select a 16 x 16 area, and delete it.

 

Then you should see a blank area with no pixels. There is where you will make your texture.

Go to the colour pallet, select a colour, then make what-ever texture you want. 

You can keep doing this and make as many textures as you want.

 

Once you're done, save the image, then exit.

 

How to make a rig:

**"Copy and paste very old posts of mine" skills, activate!**

 

 

First off, let's just say I'm not really good at explaining things. But, for the main purpose of helping someone, and due to I am a rigger, I'll give it a shot!

 

So, rigs...

 

First, we will need to dig in and find the definition of rig:

 

rig¹

rig/

 

"An apparatus, device, or piece of equipment designed for a particular purpose."

Info gathered via Google search "Definition of rig".

 

In this case, this piece of equipment is what you make the rig to be. For example, Zeux's Steve rig.

 

Zeux made an intractable character rig with fully working facial expression. This is the equipment any animator could use to get facial expressions, along with the thousand countless other Steve rigs out there on this forum.

 

But, how did Zeux / TheCasmicStudios make his rig?

 

He made it out of blocks. Each block has a different texture, using the colour of the character's skin. He edits the texture to make some blocks to make  them have the correct colour scheme needed to make it be an essential block usable for character's parts. {Eyelids, eye sockets, pupils, etc...}

 

Then, he makes a skin of the character. He erases some parts of the skin using an image editor to make space for the character's facial parts.

 

Next, he opens up Mine-imator, imports a character with that skin, adds a block, uses the texture he previously created, parented the block to the character's head, re-sizes it and positions it to make it act like one of the parts of the face.

 

Then you can just repeat this with all of the other parts.

 

Okay, that's just a Steve rig, I got a bit off topic...    Okay, now to the making of rigs.

 

-------------------------------------------------------

 

Now... Let's go onto the creation. 

 

So, if you want a character rig, just check above, or look at the 2 videos below:

 

How To Make A Steve Rig - A Mine-Imator Tutorial (Part 1) --- Made by RobloJamieson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2CeT9L7lnI

How To Make A Steve Rig - A Mine-Imator Tutorial (Part 2) --- Made by RobloJamieson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkBKyKYhHLU

 

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

 

For our sake of making this quick, because I have wasted way to much time, our example is going to be a bow rig.

 

You are going to need to make an item sheet. {If you want custom textures.} Make the texture be usable for items. This is how you get the special "Shapes" in your add-ons.

 

So, go into Mine-imator, and add in a base item, in our case, the metal part. This is where all the main essentials are going to be attached to. Add the texture you previously just made.

 

Secondly, add on the item add-ons, or the wooden part for our bow. This is where the bow string is going to be parented to. These items are needed to be parented to the base item.

 

Next, add on any add-ons to the add-ons, or our main part of the string. This is where the true bending of the string starts. These items are needed to be parented to the previous add-ons, or the wooden part.

 

Then, add on the next bending part of the string, or the add-ons' add-ons' add-ons. This is where you can make the bow string bend. These items are needed to be parented to the previous add-ons.

 

After, add the arrow. This is, of course, the bow's ammunition. These items are needed to be parented to the base item.

 

Lastly, if you want to, you can add a character to hold the bow. The base item will need to be parented to one of the character's hands.

 

So, for rigging, this is basically what I do:

 

• Base item/block
• Add-on items/blocks
• Add-ons to the add-ons, add-ons to those add-ons, etc., etc...
• Extra needs

Or, let's just say:

 

"A bunch of items attached to each other..."

 

If this didn't help, I warned you at the beginning. Eh.

 

If you first make a simple rig and keep on making more and more simple rigs, you would get the hang of it, soon enough. Then, you can try harder things, and advance from your level.

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Also, as I've said before, I am sorry if the tutorial(s) didn't help, as for I'm not very good at explaining things at times. If it helped, great, if it didn't, maybe another person can help. But, you are certainly welcome, non-the-less.

 

thanks for the images! I know how to rig already but needed that texture sheet!

oh and rigging is really easy. Just spawn in parts, lock them to a parent (Like arms to the body ect) move them around and rotate them as wanted and if needed retexxture them