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This rig comes complete with a 3D sword, a 3D shield, 3D body detail rigging, 3D arm detail rigging, 3D leg detail rigging, 3D hair, eye rigging, and a DANG SNAZZY HAT. There is no mouth however, but that shouldn't be an issue because the only sounds Link makes is random grunting, so no real lip syncing would be necessary.
I've tested this in animation and it IS animation friendly. The only issue I have seen of it see far is when you bend the body backwards, it can mess up a bit.
However, I put a lot of effort into this rig, and that was one thing I just couldn't really fix. On the contrary, I've made the hat very easy to animate, but I will elaborate on that in a bit.
The hat made of cubes was an aesthetic choice, as I was trying to keep a Minecraft-esque style going, so I didn't want to use cones or cynliders or anything.

Animation Tips for this Rig:
When you wish to make Link use the Master Sword, just duplicate it and/or re-parent it to his hand. Same goes for the Hylian Shield.

In the rig there are several folders that are locked with blank names. This means they are simply aesthetic additions. If folders are locked, but are named, it means you should open them and then use what's inside the folder instead of the folder itself.

To animate the hat, expand the "Link's Hat" folder, parented to the head, completely, and then select all of the segments of the hat that aren't locked, and rotate them all the same amount. This creates a nice and easy curve, because each one inherits the rotation of the one before. There may be a little bit of fine tuning needed, but it's not too bad.

TERMS OF USE:
If you use this rig, credit me as the creator of the rig, and it would very much be appreciated if you would also link to this page on any posts in which this rig is used.
Please do not redistribute this rig or claim it to be your own!


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7 hours ago, Skjold said:

So amaze! Wow! Much HYYYAAAAAAAHHH!!!

 

8 hours ago, Red_The_Master said:

So cool!

 

7 hours ago, MasteredRedstone said:

Nice. I think this has been something that all Zelda fans on the forums have needed because let's face it, who here hasn't wanted to goof off and animate a Zelda fight? Thank you for making an awesome rig.

Thanks, all of you :)

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39 minutes ago, Emanatronic said:

Never liked the Legend of Zelda, but this sure is marvelous. I'm sure you've made lots of people happy with this one.  :thumbsup:

Say, Rigging isn't really your thing, is it?  :3 

Thanks :thumbsup:
I'm actually not very much of a stranger to rigging. When I started getting into Mine-Imator, I couldn't really animate all too well, so I just decided to rig. I'd done quite a bit of it, and I actually made a hugely popular request topic that got 109 replies. However, I can't show you now because there were so many dang spoilers in the topic that when the forums updated the content in the topic just completely got deleted, I think. I did get quite a bit of practice, so I've learned a few tricks. For most of the past year or so, I've gotten more into animation, discovering that I'm not half bad at it, but I do create a good rig every once in a while. :) 

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2 hours ago, Joshinja ( ಠ ͜ʖಠ) said:

 When I started getting into Mine-Imator, I couldn't really animate all too well,  

Yeah same here,although I have wanted to make animations,I sorta stick with wallpapers.
But if this is the average work of all your rigs,KEEP IT UP!!!

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9 hours ago, SquareToDare said:

Yeah same here,although I have wanted to make animations,I sorta stick with wallpapers.
But if this is the average work of all your rigs,KEEP IT UP!!!

I'm sure you'll improve, just don't give up! Becoming skilled takes time and it's not something you can instantly figure out. Just keep trying and you'll surely improve :)
I try to make all of my rigs as good a quality as possible, but, again, creating something great always takes time. unless you're Bob Ross
I do want to make more rigs and get more of them out to the community, but I just really don't know what to do. I usually just have an idea and then make it while I'm still inspired, but that kinda stops me from making more rigs. Do you have any ideas for something that could be generally useful to people?

so cool

-Sans 2015

thank u
-Sans 2016

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43 minutes ago, dane2855 said:

I don't think you should protect your rig under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You did not even make the character 

I know I didn't create the character, but the rigging and the .object file itself took hours of work, and I would absolutely hate it if somebody were to copy this and post it elsewhere, claiming it to be theirs. I like to be credited for it, too. However, I do understand how it could seem overprotective of my work, so I'll take it off. 

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4 hours ago, Joshinja ( ಠ ͜ʖಠ) said:

I know I didn't create the character, but the rigging and the .object file itself took hours of work, and I would absolutely hate it if somebody were to copy this and post it elsewhere, claiming it to be theirs. I like to be credited for it, too. However, I do understand how it could seem overprotective of my work, so I'll take it off. 

You don't have to take it off. I was just asking.

4 hours ago, Joshinja ( ಠ ͜ʖಠ) said:

I know I didn't create the character, but the rigging and the .object file itself took hours of work, and I would absolutely hate it if somebody were to copy this and post it elsewhere, claiming it to be theirs. I like to be credited for it, too. However, I do understand how it could seem overprotective of my work, so I'll take it off. 

never mind. You already took it off.

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3 minutes ago, GummyJon said:

This is cool and all, but is it possible to remove the head and the skin parts? or could you make a rig with just the hat, tunic and boots? 

Quickly threw something together for ya. :D
https://www.mediafire.com/?21voipsy3jd2x2t

 Just parent everything in the main folder to the respective body parts of your character, and it should all be good.

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