Baker 01 – Introduction to the Rig

by David Ward

In this lesson, I go over Baker and briefly discuss his creation, and show how he’s constructed by showing the materials used, and the topology of his mesh. Then we get into the rig, and how it controls the model, and a few tricks as to how it’s set up.

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26 Responses to “Baker 01 – Introduction to the Rig”
  1. benjamin_morgan
    Posts: 22

    Do you have a tutorial on how to make custom bone shapes?

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     Sep 1, 2011 at 12:42 pm
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  2. martis973
    Posts: 25

    Is there a tut on how to rig the body with the bone shape?

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     Sep 5, 2011 at 8:28 am
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  3. neobeluga
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    a tutorial would be great on the rig setup!

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     Nov 17, 2011 at 6:45 am
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  4. barryconvex
    Posts: 2

    Hi,

    Just started the tutorial but Baker’s body controls are messed up, it looks like a scaling issue (x positive direction). While the controls for the face look fine but don’t respond…
    I’m using 2.6.

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     Dec 8, 2011 at 4:00 pm
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    • jonathanwilliamson
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      To fix the face controls you just need to go to System > FCurve/Driver fix

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       Dec 8, 2011 at 4:14 pm
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      • barryconvex
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        Thanks for the quick reply! That did the trick for the face but the controls of the body are still broken…

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         Dec 8, 2011 at 4:27 pm
      • blender alpha
        Posts: 30

        were is control?

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         Feb 3, 2012 at 10:15 pm
      • blender alpha
        Posts: 30

        Were do you find system, my face controls aren’t working either

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         Feb 4, 2012 at 2:16 pm
    • blender alpha
      Posts: 30

      Hey could you do a tutorial on how to download baker?

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       Jan 27, 2012 at 5:52 pm
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      • jonathanwilliamson
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        The Baker model is included in the source files of part 02.

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         Jan 27, 2012 at 7:40 pm
      • blender alpha
        Posts: 30

        were do you get the source files Jonathon i looked and there weren’t any downloads. PS i am blender alpha i just upgraded to citizen.

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         Feb 3, 2012 at 8:36 pm
      • jonathanwilliamson
        Posts: 1761

        Hi Ben,

        You can find the .blend files for Baker in the download for part 02 :) Welcome to Citizen, I hope you like it!

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         Feb 3, 2012 at 8:54 pm
      • blender alpha
        Posts: 30

        Thanks for the quick reply but i don’t see any download,
        were exactly do i get the download?

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         Feb 3, 2012 at 9:17 pm
      • jonathanwilliamson
        Posts: 1761

        Right below the video there is a button for “Download Source Files”

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         Feb 3, 2012 at 9:25 pm
      • blender alpha
        Posts: 30

        Oh I found it. It was right their in front of me the whole time, DUH. :-) Sorry for bothering you.

        Thanks, B.A.

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         Feb 3, 2012 at 9:32 pm
      • jonathanwilliamson
        Posts: 1761

        NO problem at all! Glad to help :)

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         Feb 3, 2012 at 9:41 pm
  5. Audel
    Posts: 1

    TYVM you’ve solved all my peroblms

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     Dec 14, 2011 at 11:03 am
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  6. forcemaster2000
    Posts: 10

    Having the same problem as Barryconvex, I see your answer fixed it for him, but I’m at a loss to understand it. The only place I can find “system” is in user preferences, and I’m pretty sure that’s not where you’re talking about Fcurve/driverfix being. I’ve been using blender for awhile, but never messed with this stuff before, any help appreciated! Thx!

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     Jan 6, 2012 at 10:02 pm
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    • forcemaster2000
      Posts: 10

      Never mind! I found the tutorial quick tip on fixing the problem, maybe that quick tip should be packaged in with any of the other tutorials involving using a facial rig. Thanks for the great tutorials!

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       Jan 7, 2012 at 8:52 am
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  7. blender alpha
    Posts: 30

    Hey David,just wondering if you could post B.C Baker’s model on http://www.blendswap.com/ thank you;p

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     Jan 24, 2012 at 8:54 pm
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  8. barlock
    Posts: 4

    Hello Dave, I’d like to address the issue that other guy was having with the face controls, I have the same problem. However I was lost with your advice when you told him to go to System>Fcurve/Driver fix, I didn’t know how to do that or where to look :(

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     Feb 19, 2012 at 6:38 pm
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    • blender alpha
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      Go to the help panel at the top and there should be an Fcurve/Driver fix.

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       Apr 3, 2012 at 5:07 pm
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  9. dmedina1981
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    The facial controls are not working for me. I am using 2.62. The body controls work fine.

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     Apr 9, 2012 at 1:38 am
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    • dmedina1981
      Posts: 4

      look like the same problem barryconvex is having.

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       Apr 9, 2012 at 1:41 am
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    • dmedina1981
      Posts: 4

      Never mind. should have read more before posting…

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       Apr 11, 2012 at 10:04 pm
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