Capstone Progress Report 5: Mechanical Wolf

At this point the wolf rig is now fully finished. I have begun preparing a test animation. Pictures of the finished rig below. Links to the video below that.




Test Run:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8qWeePbO8c

Motor Highlight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vIi3GMXrrM

Next steps is to refine the run, cleaning it up a bit. After that, I want to extend the animation and show an exploded view, pulling all the panels off.

Capstone Progress Report 4: Mechanical Wolf

The last couple weeks I have been focused on my P2. However, I have made some progress with the wolf. The engine is now driven by both the front and back legs to reflect how far the pistons on the limbs are extended. The outside panels are not attached in such a way that they move with the skeleton, but can also be unparented and removed from the body. Nothing looks different from last week as all progress so far has been math-y. Here is a comparative screenshot showing that everything can now be posed.





Next step is to build the controller objects for the rig.