Rigging & Animating an Hexapod in Blender 2.93 | Tutorial

This tutorial looks at a technique for rigging and animating an hexapod in Blender 2.93 using the native tools (no addons). It was a method used to create the final result in a previous timelapse you can watch here: https://youtu.be/vy1nRZldUV0

Get the working file here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wX1qkfZj122rGFRX4lDVExAkq8coAzXm/view?usp=sharing

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References made in this video

1. Rig a Multi-Stage Piston | Blender 2.8 - Rigging For Animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3smICn4l-d4&t=3s

2. How to Rig a Piston Part 2 | Blender 2.8 - Rigging Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6eBF76heYg&t=59s

Timestamps:

00:00 AFRIKANIZ3D Tag 00:02 Intro 00:24 Inspecting The Working File 00:41 Part 1 Of 4 - Positioning The Actuators 00:59 Explaining How It's Put Together 02:22 Moving The Parts 04:15 Copying The Actuators And Rotating Them Into Place 05:26 Part 2 Of 4 - Creating The Hexapod Rig 05:43 Creating The Armature 06:38 Creating The Rest Of The Bones For The Actuator 08:02 Creating The Control Bone 08:42 Naming The Bones 10:35 Copying The Bones Into The Other Actuators 12:35 Parenting The Bones & Completing Their Naming 15:08 Adding The Bottom Actuator Damped Track Bone Constraints 16:43 Adding The Top Actuator Damped Track Bone Constraints 18:29 Adding The Middle Actuator Copy Transforms Bone Constraints 20:57 Part 3 Of 4 - Merging Model To Rig
21:18 Pairing The Models To The Bones (It's A Mess, But It Comes Right In The End) 33:12 Splaying The Bottom Of The Actuators 34:25 Rig Complete + Additional Discussion On The Process 35:56 Part 4 Of 4 - Animating The Hexapod 36:34 Adding The Keyframes For The Animation

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