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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands - Ardenweald Vorkai Rig

This is the rig I created for the Ardenweald Vorkai. Both female and male versions are on the same rig with custom face builds for each. This is the first horse-type creature rig for WoW that uses correct anatomy for the front legs, making it a true quadruped. It was quite a challenging build to get the front legs to work correctly and make all the intertwined armor bits deform nicely.
Rigging info: 159 skinned joints, 239 animation controllers.
Rigging and skinning: Ty Viveiros
Character Art: Christopher Chang
Animation: Caitlin Geels, John Scharmen
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Ardenweald Vorkai rig bind pose

Ardenweald Vorkai rig bind pose

Ardenweald Vorkai rig animation poses by Caitlin Geels and John Scharmen

Ardenweald Vorkai rig animation poses by Caitlin Geels and John Scharmen

Ardenweald Vorkai rig animation by Caitlin Geels. Video shows animation controllers and smooth skinned joints.