World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth - Queen Azshara Rig
The rig for Queen Azshara is one of the most complex and robust that I have ever built. The build process involved many months of R&D, trial-and-error, creation of new systems, and the actual build. To date, this is one of my favorite rig builds.
Rig stats: 329 skinned joints, 570 animation controllers, 5 body tentacles, 9 head tentacles, 5 eyes, 4 arms, 1 crazy rigging artist.
Rigging and skinning: Ty Viveiros
Character Art: Kenny McBride
Animation: Kevin Rucker, David Edwards
Tentacle system development: Lisa Anderson
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Queen Azshara rig bind pose
Queen Azshara animation poses by Kevin Rucker and David Edwards
Queen Azshara rig animations by Kevin Rucker. Video shows animation controllers and smooth skinned joints.