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Stumbled upon two old rigs over @ CreativeCrash, created by Adib Souly:
- nanoman
- MiniRig 1.0.0, which is a - you probably guessed it - a car rig...
;)

Max rig for Softimage

please beta test my rig and let me know.
https://www.creativecrash.com/xsi/marke ... -softimage

Moderator edit: please use the URL tags - HB

In regards to the max rig posted above

Issues Found:
- Your model node is scaled down to .1145 by default. Should be at 1
- Model node is visible. Should be hidden by default. This should never move.
- Your Global SRT object is scaled up to 8.736 should be at 1
- When you reset the scaling on the two objects above, the tongue ends up enormous and out of place
- Your naming convention is kinda non-existent and is all over the place, "L_leg_bank_L" for example
- "body_mehs" should be "body_mesh"
- Hand never follows arm in FK
- Right eye is enveloped while not oriented flatly
- Various control parameters aren't locked as they should be. If they shouldn't be scaled, lock the scaling on the control.
- Neutral pose on forarmFK controls don't allow them to reset properly.

Take these as critiques to help better the rig.

Thank you very much for taking out time to cheek my work,I will come up with a better version of this one soon.This was my first effort to make a complete rig.

Finally something new to add to this thread (although it's "free" with some restrictions):
From the folks at AnimSchool.com comes their Malcolm v.097 for Softimage 2011

Some licensing restrictions apply, read all about it on the download page

And read some more about it here

It's not directly "one" rig, but a rigging solution. And there are allready some templates for a biped, a horse, dog and so on:

http://jeremiepasserin.com/gear/

Gear has been discussed here numerous times and its very good indeed,
but this is a free rig thread, not a free rigging plugin thread...
This is not meant as a rebuke, merely as an attempt to not let this thread derail. ;)

Already announced elsewhere on "our" community, mentioned here for completeness' sake:
the Mark Rig for Softimage (for non-commercial use)
;)

thanks! and sorry for not reading through the read me first forum..
i feel ashamed i didnt know about the url tag.

Hirazi Blue wrote:Already announced elsewhere on "our" community, mentioned here for completion's sake:
the Mark Rig for Softimage (for non-commercial use)
;)

No reason to be ashamed. Newcomers are allowed to make this mistake. That's why I add the "Newcomer Warning". It's the people who persist on not using the url-tags while they should know better, who should be ashamed...
;)

George W. Bush caricature rig by Ronald van Vemden (aka toonafish)



http://www.toonafish.nl/
https://www.creativecrash.com/xsi/downl ... caricature

Digging up an ancient thread with many broken links:
could someone please point me to a still available free rig to do some animation test with?
Thanks in advance...
;)

If you search RRay, there are a number of them there, and you can also still download (after registering) the Malcom Rig from AnimSchool which is a very complete rig with easy controls (that are also very elaborate especially for the eyes) that you can just start animating.

I found a bunch of them on Creativecrash. Some of them are pretty good in my opinion.

Which rig would you say would be best/easiest to use?

Hirazi Blue wrote:Which rig would you say would be best/easiest to use?

Bee Boyis one of my favorites, simple, great synoptic, interseting style, but it may not be in your character.

The Simple Bot Rig is also pretty easy. Good for practicing walking around, cartoon expressionism.

Moom XSI is all pretty self explanitory - reminiscent of Animation Mentor's rigs they use.

Norman also is a very cool rig, but it's a little more "complete" and complicated - also reminiscent of Animation Mentor's rigs they use. Great for acting.