Slam Sintel into a car dragon in this Blender Cookie tutorial by Richard van der Oost! Richard explains how to set up a ragdoll for the physics and then how to connect it to the actual model for animation. Fun!
Richard writes:
Physics simulations can be really useful to create complex dynamic motion. Most of the time we only use simple rigid-bodies, but what if you want to simulate a human body falling or being struck? This is where ragdolls come into play. A simple ragdoll is made up of a few rigid-bodies which are being held together by constraints. Although they are quite simple to set-up, they can be really useful for things like car accidents and other stuntman-like actions.
Take part in this two-part free course to learn how we can create a very simple ragdoll for Sintel from the Blender Foundation Open Movie.
Lesson 1: learn how to create a ragdoll rig and how to use it in a non-destructive way alongside Sintel’s existing rig.
Lesson 2: go on to simulate the ragdoll in a car accident and create animation drivers to switch between the original rig and the ragdoll.
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No no no! Slam a DRAGON into her, not a car! I just had to block a bunch of automobile ads after clicking here. :)
Fixed it for you! Bring on the dragon ads :)
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It's by click. However, if you overdo it, Google will probably detect that and remove your clicks. Just click on the stuff that interests you (if there is anything ;-)
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Ah, I see. Good point.
Thanks!
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Yes! Yes! I was hoping to get some light on this subject! Thanks so much!