A Complete Guide to Character Rigging for Games Using Blender

This book is a comprehensive guide to using Blender to create character rigs for games, breaking down the technicalities of rigging tools and techniques into easily digestible chunks.

Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: The Big Picture. Chapter 3: What is a Game Rig. Chapter 4: Blender Tools and Concepts. Chapter 5: 3D World and Transformation. Chapter 6: Armatures. Chapter 7: Bones. Chapter 8: Mesh Topology and Deformation. Chapter 9: Scene and Model Preparation. Chapter 10: Naming. Chapter 11: Rig Creation Approach. Chapter 12: Root Bone. Chapter 13: Body Deformation Skeleton. Chapter 14: Bone Orientations. Chapter 15: Body Skeleton Orientations. Chapter 16: Weights. Chapter 17: Weight Painting Method. Chapter 18: Weighting the Body. Chapter 19: Weight Transferring Techniques. Chapter 20: Bone Constraints. Chapter 21: Essential Constraints. Chapter 22: Dealing with Clutter. Chapter 23: B-Bone Rigging. Chapter 24: Drivers. Chapter 25: Rig Building Blocks. Chapter 26: Body Rig. Chapter 27: Correctives. Chapter 28: Facial Rigs. Chapter 29: Cloth and Hair. Chapter 30: Space Switches. Chapter 31: Props. Chapter 32: Rig Finalizing. Chapter 33: Animation. Chapter 34: Export.