How to Make a Minecraft rig in Blender!

[@SharpWind]

God i feel stupid.. i just noticed (thanks to someone pointing it out) 360° = 6.something radiants (2pi, or "tau") I had no idea what i was doing in that part, or in editing, explaining that Its been a while since i last had math class...

[@jesusrivas2097]

What is this part for?

[@SharpWind]

I explained the math behind the modifier wrong. If someone wants to use it for other cases, it wont work - so i explained it in the comment and pinned it, so its more visible

[@jesusrivas2097]

Am having problems with the skin,at the start the skin I a little diferent some of the parts of the skin a daunloded look a little different ,where did you downloaded your skin?

[@SharpWind]

I used an old skin layout. Yours will look square But that doesnt change the fact that you need to line up the UVs to the bodyparts of the mesh. Same process

[@jesusrivas2097]

Where did you find the old layout?

[@Gon3600]

LIGHTING, I NEED LIGHTING. I will hold 657 minecraft villagers hostage until you do it. You have been warned

[@Official_LindertechProductions]

Can you mutate them too? Also make the Universal Traveller with one of the villagers in minecraft

[@Gon3600]

@@Official_LindertechProductions copy that

[@ThomasAnimations]

Nice video and thanks for recommending my rig! Just a small suggestion. For hair you can turn on the "hair collection" and use the first mesh above the head to extrude the hair (delete the transparent faces first), then translate them down on the z axes (z 2.8 is the correct value). On the head mesh below you can then change the uvs so that it will only display the skin if you already have an extruded mesh of the hair. I hope it helps!

[@SharpWind]

Ah, i'm just now seeing this Wasn't aware of that, but I'm pinning the comment, so it's more visible I recommended the rig, because it proved to be great - It was my main character rig/model for a cover song I did for PewDiePie's "Mine All Day", so your rig got a bit of marketing there as well :)

[@A_AGames_DR]

@@SharpWind totally agree, i was looking into almost all the popular rigs outhere and by far i think the Thomas rig is the best one of all rigs that i saw on KZbin videos, well at least from my humble perspective

[@YourAnimatorBuddy]

Know what's cool? I'm animating a zombie walk cycle inspired by SharpWind and the notification popped up when I opened the project 💯

[@ZUnknownFox]

I will say for anyone looking for minecraft rigs for blender there's many that already exist with their own ups and downs. Thomas's rig is nice, BPS's rig is simple, I've even released a rig (though not as clean does have more features than most) but even then there's so many, But also I do understand the idea of wanting a tutorial as when I started I couldn't do anything and didn't understand half of what I know now and I still have a lot to learn mostly for non mc rigs.

[@KyleDvs58]

I can't watch these videos... This guy is just too adorable. I just can't....

[@duarte6653]

if anywone has trouble selecting the bones on the weight paint section, its alt click, not ctrl click :)

[@SharpWind]

Correct, 4.0 changed it to alt :)

[@WildniteStudios]

I think you should make a tutorial about how to make VFX effects in blender. Similar to your mine-imator video you made a while ago. You should include effects like fire effects, particles, Sci-Fi blaster, lightning, Minecraft enchantments (Advanced enchantments) and whatever you think we should know. I love your videos and keep up the good work. I can't wait to see the next video. Stay Sharp.

[@SharpWind]

Problem with those is that they are far more complex than MI ones

[@TheMoonlight1711]

hey thanks for making this i have no idea how to use blender

[@bibibaksh3156]

This was very useful because you gave me the right dimensions and scale.

[@razanimz9051]

Good job! I missed the old days when you made Minecraft videos. This video made me know not leave your channel, because it will grow as you go. I love ALL your content. Keep dreaming about your future and it'll eventually lead you to success.

[@YourAnimatorBuddy]

Love your work SharpWind, you really inspired and I've learnt a lot from you and I'm still learning. Fan Love💯🙌

[@amy_vance]

Could you possibly make a tutorial on how to properly make and use special effects. Such as explosions, fire, anything magic, even just leaving scratches or footprints on the ground. I would really like to know how to make these in blender

[@SharpWind]

Most of those boil down to particle spawners and smoke simulations, which can be pretty slow to run But i could jump into those if you want

[@Bronson_07]

@@SharpWind sounds great!

[@gamingwithbryson2966]

Yay! Stop Existence🥲👍

[@vesnuha_animation]

Thank you so much! I was looking for useful video to make my own rig so many days... You the first who really was able to help. Thanks for ur help :3💗

[@vikramexclusive5167]

Can you show us your standard procedure when doing a simple blender animation, like how do you setup stuff, how do you clean up, and how is your animation process, maybe you can animate a running cycle with something

[@SharpWind]

i did some of that in the previous video - basically explaining the process (how to keyframe, setup the scene, lights, etc.) it's basically that, but scaled up

[@vikramexclusive5167]

@@SharpWind I see, I will definitely check it out, also, just want to say, so happy to see you still making content, let alone different contents, you are underrated

[@SharpWind]

I figured if I wanna bring SYSTM and collabs back, I gotta get my audience on the same level, or else I'll be looking at Mine Imator submissions for the rest of my life :P

[@vikramexclusive5167]

@@SharpWind yeah man, even though Mine imator is the greatest most amazing animation software in existence, at some point, we gotta branch out to more complex stuff. Keep on creating sharp, I myself am trying to move on from mine imator, but I'm in a very toxic relationship with it :()

[@razorwolf2758]

@@SharpWind question, if say some people needed a dumbed down version of the original video where could we find one that explains it more simpler?

[@nasushorts]

thanks for explaing this in so much of details

[@Littlemobcraft]

tHIS IS GOOD MY IDOL

[@Omnia_officall]

excellent workmanship as always👌

[@Blackve1l]

35:50 Need a slight bend on the armature's knee joint lol And a big fat *thank you* for explaining the Thomas rig!!

[@SharpWind]

I tried during the troubleshoot Same thing...

[@VortexTheBreadMan]

@@SharpWind This does seem to be the issue. It seems doesn't know how to bend if it has a pole target but the bones are also perfectly straight; having tested it.

[@SharpWind]

But i've changed the angle of the bones during the troubleshooting and got the same result While the elbow rig i made a day prior worked while being completely straight 🤔

[@brutalsauce]

Hats off to your hard work

[@Abubakar-oo3us]

Ayy!!! that was my comment, thank u sharp!!

[@AMVENGENCE-dj5nt]

you are good teacher like teaching and make us enjoy it

[@GlitchCableYt]

U Should Watch Dinokonee's Rig Tutorial! I Learned A Lot From Him!

[@corellioncrusaderproductio4679]

26:30 I've been staring for what feels like years but I cannot find Adam Driver hiding in my blender menu

[@SharpWind]

Shhh, he's my friend!

[@skylarrick6509]

SHARPWIND!!! I MISSED YOU! I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND YOU FOR YEARS😭✨

[@SharpWind]

Welcome back, mate Always been here (even though it takes a while between my uploads nowadays - its a busy life)

[@KevinAnimatez]

37:23 ngl, when I was still a noobie beginner in blender testing out minecraft animations in blender. It would always look very weird to me that every time I’d move the mouth the textures scale with it, but I did enjoy the rig pretty much just the mouth kept me off.

[@SharpWind]

I personally love it, because it looks more realistic (since it displaces the skin, like in real life) but it sounds like you prefer the alpha glitch technique more - perhaps there's a way to recreate it in blender 🤔

[@ZUnknownFox]

@@SharpWind there is a way and it's basically using a uv warp modifier. basically this modifier allows you to control or warp a texture using another object. a common technique is to have an empty as the uv warp target and move it around until the texture fits and then parent that to the rig to keep it in place this will keep the texture looking the same at all times while allowing mesh deformations. or this is just 1 way I did it there could be others.

[@SharpWind]

Yeah, i know I just like the deforms

[@XxKiraAnimatezZ]

I love this tutorial! Thank u so much for making it^^💯

[@AzshantaNightwing]

You can actually get around issue with the 120 degree on the leg bend by having the second shape key's "Relative To" field set to the "Leg Bend" shape key as opposed to the "Basis". The only thing is I'm not sure how to set up the driver to make it activate the 2nd shape key after the 90 degree mark.

[@SharpWind]

Thats actually a good piece of advice, didn't know that was a thing Im sure you can find an operation to just offset the effect to start at 90°, thats the least concerning Thanks!

[@Lumina-Studios]

36:09 You could probably fix the Problem with just moving the knee a bit forward

[@SharpWind]

Tried during troubleshoot, didnt work Altho, two comments mentioned that it worked for them Weird

[@simonw.1223]

Well I first need to finish my old project to go into blender

[@demonanimator9955]

By the way sharp for ik to work the leg should be slightly Bent. But good video overall

[@demonanimator9955]

If it still doesn't work that is a stubborn bone

[@SharpWind]

Someone else commented, i tried that during the troubleshoot, same result

[@bukachell]

The reason the IK leg didn't work is because the chain was completely straight, so the inverse kinematics basically didn't have a direction to bend towards, causing it to not bend at all.

[@redtofusea]

9:26 whenever i unwrap it the dimensions are always slightly off and dont fit on the skin properly edit: nevermind i was able to fix it by snapping the faces to the pixels

[@ilijas2415]

Umm it's head on top and tail on bottom for the bones, btw great video

[@alexjrgaming2139]

Thanks man, this is really helpful

[@outresler1757]

This is what a private video shoot looks like. And we know what pitfalls await us, unlike the video "Do it and it's done", but it's not clear how to work further yourself

[@Koko_Menkref]

Sharp The next, make nice evee lighting world minecraft in blender plsss

[@MUSIC.3657]

THANK YOU

[@MGA_19]

Sharp wind can you do a blender minecraft walk cycle with the rig

[@adem11x]

oh thank you very much for it!

[@IshaanAnimationz]

is there going to be a mine imator phase 2 vid? actually nvm.

[@SGKKI]

We need more videos

[@MoonifyStudio]

how to you add closest to flat textures

[@danielhp527]

how can I bind the second layer of the skin to the model so that the second layer inherits all deformations?

[@afifraiyan]

suggestion : make a nanotech iron man traansformation toturial

[@silent_sound_art]

Pls More blender tutorial 😌

[@Arovist]

HELL YES !!

[@minecraftlove09]

Thank you so much 😁

[@ilabsi]

Can You Pls Create A Whole Tutorial Series for Animating Minecraft!

[@randi_stress]

sharpwind having shape keys bugging flashback be like

[@SharpWind]

i STILL dont know what i did wrong

[@nadiabata2421]

can you make a video about texture painting a Minecraft dude or did you already do that because honestly this is only the first video I watched for your channel

[@nasushorts]

please make tutorial on how to use bsl like shader in blender

[@blightza47]

So long but still having problem with your mic How to make VFX or power effect I seen in a lot minecraft animation? can you make video for it?

[@quackerskingdom3511]

How to make blood effects

[@ShiroCh_ID]

finaly i can learn Blender though i need face rigs i need to know especially i want my anime style that i made in cinema4d

[@Bleuek]

Now how to make lighting like in cinema 4d

[@AngryAngelo]

Is it possible to change the color of the eyebrows and how?

[@RealBlueMC-Eshan]

do a monster tutorial and santa will remove you from the naughty list

[@cheapnate9277]

Im still having trouble fixing the character problem, the textures are rounded and not flat ?

[@SharpWind]

You missed a step with image interpolation Change the "linear" into none

[@crwde]

We need tutorial how to rig simplified model (without knees and elbows) with solid body :OOOO

[@SharpWind]

Just dont add the second part of the bone and weight-paint the entire bodypart. No drivers, no math, just a skeleton and weight paint

[@Corpiananime]

Hello can you make a part 2 of this video explaining how to animate using this rig?

[@SharpWind]

Go for it Supply a link to this video if you must But generally, i dont care, aa long as you teach people stuff, i'm okay with it

[@Corpiananime]

@@SharpWind umm im asking if YOU can make a part 2 lol

[@SharpWind]

Lol, misread. Generally, the animation process is pretty simple - make keyframes for bodyparts at individual timestamps. I have plenty of tutorial on animation itself (movements and physics), and although they are made in Mine Imator, they translate really well to Blender Perhaps step #1 wouls be to take a look at those, it's a really similar process

[@Corpiananime]

@@SharpWind 🫡😁

[@KryzysX]

2D Animation but it's in Blondar! Boi!

[@A_AGames_DR]

i would like to know how to add movements on a Minecraft character that was animated with a Mixamo pose?

[@SharpWind]

Mixamo gives you baked motiom tracking data, meaning a keyframe every frame I suggest the best way to edit it is by turning on soft select and editing the graph Its hard to add actual movements and stuff to it though, because it's already baked

[@gamingwithbryson2966]

Sharpwind, favourite or #YesHomo😈

[@saeim3344_]

love ya

[@vipereaper]

so the mcprep addon skips the whole modeling, uv editing parts of it, rigging, and shading part

[@AstraLightKeysha]

YOOOOOO You beard grown to much XD Jknskwjkw i cant wait to see more tutorial on blender

[@SharpWind]

I love the fact that someone noticed lmao I did movember, this was just after shaving it

[@AstraLightKeysha]

@@SharpWind ah i see also it is very noticeable but people probably are more focus on the tutorial while i just notice on-

[@AstraLightKeysha]

This was a great tutorial though oneday i probably checked out blender if i get a buffy pc

[@SharpWind]

here's the neat part - blender is pretty optimized, so it works on weaker PCs :)

[@SharpWind]

here's the thing, Blender has been doing a lot of optimization, so it runs pretty smooth you might want to give it another go

[@joelfl9800]

Can you make bosses for minecraft with blender? I have that doubt😅

[@SharpWind]

you can literally make anything you can think of in Blender

[@DarkSoulWish]

rendering tips? i mean like can you explain how to like do natural lighting and all like you made a tutorial on rim lights in MI but blender this time 😁😁

[@SharpWind]

A short episode on lighting, I like it Blender On The Go!

[@DarkSoulWish]

@@SharpWind cool!!

[@HRLAnimatzz]

Love the vid

[@gamingwithshem7383]

Can you make a tutorial on sets and lightning

[@quazer.3d537]

what is the link to the steve skin? I dont have the same as you thanks

[@SharpWind]

Thats my own skin If you're referring to the red shirt steve, that comes with the thomas rig Steve skin i used for the tutorial part was the steve skin found in minecraft files (or you can get it online)

[@vindox703]

Pls make a tutorial on how to make vehicle , items and then put it into blender minecraft for example gun ,cars ,instrument and more! . pls make tutorial about this

[@rebeccakifer6425]

The stretching I think is because you did cube projection selection in unwarp menu, I've never seen it and I have not done the projection unwraps. 10:00 The vertex snapping links to vertex f the uv, there is a setting to snap to pixels somewhere, I don't remember where off the tp of my head, to snap to the image.

[@SharpWind]

Cube projection should work if the scale is applied - the uvs got stretched when i applied the texture. I think its the 1x0.5 uv scale that stretched it

[@mincraft44444]

plase make how to make minecraft blander steve

[@behradgamer13]

good

[@nhhsnghomun6966]

The IK issue is probably cus u did not bend the leg bones. If the leg bones go verttically down, ppl say that it wont work. Last time I has this issue too when rigging The Figure.

[@FakeAce]

I'm not seeing a lot of what you see in edit mode and also I have no clue what I did but now my extrudes are like bending or rounding when I extrude and they weren't before and I'm so lost XD

[@bam_marks]

why is the face a solid color?

[@Losjo4093]

13:53 *they're gonna know*

[@CheemsenburgCI]

Could i make a second layer?

[@EC_KO]

Hey SharpWind Is There Anyway You Can Show Me How To Port Blender Models Into Mine-Imator Or ModelBench

[@sonicspeedproductions2.04]

Don't know if you know this but Mineimator has a huge update. Would you make a path tutorial?

[@DarkSoulWish]

he knows everything but i don't think he's going back to MI also you can join his discord and ask there, there are lots of people that can help you :)

[@sonicspeedproductions2.04]

@@DarkSoulWish 🤯

[@danielhp527]

but what if I have a second layer on the skin, and when I tie it to the bones, it deforms incorrectly?

[@SharpWind]

You can simply toggle it with the rig, no need to bind anything I do it this way, because i think the extrusions look nicer

[@danielhp527]

@@SharpWind is there a video with a guide?

[@SharpWind]

@danielhp527 im sure i showed it in this video too My skin doesnt have a second layer, but i explain it as i go over the settings

[@Tophatgamming6502]

Where did you find the reference photo? I think the one I pick was super blurry

[@SharpWind]

I got it from the minecraft folder But the issue is almost certainly in the image interpolation mode, which i also mention in the video

[@Dark_memes2]

Do a more advanced video on blender nodes, I’ve been using blender for a year on and off and they still confuse me a bit

[@SharpWind]

Any example on what to do with them? what are we creating? 🤔

[@SephticMI]

@@SharpWindgame/general elemental effects if you’re into that?

[@SharpWind]

that sounds like particle/smoke simulations, not nodes but yeah, i dig that, love fantasy

[@SephticMI]

@@SharpWind nah there are some neat effects you can make with planes and nodes that I don't really see people do much of cuz they're mostly NPR. But there's also geometry nodes you could tap into if you know how they work. Then when 3.5 comes out there's like particle geometry nodes or something.

[@SharpWind]

@@SephticMI oh trust me, I know. The particle method can be a little bit limiting and taxing if you're using cycles (because of the transmission bounces required to render transparent planes, if you're using many. if you're using less, you're basically relying on animated textures, which is just work done in a different software - the math for doing it with nodes can be hell tho) Geo nodes are amazing, i love them, they make everything easier, procedural and flexible, and the 3.5 update has me excited every time i see anything about the latest Blender conference. It keeps getting better!

[@shylyvettiyadan2018]

How can I add bones in Thomas rig?

[@SharpWind]

The bones are already in the rig - they're using a custom display, thats all the lines around it If you want to add additional bones, to control other parts of the rig, you wish to add in the future, you'd do so like any other regular rig, by hopping into edit mode and adding bones from there

[@virtualash2097]

@@SharpWind I using the female one and I’ve got a layer on the torso, it isn’t matching how do I fix it?

[@SharpWind]

In the UV editor

[@Anon__The__Human]

For some reason when i did the same thing you did when making a driver, it set the value into the negatives. Any clue why that happened?

[@SharpWind]

Just add a - before "var" and it'll get flipped

[@lifecraft789]

Ooo!! Oooo!! How to model bobs in Minecraft!!!11!!

[@SharpWind]

why are you like this

[@Zerluvox]

Poggers

[@Carson873RBLX]

Hello enjoyed your raging in rigging but hopefully in the future you can make a roblox rigging tutorial (you don't have to)

[@Exoskeleton2921]

How do you subdivide a bunch of times on just one axis?

[@SharpWind]

Ctrl + R for edge loops and scroll your mouse wheel to add more

[@Exoskeleton2921]

@@SharpWind thank you!

[@Mayhem-Minecraft]

Hello Friends. I Encountered a Problem. I did everything this person did in Blender, but when I added the character's mask or other extra things, it did not appear. can you help me ?

[@RobixCRAFT]

sharpwind can you share the model you made in this video?

[@SharpWind]

Thomas rig is linked in the description! o7

[@RobixCRAFT]

@@SharpWind no I mean the one you made 35:49

[@SharpWind]

@@RobixCRAFT Here's a challenge. Try putting the tutorial to use and build the rig yourself, you got this!

[@RobixCRAFT]

@@SharpWind ok😁👍

[@RobixCRAFT]

@@SharpWind btw can I follow this tutorial in an older version, the new versions are lagging for me

[@OrangeFrendy]

I can't use blender because my brain can't handle the complicated settings, but I will use Maya soon. So can you make a tutorial to make a Minecraft rig in Maya, that will be great No pressure 👍 (Great tutorial btw!)

[@SharpWind]

Oh god no, virtnam flashbacks... I graduated in maya and i hate it with the bottom of my heart, never touching that again Its buggy, UI is awful and outdated, plus they cancelled all the licenses, so it's gella expensive. I'd prefer blender any day

[@OrangeFrendy]

@@SharpWind oh sorry about that, I didn't know you really hate Maya. Well thanks for letting me know, I will still use mine imator for now (Maybe someday I'll use blender if I know all the complicated settings!)

[@SharpWind]

Thats fine, to each their own - even if you end up using maya I just wanted to state my reason why i'm not doing it :p

[@echolitis]

Do you have the download for that skin png file?

[@visaac]

Alright Actually useful and actually good I subbed back But you know im here bot for the tutorials UPD: you may want to separate tutorial by parts in description: modelling/uv/etc

[@azlaantechno7623]

how to import worlds and different dimension in blender

[@SharpWind]

Watch my previous video

[@qWiste]

What version is this