How to pose your Infinite Spartan (quick overview)

This video goes very quickly over how to pose your Spartan in the Halo Infinite Spartan pack for Blender made by Surasia (shader made by Average Goblin Enthusiast).
[new version of the Spartan pack]
mega.nz/file/U...
I have included a modified version of the
old Spartan Pack that has a version of the rig that is easier on the eyes which can be found here (but I strongly encourage you to use the newest version) drive.google.c...
Let me know if you have any issues or questions and if you don't get a response quick enough you can head over to the Halo Archive discord where you'll be able to receive help with Blender and other packs: / discord
I really hope this is helpful for those of you who are confused how posing works!

[@plastered_crab]

Link to this version of the pack is in the description of the video. Hope this helps!

[@Surasia]

I get nightmares every day thinking about all the mistakes I made with weighting

[@Surasia]

Jokes aside, I'm still working on a new version (which looks really good thanks to 2.4 shader)

[@plastered_crab]

@@Surasia You did an amazing job my friend! No need to beat yourself up over tiny mistakes here and there. It helps get closer to the perfect product :) Plus I am sure it didn't help that you were rushed by exam deadlines and the community hounding you about it being released lmao.

[@Wasattsi]

Miss you bro.

[@sircommissar]

Even what you did, is more then any one else has tried king. I think that's worth alot.

[@TheMasterShadowxX]

@@Surasia There's an issue with the alternate Mk V/B gloves (cant remember the name)… they have a smaller scale

[@Totacus1234]

Im running a halo dnd campaign for some friends and this and the other video on the actual spartan creation helps a ton thanks man.

[@plastered_crab]

That sounds like a ton of fun, glad these videos have been helpful :)

[@Punchshine]

Aha! Here’s what I’m looking for! Thanks for giving us this! You’re a life saver!

[@plastered_crab]

Credit for the pack goes to Surasia and Goblin Enthusiast, I just made this to help use it :)

[@moy5093]

time to completely rerig and go back to my vrchat spartan making days 🙃

[@hiraeth5880]

Hey! I tired looking at the comments to see if i could find an answer but to no avail. Love the models and everything but the rigs of the downloaded models in the new version dont seem to have that nice pose feature where you can open and close the hands and everything. Rn the only way i can move anything is buy grabbingthe hands or feet and the dragging them to a spot and then trying to position the arms. need help pls. your model looks all colorful and has the controls but mine is just gray and has bones that are tilted weird

[@blinkday413]

If it's not too much to ask, can you do a really basic tutorial on how to animate out Spartans?

[@DigiNiverg]

I literally just started messing with this stuff a couple hours ago what awesome timing, thanks man!

[@plastered_crab]

Glad I found some time in my schedule to make it when I did then haha. Let me know if you have any questions and refer to my other video on creating/coloring/rendering too if you haven't seen how to do that already :)

[@DigiNiverg]

@@plastered_crab oh yeah it had been a long time since I messed with blender and was having a hard time relearning even the basics cause I forgot, but that previous video got me back into it really easily

[@plastered_crab]

@@DigiNiverg Well I'm glad to hear it!

[@shverse]

whenever i move the model around some stuff don't move with the rest of the model like the wrist attachments with screen on them the screens don't move they stay in one place i cant figure out how to move them

[@plastered_crab]

That is very odd... It should just move all together. There is an updated version of the pack on my discord that you can try. This one might have had bugs since there are soooo many things in the pack

[@shverse]

@@plastered_crab im using the lastest version 3.5

[@shverse]

nvm i figured it out i had to rig it from scratch putting a bone next to the part the doesn't move fixed it for me

[@seththomas3845]

Is there a resource out there for applying the different armor coatings to the model?

[@sircommissar]

thank you papa crab

[@plastered_crab]

For the glory of the community!

[@christopherquinn6188]

how do you add visible controls to a rig? as well as an fk option for the hands since they seem to only be available for ik movement?

[@th3fr3nchon33]

XD thank you But at 0:26 you talk about the first pack sl is there another one which has a simplify rig thingy or did it just got updated and has to be re-downloaded ?

[@plastered_crab]

This is the exact same as the pack that people have been playing with, but with all the extra confusing (and useless) squiggly lines on the rig hidden. That way it is easier to see what parts are required to move! You can find a link to this version of the pack in the description :)

[@TheCofatherOG]

everything works nicely but when i go to render lets say his elbow or shoulder the black bits seem to vanish on one side lol and i dont know why. only when i render it though

[@justreadingthebible8810]

Nevermind, found it (obviously) lol. Do you have any suggestions as to why I can't get "pose mode" to come up? I noticed my selection in orange is not a trapezoid like yours, but a general outline of the exact object.

[@plastered_crab]

Be sure to select the rig itself in order to see pose mode as an option :)

[@MasterTopHat]

Yo this is cool but how do you even get them idk where to find them

[@Caldoric]

Uh, is there a version of this stuff with the rig set up for inverse kinematics, specifically for VR-type usage?

[@plastered_crab]

Most of these are IK rigs, but they are not the same rigs that VR chat uses since those are entirely different. There are a few ones people have uploaded that do have the vrchat rigs though to start with and you can work to build your character from there in the discord :)

[@Caldoric]

@@plastered_crab are there armor packs (or whatever you call them) for all of the Halo games? As I mentioned in another comment on another of your videos, my only real connection to Halo as a whole is RvB, so I kinda wanna recreate the various iterations of a number of the different characters.

[@NOTsircape]

I'm not that familiar with blender, and im trying to animate master chief right now, but everytime I move one of the hands or feet it moves the other one, mirroring its movements and I do not know how to turn that off. Any help?

[@plastered_crab]

Check near the upper part of the viewport for a button that is likely blue colored. It will look like a butterfly with a dashed line down the middle and that is mirror mode so clicking it will turn it off

[@NOTsircape]

Thank you so much!@@plastered_crab

[@shverse]

how do i export as fbx or obj with textures i have been trying for 3 days i cant figure it out it exports with textures every time

[@plastered_crab]

objs and fbx files do not contain textures as they are just the 3d model data. To export the textures you can instead go to File > External Data > Unpack Resources to export the textures somewhere else. Or sometimes all the textures will be already in a folder within the directory that the .blend file is in

[@azure6729]

Does this still work? I have the model, but the weight doesn't work. It looks nothing like this, and i go into both pose, and animation. This is really perplexing to me, as it should work unless i missed a step between the last video and this one.

[@plastered_crab]

It should still work, but if you post screenshots on the discord it should be easier to help :)

[@stormy035]

is there a way to apply a texture onto the armor ? like a army pattern like some of the coatings in infinite have

[@plastered_crab]

I need to do a full tutorial on this, but yes it is very possible. There is a short guide on my discord server for it though which you can find in the description of the video!

[@stormy035]

@@plastered_crab good to know it's possible ! I'll try myself and then if i really can't do it I'll either check your discord or wait for the video ! (Oh and i subscribed wich i forgot to do last time)

[@plastered_crab]

@@stormy035 feel free to ping me on discord and I'll point you to the right place!

[@gunnerroo6514]

Hey plastered crab I am having issues with the tilt options and I was hoping you could help. I don't know what I'm doing wrong but g works although when I click on areas to move them there's no tilt wheel. *edit FYI This has been some of the most fun I've had in years. Thanks again for these videos. 😁

[@plastered_crab]

Glad you have been enjoying playing with the packs! For tilting try the R key and then either X Y or Z on your keyboard to lock the rotations to that axis, or see if the rotation tool option is at the far left :)

[@gunnerroo6514]

​@@plastered_crabyou are the goat! Thank you for the help crab. One more quick question how did you get the tilt wheels to be so big and user friendly? It works but right now it doesn't seem to bring up the tilt wheel even though I can see it hidden deep inside the joint.

[@plastered_crab]

@@gunnerroo6514 that I'm not sure as it's hard to diagnose issues over text, but if you are in the Halo Archive feel free to message me there with some screenshots and I can try to help :)

[@gunnerroo6514]

​@@plastered_crabso just going off of your video I think I figured it out. It's the little selector on the far left hand side that looks like a circle with two triangles. Your videos have helped a ton so far.

[@YaloChief]

The drive file for the modified version doesn't exist, is there any other way to get that

[@plastered_crab]

Yeah I'll see if I still have it, and reupload it 👍 must have been deleted by someone on accident

[@plastered_crab]

Alright try the link now

[@YaloChief]

@@plastered_crab it works now! Thanks for the help!

[@Hans_dds]

Are these models also suited for animations? Because whenever I try to make them do even simple movements, they gets blurred and I get like 10 FPS (All of this with only the model of the Spartan loaded and nothing more, and happens only when the textures are also loaded, without them it has fluid movements) (I'm new to Blender so I might just have to change something with the rendering or frames options, so sorry if it's a dumb question with a simple solution)

[@plastered_crab]

That is a valid question! I have seen plenty of people just this pack for animations, although an updated version of this pack is going o be coming out which might make it even easier :)

[@Hans_dds]

@@plastered_crab Oh ok, I guess I'll have to change some settings to make the animation smoother and less pixelated. Thanks for the reply!

[@plastered_crab]

@@Hans_dds might be the Dennison settings that is causing that!

[@Hans_dds]

@@plastered_crab just came back here to say that I've fixed the problem

[@TheRealMotherrucker]

Can These Spartans be exported with Textures cause when I export they lose all textures?

[@plastered_crab]

all textures should be in the rar file in a folder

[@KayhoticGames]

k r a b. ya dont need to hit the TAB key to enter pose mode. you can just go right to it

[@plastered_crab]

Haha it wouldn't be a tutorial without me overcomplicating it 👀

[@akash0156]

This was hard surface modeling Wright???

[@plastered_crab]

These are models from the game

[@akash0156]

@@plastered_crab yes I know that but is this hard surface modeling or not?

[@zonk74]

Hey whenever i open the blend file of this model pack its just empty with the simple blender camera light and cube, do you know how to fix this?

[@plastered_crab]

Make sure you download Blender 3.0 and above :)

[@zonk74]

@@plastered_crab thank you so much! I was running on 2.9 for the longest time

[@plastered_crab]

@@zonk74 happy to help!

[@RenwickCrowley]

Would it be possible to make a version with all the armours from every game so, for example, you could use the Halo 5 techsuit with Halo Infinite armour?

[@plastered_crab]

It's possible, however that would take a very long time and likely crash Blender due to all the different pieces in one blender file. However, there already is Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 4, Halo 5, and Halo reach Spartan Packs in my discord server and you can just Append a Spartan from one pack to another

[@RenwickCrowley]

@@plastered_crab But then you have two different rigs you need to line up for whatever pose you're trying to make. Do you know how I can fix that?

[@Wasattsi]

Can you make a tutorial on how to add in environments please?

[@plastered_crab]

I'll probably do one like that in the future! Do you mean like Halo environments?

[@Wasattsi]

@@plastered_crab Yeah, something to help make a scene y’know? Like say I want to have my Spartan out in the woods. I have no idea how to do that other than to add a background image haha. I look forward to the video! :)

[@plastered_crab]

@@Wasattsi oh for that you'd likely just need to watch some scene building tutorials here on KZbin since there are lots of them! I'm only good at porting over Halo 3 maps into blender, which afterwards you can put your infinite Spartans inside that scene and take cool renders that way!

[@Dat_Dude]

Thanks for the video man, I somehow get all the textures to appear pink (tried fixing it via missing files, still no luck) have you ever encountered such a problem?

[@plastered_crab]

Yeah I would double check and make sure that you: 1. Ensured that all files were properly extracted from the RAR file. 2. Don't use this on a MacBook as it can have issues with the OpenGL driver. This can be confirmed by trying to render the Spartan and if it looks fine I'm the render but pink in the viewport then this is the issue

[@Dat_Dude]

@@plastered_crab This explains it, using Mac... Thanks for the info man!

[@plastered_crab]

@@Dat_Dude ah I see.... I've known people who solely use the 4th circle "render preview mode" while using Mac so that they can see their textures, but it takes a bit longer to show the detail because it has to load each time you move or change anything. I hope this helps :)

[@Dat_Dude]

@@plastered_crab figured as much, takes forever haha. Still, appreciate the advice.

[@aaronVgames]

it possible to export this for vrc, or neosvr?

[@plastered_crab]

Nah you'd have to completely rerig the whole thing yourself, but if you bake the textures you can at least use the textures and models

[@BreadSlice404]

Hi, In the latest update for the models, whenever I go into pose mode, when I select the arms/legs BOTH of them move instead of the one selected limb. Can someone help?

[@plastered_crab]

Yes! Look for an X symbol near the top of the viewport, (or it may resemble a butterfly with a dashed line down the middle). It signifies mirror mode which does any action on one side the same on the other. You can also look up "how to disable mirror mode Blender" if you are still having trouble finding it :)

[@BreadSlice404]

@@plastered_crab THANK YOU. You are a lifesaver dude.

[@rustyfool3740]

Could you do a tutorial on how to get weapons and such on the model

[@plastered_crab]

Yeah I can focus on that next :)

[@blh3721]

Would you be able to use these files to 3D print armor?

[@plastered_crab]

Yes, you can click on individual pieces of the armor then go to File > Export (select the format like stl) and make sure the checkbox to the right that says "Export Selected" is on. That way only what is highlighted will be exported in the format you want

[@MrFatCat713]

Could you show how to add weapons to the Spartans?

[@plastered_crab]

Yeah I could take a look at making one about that soon :)

[@josephfox9076]

Silly Walking?

[@JokedShorts]

oh is it a fbx?

[@plastered_crab]

The file is a blend file so you can export it to any format you want to

[@kitgodlike524]

not wNice tutorialle quarantine but how r u doing is that hard ?

[@plastered_crab]

I am having a little trouble understanding what you are trying to say, but I hope it was somewhat helpful :)

[@vittoriomeloni19]

Hello, thank you for the work but I have a problem. After I download the files from link in description, I don't have the file with models. In the folder there are only textures, in the file blend there is only the default cube. I have downloaded the version of this video and the version of this other: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5DPg5mreMxkhKM .

[@plastered_crab]

That is commonly an issue with not having Blender 3.0 and above so make sure you download it from Blender's official website and the pack should work! Also I wouldn't take any credit for any work on this pack, all credit for the pack itself goes to Surasia!

[@vittoriomeloni19]

@@plastered_crab ok thank you and thanks Surasia

[@Booch800]

Is there a way to reset the rig?

[@plastered_crab]

Try Alt + G, Alt + R, and Alt + S

[@rogemvelasquez]

mobile or desktop

[@plastered_crab]

Desktop on Windows