Rigging a T-Rex in Blender

[@groxiverde]

I wanted to rig a Xenomorph Queen I made and you can't imagine HOW MUCH this tutorial helped me, thank you so much!!! Subscribing

[@zandersickle5456]

Thanks so much for teaching me how to rig, ive looked at like 4 vids and none of them worked but this did the contrary. thank you!

[@eleans303]

Small tip: you can stop your control bones from affecting the mesh by going into bone settings @ top right with the bone selected, and them unticking 'deform' at the bottom before applying auto-weights.

[@DFlores6073]

Great Video!!!, one question how do you connect the claws to move with the feet

[@PolinGames]

bro. You just helped me create my show. Thank you so much and have an awesome life. Your the best person legit lol. I can finally reach to my dreams. I am liking and subbing. Again, thanks so much dude. You have a great rest of your life.

[@yanivaverbuch1185]

what is the music playing in the background?

[@mrinavdas9932]

Press alt+r to reset the rotation and alt+g to reset the grab and alt+s to reset the scale. Thanks alot for the tutorial it has helped me alot for my animations☺☺

[@EGeorgev]

You can avoid the problems with the IK bones deforming the mesh before parenting the rig to the mesh by simply going into edit mode for the armature and selecting each bone you don't want to deform the mesh and removing the check mark from the option "deform" that you'll find in the bone tab in the properties panel.

[@colinokonokhua5800]

Everything worked fine up till the point when i had to joint bones and mesh...it showed "bone heat weighting: failed to find solution to one or two bones"

[@elieoops]

how to make claw move along with feet and hand ;'(

[@happinin]

parent the claws to the feet or hands

[@kajiuman1075]

weight paint claws so its on the same bones as the feet/hands

[@enigmawstudios4130]

Thanks for these responses

[@irrelevantperson785]

When I tried to connect the rex to the bones, it didn't work. It gave me an error that said "Loop in parents" and it didn't connect. I'm using Blender 2.79 and everything else worked pretty much the same as the video up until this point. Can someone help?

[@denizkudayar6206]

Hey, Which version of blender is this? Those orange buttons look somewhat different from the version of mine 🙂. Reminds me of zbrush

[@kevincervantes5984]

i have the same problem

[@pushkarc28]

its a 4year old blender version. you may have blender 2.8 or 2.9 the colour scheme is a bit different in from blender 2.8 or 2.9

[@blender3drenders306]

Thanks very easy to follow could you do a quickie on the walk cycle of the Rex. Also can I use the same principle to rig something like a lizard or alligator?

[@RemingtonCreative]

+Blender 3D Renders I'll see what I can do! And yes, you'd just have to squish some parts and move them around, but it should work pretty well

[@RemingtonCreative]

+Blender 3D Renders I'll see what I can do! And yes, you'd just have to squish some parts and move them around, but it should work pretty well

[@RemingtonCreative]

+Blender 3D Renders I'll see what I can do! And yes, you'd just have to squish some parts and move them around, but it should work pretty well

[@unknowngaming1432]

Im brand new to this Blender thing but saw this and needed to try. I have a question though, can the tongue be animated too? I want the roar to be realistic.

[@kajiuman1075]

anything can be animated if you add the bones for whatever it might be and give it the right weight paint

[@theeonlydeacs5406]

Hi so I've tried to do this and it keeps giving me the error "Bone heat warning" how do I fix this or what am I doing wrong?

[@nateorona6787]

Hi I was wondering if you could make a tutorial for animating the t rex with that walking animation?? Or if anyone in the comments knows how tips would be appreciated!

[@vladplays2100]

WHAT, HOW DO YOU MAKE THE CLAWS AND TEATH MOVE WITH IT

[@thedude4795]

youre gonna have to learn some weight paint

[@angelhdzdev]

how weight paint has anything to do with animating the teeth and claws? He just needs to joine the teeth to the mouth mesh, and the claws to the hands/feet mesh...

[@pattymaboy5425]

adding weight to the teeth and claws on the appropriate bone will move it just the same, but without having to join the meshes. Two ways to do the same thing :D

[@CinaBloom]

I joined the eye to the model, and yet it pops out of the model when i posed it.

[@brianalldridge]

Select your claw, then the bone for the appropriate toe, CTRL+ P > Parent Bone Relative. From there the claw will follow the bone. With the teeth, you'll have to go into edit mode, select all, separate by loose parts, then join all the top teeth as one object and the bottom as another. Use the same process as with the claw to attach them to the bone for the jaw.

[@virv3042]

Which version you cab use?

[@realtrends_7871]

What happens when you try to move the head but it does-not work (it just makes the rectangle around) I followed all the steps

[@ethancumby7525]

when i try to set the rotaion for the bones to 0 on the tail i dont get the same options. ive followed all of the instructions but idk whats happening

[@circle2867]

that bone constraint doesnt seem to work in blender 2.8 for me. doesnt seem all that necessary anyway tbh

[@Willinator-cf8ll]

ran into a problem when i selected with automatic weights, the model would flip on its side and get a lot bigger, and the mesh dosent follow the bones

[@rektedits61]

for me too

[@joecoz26]

I rate to rig, i dont suppose you could provide the file to download?

[@bobabooey8367]

Here ya go Joe.... www.blendswap.com/blends/view/68007 www.blendswap.com/blends/view/73329...:)

[@joecoz26]

Um thanks, I was wondering about the rig in the tutorial.

[@RemingtonCreative]

I'll upload it to my website sometime soon. If I forget, comment and I'll upload it really quick! Sorry for not getting back to you by the way, you commented while I was on vacation and I must've missed it!

[@RemingtonCreative]

www.dropbox.com/s/ls9662vej15zs3h/TrexRigged.zip?dl=0

[@joecoz26]

Thanks man really appreciate it.

[@paperluigi-gs8cs]

can i use this in a video if i credit you?

[@RemingtonCreative]

Go fer it

[@tristen_washington]

i ned help i cant find the trex model where ever i put it

[@samtyy.-.60hz63]

go to this page joel3d.com/FreeTrexModel.html and put the option that says Free T.rex model, that will download the model

[@LenoahChacko]

Great tutorial! Btw...at 18:45 you should click alt+g and reset location

[@RemingtonCreative]

+Lenoah Chacko My bad, thank you!

[@OatmealDonk]

I pressed alt+g and it made the dinosaur do the splits :-P

[@rachittrivedi6322]

Hello Sir, can I lock the blender file before sending to someone

[@franklinmichael671]

What is the difference between a blender model and a model made for video games? Just lots more detail?

[@circle2867]

You can make models for video games in blender. you'll want to try and keep them relatively low poly, though. you wouldn't really wanna use this high poly T-Rex for a game.

[@begobogo2583]

Circle 25 Would a game like Ark survival evolved have high poly models like this?

[@circle2867]

i highly doubt any game would have models this high. even if they did they would run like crap. what you'd normally do is sculpt or create a high poly model, retopologise it then bake the high poly model to a low poly model. quite a long drawn out process but it works.

[@Gamersargent]

My mesh wont take my bones as an automatic weight, how do i fix this? To be specific is says failed to find solution to one or more bones

[@RemingtonCreative]

Interesting. have you added any extra bones to your scene?

[@Gamersargent]

Nope, just the ones in the mesh.

[@RemingtonCreative]

+Gamersargent Strange. I'm not sure why that's happening. Could you upload the blend file somewhere and give me a download?

[@Gamersargent]

Sorry for the late reply but i figured it out, i had the mesh too subdivided for the bones to latch onto the faces

[@_Shinique]

Thank you for the tutorial. Is there a function in Blender that automatically centers a bone to a mesh?

[@CinaBloom]

You said u would fix when the eye's fallow the head. I joined my eyes with the model and the eyes are not fallowing the head when i pose it. You said you would show us!!

[@Tewo84]

i cant move the t rex with bones .. help plz

[@Didinozor]

Why when i press "with automatic wheits" the model changes its size and rotation ? Someone can help pls

[@Didinozor]

Okay, i rescale the model myself and i think it's good now, idk if it's the right way but it's working

[@OatmealDonk]

when I get to around 10:30, I am able to pose most of him but the areas around the eyes stay stationary. I have checked and they are not weighted and I cannot find a solution online. any ideas? :3

[@RemingtonCreative]

+James Ray Could you upload your blend file somewhere so I can take a look at it?

[@OatmealDonk]

sure, ill send it you from the save point before if that's ok? :-) (I really didn't expect you to be this quick, subscribing now :-D)

[@OatmealDonk]

heres a link to the file on my onedrive (hope that's ok) 1drv.ms/u/s!Ar_Fm9H2r92DpV8HIOs4WCYJkfFw

[@RemingtonCreative]

+James Ray are you talking about the eyeballs, teeth, and claws?

[@RemingtonCreative]

+James Ray are you talking about the eyeballs, teeth, and claws?

[@syahrezaar9005]

thank you for the tutorial, it was very helpful

[@official420er]

When i press "with automatic wheits", the dino model changes its size and rotation.. HELP!

[@simonday4555]

I'm having this problem too! Does anyone have any suggestions

[@simonday4555]

Just figured it out, you need to set to local rather than global

[@bfcchannel9807]

I wana mech robot rigging.tutorial please

[@ryanbarr2178]

Just do similar to this and parent each of your robots parts to a bone with Ctrl + P rather than using automatic weights

[@slickdaddy5643]

What is your intro song???!!!

[@adicraigs]

pls send me some tips of that,, am beginner,, plsss

[@skylinestudiosrc]

THANK YOU SO MUCH because I hate rigging ant it helped me a lot !

[@RemingtonCreative]

Glad I could help! I hate rigging too.

[@skylinestudiosrc]

subscribed !

[@matiasdonatelli3577]

it makes me remember the dinosaur from the meme called :"callese viejo lesbiano"

[@Glorify-God-in-your-body]

there is no blend file

[@enigmawstudios4130]

My friend, thank you kindly!

[@Darkns]

The t-rex won't move ! Only the bones moving ! How can i fix this ?

[@RemingtonCreative]

+Darkness Pro Did you get any errors when parenting the bones to the mesh?

[@RemingtonCreative]

+Darkness Pro *the mesh to the bones

[@Darkns]

Sorry for the late reply because the internet is slow anyways : Yes you want me to explain or you're already to understand?

[@ShowMation]

select the model then the armature, then hit ctrl and P and go down to parent with automatic weights

[@doublewujuh3793]

Do you have discord?

[@RemingtonCreative]

discord.gg/6rGRkqY

[@dorianzgraggen]

Great video, I learned a lot :)

[@RemingtonCreative]

+Dorian Z. Awesome! If you're interested learning anything else with blender, just tell me and I'll try my best to make a tutorial about it!

[@OatmealDonk]

huh... a year later and your still the top search result. ;-) except this time i want to make the dinosaur look like barney to annoy my freind because im bored. ;-)

[@adicraigs]

how to add bone trex eye ,, we all are eagarly waiting for next trex tutorial,,

[@KidGamePlays123]

hi bro.this super video.animation tutorial upload please thank you

[@ChrisD__]

I just realized that I never rung the bell.

[@TimsAClown]

its alt g to rest location

[@tamaskovacs8842]

good

[@realtrends_7871]

I wasted 1 hour trying to make this work and it didn't I need help

[@bnc._leg]

it's easier in roblox

[@ChrisD__]

ASlayer yassss

[@kindanotj6509]

Wdym

[@snbsfgbsuf]

when you notice that roblox file

[@realtrends_7871]

??

[@felixselepsky7495]

Lol you play roblox (oh shit)