Creating a Biped for the Crows Nest.

Today a biped had to be created for the crows nest. Only the top half of the biped was required. First I created the the biped and positioned it with the crews clothing. Next The bones of the biped were adjusted to fit the model by moving and rotating the individual bones. Next the fins of each bone were adjusted to fit the shape of the body. Once all the bones were adjusted to fit the body. The number of fingers on the biped was upped to five and the finger links were change to three. Once all the fingers were positioned the biped needed to be linked to the body.
Next the modifier physique was used and a node was create to the pelvis of the biped. Now the biped and the mesh are linked the mesh is effected by the movement of the biped bones.
Now the envelopes on the bone need to be adjusted so the effect the correct vertexes on the mesh. This proved very difficult on the hands of the sailor. After a lot of trouble I created several successful envelops on the hand however I could not attach the lower vertex on the fingers. Due to these problems James West had a go at fixing the problem.