How to rig a M4 Carbine Rifle for animation

Title: How to rig a M4 Carbine Rifle for animation
Author: Groza Danut
Posted: 03 June 2013
Software: Blender 2.67a
Length: 22 minutes


Hi everybody! In this video tutorial I want to take the M4 rifle model a little bit further and prepare it for animating. This video presents a way of preparing and rigging a M4 carbine rifle for a later animation. In the video I used bones to create the rig and some constraints for the bones. So just check out the video and tell me what do you think about it.

Adding Object Constraints

Title: Adding Object Constraints
Author: Groza Danut
Posted: 4/20/2013
Software: Blender 2.66a
Length: 20 minutes


The use of constraints can be sometimes confusing but the constraints are capable of speeding your work very much in certain situations. The best way that you can learn how constraints work is by experimenting so after you watch this tutorial make sure you go into Blender and experiment on your own what you learned. This way you wont forget what you just learned.

In this video is shown how to set up some constraints for a gear setup in 2 different ways. Also in the video is presented another use of the constraints along with the modifiers to create  a rope wheel.