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Easiest way to add appendages?

gmwmerlingmwmerlin Posts: 6
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I'm looking to use Hexagon to import an existing actor, such as the Genesis 2 Female.  Before import, I would use the parameters to give it an elongated torso.

 

What I'd like to be able to do is to add 2 extra arms (think of Sheeva from Mortal Kombat).  I know the boning and rigging would have to be done separately on them, but is there an wasy way to bascially copy the existing 2 arms and basically paste a copy below them?  Is there a video tutorial out there that can show this (I'm more of a visual learner)?

 

Thanks!

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  • ShawnDriscollShawnDriscoll Posts: 375

    I'd make a copy of the body first, and hide the original.

    Then extract the polgons of the arms, as a separate object.

    Delete the rest of the body.

    Un-hide the copy that was made.

    Drag the extracted arms to where you want them joined to the original body.

    Hard stuff: Make holes in body for arms to bridge polygons to.

     

    There are 100 other ways to do it.

  • gmwmerlingmwmerlin Posts: 6

    Thank you very much for that.  Quick question:  Do the holes need to be made for the new arms, or would weldiing the vertices without making the hole cause a lot of issues?

    Thanks again!

  • ShawnDriscollShawnDriscoll Posts: 375
    gmwmerlin said:

    Thank you very much for that.  Quick question:  Do the holes need to be made for the new arms, or would weldiing the vertices without making the hole cause a lot of issues?

    Thanks again!

    You'll need to make holes (delete polygons) in the body for the new arms.

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