2025 · Solo project

Zelda Rig

A complete animation rig for a Zelda model in Maya, with IK/FK switching, a spline IK spine and individual finger controls.

viewport · Zelda Rig

For this project I rigged a 3D model of Zelda made by Christoph Schoch. I wanted to get more familiar with rigging in Autodesk Maya. I made all of the bones, controls, weight painting and animations myself in Maya, and implemented the result in Unity.

I had a lot of fun with this one, and I'm looking forward to building many more rigs in Maya.

Character model by Christoph Schoch.

The Zelda rig in Maya with bones and controls visible — With bones

The Zelda model in Maya without the rig visible — Without bones

Walk cycle

In Unity