LogInRyan Lykos added some automations to make it even smoother.
Ryan Lykos showcased a really nice magazine rig that will one day be attached to a gun, demonstrating his Blender skills. But it gets better: the magazine doesn't just go inside the well manually: Lykos made an automation system that guides it in when it's near the grip.
"It has its limits, but from animating just one bone and a property, I think it's pretty good!" he said.
The goal was to "make reload animations a lot easier for the animator by automatically aligning it with the weapon," and the artist is definitely on the right track.
Lykos is a talented rigger and is interested in a variety of subjects, not just weapons, although there is, for example, an awesome auto-ejection mechanism in his portfolio. You can see his Mimic from Five Nights at Freddy's with cool eye motion, Doomguy, and other fascinating stuff on X/Twitter.
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