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Miku Rigging Stuff and Voice Test

Added 2023-07-12 22:24:28 +0000 UTC

Hey everyone. Here is a clip of Miku bending around.

In the past, I put all of the spine rotation between the ribcage and the pelvis. It turns out I was wrong.. The spine at the ribcage does bend a little bit. The front of the ribcage is all flexible cartilage aside from the sternum. So this is my first flexible ribcage rig. It took me a few tries to get it working right!

So... You may recall with Nadia, I had to switch tracks when I was simming her body and do a traditional rigging with her upper body. With all I've learned recently, I am confident that I can do full-body simulation with Miku. Also I have learned how I can "fuse" body parts together in the sim. I'll be doing a test of that soon. In the past I had to rig a "holder" piece between her torso and arms, as well as between her torso and legs to hold them together as well as manually rig rotation changes to emulate how they would deformed as if they are pure sims. Well if the fuse test works none of that will be necessary... So stay tuned for a test of that soon.

My voice actor sent me a sample of her Japanese accent. A portion of it is also attached. She is so talented!

More to come!