Gilgamesh Rig

Setup

All controls and many relations are in the control armature, underlying are (at least) a geometry armature and splines and empties for spline IK

Control Armature

Arm Setup

Geometry Chain

[ HLP_autoshoulder.L ] >> GEO_shoulder.L/.R, [ upperarm.L/.R ] >> GEO_upperarm.L/.R >> GEO_lowerarm.L/.R >> GEO_hand.L/.R

FK Control Bones

shoulder.L/.R, [ HLP_upperhinge.L/.R ] >> upperarm.L/.R >> lowerarm.L/.R >> hand.L/.R

Helpers

[ shoulder.L/.R ] >> HLP_autoshoulder.L/.R and HLP_shoulderhinge.L/.R , [ upperarm.L/.R ] >> HLP_upperpivot.L/.R >> HLP_lowerpivot.L/.R , [ torso ] >> HLP_upperhinge.L/.R

IKTargets

[ root ] >> IK_hand.L >> IK_elbow.L

IKChains

[shoulder.L/.R ] >> IK_upperarm.L/.R >> IK_lowerarm.L/.R

IKHelpers

[ shoulder.L ] >> IK_HLP_upperarm.L/.R >> IK_HLP_lowerarm.L/.R , [ IK_hand.L ] >> IK_offst_hand.L

Arm Constraints

GEO_upperarm.L/.R :

• CopyLocation -> tip GEO_shoulder.L/.R
• CopyRotation -> upperarm.L/.R
• CopyScale -> GEO_shoulder.L/.R
• CopyRotation -> IK_HLP_upperarm.L/.R driven by IKFK

GEO_lowerarm.L/.R :

• CopyRotation -> lowerarm.L/.R
• CopyRotation -> IK_HLP_lowerarm.L/.R driven by IKFK

GEO_hand.L/.R :

• CopyRotation -> hand.L/.R
• CopyRotation -> IKhand.L/.R driven by IKFK

HLP_cpyupperarm.L/.R :

• CopyRotation -> upperarm.L/.R

Arm Notes

AutoShoulder

shoulder.L/.R doesn't automove but displays at GEO_shoulder.L/.R HLP_upperpivot.L/.R is the child of upperarm.L/.R, but has a IKFK driven copyrot to IK_upperarm.L/.R. HLP_lowerpivot.L/.R is at it's tip (at the elbow) and is the target of HLP_autoshoulder.L/.R, with an Autoshoulder driven Damped Track . GEO_shoulder.L/.R is the child of HLP_autoshoulder.L/.R, and that completes the setup.