ive been having some issues with this character. due to poor modeling and or rigging skills, i can quite get this characters shoulders to deform 100% correctly.

anybody have some good techniques for modeling/rigging the shoulder area in polys?

i have a screen to help demonstrate my point, any tips? [image]http://[/image]

Well. From a topology standpoint it looks like you might need more edge loops. It'd help if you could also post a picture of the unrigged model.
You're also weighting the vertices of the shoulder at 100%; your results would be better if you split the weight fairly evenly over the area where the bones meet.

so basically more edge loops. i was afraid of that, ill lop off the arms and remodel the joint area, then retexture.

trial and error so far.

thx

In what pose did you originally model? Arms completely down?
If so, then lifting them 90° will cause quite a bit of deforming, no matter what.
A 45° original pose is a lot better for most purposes.

Oh and probably even more important, it doesn't look like you are using weighted vertex skinning... is that a limit of the engine you are aiming for?

Poopinmymouth has a handy image...
http://www.poopinmymouth.com/process...der_deform.jpg