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I am filming a scene with a man and a horse.
I am wondering is there any walk cycle for a horse that avoids masking.
Thanks,
-Kevin 
Brickcellent, you could always frame the shot so you don't show the horse's legs, or block them with foliage. Other than that, you'll just have to stick with sliding them across the baseplate, with a little front-to-back wobble thrown it to make it look better.
The lego horses legs don't move like the minifigs so you won't be able to do it usless you make a custom horse
Eh, yes, I know that.
Brickcellent, you could always frame the shot so you don't show the horse's legs, or block them with foliage. Other than that, you'll just have to stick with sliding them across the baseplate, with a little front-to-back wobble thrown it to make it look better.
Ah yes.
Great idea littlebrick!
Thanks for the help.
Last edited by Brickcellent (January 5, 2010 (01:34pm))
You could always do it like a minifigure with short legs.
Shot 1: Lean the horse back
Shot 2: Level the horse and move it forward.
Shot 3: Have the horse leaning forward on the next stud.
Shot 4: Back to starting position.
And you can always add a few more sliding shots depending on how fast you want him to go 
If you want to see really good horse animation, I suggest this.
use 1x1 bricks of the same color of the horse
^ That doesn't really explain much about HOW to actually ANIMATE a horse walking. You could be doing ANYTHING with those studs, try explaining the process of animating with the studs....
You could always do it like a minifigure with short legs.
Shot 1: Lean the horse back
Shot 2: Level the horse and move it forward.
Shot 3: Have the horse leaning forward on the next stud.
Shot 4: Back to starting position.
And you can always add a few more sliding shots depending on how fast you want him to go
That works kinda good actually. I did exacly like that in one of my movies.
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