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I decided to start a thread for this because some people don't know any good walk cycles. And others don't know enough. Yes you may post running cycles. To post your walk cycle you can post images for each frame of your step. or post a link to a video tutorial.
Example: Frame 1
Frame 2
Frame 3
Frame 4
Have fun discovering walking and running cycles! 
I'll post mine in a little while. 
Yesterday I studied how I walk to make my walk cycle more accurate.
I usually have another step between 1-2 and 2-3.
I have a 3 step cycle
Yer, 3 Frame. Is that bad?
That's terrible. Seriously. At least 4 frame is the way to go, man. (It's in the top post of this thread. )
I use 5 frame, according to Hazzat that makes me weird.
I use the 6 Frame and it comes out very great (not to mention it matches up with the sound from the BF Sound Library)
i use the six frame except according to hazzat i have excessive flailing of arms 
and i havent quite mastered it yet but here is how i do it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ONP0icB … annel_page
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I am not an expert brickfilmer, (In fact I'm as thick as a whale omelette) so always have difficulty balancing my minifigs across the base studs.
I filmed this sample at 15 FPS using frames 1 3 and 4 above. I filmed on twos (taking two shots per pose). I was quite happy with the walking pace and it is much simpler to do. Perhaps we should call this method the "whale omelete" method!
It is ideal if you want to create a character that walks like he has had an acccident in his pants.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MTKEzMTbhQ
Simpler, not better. Even though it may be 15fps if you took two shots per pose that would technically be 7.5 frames per second.
I use the 4, 5 and 6 walk cycles. My main one is 4, if the camera is quite close to the minifig I use 5, and if the camera is very close to the minifig I use 5 or 6, depending on the speed I want.
I've been using Nathan Well's 5 frame walk cycle, that includes the standing frames.
And I saw NXTManiac's tutorial a few day ago and I'm going to try that out.
Another thing, I know its a really bad habit but when I'm in a hurry, I film a film 4 frame walk cycle, also with standing frames. 
Last edited by KrusaderKego (June 20, 2009 (10:01am))
i stumbled across this one a while back: Quigibo's Walk Tutorial
it's the one i use and one of the best ive seen
I used to use a shorter cycle like the one in the first post of this thread, I now have another intermediate frame and it does smooth it out a bit.
i stumbled across this one a while back: Quigibo's Walk Tutorial
it's the one i use and one of the best ive seen
Just started using it. The results are great.
I make a walkcycle, then I slow it down, and then I use pixelmotion to smooth it.
(just kidding), I'm using a 5 (sometimes 4) frames cycle
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