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Are there any tutorials out there for this, or can someone tell me what the best way to animate the LEGO minifig would be.
That's a hard thing to do. I have a character ascend the stairs in this video. If you like it, d/l it and watch it frame-by-frame:
http://vimeo.com/channels/holdingourown/84969923
This is something that I've always had trouble with as well. It's really hard to convincingly animate them going up and down the stairs.
It's difficult, but certainly doable. I'd suggest having really short stairs, only one plate high. Every time I've seen stairs done well the stairs themselves have only been one plate high, maybe two. I don't think it's possible with stairs that are a full brick high.
I'd suggest using the method the Builder Brothers and I use:
I did the same thing in Odoriferous when Elska walked down a few steps into the odoriferous lair but with fewer steps.
It makes animating pretty easy, you just have to make them walk. The disadvantage is that you cannot show the stairs, so you'll be kinda limited with camera angles if you do it.
I'd suggest using the method the Builder Brothers and I use:
I did the same thing in Odoriferous when Elska walked down a few steps into the odoriferous lair but with fewer steps.
It makes animating pretty easy, you just have to make them walk. The disadvantage is that you cannot show the stairs, so you'll be kinda limited with camera angles if you do it.
That's actually kinda genius.
And if your character is seen of the steps, rigging and masking always work for smoothness, it does take a while though.
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