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In the past days, I have improved the possible gaits of my walking minifig
algorithm. For practical reasons, it als has a name now: Johnny Walker
(unrelated to Johnnie Walker, the drink :-)
After I posted this first, I became aware that similar walking algorithms are
around. I havent been into animation in recent years and never noticed there
was a lugnet.animation newsgroup.
But I still think it may be worth your while to check this one out. The
(customizable) charming gaits and talking mouth can be useful in animated
stories.
New adress: LEGO on my Mind
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In lugnet.cad, Anders Isaksson wrote:
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Eric Brok wrote:
This looks great! Eagerly awaiting the download...
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Thanks. It will take another few days, since Im still making structural
changes.
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BTW, the first link on the Walking minifig page, Info about Johnny W.
(http://legomind.ericbrok.com/projects/minifig/info) is not working for the
moment, maybe its just not ready yet?
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t was a typo. Just fiixed it, thanks.
Eric Brok
http://legomind.ericbrok.com/index.htm?s=cad
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In lugnet.cad, Eric Brok wrote:
These are great Eric. Ive always taken note of minifig walkcycles, in
independent brick films or Legos own video games, and there are not to many
successes on that front. Walk cycles are difficult to begin with to make a
convincing sense of weight and timing, and youve done both of that here and
added many other gaits and a sense of physics at work on them. The double bob
strut that they have going on is totally working, and youve kept the stiff
integrity of the minifig intact without resolving to bending their limbs in
unatural ways. I think the tilting is a great solution that adds a natural sway
and swagger to otherwise very rigid figure. Thanks for sharing these, real treat
to check out!
cheers, Joseph
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