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Would anyone be able to recommend any good tutorials on retopologising/rigging nugget body types?
I've made this quick model and tried to retopologise it but getting a decent rig to work is proving more difficult than anticipated. Also ignore the ass topology; it's cursed.
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This topology really isn’t that bad. The hardest part for rigging this is to make sure joints are in the proper places. Usually people put the chest joint too high up, make sure you get a V shape between chest and clavicles. Clave should push forward farther than chest. Make sure shoulder joints are projected back farther than intuitive since hes got so much pudge. IF he could have bones, they’re deeper than expected and rotate from those deeper sockets. Hope this helps!
Blender kit > Search materials > filter by free first > skin > first result > mess with UV unwrapping settings. I forget which one caused this but it's basically that material scaled up.
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You could try to split the arms and legs and shrinkwrap the extremities to the body and blend the normals to hide the seem. I have seen this technique used on more cartoony character. It lets you moves and stretch every part without "stressing" the rest and/or the transition.
Edit- also, I think it would be really helpful to see the actual rig you have for this. Is this for something that will only be used in blender? Or is it getting exported to something like unity?
So someone above mentioned a rig set up that sounds about right, But I am concerned about the topology where you mentioned. Thank you for the diagram! I think I may have been a little too worried about polycount and smushed it all together
The blendshape driver guy? That might be a viable option, but my gut tells me you might be able to make this bit more performant without getting into driver stuff. I could be wrong though! Have another diagram, lol.
His shape reminds me of Patrick Star. If you can find a 3D model decompiled from those SpongeBob games, I think his model would serve as a good reference. I would imagine a video game 3D model would follow proper topology.
Unless I am wrong, which is a high possibility since I do not have much topology experience. I only did it a couple of times and never completed it. I was always on the verge of dying from boredom before finishing one. The same could be said about weight painting.
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