Wing Setup Example

A sped up version of me working with the feather tool
I am also making a step by step video on the rig section
the master control feathers are oriented with the world, this avoids some issues with flipping constraints. the opposite side I made everything have a -1 and I had to create an expression to handle the rotation hierarchy, something about Maya's interpretation of a -1 wasnt happy

[@MarcoGiordanoTD]

you didnt show the most important thing . the fold of the wing . this is the real test where it splits from good and bad rig .

[@novarasi]

great rig waiting for the step by step video for a while now.... thanks

[@Z33Garage]

How did you connect the rotations of 1 base joint of a feather to affect the surrounding base feather joints exponentially as you rotate them?
Thanks

[@pixydis]

Amazing rig and walk-though!
I've got one question. So ive arranged the feathers in between controlling feather, adjusted position, angle etc, got them lined up nicely. But once I rotate the control feather, all of those feather jump back into basic position they were created in.
Any suggestions?
thanks!

[@Ubertubermeister]

I see you have a "WING CREATION TOOL" window opened....
this comes with MAYA? if so where is it located -
or is this an additional plugin???
or is it called "feather tool" as written in your description-
Please help me find it and I will make it happen
Thanks!

[@Juusokakku]

Hi! I'm just curious about that mirrored behavior problem you hand with the right side. So mirroring the joints with behavior checked was out of the question? Also, did you try using a group that has been rotated backwards and upside, then placing the right wing under that? (This has enabled mirrored rotation on many occasions for me)

[@MikePaixao]

sorry for the late reply, looks like the constraints would have been global, and not relative the the correct side, so I made a script to compensate for that... but this is my attempt at remembering something 14 years ago 🤔(I await your response in a decade from now 😅)

[@806543721]

hey! Your feather rig looks awesome! But I'm having issues with it;
I am using maya 2011 and the latest version from creative crash...
whenever I click create I get
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5
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!// Error: Error while parsing arguments. //
In the script editor... do you have any ideas what may cause it? could you maybe make a quick screenshot of your outliner how things are supposed to be set up?
Thanks!

[@TecnoguiaCol]

I am waiting for the step by step tutorial, starting from scratch, could you do that?
please...
Greetings from Colombia!!

[@poloisgod]

May I ask where you can download the "wing creation tool"?

[@owenkilleen]

i need to do this so bad in cinema 4d, but i haven't a clue how, or what to do, this is exactly what i want, butin c4d. so i can add wings to people in video, and still photography.

[@BiswajitKumarRoyJohn]

Please, share the system from scratch to finish.