Red Fox Rig

🦊 Introducing the Fox Rig: "Red Fox"

Built from scratch without any automated tools, this rig was developed as a hands-on study in quadruped rigging—crafted with VFX-quality standards in mind.

Perfect for students, professionals, or anyone looking to animate a realistic and responsive fox:

📦Red Fox Rig Includes:

Fully rigged Red Fox character (Maya 2023+)

High-quality groom (Houdini)

Model with clean topology

Texture files: Color, Normal, Specular, DSP

Detailed README documentation with usage instructions

🎯 RIG FEATURES:

- Full body rig with IK/FK switch for all limbs

- Twist joints for limbs

- Stretchy limbs

- Stretchy spine and neck (SIK system)

- FK and sine-deformer tail

- Quick posing and detail controls on toes

- Reverse foot pivot setup

- Toggleable auto-rotate for scapula and lower legs

- Toggleable limb lock for front legs

- Secondary leg bending controls

- Jiggle and body tweaking controls

- Facial controls (brows, eyes, mouth, jaw, nose, ears)

- Blendshape and joint-based facial system

- Custom ear system with "Pinch Setup"

- Toggleable "Eyelid Following Eye" attribute

- FK and aim eye setup

- Space switching (World / Local / Parent)

- Extensive control visibility settings

- Performance-enhancing toggleable features

- Global scale control

- Clean naming conventions

- Animator-friendly control layout

- Secondary gimbal controls to prevent gimbal locking

🧑‍🎓 Who Is It For?

Animation students

Creature animators in training

Artists building professional showreels

🛠 Technical Information:

Software: Maya 2023 (or higher)

Model: Patrick Suess

Groom: Florian Fuerrer

Rig: Robin Berger

⚠️ Note: This rig is not intended for game engine export

📩 Enquiries & Contact:

For questions, feedback, or bug reports, feel free to reach out:

📧 robinlucaberger@gmail.com

Have fun animating this rig in your next shot or showreel!

Warm regards,

Robin Berger

Student Creature TD | Rigging Artist

🔜 Available from November