Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Let's create a light bulb robot from start to finish using only free assets! We'll use kitbashing to add mechanical parts to an existing armature, and then use a free addon to batch parent all the parts with one click.
New Patreon Tier:
patreon.com/polyfjord
The Mechanical Creature Kit:
blendermarket.com/products/mechanical-creature-kit
Light Bulb model on Poly Haven:
polyhaven.com/a/lightbulb_01
Blender Addon - Parent to Nearest Bone by g3ntile:
github.com/g3ntile/parentToNearestBone
Rokoko Motion Library:
rokoko.com
Software used:
blender.org
My second channel: @Polyfjord2
Chapters:
00:00 What we'll be creating
00:19 Importing motion capture
01:36 Importing the Mechanical Creature Kit
02:56 Kitbashing the legs
04:20 Kitbashing and modeling the arms
06:03 Adding core body parts
10:32 Adding the head
11:17 Kitbashing screws
12:17 Mirroring and final modeling tweaks
12:59 Batch parenting parts to armature
14:51 Attaching the torso using constraints
16:15 Material setup
17:53 Final result
18:09 Extended version + new Patreon Tier
18:43 Thanks for watching!
#motioncapture #b3d #robot
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Let's create a light bulb robot from start to finish using only free assets! We'll use kitbashing to add mechanical parts to an existing armature, and then use a free addon to batch parent all the parts with one click.
New Patreon Tier:
patreon.com/polyfjord
The Mechanical Creature Kit:
blendermarket.com/products/mechanical-creature-kit
Light Bulb model on Poly Haven:
polyhaven.com/a/lightbulb_01
Blender Addon - Parent to Nearest Bone by g3ntile:
github.com/g3ntile/parentToNearestBone
Rokoko Motion Library:
rokoko.com
Software used:
blender.org
My second channel: @Polyfjord2
Chapters:
00:00 What we'll be creating
00:19 Importing motion capture
01:36 Importing the Mechanical Creature Kit
02:56 Kitbashing the legs
04:20 Kitbashing and modeling the arms
06:03 Adding core body parts
10:32 Adding the head
11:17 Kitbashing screws
12:17 Mirroring and final modeling tweaks
12:59 Batch parenting parts to armature
14:51 Attaching the torso using constraints
16:15 Material setup
17:53 Final result
18:09 Extended version + new Patreon Tier
18:43 Thanks for watching!
#motioncapture #b3d #robot
BP5ICESEWU8CJWXO

![Motion Capture + Brick Wall Simulation in Blender [Livestream reupload]
Reupload of this weeks livestream! A really exciting session exploring cell fracture and motion capture using the rigid body tools in Blender v2.83. Thanks to everyone who tuned in for the stream, it was a ton of fun! Thanks for watching!
If you want to support the channel: https://patreon.com/polyfjord
Mentioned tutorials:
Real Time Animation: https://youtu.be/eoSRMxMDYsk
Procedural Textures: https://youtu.be/O_spJmmST5I
Assets:
Software used: https://www.blender.org/download/
Motion capture from Mixamo: https://www.mixamo.com/
Youtube Audio Library: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music
Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome!
00:45 Motion capture workflow
04:11 Cell fracture setup
08:30 Rigid body simulation
14:05 Cycles material setup
18:34 Camera setup with DoF
20:37 Compositing
23:20 Recap
https://www.instagr.am/polyfjord/
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