Rigging. How you go about it?

[Kyoske]

Well I'm working on a personal project that has the need to rig a quadruped and a biped with a weapon (just for posing purposes, not animation ). Thought I would pick some of your brains. How do you go about doing it, and or are there any good tutorials out there?

[Aftermath]

Just going to pose? Well if you have zbrush you can try Transpose Master to pose the objects. I normally just use Biped and Pysique since I suck at painting weights.

[Buzzy]

What app are you using?
If you're using max and just want to pose the character, then biped is a good option as Aftermath stated.
zBrush is also good for just posing.

If you want more than just posing the character, then you've asked a rather naive question. Rigging is really a full-fledged profession in its own right. Asking a rigger "How do you go about doing it?" is like asking a mechanic "How do you build a racecar engine?" There is ALOT more to it than can be explained in a forum.

Now, if you want tutorials, that we can help you with!
Max ships with a fairly decent tutorial on rigging. Its a little dated, but hits the fundamentals pretty well.
Also check out CGTalk's rigging forum. There is a whole thread dedicated to tutorials. http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=54&t=49073

[Kyoske]

ty, I will check it out. I have only been at 3ds max since the start of dw3 so I'm still at the, what the hell do I do next stage. Just looking to learn as much as I can. I use 3ds max and z brush but I have no idea how to go about it in z brush. I have done a few bipeds in 3ds max so I think I will start there and learn as I go.