Chapter 01: Creating The FK Spine
How to create a Forward Kinematic based spine rig.

Chapter 02: Control Objects
Paul shows how to create the control objects that will be used for the various aspects of the rig.

Chapter 03: Constraints & Wiring Paramaters
The FK Spine is setup by connecting it to its control objects via orientation constraints and parameter wiring.

Chapter 04: Leg & Reverse Foot Rig
Paul creates the bone rig necessary for the reverse leg/foot rig (a rig that allows for foot-roll)

Chapter 05: Scripted Custom Attributes
A set of Custom Attribute based controls is needed for the foot-roll rig. Here Paul shows how their creation can be automated via MAXScript.

Chapter 06: Modifying Custom Attributes
Once created you may need to modify the Custom Attribute based interface. Paul shows how this can be done via MAXScript.

Chapter 07: Reactor Controllers
Paul moves on to show how the various foot controls can be rigged up to their respective bones via the Reactor Controller interface.

Chapter 08: Leg Stretch System
As the inverse foot rig can become detached from the ankle, Paul shows how we can modify the leg IK system so that it auto-stretches when the foot is extended too far.

Chapter 01: Spline IK
Paul explains what a Spline IK system is, and shows how to setup the spline and the associated bones.

Chapter 02: Controlling Spline IK
And goes on here to show how a control system can be setup to interface.

Chapter 03: Stabilising Spline IK
Due to its use of a spline there can be twisting and stability issues. Here Paul shows how to bring these issues back under control and stabilize them.

Chapter 04: Arm Bones
Paul shows how to setup the characters arm bone rig.

Chapter 05: Control Objects and HI IK
We now create the arm control objects and setup the history independent inverse kinematic system.

Chapter 06: Twisting with Constraints
The lower arm twist system is setup.

Chapter 07: Extracting Rotations
The upper arm twist system is implemented and Paul shows how to extract rotations to facilitate it.

Chapter 08: Hand Bones
Paul creates the hand bones.

Chapter 09: Custom Hand Control Interface
And the custom attribute controls are applied to the hand control objects.

Chapter 10: Wiring the Fingers
Paul shows how to wire up all of the fingers to the controls

Chapter 11: Wiring the Thumb
And finally the thumb is wired up to complete the hand rigging

Chapter 01: Envelopes & Mirroring
Here we look at how the Skin modifiers envelopes can be mirrored from one side of the rig to the other, saving on setup time.

Chapter 02: Include / Exclude
With the basic enveloping in place, Paul goes on to setup the basic inclusion/exclusion vertex lists for each bone.

Chapter 03: Vertex Weighting / Painting Weights
Paul shows how the vertex paint tool works.

Chapter 04: Painting Blend Weights
And then moves on to show how the blend weights tool can be used too “smooth” out any hard edges in your current weighting.

Chapter 05: Adding Muscle Bones
In some places extra bones can be added to help with muscle definition and other body forms, Paul shows how to do so here.

Chapter 06: Methods & Results
Here Paul explains some of the techniques he has been using on this DVD and the various results he has achieved with them.

Chapter 07: Skin Deformers
When posed in a certain way the skin can take on problematic forms. Paul shows how the skin deformers can be used to get around some of these issues.

Chapter 08: Dynamic Belly With Springs
Our Ogre character has a pretty large belly and to take that into account Paul shows how he has added springs to create a dynamic belly wobbling effect.

Chapter 09: Controlling Springs With Script
The spring controllers used in the last chapter can cause a large lag whilst scrubbing your animation. Paul shows how to turn off the controllers during animation tweaking via MAXscript.

Chapter 10: Skin Utilities
We wrap up the DVD with Paul running us through some of the more advanced features and Utilities found in the Skin modifier.