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Blender Character Rigging

A production rigging pipeline for Blender: Rigify metarig setup, robust skinning, weight rules, and engine-ready game skeletons.

Image & VideoAdvanced★ 726⑂ 74AI score 9/10Last updated: Oct 30, 2026

What it does

  • Runs a script chain from Rigify metarig fitting to control rig generation (FK/IK, IK/FK snapping, tweak bones, bone collections).
  • Binds meshes with heat weights and auto-falls back to voxel proxy transfer for non-manifold, kitbashed or AI-generated meshes, then limits to 4 influences and normalizes.
  • Enforces production bone rules: DEF/ORG/MCH/control layers, .L/.R naming, mirrored roll, chain structure, weightless root bone for root motion.
  • Runs stress poses to catch collapsing elbows, candy-wrapped forearms, sunken shoulders and hip creases, with weight-painting and corrective shape key fixes.
  • Builds and validates game skeletons for Unity Humanoid, Unreal (UE5 Mannequin retarget) and Roblox R15 via rig_check profiles.

Who it's for

  • Technical artists and riggers building game or animation characters in Blender.
  • 3D artists who need reliable skinning on outsourced or AI-generated meshes.
  • Teams whose character exports keep failing engine skeleton requirements.

Examples

  1. "Rig and skin this character" → fit the metarig, place joints, generate RIG_Body, then run bind_mesh.py.
  2. "The shoulder collapses when the arms go up" → inspect stress frames, rebalance clavicle/upper-arm/spine weights, add a corrective shape key.
  3. "Make a Unity-ready skeleton" → rigify_build.py --game-skeleton then rig_check.py --profile unity --fix.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

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Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EL4CTEO/blender-skills/HEAD/skills/blender-character-rigging/SKILL.md

What I want: (describe your task here)

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↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install in Claude Code

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Copy the skills/blender-character-rigging folder from the GitHub repo EL4CTEO/blender-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/blender-character-rigging/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/EL4CTEO/blender-skills.git /tmp/blender-skills && cp -r /tmp/blender-skills/skills/blender-character-rigging ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Create the skills folder if needed: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  3. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/EL4CTEO/blender-skills.git /tmp/blender-skills
  4. Copy this skill: cp -r /tmp/blender-skills/skills/blender-character-rigging ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Recommended: also copy the companion skills: cp -r /tmp/blender-skills/skills/blender-core /tmp/blender-skills/skills/blender-animation ~/.claude/skills/
  6. Make sure Blender 5.x is installed and callable from the command line.
  7. Restart Claude Code and ask something like "rig this character for Unreal" to trigger the skill.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT