WHAT'S INSIDE THE COMBAT ANIMATOR STARTER KIT
Everything you need to start practicing and building better fight scenes
Free Animation Rigs
Character Rigs for Blender, Maya and Unreal Engine
Animation References
Timing, spacing, poses, reactions and choreography ideas to study
Background Music
Tracks for different moods and intensities to test rhythm and energy
Sound Effects
Hits, whooshes, impacts and movements sounds to sell your action.
FREE WORKSHOPS
FREE RIGS
These are some of my favorite free animation rigs I have found!
BLENDER
MAYA
 Manny Rig For Blender |  Sky - Base rigHere's Sky, a feminine base rig. Everything is really simple so you can customize the rig yourself. FOR BLENDER ! |
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 Ryan Base RigHere's Ryan, a masculine base rig. Everything is really simple so you can customize the rig yourself. For blender 3.5 and higher. |  MT-103 Character RigIf you think I should create more rigs, feel free to buy me a drink! Every little helps :) --- Video Overview: https://youtu.be/FiY2yyb8E7c Test Animation - Run Cycle https://youtu.be/YDxFykjdtv4 Test Animation - Sword Combo https://youtu.be/C46HxN595Xw |
 Samus RigWe couldn't wait for Samus to return in Metroid Dread, so we made our own version. This model is textured and rigged. Ready for any animation purposes you may require. Total Triangle count is 49,651. Textures are 4K. Please feel free to tag us @Curiomatic on twitter for any artworks or animations you use this model for. This model is an unofficial fan recreation and tribute to the Metroid Series. The Metroid Series and Metroid Dread are owned by Nintendo. This file is in no way affiliated, ass | ![[ Blender ] Anby Animation Rig](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5eb6c1_0c42a9168a09493a89702d17259a0688~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,al_c,q_95,enc_auto/5eb6c1_0c42a9168a09493a89702d17259a0688~mv2.png) [ Blender ] Anby Animation Rig |
 HSR Sam Character Rig - Blender | ![[ Blender ] Miyabi Animation Rig](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5eb6c1_8856232210994e0fa92f27137c1a1fa0~mv2.webp/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,al_c,q_90,enc_auto/5eb6c1_8856232210994e0fa92f27137c1a1fa0~mv2.webp) [ Blender ] Miyabi Animation Rig |
![[ Blender ] Trigger Animation Rig](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5eb6c1_6405ecfb00be46d3bb8376e1ebb3625a~mv2.webp/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,al_c,q_90,enc_auto/5eb6c1_6405ecfb00be46d3bb8376e1ebb3625a~mv2.webp) [ Blender ] Trigger Animation Rig |  Spiderverse Miles RigThis started as a small study project and ended up becoming a full fleshed out rig so I'm sharing it with the blender community now! |
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 Cyberpunk MercenaryHybrid 02 Rig. High Quality Game Rig for Autodesk Maya Software: Maya 2017 (or higher) Rigged using Advanced Skeleton The rig includes: * diffuse textures for the body * Arnold version (Maya 2018 and higher) with fullpack PBR texures * you can download textures here https://www.dropbox.com/s/x3c9jco34iuzj5m/Hybrid%2002%20-%20Textures.rar?dl=0 |  petar-pehchevski-screenshot003_edited |
 Urban WarriorMaya 2022.4 and up required! This rig is free to use for noncommercial purposes! copy paste for fast credits: Model: @OtyMark Rig: @kaiakim_art |  raph_edited |
 Aang Rig |  Samus RigThe Samus Rig is a collaboration between Julien Desroy (https://www.artstation.com/artwork/JllyVa) and me. This work will be up for free and any donation made to this rig will go to https://www.extra-life.org special thanks to Jean-Dennis Haas for creating a great rig review! updates on plugins can be found here: https://gumroad.com/l/KRwbW |
Tools I Actually Use for Fight Animation
Resources I use or recommend for building, reviewing and presenting fight scenes.
Animation & Character
Mocap & Reference
Environments
The mocap tool I use to capture real movement and ground my animations in something physical. Speeds up the blocking process and makes your action feel more believable from the jump
How I build and rig original characters for fight animation. If you want full control over how your fighter looks and moves, this is where I start.
The environment packs I use to set my fight scenes in Unreal Engine. Cinematic quality, game-ready assets that make your action look like it belongs in a trailer. Use code ROUNDTABLEANIMATION30 for 30% off.
