rigged giant pacific octopus 3d model - Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) by vitamin_e

ZIP file includes 3DS Max scene with texture maps for Diffuse Color, Displacement, and Translucency. All maps are 4096x4096 JPEGS.

Poly Count: 4972 (smoothing=0) / 14334 (smoothing=3)
Vertex Count: 3326 (smoothing=0) / 58021 (smoothing=3)

PLEASE NOTE: The suckers on the creature's tentacles are created with MentalRay displacement at the time of render. This is hugely advantageous in keeping a low poly count for animating, but requires that the scene be rendered using MentalRay. This utilizes 3DS Max's standard features and requires no third-party plugins.

This Max scene includes the octopus with it's uncollapsed modifier stack which includes:
PolyMesh/UVW Unwrap/Skin/Turbosmooth
This allows for easy animation (for the novice) or complete customization (for the expert).

The creatures Spline_IK control rig make animating tentacles easy and intuitive. Just move the control helpers (4 per tentacle) and the bones and mesh move to match the spline. Please watch the attached video and note that this animation was created by simply grabbing the base control node and pulling it upward. The tentacle motion occurs procedurally. I then adjusted just a few control points to adjust the angle and shape of the body/head.

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