ARM - A Rigged Mesh - Giant Baby!
This is a complete mesh avatar that includes a full alpha layer!
The "Dancing Baby" phenomenon refers to a 3D rendered animation of a baby performing a cha-cha type dance. It originated as a collection of experimental testing data and files, ultimately released in Autumn of 1996 as a product sample source file (sk_baby.max) with the 3D character animation software product "Character Studio", used with 3D Studio Max (both products from Kinetix/Autodesk). The original sample source file was produced and prepared by the original Character Studio development team (Michael Girard, Susan Amkraut, John Chadwick, Paul Bloemink, John Hutchinson, Adam Felt) at Unreal Pictures and Kinetix/Autodesk, amongst several other sample files. The cha-cha animation was created using the "Biped" animation system of Character Studio by Robert Lurye and Michael Girard. The 3D model of a human baby was added later by the development team as one of the character "skins" for the rendered animation. The original "Toddler with Diaper" model #VP5653 was built by, and courtesy of, Viewpoint Datalabs, with the bulk of the skinning and rigging performed by John Chadwick using the "Physique" skin/deformation system in Character Studio, and final edits by John and members of the Autodesk development team. After the first pre-release application of the 3D baby model to the cha-cha animation (and from pre-release showings), Kinetix/Autodesk employees realized it was amusing to see a baby dance a cha-cha rather than just walk, this helped ensure the selection of the 'dancing baby' as a sample file for debut release of Character Studio and for demonstration videos in product promotion.
Model Info: Creative Commons
Attribution 3.0 Credit fullm8n
A word about my rigged mesh, there are most likely small mistakes in my rigs but for the most part they are negligible.
- Uniquely awesome!
- Fully customizable!
- Made with attention to detail!
- Easy to use!
- Affordability!
it has no eyes
it has no eyes and you can't add them
baby
this avatar is huge to start with, but with my own shape i was able to make it ridiculous. I love it!!!
great
yes this is giant!!! and i really like it its a very good avatar well done
Love Or Hate?
well, i was abit surprized when i bought this Av. i cant decide wat i really think about it. for one thing, its not as giant as the name says. it's actally only abit taller then an adult human avatar. it clearly has no eyes in its sockets, no hair on its head, and the diaper doesnt come off cuz its part of the avatar. um kinda affraid to even try to mod the lower body to take the diaper off, in fear that its got no underpart to it and might take off the whole lower part of the body. it's size and the fact its made of mesh would make it hard to find clothes for it anyway. i only added a hat and pacifier to it and it looks ok. i also made a special weapon for it myself, that i think makes it look more creepy, even though the fact its got no eyes is pretty scary in itself. lolz. but i cant really knock it. u get wat u pay for and even though it aint as big as i thought it would be, the little add-ons i added to it make it a diffrent short of baby avatar from the others i have in my collection. being modeled off the dancing baby from Ally Mcbill makes it a collectable avatar if ur looking for stuff from ur old past favorite tv shows that dont come on anymore. the avatar animates well as any mesh av would with dance balls. the price is right on this one, the shape of tha av is dead on even for its size. my only complaint is the detail on the head and face. but for 100 linden its hard to complain for wat u do get from it. it comes with a little surprize animation which i guess was spose to look like the dance that the baby did on the tv show, though i never seen this animation on the tv show. ether way u can use any animation dance with it, except tiny avatar ones, cuz tiny animations mess up the mesh and deforms ur avatar. but using most of the normal animations in second life with it evens things out. um only giving it 4 stars cuz of the no eyeballs and no hair part, but still is a nice avatar, good work.