Dolly Takes Revenge: Sean Saves the Day

UPDATE FROM TODAY'S EARLIER RAMBLINGS.

Sean has saved the day and my rigging 'career'.

ALSO, mere seconds after I finished my meeting with Sean (and after blaming Dolly for all of this), Dolly Parton's You Can't Make Old Friends came on O_O, I feel like this is a sign. Soz Dolly.

But yes, all issues have now been resolved (yet to be tested) without the need to RE-RIG!

Problem: Skinned model without a UV map
Solution: Duplicate the model - edit / unwrap it's UV's, selected the updated model then the old model go to Mesh -> Transfer Attribute options, make sure everything is OFF, except UV (set this to all), and sample space to Component. New UV should be applied to the old model HOPEFULLY with no rigging issues.

feeling pretty smug at the lack of stretching before i've even cut any edges. ha

Problem: 'Forgot' to scale my model before the bind, now scale attributes have been added to the global control/group
Solution: This shouldn't be a problem! as long as everything else is 0-ed out on the controls. Scale it to the size I need then lock/hide it (if needed)

Problem: Mariachi blendshapes are being mean
Solution: Head was combined to the body, so vert numbers done mate the mariachi blendshape head! Duplicate the whole body and redo the blend shapes on this. Change the input order so blendshapes are last and under the cluster - this way the blend won't reset to 0 when the rig is moved.

To celebrate a potential rigging free weekend pizza was ordered and digital paintings were scribbled.

Storm averted (a terrible yet effective joke)!

oh and I also rigged and set some drivers to my assets :D

not creepy at all