Introduction

This is a high-quality male moose character asset, including the model, textures, hair, rigging, and animations. All hair is created using the XGen Interactive system, delivering detailed and realistic fur. The character materials are built with Arnold renderer to accurately replicate the natural appearance and texture. The rigging is created with reference to real bones, making the animation in line with natural movements. The project provides a complete rigging setup along with four realistic animations. This character was created at real-world scale using Maya 2024, suitable for film, animation, and high-precision character presentation.

Features

Model Details: The model consists of the body, horn 01, horn 02, tears, lacrimal glands, pupils, sclerae, oral cavity, and tongue.
Textures and Materials: There are 13 .tx files which support Arnold, all in 4K resolution for best quality and details. The materials of the character and the hair are rendered with Arnold renderer to present realistic effects. There are 2 UV sets of the body, which support single quadrant or multiple quadrants.
XGen hair: XGen interactive is used for presenting the details of the hair faster, and all maps of density and modifier masks for hair layering are included externally, all masks are in 1K resolution.
The moose includes two different antler sets, named "Horn01" and "Horn02". By default, the project displays "Horn01". To use "Horn02", you can show it from the file hierarchy in the Outliner.

Meshes

Body: Vertices: 25,769, Polygons: 25,730
Horn 01: Vertices: 5,516, Polygons: 5,494
Horn 02: Vertices: 14,700, Polygons: 14,652
Tears: Vertices: 516, Polygons: 512
Lacrimal Glands: Vertices: 468, Polygons: 464
Pupils: Vertices: 1,028, Polygons: 1,088
Sclerae: Vertices: 1,156, Polygons: 1,216
Oral cavity: Vertices: 9,418, Polygons: 9,326
Tongue: Vertices: 1,535, Polygons: 1,516

Total: Vertices: 60,106, Polygons: 59,998

Animations

Unlooped look-around animation at 30 fps, frame range 1-254
Unlooped eating animation at 30 fps, frame range 1-300
Loopable walking animation at 30 fps, frame range 1-340
Loopable trotting animation at 30 fps, frame range 1-23

Rigging

It features highly detailed controllers, making posing and animation much more convenient. The features are as follows:

CTR_crv_MASTER – Root controller, with customized attributes:
DEF_jnt_Vis – controls the display of skinned bones
MCH_jnt_Vis – controls the display of auxiliary bones
Mesh_Type – controls the model display mode

CTR_crv_head – Head controller, with customized attributes:
Head_Follow_Target – controls the target that the head follows
RotateOrder – controls the rotation order
Sec_control_Vis – controls the visibility of secondary controllers

CTR_crv_L/R_B_leg_attr – Leg attribute controllers, with customized attributes:
Foot_Eversion – foot eversion
Foot_Inversion – foot inversion
Foot_Pivot – foot pivoting
Heel_Raise – heel raising
IK_FK – IK/FK switch
IK_Stretch – IK stretching
PoleVector_Follow – pole vector following
RotateOrder – controls the rotation order
Stretch_Control_Vis – secondary stretch controller visibility
Toes_Raise – toes raising
Toes_Spread – toes abduction and adduction

CTR_crv_L/R_F_arm_attr – Arm attribute controllers, with customized attributes:
IK_FK – IK/FK switch
IK_Stretch – IK stretching
PoleVector_Follow – pole vector following
RotateOrder – controls the rotation order
Stretch_Control_Vis – secondary stretch controller visibility
Toes_Raise – toes raising
Toes_Spread – toes abduction and adduction

CTR_crv_neck_attr – Neck attribute controller, with customized attributes:
Follow_Target – followed target
IK_FK – IK/FK switch
IK_Stretch – IK stretching
Stretch_Control_Vis – secondary stretch controller visibility

CTR_crv_spine_attr – Spine attribute controller, with customized attributes:
IK_FK – IK/FK switch
IK_Stretch – IK stretching
Stretch_Control_Vis – secondary stretch controller visibility

CTR_crv_L/R_eye_blink_expr – Eye blink controller
CTR_crv_L/R_eyebrow_center_expr – Eyebrow center controller
CTR_crv_L/R_lip_corner_expr – Lip corner controller
CTR_crv_L/R_lower_lip_protrusion_expr – Lower lip protrusion controller
CTR_crv_L/R_nasal_breathing_expr – Nostril breathing controller
CTR_crv_L/R_tightening_blink_expr – Orbicularis oculi controller
CTR_crv_L/R_twitching_eyelid_expr – Eyelid twitching controller
CTR_crv_L/R_U_lip_center_expr – Upper lip side middle controller
CTR_crv_L/R_U_lip_expr – Upper lip middle controller, with customized attribute:
Upper_Lip_Curl – controls upper lip curling

Additionally, the face and body come with more auxiliary controllers and more.

Specifications

File format: Saved as .mb files by default. It can be saved as .ma files if necessary.
Version supported: Created with Maya 2024. Maya 2024 or above is recommended for compatibility.

Caveats

The XGen hair in this Maya character asset has been converted to interactive grooming, offering fast loading and efficient rendering. Although the original guides are not included, you can customize the hair by adding XGen modifiers as needed. All XGen hair in the scene is set up with Arnold materials, ready for rendering.
By default, Arnold uses GPU as the render device, and the sampling setting is suitable for medium quality output, as is shown in the preview image of the character. If you need a fine-tuned image, you can modify Arnold settings to your hardware limit.
The animation scene comes with Arnold lighting, which can be modified if required.
Except for the above, the character can be rendered directly.