Introduction

This is a high-quality male bison model with maps, fur, rigging and two animations. The fur is created in XGen interactive with enough details, and all textures are rendered with Arnold renderer for realistic effects. The rigging is created with reference to real bones, making the animation in line with natural movements. The model is created with Maya 2024 at real-world scale.

It consists of the body, horns, teeth, oral cavity, pupils, sclerae, lacrimal glands, tears, and skeleton.
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.

Meshes

Body: vertices: 38,727; polygons: 38,658
Horns: vertices: 342; polygons: 328
Teeth: vertices: 20,499; polygons: 20,444
Oral cavity: vertices: 11,642; polygons: 11,640
Pupils: vertices: 1,348; polygons: 1,408
Sclerae: vertices: 964; polygons: 1,024
Lacrimal glands: vertices: 456; polygons: 432
Tears: vertices: 1,476; polygons: 1,472
Skeleton: vertices: 23,325; polygons: 23,198
Total: vertices: 98,779; polygons: 98,604

Animations

Loopable walking animation at 30 fps, frame range 1-53
Loopable runting animation at 30 fps, frame range 1-17
Unlooped eat-grass animation at 30 fps, frame range 1-400

Rigging

With highly detailed controllers, it's more convenient to make poses and animations. The functionalities are as follows:
CTR_Rig: Controls the entire model.
CTR_gravity: Controls the center of gravity. Neck IK FK switches between IK/FK of the neck.
CTR_IK_spine_A: Controls the posterior spine.
CTR_IK_spine_b: Controls the middle spine.
CTR_IK_spine_c: Controls the anterior spine.
CTR_neck_root: Main controller for the neck.
CTR_FK_neck_a, CTR_FK_neck_b...: FK controllers for the neck.
CTR_IK_neck_a, CTR_IK_neck_b...: IK controllers for the neck.
CTR_eye_R, CTR_eye_L, CTR_eye: Control the eyes.
CTR_ear_a_L, CTR_ear_b_L, CTR_ear_a_R, CTR_ear_b_R...: Control the ears.
CTR_roll_ear_L, CTR_roll_ear_R: Control the overall rotation of the ears.
CTR_chin: Controls the jaw for mouth opening. CTR_jaw: Controls the jaw for its opening.
CTR_tail_a, CTR_tail_b...: FK controllers for the tail.
CTR_Shoulders_F_L, CTR_Shoulders_F_R: Control the scapula.
CTR_Shoulders_B_L, CTR_Shoulders_B_R: Control the hip bone.
CTR_setting_leg_B_L, CTR_setting_leg_F_L, CTR_setting_leg_B_R, CTR_setting_leg_F_R: IK/FK switching controllers for the feet.
CTR_Foot_F_L, CTR_F_Foot_R: IK controllers for the front legs.
CTR_B_Foot_L, CTR_B_Foot_R: IK controllers for the hind legs.
CTR_B_heel_ik_R, CTR_B_heel_ik_L, CTR_sole_B_load_R, CTR_sole_B_load_L: Weight-bearing controllers for the hind legs.
CTR_sole_F_load_L, CTR_sole_F_load_R: Weight-bearing controllers for the front legs.
Additionally, the body includes 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 2024.2. Maya 2024 or above is recommended for compatibility.

Caveats

To run faster, the fur is hidden, which should be displayed before rendering.
The hair of the characters is created in XGen Interactive 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.