Now just for the sake of theory – how would one go about rigging this for animation? Of course the hoses are folded into those very large “wings” to allow the slide part of the swing frame to, well, slide from side-to-side across the back of the chassis. I’m trying to figure out how a rigger might set up those hoses to deform properly and it’s just not coming to me.
Kent’s lines, leading out through the back of the swing frame, would be easy enough with like a simple deform modifier or a lattice I should think. To save time, perhaps Wayne might decide to only rig the swinging capability of this part and not the lateral-sliding capability – after all, I’ve looked high and low and never once been able to find an actual video of the thing sliding.
