My only hang-up is the hydraulic hoses will need to dynamically bend
That is something I tried to do with this project: https://cgcookie.com/u/spikeyxxx/projects/bee-hicle and I couldn’t do it. It is possible to hook the ends of the hoses (being Curves) to Empties for instance, but then there wouldn’t be any interpolation between the ends…
I guess this is a case for @waylow ‘rigging curves’ …
I do remember seeing an old CGCookie tutorial on rigging a telephone cord: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raQs9f4x0gw
maybe that technique can be used here? I’ll have to re-watch that…
