Gumroad – Mechanical Rigging in Blender: Battle Mech

This compact 75-minute course teaches you how to rig mechanical models in Blender without the typical headaches of deforming hard surfaces, twisted joints, and breaking pistons. Designed for Blender users who already understand rigging fundamentals, the course focuses on practical workflows you can apply immediately rather than theoretical concepts.

Over five lessons, you’ll learn how to prepare mechanical meshes for rigging by splitting and organizing them correctly, create clean bone structures that rotate only on intended axes, set up inverse kinematics that feels natural to animate, and rig functional pistons with realistic expansion and contraction. The course walks you through building a complete leg rig with ground detection, then shows you how to efficiently duplicate and align that setup across all four legs of a battle mech.

You’ll work alongside a real mechanical model throughout the lessons, learning not just which buttons to press but why each step matters. The final deliverables include the five video lessons with English subtitles, the mech model with prepared and progress files, and a fully rigged reference file to study. By course completion, your mech will be fully rigged and ready for animation.