Sword Too Long

[Domarius]

Usually I'd PM oDDity with something like this but I'm making it a thread on the possibility that I might be drawing it wrong and someone else can tell me how to, but that's a slim possibility in my mind.

 

As you can see by the attatched picture, his arm is already stretched to full length (it shouldn't have to) and the sword is still not out of the holder (which is actually hidden under his other hand there). It doesn't look like it has far to go, but it's a case of "so close and yet so far". I tried twisting his hips, pulling his arm this way and that, but right now its physically impossible for him to draw the sword. (In one movement anyway - I'm sure if he let go of the hilt, and re-grasped the blade half way down he could continue to pull it out, but that's a bit silly isn't it... )

 

It needs to be a bit over one hand's width shorter.

 

If I start animating this again before the problem is fixed, I'll just pretend its shorter and have it just move through the holder...

[oDDity]

It happens so fast, no one will even notice if it cuts through, or you can cover the frog with the left hand to hide it.

Of course, in reality what you'd do is hold the frog in the left hand and pull it away in the opposite direction to the sword, but the frog isn't set up to be animated in this model.

[Domarius]

Yeah that's what I imagined, pulling back the frog (haha, that is such a cool name, how did that come about? ) to get it the rest of the way out.

 

Alright I'll rely on the speed to cover it up in that case. It's only the last few inches so it shouldn't be noticed I suppose.