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Fable - Jack of Blades Rig by Emilio Serrano
Fable Jack of Blades Rig for Maya is a free mGear rig of Fable's masked, cloaked villain, rigged by Emilio Serrano on Francis Lamoreux's model. It comes with a full AnimPicker over a custom background image, plus the mGear guide and post-scripts, and it is the rig Emilio animated in a full cinematic short rendered in Unreal Engine 5.1. Made for villain acting, dark fantasy combat and cinematic shots.
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- v1.0
- Version
- 209
- Downloads
- 26 Aug 2026
- Last updated
- 29 Dec 2025
- Released
- Works with
- Maya + mGear
- Licence
- Free
- File size
- 21.3 MB
- Used in
- A full Unreal Engine 5.1 short
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Everything the rig ships with. What you get on day one:
Proven in Unreal Engine 5.1
The rig drove a full cinematic short rendered in UE 5.1, through a complete Maya-to-engine pipeline.
Full AnimPicker
A picker with a custom background image, for getting around the rig shot by shot.
mGear guide and post-scripts
Included in the download alongside the rig itself.
Francis Lamoreux's model
The sweeping cloak, the stylised mask and that dramatic silhouette, carried into Maya.
Watch it move
Jack of Blades, rigged on mGear
The story behind Jack of Blades
A Fable villain rig already proven in a full cinematic
Jack of Blades is Fable's ultimate antagonist, a masked, cloaked figure of ancient evil and one of gaming's most memorable villains. Francis Lamoreux's detailed model brings that design into Maya: the sweeping cloak, the stylised mask, the coiled tension of a character built for dramatic entrances.
Emilio Serrano rigged him and then put the rig to work. It carried a cinematic short rendered in Unreal Engine 5.1, with environment art and lighting by Israel Gómez Simón, so it has already been through a complete Maya-to-engine pipeline.
Every pose feels like a moment. His design rewards large gestures, dramatic weight shifts and the unhurried, deliberate movement of a character who knows he is in control of every scene.
Inside the rig
What you get with the Jack of Blades rig
Jack of Blades mGear rig
The Fable villain rig for Autodesk Maya, as used in the UE 5.1 short.
Full AnimPicker
With a custom background image.
mGear guide and post-scripts
The build files behind the rig, in the same download.
Model by Francis Lamoreux
The detailed 3D model the rig is built around.
Great for
What the Jack of Blades rig is great for
- Villain acting and theatrical performance
- Theatrical combat choreography
- Dark fantasy portfolio pieces
- Shots that go from Maya into Unreal Engine
Additional information
The details
- Software
- Autodesk Maya
- Rig framework
- mGear
- Picker
- AnimPicker with custom background
- Tested in
- Unreal Engine 5.1 cinematic short
Requirements
Maya and mGear
- Autodesk Maya
- mGear, the framework the rig is built on
Credits
A collaboration
- 3D model: Francis Lamoreux
- Rigging: Emilio Serrano
- Environment and lighting (UE 5.1 short): Israel Gómez Simón
Licence terms
Free
Free to download and use in your own animation work.
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Supported
Questions and bug reports go straight to Emilio Serrano, or email support@anim.works.
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