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Fat Marine Rig by Emilio Serrano
The Fat Marine is a free mGear rig for Maya of a heavily armed infantry soldier, rigged by Emilio Serrano on a 3D model by Vadim B. He comes in two variants, the Gunner with a rifle and the Swordsman with a blade, and the package adds game-engine FBX files for both, sprite muzzle flash assets and a full AnimPicker. Built for animators after weighty combat, tactical movement and action shots.
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- v1.0
- Version
- 274
- Downloads
- 26 Aug 2026
- Last updated
- 29 Dec 2025
- Released
- Works with
- Maya
- Licence
- Free
- File size
- 255 MB
- Rig framework
- mGear
- Variants
- Gunner and Swordsman
- Engine export
- FBX for both variants
Maya- mGear
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Everything the rig ships with. What you get on day one:
Mass in every step
A heavy, over-engineered soldier whose silhouette reads from across the screen.
Gunner or Swordsman
Ranged gunplay or close-quarters sword work, on one consistent character design.
Engine files in the box
Both variants ship as game-engine FBX files next to the Maya rig.
Something to fire
Sprite muzzle flash assets by Vitaly Kuznetsov for the Gunner's firearm.
Watch it move
The Fat Marine, rigged on mGear
The story behind the Fat Marine
A Fat Marine model with the weight to match
Emilio Serrano armoured up for this one. The Fat Marine is a gloriously over-engineered soldier, heavily armed and carrying enough mass to make every step count, and Vadim B's detailed model captures that deliberate, unstoppable energy.
The two variants give you two different combat vocabularies on the same character. As the Gunner he fights at range with a rifle; as the Swordsman he swings steel up close. Either way he brings the same imposing presence to the shot.
It goes well past a bare rig: alongside the Maya file you get the mGear guide, the Python and MEL post-scripts and a picker with its own background image.
Inside the rig
What you get with the Fat Marine rig
Fat Marine mGear Maya rig
Both the Gunner and the Swordsman variants.
Two FBX files
SK_FatMarineGunner and SK_FatMarineSwordsman, ready for a game engine.
Muzzle flash sprites
Sprite assets by Vitaly Kuznetsov for the Gunner.
Full AnimPicker
With a custom background image.
mGear guide and post-scripts
The guide file plus Python and MEL post-scripts.
Model and textures
3D model and textures by Vadim B.
Great for
What the Fat Marine is great for
- Weighty combat animation
- Tactical movement
- Action choreography where every step counts
- Ranged gunplay with the Gunner
- Close-quarters sword work with the Swordsman
Additional information
The details
- Software
- Autodesk Maya
- Rig type
- Heavy infantry soldier, 2 variants
- Rig framework
- mGear
- Props
- Rifle, sword, muzzle flash sprites
Requirements
Made for Autodesk Maya
- Autodesk Maya
- Runs on Windows and macOS
Credits
A collaboration
- Rigging: Emilio Serrano
- 3D model and textures: Vadim B
- Muzzle flash sprites: Vitaly Kuznetsov
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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