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VFX Rig Pack for Maya by James Sitthipol
VFX Rig Pack for Maya by James Sitthipol Thipsuwanporn is a set of ready-to-use FX rigs you drop straight into a Maya scene: stylised explosions, impact effects, ground impact and destruction, all with controls to customise them. For animators on gameplay, cinematics and stylised sequences who want Maya VFX that make an action read, without building effects from scratch.
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- v2.0
- Version
- 20
- Downloads
- 1 Apr 2026
- Last updated
- 18 Mar 2026
- Released
- Works with
- Maya
- Licence
- Perpetual
- File size
- 8.8 MB
- Pack type
- Maya VFX rigs
Maya
Instant download Vetted creator
Latest rig updates
VFX Rig Pack for Maya is out
Everything the rig ships with. What you get on day one:
Stylised explosions
Explosion and impact effects ready to drop into a shot, with a custom explosion you control in full.
Ground impact and destruction
FX for the moment something heavy lands or breaks, to sell weight on contact.
Customise in real time
The control setup lets you adjust the effects inside Maya rather than rebuilding them.
No effects from scratch
Add secondary motion and impact to an action without stopping to build the FX yourself.
Watch it move
Explosions, impacts and destruction FX in Maya
The story behind the pack
A Maya VFX pack built for speed
James Sitthipol Thipsuwanporn built the VFX Rig Pack to give animators a fast, practical way to add effects to their work.
On gameplay animation, cinematic shots or stylised sequences, secondary motion and effects change how a shot reads. Instead of building effects from scratch, you drop these FX elements into the scene to support the motion, emphasise the action and make it clearer.
The focus is speed and usability, which suits portfolio pieces, gameplay prototypes and production work where time and clarity matter.
Inside the rig
What you get in the VFX rig pack for Maya
FX system and controls
Ready-to-use FX elements with a control setup inside Maya.
Stylised explosions and impacts
Explosion and impact effects for action beats.
Ground impact and destruction FX
Effects for landings, hits and breakage.
Custom explosion FX
An explosion effect with full control over how it plays.
Great for
What the VFX Rig Pack is great for
- Gameplay animation that needs impact on hits
- Cinematic shots and stylised sequences
- Portfolio pieces
- Gameplay prototypes
- Production work where time and clarity matter
Additional information
The details
- Software
- Autodesk Maya
- Contents
- Explosions, impacts, destruction FX
- Controls
- Real-time customisation in Maya
- Created by
- James Sitthipol Thipsuwanporn
Requirements
Autodesk Maya
- Autodesk Maya
Credits
Made by
- FX rigs: James Sitthipol Thipsuwanporn
Licence terms
Perpetual
Buy once, keep it. Personal and commercial animation work. Redistributing or reselling the files is not permitted.
What animators say
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Every rig on Animworks is checked by our team before it goes live.
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Questions and bug reports go straight to James Sitthipol, or email support@anim.works.
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