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Demon Gargoyle Rig by Emilio Serrano
Demon Gargoyle Rig for Maya is a free creature rig by Emilio Serrano: a hunched, winged stone demon built on mGear, with nCloth simulation on the wing membranes and the cloth, and a full AnimPicker laid out over custom background images. Paul Armstrong made the model from a concept by Shuohan Zhou. The rig featured in Agora's December 2021 AnimChallenge, themed around Lava.
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- v1.6
- Version
- 157
- Downloads
- 26 Aug 2026
- Last updated
- 29 Dec 2025
- Released
- Works with
- Maya + mGear
- Licence
- Free
- File size
- 18.3 MB
- Simulation
- nCloth on wings and cloth
Maya- mGear
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Everything the rig ships with. What you get on day one:
nCloth wing membranes
The membranes simulate with nCloth, so the flutter and follow-through come from Maya while you animate the flight.
Simulated cloth
The cloth elements run on nCloth too, layering secondary motion over your primary performance.
AnimPicker with backgrounds
A full AnimPicker for the creature's control range, set over custom background images.
mGear guide included
The mGear guide and post-scripts come in the download alongside the rig.
Watch it move
Demon Gargoyle, rigged on mGear with nCloth
The story behind the Demon Gargoyle
The oldest architectural monster, rigged for Maya
Shuohan Zhou's concept gives the gargoyle its ancient menace: hunched, winged, built from stone and shadow. Paul Armstrong turned that design into a 3D model, and Emilio Serrano rigged it on mGear for dramatic, atmospheric creature performance.
The rig already has a community history. Agora chose it for the December 2021 AnimChallenge, themed around Lava, and it inspired animation right across the challenge.
The simulation is what sets it apart. Both the wing membranes and the cloth run on nCloth, so Maya handles the organic follow-through and you can put your attention on the primary performance, whether that is flight or creature acting.
Inside the rig
What you get with the Demon Gargoyle rig
Demon Gargoyle mGear rig
The full creature rig for Autodesk Maya, built on mGear.
nCloth simulation
Dynamic simulation set up on the cloth and the wing membranes.
Full AnimPicker
Covers the creature's full control range, with custom background images.
mGear guide and post-scripts
The build files behind the rig, in the same download.
Great for
What the Demon Gargoyle rig is great for
- Flight animation with dynamic membrane flutter
- Creature character acting
- Dark fantasy portfolio and reel work
- Letting simulation carry the secondary motion while you focus on the primary
Additional information
The details
- Software
- Autodesk Maya
- Rig type
- Winged creature
- Rig framework
- mGear
- Simulation
- nCloth on cloth and wing membranes
- Picker
- AnimPicker with custom backgrounds
Requirements
Maya and mGear
- Autodesk Maya, with nCloth for the wing and cloth simulation
- mGear, the framework the rig is built on
Credits
A collaboration
- Concept: Shuohan Zhou
- 3D model: Paul Armstrong
- Rigging: Emilio Serrano
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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