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Creator
DuckDeer Rig by Emilio Serrano
DuckDeer Rig for Maya is a free creature rig of the internet's favourite woodland anomaly: a deer's frame with a duck's bill. Emilio Serrano rigged it on mGear 4.2.9 with his custom spring node and gravity simulation, and tested it in Maya 2024. The model is by Daan van Splunter from a concept by Kyle Cornelius. A good deer rig for anyone who wants to work out non-standard creature locomotion.
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- v1.0
- Version
- 135
- Downloads
- 26 Aug 2026
- Last updated
- 29 Dec 2025
- Released
- Works with
- Maya 2024 (tested), mGear 4.2.9
- Licence
- Free
- File size
- 12.3 MB
Maya 2024- mGear 4.2
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Everything the rig ships with. What you get on day one:
Spring node with gravity
Emilio's custom spring node adds gravity-driven secondary motion to the dynamic parts. The node is available on GitHub.
Two versions in the download
DuckDeer_Rig_v_1.0.ma with spring gravity, and DuckDeer_Rig_SpringsOnly_v_1.0.ma for setups without the gravity node.
mGear 4.2.9 guide and post-scripts
The guide and post-scripts come with the rig, so you can see how it was built.
Tested in Maya 2024
Rigged with mGear 4.2.9 and tested in Maya 2024.
Watch it move
DuckDeer, rigged on mGear 4.2.9
The story behind DuckDeer
A duckdeer creature rig that makes you rethink locomotion
The DuckDeer started as Kyle Cornelius' concept and was built in 3D by Daan van Splunter: the graceful frame of a deer with an expressive duck's bill, turned into something entirely its own. It is designed to make animators smile, then make them work out exactly how it moves.
That is the point of animating it. How does a deer-billed quadruped get around its world? Answering that on a character nobody has reference for strengthens your sense of creature timing and weight, and a shot of the DuckDeer going through its paces stands out on a reel.
Emilio Serrano rigged it with the care the design deserves, including his own spring node with gravity simulation for organic secondary motion.
Inside the rig
What you get with the DuckDeer rig
DuckDeer mGear Maya rig, two versions
Spring gravity, and springs only for Maya setups without the gravity node.
Custom spring node with gravity
Emilio Serrano's node, available on GitHub.
mGear 4.2.9 guide and post-scripts
Everything the rig was built from.
Model and textures
By Daan van Splunter, based on a concept by Kyle Cornelius.
Great for
What the DuckDeer rig is great for
- Non-standard creature locomotion
- Creature timing and weight studies
- Secondary motion with springs and gravity
- A reel shot nobody else has
Additional information
The details
- Software
- Maya, tested in 2024
- Rig type
- Quadruped creature
- Rig framework
- mGear 4.2.9
- Dynamics
- Spring node with gravity
- Versions
- Spring gravity, springs only
Requirements
Maya and mGear, tested in 2024
- Autodesk Maya, built and tested in Maya 2024
- Rigged with mGear 4.2.9
- Emilio's custom spring node with gravity (GitHub) for the full version
- No gravity node? Open DuckDeer_Rig_SpringsOnly_v_1.0.ma instead
Credits
A collaboration
- Concept: Kyle Cornelius
- 3D model and textures: Daan van Splunter
- Rigging: Emilio Serrano
Licence terms
Free
Free to download and use in your own animation work.
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Vetted
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Supported
Questions and bug reports go straight to Emilio Serrano, or email support@anim.works.
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