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Ila Rig by Noah Li
Ila by Noah Li is a free, game-ready Maya rig of an original character: an mGear build with a full face rig, hair and cloth dynamics, a rigged Gada weapon, HIK mocap retargeting, and a UE5-compatible FBX included. Maya 2022+ with mGear 4+. Free under CC-BY 4.0.
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Free100% free, CC-BY 4.0
- Biped
- Rig type
- 247
- Downloads
- 1 Sep 2026
- Last updated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Released
- Works with
- Maya 2022+, mGear 4+
- Licence
- CC-BY 4.0
- File size
- 38.0 MB
- Engine export
- UE5-ready FBX
Maya 2022+- Unreal
- mGear 4+
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Ila Rig is out
Everything the rig ships with. What you get on day one:
Autodesk Maya
Built for Maya and ready to drop straight into your animation workflow.
Production ready
Designed for real-world animation workflows, from blocking to final polish.
Unreal Engine 5
A game-ready FBX ships in the download, compatible with the UE5 skeletal structure.
Watch it move
Turntable and face range of motion
The story behind Ila
Built the way a production game rig should be
Ila is an original character born from a collaboration project, brought to life as a free, game-ready Maya rig by Noah Li, the rigger behind Shiv, one of the most downloaded rigs on Animworks. Like Shiv, Ila is built the way a production game rig should be: fully tested, and geared towards how animators actually work.
The rig is an mGear build for Maya 2022 and newer, with a full face rig for proper performance work, mGear dynamics on the hair and clothing, and a rigged Gada weapon for combat shots. An HIK definition is included, so you can retarget mocap onto Ila straight away, and a game-ready FBX ships in the download, compatible with the Unreal Engine 5 skeletal structure.
Inside the rig
What you get with the Ila game-ready Maya rig
mGear character rig
Built for Maya 2022+ with mGear 4+, fully tested.
Full face rig
Expressive facial controls for acting and performance shots.
Hair and cloth dynamics
mGear dynamics set up on hair and clothing.
Gada weapon rig
A rigged weapon for combat and gameplay animation.
HIK definition
Ready for motion capture retargeting out of the box.
Game-ready FBX
Included in the download, compatible with the UE5 skeletal structure.
Great for
What the Ila rig is great for
- Gameplay animation and combat cycles
- Character acting and performance shots with the face rig
- Practising mocap retargeting through HIK
- Taking a shot from Maya into Unreal Engine 5 with the included FBX
- Reel work where a clean, tested rig keeps iteration fast
Additional information
The details
- Software
- Maya, Unreal
- Rig type
- Biped
- mGear-based rig
- Yes
- Facial controls
- Yes
- Props / weapons
- Yes
Requirements
Maya + mGear, nothing exotic
- Autodesk Maya 2022 or newer
- mGear 4 or newer, free from the mGear releases page
Credits
A collaboration
- Concept: Nishant Greene
- Illustration: @roleder.art
- Model: @GrayKolori
- Technical animation and rig: Noah Li
Licence terms
100% free, CC-BY 4.0
Use the rig in your reels and projects, just credit the project. No adult content, please.
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Vetted
Every rig on Animworks is checked by our team before it goes live.
Supported
Questions and bug reports go straight to Noah Li, or email support@anim.works.
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It lands in your downloads the moment you check out, and stays there.
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