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Star Wars - The Child's Cradle Rig by Emilio Serrano
The Star Wars Child's Cradle is a free mGear prop rig for Maya of Grogu's hovering pod from The Mandalorian. Guillermo Moreno Alfaro sculpted, modelled and textured it, and Emilio Serrano rigged it with floating and rotation controls for the pod's hovering drift. It is made to sit alongside the Mandalorian and Grogu rigs, so you can stage all three in one scene.
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- v1.00
- Version
- 171
- Downloads
- 26 Aug 2026
- Last updated
- 29 Dec 2025
- Released
- Works with
- Maya
- Licence
- Free
- File size
- 27.4 MB
- Rig framework
- mGear
- Pairs with
- Mandalorian and Grogu rigs
Maya- mGear
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Everything the rig ships with. What you get on day one:
Floating and rotation
Controls set up for the pod's distinctive hovering drift, so the float is natural to animate.
Screen-accurate sculpt
Every curve, surface and mechanical element of the pod, sculpted by Guillermo Moreno Alfaro.
Made for the trio
Stage it with the Mandalorian and Grogu rigs and all three assets share the same finish.
Watch it move
The Child's Cradle, rigged on mGear
The story behind the Child's Cradle
The prop that completes a Mandalorian scene
No iconic duo is complete without its defining prop, and the Child's Cradle is as recognisable as the character it carries. Emilio Serrano rigged Grogu's levitating cradle so a Mandalorian sequence can feel whole.
Whether you are recreating key Mandalorian moments, building original fan animation or staging Mando, Grogu and the cradle together, a rigged pod gives you something a static asset cannot: it moves with the scene.
Inside the rig
What you get with the Child's Cradle rig
Child's Cradle mGear Maya rig
Grogu's pod, ready to animate in Maya.
Sculpt, model and textures
By Guillermo Moreno Alfaro.
Rigging
By Emilio Serrano, using mGear.
Mandalorian and Grogu compatible
Built to be staged with both character rigs.
Great for
What the Child's Cradle rig is great for
- Recreating key Mandalorian moments
- Original Star Wars fan animation
- Multi-character staging with Mando and Grogu
- Animating a floating, hovering prop
Additional information
The details
- Software
- Autodesk Maya
- Rig type
- Prop, hovering cradle
- Rig framework
- mGear
- Controls
- Floating and rotation
Requirements
Made for Autodesk Maya
- Autodesk Maya
- Runs on Windows and macOS
Credits
A collaboration
- Sculpting, modelling and texturing: Guillermo Moreno Alfaro
- Rigging: Emilio Serrano
Licence terms
Free
Free to download and use in your own animation work.
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Every rig on Animworks is checked by our team before it goes live.
Supported
Questions and bug reports go straight to Emilio Serrano, or email support@anim.works.
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