How to Animate Roblox Characters in Blender (2026 Tutorial) — Transcript

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1. 0:00Welcome back to the kitchen, everyone. I
2. 0:01know I've been gone for 3 weeks, but I
3. 0:03had to travel across the globe to find
4. 0:05the absolute perfect milk for today's
5. 0:07recipe. You guys have been begging for
6. 0:09this one, so today we are cooking up
7. 0:11some top-tier Blender animations. Here
8. 0:14are the ingredients we need for today's
9. 0:16dish. Step one, how to install the
10. 0:18Roblox plugin straight into Blender.
11. 0:20Step two, where to source the best
12. 0:22character rigs to animate. Step three,
13. 0:24how to render and serve your final
14. 0:26animation hot and fresh right back into
15. 0:29Roblox. Grab your aprons, let's go.
16. 0:32All right, first things first. To get
17. 0:34started, you need the tools. Head over
18. 0:36to my Discord server, link is right down
19. 0:38in the description. Once you're in,
20. 0:39navigate to the free models channel and
21. 0:41download the Blender kit. You might see
22. 0:43a little warning prompt when downloading
23. 0:45the zip file, but just ignore that. You
24. 0:46are completely safe. After it downloads,
25. 0:49make sure you actually extract the zip
26. 0:51file or Blender won't be able to read a
27. 0:52thing. Get that done and we are ready to
28. 0:54roll.
29. 0:56Next up, installing the Blender plugin.
30. 0:58Open Blender, go up to edit, click
31. 1:00preferences, and head over to the
32. 1:02add-ons tab. Click that little drop-down
33. 1:03arrow and hit install from disk. Now
34. 1:06just navigate to the Blender plugin file
35. 1:08you downloaded from my server. Remember,
36. 1:10just like the rigs, you have to extract
37. 1:12it first so Blender can read it. Select
38. 1:14the file, install it, and boom. To check
39. 1:16if it worked, just open the right side
40. 1:18drop-down menu. If you see RBLX
41. 1:20animation listed there, you are
42. 1:21officially good to go. Now let's open
43. 1:24one of the two normal rigs you grabbed
44. 1:26from the server. Quick heads up, that
45. 1:27smooth-looking R6 rig won't actually
46. 1:30work in Roblox Studio for this. It's
47. 1:32strictly for rendering high-quality
48. 1:34images and videos, which we'll tackle a
49. 1:36little later in this video. Once you
50. 1:37open a normal rig, you'll be dropped
51. 1:39right into the animations tab. This is
52. 1:41where the magic happens. You can add
53. 1:43your keyframes on the timeline right
54. 1:45here. I won't go super deep into the
55. 1:47actual animating process today, since
56. 1:49there are a million amazing tutorials
57. 1:51out there for that, but let's look at
58. 1:52the necessary steps to export it. All
59. 1:54right, so you finished your masterpiece.
60. 1:56How do we get it into Roblox? Back in
61. 1:58that plugin tab we just installed, click
62. 2:01export animation. This automatically
63. 2:03copies a script to your clipboard. Next,
64. 2:05hop over to Roblox Studio. You'll need a
65. 2:07free plugin from the toolbox to convert
66. 2:09it back to Roblox format. Just select
67. 2:11your rig, open the studio plugin, and
68. 2:13click import animation from clipboard.
69. 2:16Just like that, you'll see your
70. 2:17animation has been perfectly converted.
71. 2:19Scroll down, hit export animation, and
72. 2:21that's it. Now before we jump into the
73. 2:23final render, look at this guy. This is
74. 2:26the Red Dev. He is one of the members in
75. 2:28my Discord server, and right now he is
76. 2:30officially one of the happiest people on
77. 2:33the planet. You want to know why?
78. 2:34Because a few days ago I dropped a
79. 2:36highly classified teaser in the server
80. 2:38announcing a new video was dropping
81. 2:40soon. I challenged the community to
82. 2:42guess what it was. While everyone else
83. 2:44was guessing wild stuff, the Red Dev
84. 2:46used his big brain, connected the dots,
85. 2:48and called it the Blender animation
86. 2:50tutorial. He is an absolute legend, and
87. 2:53if you want to be a legend like the Red
88. 2:55Dev, if you want early sneak peeks on
89. 2:57videos, direct access to the free
90. 2:59Blender kits we just used, or just want
91. 3:01to hang out with an amazing community of
92. 3:03developers, you know what to do. The
93. 3:05Discord link is right down in the
94. 3:06description. Come join the family today.
95. 3:09All right, promo over. Let's get back to
96. 3:11the smooth R6 rigs and finish up this
97. 3:13tutorial.
98. 3:14All right, we made it to the final boss,
99. 3:16setting up the smooth R6 rigs for
100. 3:19high-quality images and renders. First,
101. 3:21we need to install the rig plugin. The
102. 3:23process is the exact same as earlier. Go
103. 3:25to edit, preferences, add-ons, and
104. 3:27install from disk. Find the Roblox
105. 3:29starter rigs file you got from my
106. 3:31server. Remember to extract it first,
107. 3:33install it, and you're good to go. Next,
108. 3:35let's grab your character. Hop into
109. 3:37Roblox Studio, right click your avatar
110. 3:39in the explorer, hit export selection,
111. 3:41and save it as an OBJ file to your
112. 3:43computer. Now, back in Blender, before
113. 3:45we import those accessories, let's
114. 3:47actually texture our smooth rig. Select
115. 3:50the Blender rig and head over to the
116. 3:51shading tab. You'll see set up nodes for
117. 3:53the head and the body. Swap the default
118. 3:55body texture with the image file that's
119. 3:57saved next to your exported OBJ. And for
120. 4:00the face, the pack you downloaded from
121. 4:02my server actually includes a massive
122. 4:04folder of HD faces. Just drag and drop
123. 4:06your favorite one in. Quick reminder
124. 4:08though, this specific rig only works
125. 4:10with R6 textures. R15 textures will
126. 4:13break it, so strictly stick to R6. Time
127. 4:16to bring in your accessories. Go to
128. 4:17file, import, Wavefront OBJ, and select
129. 4:21your saved character. Crucial step right
130. 4:23here. Make sure you check split by group
131. 4:25on the right side menu before clicking
132. 4:27import. To see your textures, click the
133. 4:30viewport shading button at the top
134. 4:32right. If your character spawned a mile
135. 4:33away, no worries. Just right click it,
136. 4:35go to set origin, and click geometry to
137. 4:38origin to center it. Now, delete all the
138. 4:40blocky body parts from the imported OBJ
139. 4:43until you are only left with your UGC
140. 4:46accessories. Let's weld these items to
141. 4:48the rig. Click the armature, those black
142. 4:50lines around your rig, and switch from
143. 4:52object mode to pose mode at the top
144. 4:54left. Now, click your UGC item, hold
145. 4:57shift, and click the bone you want it
146. 4:58attached to, like the head bone. Press
147. 5:00control plus P on your keyboard and
148. 5:03select bone. Repeat this quick process
149. 5:05for all your items. You did it. Your rig
150. 5:07is completely set up and ready to be
151. 5:09rendered. First, press shift plus A and
152. 5:12add a camera. This is extremely
153. 5:13important because Blender needs a camera
154. 5:15to know what it's looking at. Look
155. 5:17through your camera to line up your
156. 5:18shot. Make sure you go to your output
157. 5:20properties on the right and pick a
158. 5:22folder to save your file to, otherwise
159. 5:24you'll lose it. Finally, go to the top
160. 5:26menu, click render, and choose either
161. 5:28render image or render animation. And
162. 5:31there you have it, guys. You are
163. 5:32officially a Blender animator. Drop a
164. 5:34like, subscribe, and I'll see you in the
165. 5:36next one.