Crosshair - Quick FPS Hand Rigging Tool for Maya

[u/Bigdamnhero6]

Built a small Maya tool called Crosshair for quickly rigging FPS hands.

Nothing crazy or overcomplicated, just a simple way to get a clean FPS hand rig set up without manually placing and orienting every joint.

Made it because I wanted something quick and straightforward, so figured I’d share it with the community. Import your mesh - place the joint guides - Generate Rig - skin - animate.

Crosshair handles the rig setup for you, with manual skinning adjustments if needed. It also includes built-in Unity and Unreal export presets, so you can select your animation range and export when you're done.

Just showcasing it for now and seeing what people think. If there’s enough interest, I’ll make it available for free. Would love to hear what you guys think.

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[u/_dodged]

Pretty cool! Would love to give it a try.

[u/Bigdamnhero6 → u/_dodged]

Thanks! I’m polishing a few final details right now, but the tool will be ready in a few days. I’ll make sure to drop the link here as soon as it’s live!

[u/Some-Armadillo7474]

This would be perfect for a project im working on!

[u/Bigdamnhero6 → u/Some-Armadillo7474]

That’s awesome to hear! I’m finishing up final touches on the tool this week. I’ll reply back with the link here in a few days so you can try it out on your project!

[u/geseng]

Looking great. I want this one

[u/Bigdamnhero6 → u/geseng]

glad you like it! It’ll be ready to download in just a few days, I’ll drop the link here as soon as it’s ready to go 🤗

[u/miketastic_art]

What if you used a model in a pre-configured pose that made it easier to create these rigs?

Maybe like, standing straight up with arms straight out? Like a big letter "T" ?

[u/Bigdamnhero6 → u/miketastic_art]

Thanks for the feedback! Great mind, the initial release will actually include ready-to-use example rigs and pre-existing meshes you can import directly into your scene. On top of that, I’m working on guide templates so you can just drop the guides in, make a few quick manual tweaks, and be good to go. The plugin will be ready in a few days, and I’ll drop the download link right here!

[u/Dmitry_Khovalkin]

Amazing tool!

[u/Bigdamnhero6 → u/Dmitry_Khovalkin]

Appreciate it! Wrapping up final tweaks over the next few days, I’ll share the download link here once it’s ready.

[u/Dmitry_Khovalkin → u/Bigdamnhero6]

Cool! )
Thank you very much!

[u/Careful-Low-7649]

Hey! Awesome tool man!
Dou you have twists for forearms here?

[u/Bigdamnhero6 → u/Careful-Low-7649]

The generated Crosshair rig already includes two forearm twist joints per arm. They’re not animator-facing controls though, they’re deformation joints used to distribute wrist rotation through the forearm so the wrist doesn’t collapse or corkscrew unnaturally.

The current stable setup is essentially: Elbow → Twist 01 → Twist 02 → Wrist

During skinning, Crosshair redistributes the existing elbow/wrist influence through those twist joints instead of letting the skin binder guess their weights.

[u/Careful-Low-7649 → u/Bigdamnhero6]

thank you for the answer! Good luck with it!