here's a good tut i used to help with rigging my characters, might help you till they can get everything sorted out. The vids are out of order so #1 is like video 14 or something then they go backwards to 1. 15-18 are in order though https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...B&feature=plcp Modeling Rigging and Animating a Character in Maya [Part1 Creating the Skeleton] - YouTube