Silent Hill : Homecoming presented unique rigging challenges that forced us to look at character rigging in new ways. From exposed tendons to faking volume deformation to mechanical spider-like arms, all of which needing to run in-game at real time, provided challenges never seen before in my career. However, almost 9 years of rigging in Maya provide me with the tools and the strong foundation needed to find solutions where none existed before. In this session, I will not only explain these rigs but go through the though process and describe how the solutions were derived. This session is designed for beginning to intermediate Maya users familiar with Maya workflow and interface, as well as character rigging. Familiarity with Maya IK systems and joint creation would be helpful but not necessary.