How do I rig a Cow?

I need to build a rig for this cow. I am very new to blender and have only done a few very simple rigs. If anyone knows of a cow or horse rigging tutorial or has some suggestions I would be very grateful. I seem not to find anything useful on a google search. Lot’s of characters but nothing that I can find on realistic cows.

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First, make sure it’s legal in your area to rig a cow.

Search for “quadruped rigging”. There’s plenty of stuff.

However, if you have the time, a good way to learn is through observation.
Check out the BBC motion gallery, for example, and think of how you would animate that motion, then try to make a rig that can achieve it.

Just a thought…

That is a great link! Thanks. I didn’t even think of searching quadruped I will try that and see what I can fined

Hey Jimtuv, did you happen to notice the thread about 12 places down from yours (ATM) with a free 4 leg rig? http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=93234

Yeah I did. But that looks to me to be for a mechanical quadruped. Not sure if it would work right with this mesh. I will have to look at what he did and see if I can learn anything from it.