Mouse Head Moving Whole Body?

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Hi!
I’m sure this is really simple for most of you, but I am having a problem Isolating the head of my model so that It moves without moving the whole body with it. could someone help me please?
-ross

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Thanks for the reply! I did check weighting.
I think it is a problem with how I have the bones parented. If you open the file and rotate the head bone. the rest of the body comes along for the ride. I need the head to pivot where it joins the spine. does that make sense?

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ah, you can change the relationships of the bones over in the bone properties panel I think. ( still a bit lost in 2.5+, so you might have to check that ) But, best policy is to always start at the base of the spine, so your first bone would be the tail bone, and all bones are children of that bone.

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that fixed it, thanks!