This is my shield bash animation using a cat rig. This ended up being more cinematic action than a gameplay action as there is a large wind up to it. With more time the knight would have used his shield to parry at the end of his jump then follow through with a stab.
Shield flick.
Followed by the thrust (left). I would however have a wider stance so the knight can overextend to add more power to the strike whilst retaining his heavy stance.
Coming back to this I would increase the frames to have a slower animation as the knight is wearing full plate so there needs to be secondary motion of his torso extending over his legs which I haven’t done. Then the motion could be used for him to pivot on his foot into the thrust stance above adding weight to the blow.
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