Liofish rig

This is A Lionfish that I modeled in Maya 

Time to rig!

 On the Lionfish I modeled I removed the fins because they are going to be Ncloth

This is the controller placement.

The large controller that is horizontal controls the main wag of the tail.

That is also linked to the bones in the upper and lower fins so they rotate together.

Each controller on the tail has a "tail" attribute so there can be follow through action.

The model is red because I am using the SSS shader.

The fins are also reattached as Ncloth because  other than the tail the poisonous 

spines the lion fish has do not move and the fins that are attached are quick cloth-like

This is the tail in action

Next steps are tweaking the Ncloth fields, and working on a caustic underwater lighting