So, the title may not make any sense, but this is my first model in Maya, and, to be honest, my first actual model, ever.
I'm trying to make a LEGO character without any textures or clothes, just for rigging him up and animating him - then sending the animations over to other LEGO characters which will take place in my game. I have the whole model, and each body part is a seperate piece - just like a lego figure. Currently, I'm trying to add different joints to my characters to make them not only seem like LEGOs, but also seem real. (I know for a fact this type of animation is used in LEGO SW: The Force Awakens, I'm not sure about other LEGO games as I haven't played any for quite a while.)
Here is my problem:
As you can see, the only joint that turns the leg is the top joint. The rest, completley unresponsive. And that's fine, all I need is for the blue joint, the knee joint, to bend and morph the leg, so it looks like an actual leg rather than a piece of LEGO. How could I do this? Do I need to make a separate part for the lower part of the leg?
My joints are bound to the leg using Smooth bind skin.
Thanks for any help I could recieve!