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, I have a question, since i want to create a human model, and animate it later, i was trying out the skinning bone thingy, and i realize that when i use the skinning on a cylinder tube (just trying it out), the outer end sort of curve in and flatten when i bend it, so i was wondering , how would i make the elbow so when it bend, it wont curve in or flatten but rather i get like a sharper corner, like a real elbow 
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, is it posiible to make like hair(like from the DMC game), or clothes, and give them a wind like blowing effect? Im not sure if its possible in Anim8or yet, so best to ask 
, how can i make like a circular(more like hexagonal for low polygon count) ring? where there is a hole in the middle.