I need a little help rigging a snake. Can anyone help? I tried the ikspline but it just looks like its wiggling. Thanks in advance.

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Have you tried making the snake into a flow object?  If you only need a snake slithering on the ground, a flow object might be enough. 
This tutorial delves into flow objects.
http://area.autodesk.com/tutorials/3d_strokes_in_maya_3ds_max

If you’re trying to rig a snake as a main character (with lots of detail and movement options), a flow object probably won’t be enough.

-T

There is a really cool technique for using geometry constraints shown in this thread:

http://tech-artists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1266

try again with the splineIK:
-make about 2x so many joints as points of control you want.
-then Apply the SplineIK.
-Select the Spline Curve (you may use auto create curve setting in the spline adjustments)
-go to MenuSet:surfaces -> edit curves -> rebuild curve and choose the desired number of spans (Editpoints)
-go to (still in surfaces MenuSet) ->edit curves -> selection -> cluster curve: this will create a cluster deformer on every curvepoint of your selected curve.
-Create some control objects (for example: NRUBS circle) vert snap them (or just theyr pivot) to the cluster and make a point constraint (or parent, - its left to you)
note: you can mix constraints, for instance: parent constraining two clusters to one object will leave you a nice effect - test it out ^^

Well, i find that this is the best solution to rig objects like snakes, chains/strings, tentacles and stuff like that and hope that this short explanation helped you out :)

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yea i ment that. But, well its not obligatory, you should create as many joints as you consider to be needed for the rig. But in most of my cases its about 1,5 - 2 times as much as control points.

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