Making a figure with identical, but independent sibling nodes

Karpent

Hello everybody!

I want to make a figure that is a little bit unusual I think. It will have 5-10,(whatever turns out practical), let's just call them jelly beans. Those will show as independent objects, but they will be connected to a root node. Everyone will be made of the identical geometry, they will be rigged identically and have identical morphs to fiddle with.  So they will show up as crazy jellybeans bouncing around, but technically they will be one figure.

My question is: Is there a way to duplicate/copy-paste all the work with rigging and creating morphs from one sibling node to another, or do I have to do the same work maybe ten times?  I would be happy to be directed to some tutorials, but any help will be appreciated! 

 

Richard Haseltine

Do they absolutely have to be a single figure?