So I'm very new to Blender and was looking to use it to create some sword fight/lightsaber fight actions scenes. However, I'm running into issues with separating body parts for models.
For example, let's say Luke's hand gets cut off by Darth Vader. How do I go about detaching his hand from the rest of his body so that it can be lying on the ground, separate from the rest of his model? I believe that essentially I'd be creating a new model or mesh, but I'm not certain how to do this from an existing mesh.
Any help or links to tutorials would be appreciated. Thanks!