Stars and Strings

The last bit of stuff that needed rigging was the string so I could add in a slight sway as they're hung.... wasnt sure how i was going to achieve this at first and lots of joints and rotating each one seemed long winded but as I was setting up the character I found out about the "IK Spline Handle Tool" which pretty much worked like the Ik handles but meant joints in the chain would have a serpentine movement which was exactly what i wanted with the string. So i tried working out how i'd impliment that:

More research and testing occured:

Then i crudely keyed a quick sway just to confirm things were starting to work:

The bottom half is getting there and the top is close but needs adjusting as well as animating the star rotating/spinning on top of the side to side motion (which is blockout not animated).... Eitherways its getting there but still needs something