It was noticed that Bones dont perform well in 'xray' drawing, for that purpose a very minimal style would serve best. This new option "Line" draws a solid line with bitmap circles in endings. http://www.blender.org/cms/Armature_draw_modes.629.0.html Or temporal pics: http://www.blender.org/bf/rt1.jpg http://www.blender.org/bf/rt.jpg