Make animation play But not return to original position

I'm not sure if you can do this with mechenim, as the title says make animation play but not return to original position, before it started.

What I want to do it's bring a shield around for my character likes is protecting itself but I don't want the animation to reset after I have done this, I know I can turn off looping but that always reset the animation

is this possible?

Thanks

 

In you animation transition, uncheck Has Exit Time.

 

that's not what has exit time is for, this is for when you don't want to finish a previous animation e.g unchecked, else you want to start the new animation part the way though the old animation.

I want a form of blend tree but not, e.g I could create two different animations but I don't want the other to effect the first.

 

You'll need two animations the shield transition from back to front, and then the default carry shield animation.

 

Also, make sure that your animation has Loop unchecked.