--- title: Blender Artist Turns an Indian Bus into a... description: 3D artist Pranav Pradi rigged a bus model so it transforms into a Transformers-style mecha in Blender. The bus design was inspired by a prop from the 2001... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/blender-artist-turns-an-indian-bus-into-a-transformers-style-mecha-jnbbqgowj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Blender Artist Turns an Indian Bus into a Transformers-Style Mecha | daily.dev og:description: 3D artist Pranav Pradi rigged a bus model so it transforms into a Transformers-style mecha in Blender. The bus design was inspired by a prop from the 2001... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/blender-artist-turns-an-indian-bus-into-a-transformers-style-mecha-jnbbqgowj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JnBbqGoWJ.png og:image:alt: Blender Artist Turns an Indian Bus into a Transformers-Style Mecha og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Blender Artist Turns an Indian Bus into a Transformers-Style Mecha **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary 3D artist Pranav Pradi rigged a bus model so it transforms into a Transformers-style mecha in Blender. The bus design was inspired by a prop from the 2001 Malayalam film Ee Parakkum Thalika and was built to closely match it. Pradi said fitting the bus shape into a sensible Autobot form was the hardest part, while animating the transformation was the most enjoyable. The rigging and animation took about two weeks, and Pradi's favorite detail is the bus's old diesel tank repurposed as a fuel source on the robot's back. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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