--- title: This Hollow Knight's Hornet Animation Belongs In Smash Bros. description: NetherRealm Studios animator Brad Faucheux created a fighting-game-style animation of Hollow Knight: Silksong's Hornet using Blender, applying his... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/this-hollow-knight-s-hornet-animation-belongs-in-smash-bros--eqicf1yoa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: This Hollow Knight's Hornet Animation Belongs In Smash Bros. | daily.dev og:description: NetherRealm Studios animator Brad Faucheux created a fighting-game-style animation of Hollow Knight: Silksong's Hornet using Blender, applying his... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/this-hollow-knight-s-hornet-animation-belongs-in-smash-bros--eqicf1yoa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eQICf1yoA.png og:image:alt: This Hollow Knight's Hornet Animation Belongs In Smash Bros. 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. # This Hollow Knight's Hornet Animation Belongs In Smash Bros. **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary NetherRealm Studios animator Brad Faucheux created a fighting-game-style animation of Hollow Knight: Silksong's Hornet using Blender, applying his fighting-game animation background from Mortal Kombat and Injustice work. He used a free, highly flexible rig made by Krysidian that closely matches Hornet's in-game model and allows adjustments to her cloak, facial expressions, and overall style. A separate version adds sound effects by NekoStix. Other animators, including Sylvan Kim of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 fame, have also created their own Hornet fight animations using a different 3D model based on a 2D illustration. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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