Room 8 Studio: Transformer Rig/Animation Test

[elektra]

People really hate the movies but you can't deny the sheer amount of time, effort and thought that has gone into making these

[HeyaHoyah]

The Bay Transformers were my childhood and now as a 3D modeler I literally cannot imagine just how difficult it was to rig, model, and then animate it

[a_tree]

Look at all the parts they had to animate! Well done

[gboi]

Who just imagines their parents car as a transformer, the possibilities are endless to design your transformer in your mind and it is quite cool.

[unoreversecard]

Me:hits elbow

My entire nervous system: 0:03

[voodoo]

Judging by the way he transforms, he must be a Decepticon.

[ryanarrow]

I ve done 3D riggings and I can imagine how complicated this will be for an average 3D rigger like me . This is whole new level of WTF for me.

[anthonyfisher]

I can’t even fathom the amount of hours that probably took to first of all sculpt the car, each and every part of the robot, and animate it all, AND make the sounds line up!

[Camphreneas]

This is probably the most complicated of rigs to animate…and it’s impressive!

[Night]

This is way better than anything post DOTM. The wheels, the doors, the grill — it all follows a motion that has an end point in each mode. If you watch some of those post-DOTM transformations, car parts constantly disappear in robot mode; the car is practically non existent after transformation.

[Draconicus]

I don't care what anyone says, these are the kind of transformations I love💚

They detailed and complex enough to look advanced and alien, but it's still easy to see where things in general go.

None of that AOE or TLK vehicle just vanishing into nothingness crap, or the characters having to do a bunch of flips and or spins to cover up the impossible to make transformation sequences.

Between those two movies only a small handful of characters had actual transformation sequences, or had robot designs with parts of the altmode visible.

[VestedUTuber]

-Bayverse-style Autobot
-Not a GM vehicle
"Wait that's illegal!"

[lamusicas]

People say it sucks, they don't even realize how much effort the animator put onto this

[wonjaeyi]

Oh god, its so intricate how a robot transforms like that

[peacefulrage]

Ok so how in the hell did they animate all those parts?!?! I’m studying animation in college and that doesn’t seem possible without rigging and animating EACH individual part, which if that’s the case.... that’s pretty god damn impressive!

[MrCool-fosr]

Am I the only one who actually likes Bay’s designs for the transformers/decepticons? They look pretty cool if you go into detail!

[primus]

This is the most realistic transformer test ever

[kummer]

I would like to see a tutorial or a at least a documentary of how this is made. The level of complexity is very high. I wonder if these transformations are rigid or there is clipping between the pieces. I know there is but the amount of work into this is stupidly insane.

[yashsoni]

He did nicely and after all the transformations in the movie are just camera effects, this is great.

[privatesnapper]

pretty bad ass transformation for a soccer mom car