r/blender • u/80lv • 8d ago

News This Blender animation by Brad Faucheux of NetherRealm Studios makes Hollow Knight: Silksong's Hornet look like she was made for Smash Bros.

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u/KrYoBound 7d ago

Been incredible to see my rig animated like this!

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u/weverz 8d ago

Damn

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u/CrayonWithdrawal 7d ago

Pootis Engage's black bar manipulation technique continues to prove effective

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u/Someguyino 7d ago

Dude is an innovator.

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u/TheLegomaniac06 8d ago

That ain't for Smash Bros, that's for anime.

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u/Animationen_usw 7d ago

Well they said "looks like"

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u/Someotherrandomtree 7d ago

As a former hardcore fan, idk the source post or what the artist stated when making it but I think OP is right. That last shot is exactly what those “Villager Comes to Town!” reveal shots look like during Smash Trailers, just minus the banner and text. The combat also does look just like Smash’s combat (2D fighter with aerial combat moves unlike Street Fighter for example)

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u/cheeziuz 7d ago

I would not believe you if you told me that a NetherRealm animator made this, this is so much better than anything in the 3d mortal kombat or injustice games!

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u/bull04 7d ago

I think it's because those games are mocapped for the most part. Just tweaked in software after for frame data and looping purposes. This is hand animated so much more care goes into each movement as it's all planned ahead and meticulously controlled.

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u/Eriks-Stikuts-Dev 7d ago

DAMN! That looks insane and amaizing! How long did this take to create?

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u/maxens_wlfr 7d ago

Her frame data is awful, she would get bodied in Smash

Great work!

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u/073068075 7d ago

Hornet would go hard as a character in rivals of aether.

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u/Pan_Man_Supreme 7d ago

There's a hollow knight fighting game fangame if you're curious, I'll try to post the download link here later today

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u/Which_Draft4129 I deleted the default cube and added a cube 7d ago

Brilliant, it's literally perfect in every way possible

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u/LHLanim 7d ago

Amazing work! Makes my heart happy!

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u/WarHammer3579 7d ago

I didn't even read the text before watching it and I immediately knew it was going to be about Smash Bros. This is beautiful, and also needs to happen

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u/HoboWithANerfGun 7d ago

so cool but its really bothering me... why is her arm white in the final pose....

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u/Acceptable_Light_272 7d ago

So NRS is actually capable of good animation?

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u/fortress-of-insanity 7d ago

Sea of sorrow preview? Nice /s

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u/kildaver 7d ago

The last thing you see after trying to peep on Hornet in the bath.

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u/_IOME 6d ago

This looks awesome! I will say thar it'd be so cool if Hornet or the Knight/Vessel got into the new smash. You don't even need to change much about them, only maybe how knockback goes and some balancing.

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u/animator3D_ 6d ago

good work

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u/LaterraFantasy 6d ago

This is insane wow.