Taxi

ESMA 2023
Autodesk Maya, Affinity Photo, Gimp

This is the first rigging project of my second year at ESMA. We were asked to chose or imagine a vehicle of our choice, rig all its accessories but also add a mechanical arm and rig it with joints and an IK Handle.

I chose to recreate the Taxi Peugeot 406 from the Taxi saga, which I've always been a huge fan of. It was a real challenge as, in the movie, the car transforms itself.

The texturing was made on Affinity Photo and Gimp.

Music : Eloquence ft. Kayliah Match Nul (From Taxi 3 Original Soundtrack)

Modeling

The modeling of the base car is mostly based upon the blueprints below (Source : GetOutlines). I used photos from the movies Taxi 2 and 3 for the tuning modeling.

Mechanical arm references

The arm is a mix of two references, but some others of similar models were used to fill the gaps.

Left : ELEX 81A (Source : Wikimedia Commons)
Right : Travibenne FR ( Source : ArchiExpo)

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