How It's Done — Ophion

Ophion is our first flying snake-like robot — and it’s badass! Let’s take a look at how we created it.

The initial task was to create “a flying robot snake that fires machine guns from its built-in arms while in flight”. And no wings — the robot should have jet engines in the back to make it fly. So we started with a blockout.

Next, we slightly changed the robot's "face" to make it look less like a dragon's. This made Ophion look more like a cobra, with its characteristic "hood".

After that we started to finalize forms while adding and tweaking additional details.

This is how Ophion looks without any attached weapons. In the game, the robot can carry three guns: one left, one right, and one on top.

And here, we finalized the colors of the robot to make it look more like a dangerous space snake.

And this is the final render of this beautiful beast.