Since I was young the Paris-Dakar rally has always intrigued me, an endurance race across the breathtaking expanse of Europe and North Africa testing man and machine to the limit.  

I was inspired to create my own fictional team and decided to base it on the exisiting Mammoet Renault squad. Over the years they have had both Volvo and Renault trucks on the team, specifically the Renault’s with a mix of flat nosed and long nosed trucks.

This gave me the chnace to mix up some shapes. Originally it sarted out as a modified Mack MD and a Rensult K, but as the project progressed both trucks merged into one, keeping most design elements of the Renault but retaining the distinctive American hood design.

Everything is built in Blender, but I have re-used or bought a few items including the winch, tire treads, racing seats and electric engines. The characters are also from the BMS greeble pack, ive just created some cool custom jumpsuits for them.

Winch from CG trader
Tire Treads from Art Station Market 
Suspension coils from Art Station Market
 
This is a fun project built in my spare time, not affiliated with work.