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Promising free Blender add-on generates rigged 3D characters with skin materials and hair, suitable for games, animation or VFX work.

Monday, March 24th, 2025

New free plugin based on veteran standalone app MakeHuman creates custom 3D characters, complete with skin and clothing.

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

Future releases of the open-source 3D software will also come pre-configured with a remote library of CC0 brushes, materials and meshes.

Thursday, August 8th, 2024

Neat tool to simplify world building in Unreal Engine 5 gets new Physics Paint system, PBR texture packing. Perpetual licenses now available.

Wednesday, December 27th, 2023

Browser-based service generates low-poly 3D props and characters for indie games or AR projects from simple text descriptions.

Monday, October 16th, 2023

Set of 17 high-quality meshes can be used as bases for sculpting custom 3D characters. CC0 licence.

Wednesday, June 28th, 2023

AI image-generation framework turns simple 3D scenes in Blender into detailed, stylised concept art.

Monday, October 17th, 2022

Real-time visualisation software gets new HDRI backdrop system, and physics-based layout tools.

Wednesday, July 13th, 2022

See the month's best real-time 3D models, including boots, armor and spaceships to download for free.

Tuesday, February 15th, 2022

New GPUOpen MaterialX library provides free PBR materials in the new open format for look dev data.

Tuesday, December 21st, 2021

Huge update to the open-source 3D texture painting app adds real-time path tracing, edge wear materials, decals, and live links to Blender and Maya.

Friday, October 22nd, 2021

Download 3D models of sculptures and household objects under a CC0 licence. Formats include OBJ, glTF and Blender.

Sunday, April 11th, 2021

Download 3D scans of objects from leading US museums in OBJ and glTF format under a CC0 licence.

Sunday, March 1st, 2020