Comments on: 60 Sites with Free 3D Models

By: 3D Modelling Services

3D Modelling Services — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:15:36 +0000

Nowadays, 3D models represent a 3D object using a collection of points in 3D space, connected by various geometric entities.

By: Jogai

Jogai — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:13:34 +0000

Nice! A menu item like 'blender tutorials' for posts about free models would be nice

By: redbyte

redbyte — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:42:26 +0000

Exactly!
Because when you show someone a render they always say, "WOW! Did you do all that?!?" I take great pride in saying everytime, "yes… yes I did." *pulls smug grin*

By: ROUBAL

ROUBAL — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:19:34 +0000

@redbyte : I totally agree. I must add that there is no pleasure showing a picture done using models made by someone else…

By: redbyte

redbyte — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:31:38 +0000

Unless you're a professional, are downloading models really a good idea?
Modelling is one of the best skills a 3d artist can learn, so any practice is good practice. In my opinion, downloading models should be left to studios, where the cost of hiring a modeller, is less than the cost of buying a model outright.

But to the rest of us, taking shortcuts can be a sure fire way to stunt your learning and never get hired.

Just my 2 cents of course.

What does everyone else think?

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:13:38 +0000

In french, there is Blendercave for some 3d models (.blend format) : http://blendercave.tuxfamily.org/?page=categorie&cid=0

By: MetaBlue

MetaBlue — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:06:25 +0000

Wow! Thats lots and lots and lots of free 3D models. I'm glad to see blend files in there too.

By: marijn

marijn — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:59:05 +0000

nice! it also links to "25 (Free) 3D Modeling Applications You Should Not Miss" => with blender on top :D

By: Zinc Chameleon

Zinc Chameleon — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:06:11 +0000

I always upload a .blend file for all my Makehuman animations. So, if you are looking for Makehuman talking heads in .blend file format, just look up zincChameleon on YouTube. Right now, I'm doing the Internet personality Lisa Nova. Websites are nice, but you get more exposure (40k hits!) on YouTube.

By: banor

banor — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:58:48 +0000

@mike pan: You are right. You'll have to check the licenses on each site/model.

In the above article:

Note: Some of these 3D models have limited rights. That means they are not allowed for commercial usage. We urge that you check the rights before using them for business purposes.