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30 sources · Generators & modular humanoids

Characters, 30 entries

Blender Studio Critter

active · commercial OK · CC-BY-4.0

Creature rig from Blender Studio (Singularity). Closes the non-Quaternius creature-rig gap. Same CC-BY-4.0 grant as Rain. Login required to download. Requires Blender 5.0+.

charactersBlend verified 2026-08-29 (65d ago)
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Blender Studio Critter Evolved

active · commercial OK · CC-BY-4.0

Evolved Critter rig from Blender Studio (Singularity). Used for the final shot of that open movie. Same CC-BY-4.0 grant as Critter. Login required to download. Requires Blender 5.0+.

charactersBlend verified 2026-08-29 (65d ago)
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Blender Studio Human Base Meshes

active · commercial OK · CC0

Production topology humanoid scaffolds from Blender Studio. The verified card on the demo-files listing is Human Base Meshes v1.4.1 (Asset Bundles section, 49 MB, CC0). That listing mixes CC0 and CC-BY cards on one pa…

charactersBlendglTFFBX verified 2026-08-24 (70d ago)
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Blender Studio One

active · commercial OK · CC-BY-4.0

Stylized humanoid rig from Blender Studio (Singularity). Umbrella / friend-shaped lad. Same CC-BY-4.0 grant as Rain. Login required to download. Requires Blender 5.0+.

charactersBlend verified 2026-08-29 (65d ago)
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Blender Studio Rain

active · commercial OK · CC-BY-4.0

Production humanoid character rig from Blender Studio (Rain v3 on the live card). Non-Quaternius CC-BY-4.0 humanoid. Free download on the character page (64.4 MB on 2026-08-29). Publisher Demeter Dzadik / Blender Studio.

charactersBlend verified 2026-08-29 (65d ago)
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Blender Studio Space Creatures

active · commercial OK · CC-BY-4.0

Small set of named creature rigs from Blender Studio (Singularity). Same CC-BY-4.0 grant as Critter. Login required to download. Requires Blender 5.0+.

charactersBlend verified 2026-08-29 (65d ago)
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CharMorph

active · per-file review · varies

Blender character tool reimplementing MB-Lab-style morphing (no MB-Lab code). Not a safe CC0 default, and the base you pick decides everything. Every licence involved allows commercial use, but the two mb_* bases are …

charactersBlendglTFFBX verified 2026-10-04 (29d ago)
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FPS Arms, rigged (OpenGameArt)

active · commercial OK · CC0

A pair of first-person arms with a full hand rig, released as CC0 by the OpenGameArt user para in 2015. This is the catalog's only rigged first-person arms source: every other rigged character here is a full body seen…

charactersFBXBlend verified 2026-09-23 (40d ago)
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GDQuest Open 3D Mannequin

active · commercial OK · CC-BY-4.0 inactive

Open mannequin mesh plus a third-person controller sample for Godot. Good placeholder humanoid while art is unfinished; art is CC-BY-4.0 (code MIT).

charactersglTFGodot verified 2026-08-24 (70d ago)
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KayKit Adventurers Character Pack

active · commercial OK · CC0

Stylized low-poly dungeon adventurers (5 base + extras on higher itch tiers), rigged/animated, with 25+ weapons/accessories. CC0 — personal/commercial, no attribution. Expand motion with kaykit-character-animations.

charactersFBXglTF verified 2026-07-19 (106d ago)
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KayKit Skeletons Character Pack

active · commercial OK · CC0

Four stylized low-poly skeletons (two more on the paid extra tier), rigged and animated, plus 10+ weapons and accessories. Built to take KayKit Character Animations on the same Rig_Medium / Rig_Large split as Adventur…

charactersFBXglTF verified 2026-08-25 (69d ago)
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Kenney Animated Characters

active · commercial OK · CC0

Kenney's "Animated Characters" series: three small packs of rigged, animated low-poly humanoids with swappable PNG skins. Protagonists (2020; skater, cyborg, criminal), Retro (2022) and Survivors (2019; zombie and sur…

charactersFBXPNGSVG verified 2026-09-26 (37d ago)
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MakeHuman Community

active · commercial OK · CC0

Humanoid generator. Core assets and exported models are CC0 — commercial closed-source games OK, no attribution. App source is AGPL (don’t ship the app as a networked service without compliance). Prefer mpfb for Blend…

charactersFBXOBJDAE verified 2026-07-19 (106d ago)
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MetaHuman

needs-review · commercial OK · custom

Epic's framework for photoreal digital humans: MetaHuman Creator, MetaHuman Animator and Mesh to MetaHuman, which since Unreal Engine 5.6 run inside the engine rather than as a web app, plus plugins for Maya and Houdi…

charactersUnreal verified 2026-10-13 (20d ago)
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Microsoft Rocketbox

active · commercial OK · MIT archived

115+ fully rigged humanoid avatars (multi-LOD FBX) released by Microsoft Research. Useful crowd / NPC / VR embodiment starter set when you need variety beyond stylized CC0 kits.

charactersFBX verified 2026-09-26 (37d ago)
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MPFB (MakeHuman for Blender)

active · commercial OK · CC0

Blender-native MakeHuman character generator. Core assets / exports are CC0 (commercial closed-source games OK, no attribution). Addon source code is GPL — don’t ship the addon itself into a proprietary product; expor…

charactersBlendFBXglTF verified 2026-07-19 (106d ago)
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Open Source Avatars (100Avatars CC0)

active · commercial OK · CC0

Curated VRM avatar registry. The original 100Avatars series (R1–R3) is CC0 and meant for games/VR without attribution. Prefer those collections over mixed community packs.

charactersVRM verified 2026-08-25 (69d ago)
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Paragon Characters (Epic, on Fab)

needs-review · commercial OK · custom

One entry for the free character packs Epic released from its cancelled MOBA Paragon, now listed on Fab under the Epic Games seller. A Fab search for "paragon" filtered to Epic Games returned 24 listings on 2026-10-13…

charactersUnreal verified 2026-10-13 (20d ago)
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Quaternius Animated Fish Pack

active · commercial OK · CC0

Seven aquatic species, each with its own animations. Non-quadruped creature motion. Untextured. FBX / OBJ / Blend. No glTF on the pack page.

charactersFBXOBJBlend verified 2026-08-25 (69d ago)
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Quaternius Animated Mech Pack

active · commercial OK · CC0

Four mechs, each with its own animation set. Non-humanoid sci-fi bodies. Complements robot enemies in Sci-Fi Essentials when you need a vehicle-scale mech rather than a biped drone. Textured.

charactersFBXOBJBlend verified 2026-08-25 (69d ago)
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Quaternius Cube World Kit

active · commercial OK · CC0

Voxel-style cube characters, animals, enemies, and environment models in one kit (108 models). This is the catalog's voxel character coverage; MagicaVoxel remains the editor. Textured. FBX / OBJ / glTF / Blend.

charactersFBXOBJBlend verified 2026-08-25 (69d ago)
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Quaternius Farm Animal Pack

active · commercial OK · CC0

Seven farm animals, each with its own animation set. This is the catalog's actual quadruped coverage. Mixamo will not retarget onto these; the clips live on the animal rigs. Untextured. FBX / OBJ / Blend.

charactersFBXOBJBlend verified 2026-08-25 (69d ago)
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Quaternius RPG Character Pack

active · commercial OK · CC0

Six rigged, animated, textured fantasy characters. Overlaps KayKit Adventurers and Universal Base + outfits. Useful when you want clips already on the mesh instead of a retarget pipeline.

charactersFBXOBJBlend verified 2026-08-25 (69d ago)
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Quaternius Sci-Fi Essentials Kit

active · commercial OK · CC0

Futuristic kit with animated robot enemies, guns, screens, and crates (60+ models). This is the sci-fi character close versus Rocketbox office humans. Guns and props ride along in the same zip. Designed to sit in fron…

charactersFBXOBJBlend verified 2026-08-25 (69d ago)
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Quaternius Toon Shooter Game Kit

active · commercial OK · CC0

Toon shooter kit: characters with 17 animations, enemies, and environment pieces (74 models). Third-person shooter characters; it is not first-person arms. For those, see oga-fps-arms-rigged. Untextured. The pack copy…

charactersFBXOBJBlend verified 2026-08-25 (69d ago)
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Quaternius Ultimate Monsters

active · commercial OK · CC0

50 CC0 fully animated monster/enemy meshes — quick combat fodder without Synty/paid creature packs. Explicit personal + commercial use on the pack page.

charactersFBXBlendOBJ verified 2026-07-19 (106d ago)
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Quaternius Universal Base Characters

active · commercial OK · CC0

Six CC0 game-ready humanoid bases (superhero / regular / teen, male & female) with humanoid rigs for engine retargeting, plus mix-and-match hairstyles. Pair with modular outfit packs and quaternius-universal-animation…

charactersFBXglTFBlend verified 2026-07-19 (106d ago)
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VRoid Studio

active · commercial OK · custom

pixiv's free anime character creator, exporting VRM. The published guidelines allow commercial use of exported models, including in games, but the base meshes and preset items stay pixiv's copyright under licence. Thi…

charactersVRM verified 2026-09-23 (40d ago)
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