An impressive 3D work inspired on a painting by Gyula Benczúr (1844–1920), an Hungarian painter. The painting, entitled Budavar visszavetele, portrays the recapture of the Buda Castle in 1686 (see here for more info) The 3D modelling and texturing is by Zsolt Ekho Farkas, an Hungarian digital artist. A short “making of” is provided by the … Read more
Morgan McGuire makes available a collection of Meshes that are common in recent papers. Most meshes are available in OBJ format. The Brown Mesh Set, also by McGuire, provides a huge collection (1139) of older models. These models are in IFS format. Sample source code to read them is provided in the G3D engine. The Large … Read more
Humster3D is a 3D model online store site dealing mostly with vehicles. A large collection of free car blueprints is also available at the store.
Metal Barrels – ShareCG. This model comes with a set of colour textures to provide lots of different looks, as well as four bump maps.
Archive3D is a site with a large collection of 3D models in 3DS or GSM format (GSkinMesh format, a proprietary format created by Sierra). There is a large selection of themes. The models are normally low poly and are free to use and modify without restrictions (read the terms and conditions). No registration is required.
ShareCG is a site with a huge amount of modelling tutorials, 3D models for download, and textures.
Anthology of Ship Model Plans – A collection of blue prints and drawings for tall ships Ship Plans – A collection of links provided by the Ship Modelling Society of Victoria Inc Drawings from the Maritime Museum of Stockholm Free Plans on John-Tom.Com – A collection of blueprints and plans for boats
Assimp is a Cross-Platform Open Source Library to load 3D modes. Currently, as of version 2.0, it can import an impressive list of formats and it also exports to Collada and 3DS MAX. Once loaded, all the models attributes are easily accessible through the API. The library also performs some post processing tasks on the … Read more
Free3DModelZ.com – Several models in many categories. Formats: 3DS and MAX. All models are free for personal and non-commercial use and for learning purpose.
Graphic Tools Tutorials. Blender and Gimp Tutorials. On the Blender side it focus on precision modelling. GIMP is then used to create a texture for a machined metal gear.