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Guides from the Sleipner 3D studio: free model packs, making 3D models from text, the API and MCP, honest comparisons, and what makes a model game-ready.
3D assets for game prototypes and jams: free props first, then make what's missing
How to fill a game prototype with real-looking 3D props fast: start from free packs, make the missing pieces from a sentence, and keep scale, LODs and formats right.
3D furniture for interior renders: true scale, real materials and what to check
What makes a furniture model work in an interior or archviz render, how to use free true-scale models in Blender and other renderers, and where their limits are.
A 3D model generation API: from a text prompt to a GLB in four requests
Make finished 3D models from code with the Sleipner 3D API: an API key, one POST, polling, and a download in six formats. With curl examples, prices and limits.
AI 3D model generators in 2026: Meshy, Tripo, Rodin and Hunyuan vs a finished asset
What Meshy, Tripo, Hyper3D Rodin, Hunyuan 3D and TRELLIS give you, what they cost (checked 31 October 2026), what raw output still needs, and when finished work pays.
Before you pay for an AI 3D model website: 10 things to check
One-click AI 3D sites look alike. Ten checks on licence, privacy, credits, rerolls, formats, scale and refunds that tell you what you are really buying, on any site.
Buying 3D models in 2026: Sketchfab, Fab, CGTrader and TurboSquid vs made to order
Where to buy 3D models, what the licences allow, how the marketplaces changed (Sketchfab's store moved to Fab), and when a made-to-order model is the better buy.
Change a 3D model's colour or material with words, and keep the exact shape
"Make it mustard", "make it leather", "make it look old": how surface-only edits repaint a 3D model without touching its mesh, what they cost, and when a change rebuilds.
Free 3D model libraries compared: Poly Haven, Kenney, Quaternius, Sketchfab and ours
The best free 3D model libraries in 2026, honestly compared: licences (CC0 or not), style, formats, animation and what each is best for, checked 31 October 2026.
Free modern furniture 3D models: chairs, lamps, a sofa and products in GLB and USDZ
The free Modern Home & Products pack: 25 clean, unbranded models of furniture, lamps, a fridge-freezer, a sneaker and a backpack, at true scale and ready for AR.
How much does a 3D model cost? Freelancers, studios and AI in 2026
What a 3D prop costs from a freelancer on Fiverr or Upwork, an outsourcing studio or an AI studio, what you get for the money, and how to write a brief that saves rounds.
How to make a 3D model from a text description (step by step)
Describe one object, pick Quick or Standard, and get a finished, textured 3D model with renders and six formats. What to write, what it costs and what you get.
Free medieval 3D models for games: 31 village props, carts and rigged horses
The free Medieval Village pack: five rigged horses with eight clips, carts with turning wheels, a well, armour and tavern props, true to scale in six formats.
From prompt to finished 3D: how the Sleipner studio works
A 3D studio has a concept artist, modellers, clean-up, an art director, a rigger and a photographer. Here is how each role works in Sleipner, step by step.
Mid-century 3D furniture: 29 free 1950s–70s models for renders and games
The free Mid-Century Home pack: sofas, a pod chair, a walnut sideboard, a 1950s range that opens, radios and lamps, true to scale in six formats.
Using AI agents (MCP) to find and make 3D models: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor
Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or VS Code to Sleipner 3D over MCP. Your assistant searches the free library, fetches files and makes new models, asking before it spends.
What "game-ready" actually means for a 3D model
Clean geometry, a triangle budget, good UVs, PBR materials, real scale, LODs and the right format. A plain checklist you can run on any model in ten minutes.