Guides
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.
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.
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.
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.