Top 3D Models of September

It became a tradition to announce the best of the best 3D models of each month. During the month we received many great works, however we have only ten places to at our top. So we did a hard work and chose. Once again, we are presenting the top 10 of September 3D models.

Airstream Bambi 3D model

Airstream Bambi 3D model

We are starting our Top 10 with the Pumper’s model. This artist already uploaded over 200 high-class models for various categories, mostly for architecture or interior elements. However, this particular model came to our Top because of uniqueness and fully explained description. And of course, it still reminds summer and vacations a bit. What are the other models on a top?

Top 5 3D Car Models

This time we have chosen to take a more thorough look to a category, which has a great impact on the majority of 3D graphic designers. It is cars, without doubt. First of all, no other category on CG Trader database doesn’t have so many and so realistic high-class 3D models as this particular one. And secondly, we are still excited about the fourteenth round of the Formula 1 2012 season in Singapore. Congrats to Sebastian Vettel!
Also, for more inspiration we recommend to visit www.carbodydesign.com. This is probably one of the best web sites about car design where you can find tutorials, examples, related news and even free models – a perfect place to learn car design tricks. 

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Enjoy the finest 3D car models of our store.

Top 10 3D Artists of July

We are eager to share the positive feelings we had during this summer. In addition to being truly happy about the growing community of CGTrader, we noticed how noticeably designers of 3D models develop every day.  More realistic, original and high-quality models have been uploaded, so prepare to meet the best 3D artists and their models of the previous month.

 

Squir

Tomasz Rozkosz is a talented artist and one-man show under the brand Squir. Over 1500 3D models of cars, motorbikes, trucks and everything that is related to vehicles can be found on his web site www.squir.com and he is one of the leading professionals of CGTrader online store, considering both quantity and quality.  He claims his warm feelings to cars and probably this is the reason why he is one of the best 3D vehicle seller on the Internet.  We are proud to have such a professional in our community.

 

humster3d 

Humster3D is a team of talented professionals who create models in more varied categories such as vehicle, furniture, electronics etc.  There are more than thousand high-quality 3D models ready to be downloaded and some of them are so good, that can`t be ignored.

 

codethislab

The following two 3D artists we want you introduce to are gathered to a company called codethislab. They’ve got some high quality rigged and animation ready 3D characters suitable for high-definition images. Moreover, they have made this nice croupier woman rigged and equipped with facial expressions. Good job!

 

Panaristi

A great pleasure for military fans. Panaristi continues to upload variety of equipment created to carry out military tasks. Vehicles above were used by the German Africa Corps in the WWII and Panhard PVP – UN Version from the French light armoured vehicle. As always, realistic and detailed enough for close-up renders.

 

CGShape

Let`s go back from war to sports. CGTrader offers you to to download a pack of realistic, fully detailed 3D models of sixteen Rigged NFL (American National Football League) players by cgshape. Official match ball also included. What is more,  high resolution textures, PSD template files and TTF fonts included for every part of the uniform gives an ability to customize or even create your own teams! Cgshape is a group of 3D artists with 10+ years experience in creating high quality 3D  content for movies, television, commercials, print media, books and videogames.

 

Web3d

Another professional 3D artist Web3d obviously has an appeal to the East. His 3D furniture models are ideal for photorealistic visualisations that might be efficiently implemented by interior designers and used for inspiration as well.

 

rose_studio

It is quite hard to tell the difference between these 3D pictures and photographs. Rose_studio has really made a terrific work. However, we believe that it would be more efficient if the author would use specific names or descriptions of the buildings instead of numbers within the headlines. For example, if the building in the image below would be called “Chinese palace building exterior” instead of “Building A 17 3D model”, users who need specific examples of Chinese architecture would find and purchase this 3D model just after few clicks in Google.

 

AJ_Trax

One more woman and one more military character. Model has such features as 3 sets of character textures, individually rigged armour components, high-resolution textures and other great characteristics convenient for gen game engines, for example. AJ_Trax demonstrates an advanced level of 3D modelling.

Net3d

Last but not least – Net3d. Another fan of Eastern architecture who delivers the most professional products. Suggests 3D models ideal for photorealistic visualizations that include great geometry, materials, textures and multiple file formats.

 

Dear fellows, we have no doubts that most of you can create or even have already created even better 3D models. Upload, share and sell them on CGTader. Who knows, maybe your product will be the TOP model of August …

 

Amelia Earhart’s Anniversary

 

Have you ever heard about Amelia Earhart? If not, I might wonder how you are searching the information without using Google because today instead of normal logotype you are able to see the image of plane and woman standing by it.

 

 

 

 

 

Today Google is declaring about Amelia Earhart’s 115th birthday.  She was the first ever woman who tried to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She wrote many best-selling books about her experience, belonged to the departments of women piloting and was a huge part in aviation history. In regard to mention this occasion, CGTrader decided to look through the aircraft category at our marketplace and to publish the most memorable or catchy 3D models here.

 

 

 

Mig-15

Mig-15 3D model

A little bit  more modernistic that a first one  model is designed by milviz. This author has his personal website where all the works for military theme are published. Milviz has over the 15 year of experience from different services while creating world-class digital models.  This particular plane stands for a military aircraft, that can be used for air combat or for transportation.  The function of it might be noticeable from the decorations of the airplane sides.

  UH64a Blackhawk

UH64a Blackhawk  3D model

It is not the first work from VisuArt3D we are talking about. This author has a huge list models at our marketplace, actually,222 talking in numbers. You can even fin more at his personal portfolio.  Talking about this model, as usual high quality  and accuracy for elements of 3D model  and everything corner of model is demonstrated in bunch of images. You definitely should the gallery of it.

 Sh-200

Sh-200 3D model

It’s another great work by  milviz. Personally, I haven’t seen anything familiar with the parts like that or any other such futuristic design.

Boeing 747 

Boeing 747

Again when we are talking about the top models, we must to mention Panaristi. His qualified 3D models attract the attention.  Being honest, this model catches the eyes because it is mottled and colorful. As the author explains his work, it is inspired by the spirits of Indigenous Australians in the form of kangaroos traveling through the red desert landscape. Wunala means kangaroo.

Apache-64 Helicopter 

Apache-64 Helicopter

It is worth to show another type of 3D aircraft model and we are talking about helicopter. This one is designed by kr_artist who specializes  at all kind model categories. The uniqueness of it is thoughtful details of model and carefully picked colors.

 

RAF BE2 AIRPLANE

 

RAF BE2 AIRPLANE

This one is here because  it looks like coming from history. And it kind of similar with the real one in the picture where  Amelia Earhart is standing by. The designer deespona have done good job while pointing all the detailed lines  at the wings and motor of the plane. As well as in other works, placed at our website. At the moment, there are 945 3D models from different categories by the author.

Avro York Mk-1

Avro York Mk-1 3D model

We are finishing with the aircraft model connected with military and the history topic.  The designer chipbasschao created it with all the components exactly like back to the 50s. And I believe you will agree that the sky background gives the feeling of reality.

 

We hope that we arouse your interest 3D models and gave informative facts from history. Otherwise,  at least we encouraged to check  the amazing 3D models at our marketplace.

Top 10 3D Models of June

It has been a long time since we were announcing the Tops of 3D models. Our only excuse is that the amount of great designs on CGTrader is getting bigger every day and it is extremely hard to choose the best of those amazing pieces of work.  However, here are the Top10 3D models of June from our rapidly growing library.

 

Panzer IV-Tiger

SD.KFZ 181 Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger - Mid Production

We are glad to see that our devoted seller Panaristi comes to the list of  Top 3D models again. His works catch the attention because of  precision for each detail in the objects and comprehensive descriptions of models. We hope to see more works of Panaristi and are thankful for staying with us.  :-)

 

 Robot Collection

Highly detailed 4 Robot Collection

 

It was tough to pick one picture of the set since seller Lordlight suggests eight variations of robot models in Sci-Fi category. Take a look at the lines and lightning!

 

Egyptian House 

Egyptian house architectural exterior historic structures

At first sight we thought it looks as typical Egyptian building. But after the second glance, we realized how much efforts Aiji investigated while decorating the walls and external environment according to the Egyptian theme.

 

Chevrolet Camaro SS 1967 

 

The 3D model was created on real car base. It’s created accurately, in real units of measurement, qualitatively and maximally close to the original.

To the  all  lovers of  cars models, let us represent the antiquarian type 3D car model designed by Humster3d. It attracts by its elegance combined with shades and lines.

 

Rigged Football Player and Goalkeeper

Realistic, fully detailed Rigged Football Player - Spain National Team model and official match ball

We believe  that here are readers who was following UEFA 2012. For this reason we are presenting chshape 3D model of football player.You should check the other pictures with the close ups to persuade the accuracy of the details.

 

Microsoft Surface with Cover 

Microsoft Surface tablet with keyboard cover

Something new in Computer category  at our website. Pumper gives you a  photo-realistic model of the Microsoft Surface tablet with keyboard cover. The model demonstrated in different colors but more precisely depicted in its description.

 

Female Soldier Character 3D model

Female soldier character 3D model

If you have an opinion that  military and women doesn’t have anything in common, then you definitely need to check AJ_Trax 3D model of Female Soldier. The seller gives you a whole set of 3D model guns and other military stuff .

 

Fantasy Bike  

Fanatsy Bike 3D model

From the fantasy category, we are giving you  a Fantasy Bike 3D model created by mm80. Unfortunately, it won’t be found at streets, but in case you want a expressly and originally made-up 3D model, you are about to find it in our marketplace.

 

Animated Basketball Player

Animated Basketball Player

 

It looks that Codethislab made a nice job here. We were looking and it didn’t manage to find any limitations or what to add. It should be described as a perfect 3D model because of the details, colors, shadows and everything else. In case you will check other this model pictures, put a glance for the close-ups, especially the ball : it is so accurate that you are able to count blisters on the ball.

 

2013 Nissan Altima

 

2013 Nissan Altima

Even we already published  one 3D model of car category, we couldn’t resist to give yo another great model created by 3dken. This photo-realistic model is placed in HDRI environment, where the combination of shadows and lighting fits the car perfectly into the rendering.

 

As we said before, we are truly happy to see our growing community and high quality 3D models. There are  plenty of other good models at CGTrader which are worth to check, but sadly our Top takes only ten places for it. However, keep uploading your awesome 3D models at our market place and follow the blog, maybe next time here will be your 3D model!  ;-)

3D Printing Future. Sculpteo case.

Even though 3D printing is still seen as very innovative and sometimes even futuristic concept, there are no doubts that it could (and most likely will) eventually change the way we consume goods. It’s still a pioneering business and there are few companies around in the market that could offer quality 3D printing services.

Scupteo, on the other hand, makes a clear statement to everybody that 3D printing IS the future. “Soon, instead of buying things that are made in large quantities at factories, we will buy objects made in quantities of just one, specifically for us”, says Eric Carreel, Cahairman of Sulpteo. This genuinely incredible idea could actually revolutionise the way we shop, the way we consume goods.

Company was established in 2009, and right since then, they were pioneering in 3D printing market, bringing the concept that digital art-work created on the screen can actually become tangible objects to the daylight. And we are not only talking about a mug or the tiny model of the car. Scupteo is looking deep into the future markets and industries. Theories of ability to print buildings may still sound as a sci-fi for us, but for Sculpteo is just a future of engineering.

The process of 3D printing involves fusing various materials (mainly plastic or alumide) in the forms that were created by the artist on the computer. This commercial video helps to understand how things are done.

Sculpteo is making sure that all kinds of customers get something from their business: starting from large industrial organisations and helping them with their business needs, to anyone who has an access to the Internet, as on the Sculpteo’s website you can actually create something yourself (with no professional skills required), right on their workshop page.

Not long ago Sculpteo launched their app on iOS. Surely the app isn’t as open as the web interface, and there are limitations on projects you could do on it, however, it allows you to create custom 3D models, such as vases, phone cases, mugs etc. Then you can easily place your order and get it shipped to you within few days. And all of this could be done just by few clicks on the phone.

Eventually, when 3D printing will become even more accessible to everyone around, the mass production goods could start fading away. Just imagine, you live in Germany and you want to send a present to your uncle for his birthday but currently he lives in Canada. All you will need to do, is to purchase any model you like from CGTrader website,  you modify the model on your computer by adding text and textures, send it off to Scultpeo, and … voilà! Sculpteo will deliver the present to your uncle’s door!

Definitely, as the 3D printing market is still relatively new, many things have to be added, some have to be withdrawn, however, the idea behind the 3D printing opens the doors to the completely new way of how we can generate our ideas and how easily it could be turned into tangible objects. Indeed, this is the future, and Sculpteo is currently on the right track in this really interesting and innovative market.

Top 3D Models of Week 22

Yet another week passed and again we want to share some of the beautiful models which were submitted to CGTrader marketplace and are available for purchase now! Not wasting too much time let me start with 5 best models.

Robot Collection

User Lordlight has done some great job creating and uploading this spectacular collection of Robots. However, the tip for the future would be putting a little bit more rendered images, so that visitors could have a better understading about what they are buying.

Sten MK.V Submachine Gun

Panaristi keeps filling CGTrader library with well made, detailed and precise military-related models, and the best thing is that his descriptions are informative, renders are clean with white backgrounds, models are in several formats. Thumbs up!

Volvo Truck 8×4 Mixer

We are very happy to announce that Humster3D has joined our fast-growing marketplace with his huge collection of automobiles and other items. We are pretty sure that it is just a beginning of our partnership with Humster3D.

Canon ZR850

Oh it feels nice to see that Sgrixti starts getting more comfortable in CGTrader platform and keeps uploading some very nice 3D models like this Canon camera.

Cartoon Film Set

This is the first and only (yet) model submitted by Adariramesh, but we decided to feature it in this week’s top uploads because it is definitely not a bad model, and some of you might find it useful when creating a mini video scene which requires a playful simplistic environment.

Top 5 3D Models of Week 21

Last week was yet another week with the highest traffic at CGTrader, biggest number of sales, and we are extremely happy that more and more CG artists are joining us to expose their artworks.

To celebrate that, today I will be overviewing Top 5 3D models uploaded last week. They are ordered by the upload date, as we could not decide on which ones are the best.

Chapel 02

Pumper has created one more beautiful artwork and put it on sale at CGTrader. This beautiful minimalistic chapel makes me a believer and invites to come in, go upstairs and ring the bell! Well made, Pumper.

Human Head Male Anatomy

CGShape has already uploaded many models of human anatomy, but this one is a full complex. I could pretend I’m a biology professor with this one.

Indianapolis Colts official game helmet

Not that I’m a fan of Colts, but these helmets submitted by EricApanowicz are really nicely made. We would love to see more models of yours, Eric ;)

M4 Sherman MK III British army

I had a difficult time deciding on which tank to feature, but precision of this one cought my eye. Once I buy a 3D printer, second thing after printing a wife is going to be my little army of Panaristi‘s tank models.

Automatic transmission

I would not be able to explain how automatic transmission works, while Panaristi actually created a full precise 3D model of it. We cannot wait to see your next works!

From now on each and every Monday will be the day we select 5 best models of the ones that we feature during the previous week. Keep your eye on it and keep submitting great 3D models to CGTrader!

Introducing CG Blogs and Websites #2

Here are some more great websites we found on the Internet that will be definitely beneficial for you all to have a look at. It includes some great educational websites, packed with loads of great information, 3D model galleries and even some sites where you can get 3D models for free.

3D Models (Sculpteo)

This French company’s that specializing in 3D printing . Their blog page keeps all the followers updates with all the news in the market, introduces Sculpteo services and shares great variety of tips of 3D modeling etc. You should be keep on checking this website regularly, as new blog entries are published quite often.

Resources.Blogscopia

This is again corporate blog coming from Spanish company Scopia. The best thing about this page is that you can not only find great tips and suggestion on CG, but also you can download (or upload) many files for free as they work under creative commons license.

Kraphik 3D

One professional who has been working with 3D design and CG for this entire life, decided to share his knowledge with entire world by starting off this blog. Once again, this page is fully packed with information and tips, but also this guy spends a lot of time writing about pretty niche subject – 4D cinema.

Ponoko

Most likely one of the most informative websites about CG and in particular 3D printing solutions (as this is what the company Ponoko is focusing on). Also, this blog site works like an intermediate between 3D model sellers and buyers.

GTX 3D Model

Looking for the free 3D model? Go on this page. Many options to choose from and everything is for free. Also, some blog-type-tip-articles posted too!

CG Blog

High quality educational blog that covers a lot of specific CG topics. You will be able to find all kinds of blog entries of tutorial, Photoshop, visual effects and V-Ray. It gives you also a chance to search for the info in the different pages and provides links to 3D model seller. The blog is presented to you by Ciro Sannino, who is a V-Ray Official Trainer. He is also an author of ”5-Step Render Workflow®”, a program to learn a simple-fast method to get photorealistic results on V-Ray.

Design Modo

Another blog site that provides a lot of information and tips. However, it is not the only about 3D modeling in here. There are many articles about graphic design, photography and advertising. It was created to everybody who is interested on all sorts of computer graphic methods.

CG Channel

Most likely to be an infinite website of great quality information about CG. You can spend hours surfing on this page as it gives you a chance to participate in different competitions, work on your technical skills etc. One thing to note though, it is mostly focusing on entertainment industry.

RAPH

And here they bring art to the 3rd dimension… This is a page where many different 3D pictures are uploaded. The creators of this page say that all the pictures placed on this page meet the highest standard criteria and are selected by 3D art professionals around the world.

 

Hopefully you found this set of links helpful and beneficial. Once again, if you would like to share some pages you found while browsing, please leave the comment!

Welcome Our New Members

We are happy that our recent 3D stock Challenge has attracted some great 3D artists like VKModels, MilvizdenisVFX and others. But we are even more excited to see more and more of new professional 3D artists are joining our community. In this post we want to say hello and give a credit to our newest members.

Superbowl game 3D helmet

A superbowl game 3D helmet is the first model from Eric Apanowicz‘s large collection. We hope that this is just a starting point and we will soon see many more great artworks of yours, Eric!

Soccer plaeyer 3D character

Joined only several days ago, ozgur already has published several of his soccer player 3D characters. Models are rigged, have nice textures and are optimized for crowd animation. Looking forward to seeing more of your models, ozgur!

Ancient pottery 3D model

polygonpottery has uploaded a vast library of realistic 3D models of ancient pottery. Not only do we now have the most extensive library of antique ceramics, but the models are published exclusively on CGTrader at the moment!

Tank 3D model

We are also proud to see the long awaited 3D artist Panaristi on board. Exceptionally detailed geometry and nice textures makes his warfare 3D models irresistable! White backgrounds, informative descriptions, renders are so delicious, you can look at them for hours. That’s what I call a first class 3D stock.

Taj Mahal 3D model

babylon323 has provided a carefully made exterior of Taj Mahal, the building widely recognized as the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world’s heritage. Looking forward to seeing the interior or more exteriors of prominent buildings!

Woman 3D character

Check out S3D_Character’s animated 3D character models Michael and Monica. High quality textures, low-poly geometry and wide selection of animated presets make these models great for games and real-time application.

Lighting bollards 3d model

Ricqua has published so far two models of lighting bollards. Ricqua, renders show that these models are of high quality, although we suggest adding more preview images to attract more sales. Good luck and welcome to CGTrader!

Girl 3D character

BirdaoGwra creates low-poly 3D models on game engine forums. He has published a fully animated 3D character, tested on Unity and Irrlicht engines.

House 3D model

Jean3darchitecture from France specializes in architecture visualization. He has published a beautiful house modeled in Cinema 4D and rendered with Vray. I would also suggest Jean to add more renders to reveal details to customers. Check out more of his 3D visualizations.

Flying chest 3D model

Dogway from Spain, has published a cute animated flying chest. In addition to adding more preview images, we also suggest to embed Youtube or Vimeo animation into the description. Here is the good example by Johannes Schloerb, how it can be done.

We are very happy to see our community of artists growing. A lot of fascinating things are coming at CGTrader soon, and you guys are the ones who help this platform to become a reality!