Introducing the fully upgraded, high-quality 3D model of the Cartoon Canary, standing at a real-world height of 150 cm. As the foundational member of the 7 Birds Series, this cheerful bird defines the style of the collection. The model features a vibrant yellow body blending into a white chest, complemented by an orange beak and large expressive purple eyes. Unique to this character are the extra tufts of yellow feathers on its elbows, adding a distinct touch to its playful silhouette.

This asset has been completely overhauled from its original version to meet modern game development standards, featuring professional motion capture readiness and native Unreal Engine 5 integration.

Technical Upgrades & Features

• Zero-Setup Retargeting (UE5 Epic Skeleton): Rigged via Auto-Rig Pro to match the UE5 Mannequin (Epic Skeleton) bone-to-bone. Note: While the character does not ship with custom animations, this 1:1 skeleton match unlocks immediate, plug-and-play access to the entire UE5 Mannequin animation library without requiring any retargeting setup.
• Custom Manual Physics: Features a meticulously crafted, manually authored UE5 Physics Asset. Constraints have been heavily tuned and selective collisions applied (mirroring advanced humanoid setups) to completely eliminate jittering.
• Dynamic Tail Simulation: The tail is fully configured for runtime physics simulation, swinging naturally and dynamically as the bird walks or moves in-engine.
• Facial Mocap (ARKit): The head mesh contains a complete set of 52 ARKit shapekeys (blendshapes) for immediate live facial motion capture and expressive lip-sync capabilities.

Mesh Structure & Delivery

To optimize performance while supporting the ARKit data, the character is provided in three ready-to-use FBX formats:

• Full combined model (Head and Body).
• Head only (Contains the 52 ARKit morph data).
• Body only.

For easy assembly of the split meshes, a UE5 Blueprint utilizing the Set Leader Pose component is included. The character is 100% quad-based, logically named, and grouped for streamlined scene management.

Textures & Materials Unlike complex modular characters, this entire asset operates on a single mirrored UV map for maximum performance and optimal texture detail.

• Resolution: 4096 x 4096 (4K) PBR workflow.
• UE5 Optimization: Uses a highly efficient ORM channel-packed material system.
• Alternate Skin: Includes a secondary texture set (Alternate Base Color and Normal map) for instant visual variety.
• Standard Maps: Includes standard BaseColor, Roughness, Metallic, and Normal (OpenGL) textures for universal use.

Included Files & Extras

• Unreal Engine 5: Native .uproject file completely set up with materials, the custom physics asset, and skeleton mappings.
• Unity: FBX files cleanly exported and scaled for immediate drop-in use in Unity.
• Educational Content: Includes a timelapse of the original modeling process, plus a brand new video detailing the manual creation workflow for the custom UE5 Physics Asset.

Keep an eye on the Kilutica3D profile, as the remaining characters in the 7 Birds Series are currently receiving this exact same technical upgrade to ensure a unified, premium standard across the entire collection.

(Change Log)20260724: Added ARKit, Epicskeleton, Uproject file.