Free 3D Character Models

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Characters are the hardest asset to find for free and the one every project needs first. Every model below is a single CC0 character you can download as a GLB right here, and many arrive already rigged and animated. If one doesn't, you can put a skeleton on it in the browser and borrow motion from a CC0 library without touching Blender.

Every model here is CC0, hosted by us, and downloads as a single GLB straight from the card. No account, no signup, no attribution required. The originals are by Kay Lousberg, Quaternius, Kenney and Polygonal Mind, who deserve the credit even though the licence doesn't ask for it. To turn one over in 3D first, open it in the GLB viewer.

Choose a character with the right rig

Already rigged and animated? Try the included motions before paying for a new rig. A skinned skeleton means the mesh has bone weights; a node-based rig moves separate parts. An animation count alone does not tell you which kind of rig is present. Cards show the rig type when the catalogue supplies it.

Two files checked in Blender

Files inspected 2026-09-14. Both contain skin weights and animation; the texture dependency differs.

CC0 download	File size	Triangles	Rig and motion	Images
Character Female A	267.0 KiB	876	7 joints; 32 clips	Separate texture required
Casual Female	1718.7 KiB	6,624	23 joints; 17 clips	No external images

The Kenney file references Textures/colormap.png; downloading that GLB alone leaves the texture missing in Blender. The Quaternius casual character uses material colors and needs no image files. See the Blender import/export example and file hashes and clip names.

Browse character downloads

KnightKay LousbergCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included7,024 vertices1.644 × 1.507 × 1.576 m (W × H × D)76 animation clipsSoldierQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included15,864 vertices0.51 × 1.776 × 0.61 m (W × H × D)24 animation clipsCharacter ZombieKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig1,992 vertices0.811 × 0.825 × 0.345 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter SoldierKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included889 vertices0.781 × 0.836 × 0.52 m (W × H × D)25 animation clipsCharacter SoldierQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included21,469 vertices1.208 × 1.75 × 1.81 m (W × H × D)17 animation clipsZombieQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included3,088 vertices1.01 × 1.749 × 0.752 m (W × H × D)7 animation clipsCharacterQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included7,778 vertices0.77 × 1.75 × 1.468 m (W × H × D)22 animation clips44 ZombiePolygonal MindCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included3,747 vertices1.836 × 1.636 × 0.362 m (W × H × D)Knight Golden FemaleQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included9,264 vertices1.048 × 1.831 × 1.084 m (W × H × D)17 animation clipsKnight Golden MaleQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included5,930 vertices1.048 × 1.831 × 0.96 m (W × H × D)17 animation clipsKnight MaleQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included5,978 vertices0.696 × 2.019 × 1.114 m (W × H × D)17 animation clipsSoldier FemaleQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included9,716 vertices0.762 × 1.801 × 1.084 m (W × H × D)17 animation clipsSoldier MaleQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included5,542 vertices0.716 × 1.841 × 0.976 m (W × H × D)17 animation clipsZombie FemaleQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included13,548 vertices0.768 × 1.801 × 1.02 m (W × H × D)17 animation clipsZombie MaleQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included7,650 vertices0.68 × 1.742 × 0.956 m (W × H × D)17 animation clipsBlueSoldier FemaleQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included9,716 vertices0.856 × 1.867 × 0.88 m (W × H × D)17 animation clipsBlueSoldier MaleQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included5,542 vertices0.716 × 1.841 × 0.976 m (W × H × D)17 animation clipsCharacters GermanShepherdQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included4,077 vertices0.55 × 1.049 × 1.69 m (W × H × D)11 animation clipsCharacters LisQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included28,106 vertices1.232 × 1.751 × 1.69 m (W × H × D)20 animation clipsCharacters MattQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included27,720 vertices1.238 × 1.751 × 1.69 m (W × H × D)20 animation clipsCharacters PugQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included2,985 vertices0.484 × 0.815 × 1.198 m (W × H × D)11 animation clipsCharacters SamQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included28,684 vertices1.232 × 1.751 × 1.69 m (W × H × D)20 animation clipsCharacters ShaunQuaterniusCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included30,305 vertices1.236 × 1.751 × 1.744 m (W × H × D)20 animation clipsCharacter AKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter BKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter CKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter DKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter EKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter FKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter GKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter HKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter IKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter JKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter KKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter LKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter MKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter NKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter OKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter PKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter QKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter RKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig143 vertices1.6 × 2.7 × 0.8 m (W × H × D)27 animation clipsCharacter GhostKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig593 vertices0.788 × 0.662 × 0.488 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter KeeperKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig2,075 vertices0.811 × 0.862 × 0.537 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter SkeletonKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig1,156 vertices0.761 × 0.7 × 0.316 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter VampireKenneyCC0 · GLBNode-based rig2,034 vertices0.811 × 0.78 × 0.455 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter EmployeeKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included898 vertices0.781 × 0.723 × 0.401 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter GamerKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included844 vertices0.781 × 0.773 × 0.519 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter Female AKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included267.0 KiB · checked 2026-09-14Separate texture required1,576 vertices1.099 × 0.776 × 0.5 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter Female BKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included1,322 vertices0.767 × 0.723 × 0.419 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter Female CKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included1,322 vertices0.767 × 0.776 × 0.5 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter Female DKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included1,401 vertices0.767 × 0.776 × 0.5 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter Female EKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included1,270 vertices0.767 × 0.716 × 0.527 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter Female FKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included1,410 vertices0.767 × 0.671 × 0.441 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter Male AKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included1,259 vertices0.767 × 0.671 × 0.34 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter Male BKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included1,266 vertices0.767 × 0.661 × 0.389 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter Male CKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included1,455 vertices0.767 × 0.793 × 0.461 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter Male DKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included1,239 vertices0.767 × 0.722 × 0.34 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter Male EKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included1,208 vertices0.767 × 0.676 × 0.342 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter Male FKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included1,291 vertices0.767 × 0.671 × 0.34 m (W × H × D)32 animation clipsCharacter HumanKenneyCC0 · GLBSkinned skeleton included901 vertices0.781 × 0.755 × 0.361 m (W × H × D)32 animation clips

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Getting a free model into a browser game

Most of these download as GLB, glTF, FBX, or OBJ. GLB is the format the web wants, since it packs the mesh, materials, and textures into one binary file that three.js, Babylon.js, and PlayCanvas all load directly.

If your download is an FBX or OBJ, convert it to GLB in your browser. To see what's actually inside a file before you commit to it, open it in the GLB viewer, which shows the scene graph, materials, triangle count, and any animations. Before shipping, run it through the GLB optimizer to strip unused data and compress the geometry.

For characters, an unrigged mesh isn't a dead end. The auto rigger puts a skeleton on a humanoid model in a couple of minutes, and the animation library retargets 260 CC0 motions onto it without you opening Blender.

Licences, briefly

Every file on this page is CC0, which is public domain. Use it in a commercial game, modify it, sell the result, credit nobody. There is no attribution clause to comply with and no share-alike condition to trip over, which is why this library is CC0-only rather than a mix.

That is not true of free assets generally. Plenty of what you'll find elsewhere is CC-BY (credit required) or CC-BY-SA (credit required and your derivatives inherit the licence, which is a real constraint on a commercial game), and the licence is usually set per file rather than per site. The complete guide to game asset licences covers what each one requires and where teams usually get it wrong.

Check the model before importing

Each card lists available catalogue metadata. Dimensions are width × height × depth in metres; vertex counts are not triangle counts. An animation clip count means motion is embedded in the file, not that it will retarget to every skeleton. Missing metadata is left unclaimed.

Check scale, pivot and materials in the GLB viewer, then test the file in your target engine. For characters, the rigging and animation guide explains the next steps. For scenes and props, use the game asset workflow guide.

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