Helmet Bugs rigged 3D creatures — red spiked and black smooth variants by Leo Blanchette.

Helmet Bugs – Simple Rigged Insect Creatures (Game Ready)

View Helmet Bugs on TurboSquid → Helmet Bugs – Simple, Stylized, and Ready to Animate Helmet Bugs are compact, low-poly alien insects designed for speed and simplicity in real-time environments. This set features two color and geometry variants — a Red Spiked version for aggressive or “boss” roles, and a Black Smooth version suited for background or stealth enemies. Both share the same core topology and rig structure, ensuring compatibility with shared animation libraries in Unity, Unreal, or Blender. ...

December 7, 2020 · 2 min · 243 words · Leo Blanchette
Oculon Eyeball Centipede Monster 3D Model rendered in Blender Cycles by Leo Blanchette

Oculon – Eyeball Centipede Monster 3D Model by Leo Blanchette

View on TurboSquid → Oculon – Eyeball Centipede Monster The Oculon is a game-ready fantasy monster, part insect and part nightmare. Its sleek, chitinous body slithers across the ground while a single unblinking eye at the head surveys its surroundings — eerie, intelligent, and alien. Created and rigged for Blender 2.90, it’s designed for games, cinematic use, and high-resolution concept renders. Technical Overview Formats: Blender 2.90 (.blend), FBX, OBJ Polygons: 5,446 Vertices: 5,450 Fully rigged and animated UV unwrapped with non-overlapping topology 4096×4096 texture and normal maps Low-poly optimized for real-time rendering Includes Cycles showcase scene with lighting and backdrop Concept and Design The creature’s design draws inspiration from classic horror games and surreal biology — a reimagined centipede whose anatomy is dominated by its ocular core. The eyeball serves as both its mind and its weapon, giving it an uncanny human element beneath its alien shell. ...

December 4, 2020 · 2 min · 230 words · Leo Blanchette
Arachnirock Rigged Spider Monster 3D Model by Leo Blanchette

Arachnirock – Rigged and Animated Spider Monster 3D Model by Leo Blanchette

View on TurboSquid → Arachnirock – Rigged and Animated Spider Monster The Arachnirock is a rigged and animated 3D creature designed for game and cinematic use. Created in Blender 2.90 and optimized for real-time rendering, it features detailed anatomy, dynamic physics, and 4K textures that bring this fantasy monster to life. While biologically inspired by arachnids, Arachnirock takes creative liberty — six legs, exaggerated abdomen motion, and stretchy membranes for expressiveness. Its hybrid design makes it equally suitable for sci-fi games, fantasy RPGs, or cinematic creatures. ...

December 3, 2020 · 2 min · 271 words · Leo Blanchette
Spiney, Classic NES

Large Insectoid Monsters, Inspired from Spiney and Buzzy Beetle, Classic Mario NES

In batch-creating these monsters for the Unity3d Asset Store, I’m always looking for inspiration. Here are some monsters derived from classic Mario NES. Spiney and Buzzy Beetle.

October 22, 2020 · 1 min · 27 words · Leo
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Oculon, Centipede Eyeball Creature, Inspired from Zelda's Lanmola Monster

Another creature in progress: Oculon. A centipede-like creature based on a design from the original Legend of Zelda. The end result will be different enough to be unique. This creature is more complex due to the difficulty of animating the walk cycle. Also, the many legs mean more bones. The segments as well. The end results, however, should be worth the trouble.

October 20, 2020 · 1 min · 62 words · Leo
Professional Parasite 3D Model by Leo Blanchette

Professional Parasite – 3D Model by Leo Blanchette

View on TurboSquid → Professional Parasite The Professional Parasite is a darkly humorous 3D character — part monster, part metaphor — representing the “business leech” archetype in suit and tie. Created in Blender 2.79, it’s game-ready, rigged, and designed for use in satirical, stylized, or horror-tinged scenes. This model was designed to render easily right out of the box, using Blender’s Internal Renderer with a built-in HDRI environment. It can also be exported to other engines via FBX without loss of texture or topology integrity. ...

February 10, 2018 · 2 min · 231 words · Leo Blanchette
Insectoid Crab Monster The Rikayon 3D Model by Leo Blanchette

Insectoid Crab Monster: The Rikayon – 3D Model by Leo Blanchette

View on TurboSquid → Insectoid Crab Monster: The Rikayon The Rikayon is an insectoid sea monster, equal parts crustacean and alien — a fully rigged and animated 3D asset designed for games, cinematics, and digital art. Created in ZBrush and retopologized in Blender 2.79, this creature was built to be both game-ready and visually rich, maintaining an efficient topology while supporting detailed animation. The model features 20 unique animations, including walks, attacks, rests, and idle loops — each tuned for creature-behavior realism. Its 4096×4096 texture set (color, normal, and specular) ensures clarity at both macro and mid-distance scales. ...

December 15, 2017 · 2 min · 263 words · Leo Blanchette