Introduction

This is a high-quality struthio camelus model with multiple 6K body maps and feather maps. Fur is made with feathers and hair for a realistic effect. The model is made with Blender and Cycles renderer at real-world scale.

It consists of 14 objects: body, two lacrimal glands, two eyes, tail feathers, 6 wing feathers, body feathers, neck feathers.

Polygons

• Body: vertices 8,705; polygons 8,651
• Lacrimal glands: vertices 418; polygons 360
• Eyes: vertices 872; polygons 888
• Tail feathers: vertices 1,170; polygons 780
• Wing feathers: vertices 34,170; polygons 22,780
• Body feathers: vertices 28,020; polygons 18,680
• Neck feathers: vertices 24,840; polygons 16,560

Formats

• There is a Blender project and an OBJ file.

Textures

• StruthioCamelus_Male_Body_BaseColor.png, 6144x6144
• StruthioCamelus_Eye_BaseColor.png, 2048x2048
• StruthioCamelus_Hair_Region.png, 4096x4096
• StruthioCamelus_Male_Body_Feather_BaseColor.png, 1920x1080
• StruthioCamelus_Male_Body_Feather1_BaseColor.png, 1920x1080
• StruthioCamelus_Male_Body_Feather2_BaseColor.png, 1920x1080
• StruthioCamelus_Male_Body_Feather3_BaseColor.png, 1920x1080
• StruthioCamelus_Male_Body_Hair_BaseColor.png, 6144x6144
• StruthioCamelus_Male_Tail_Feather_BaseColor.png, 1920x1080
• StruthioCamelus_Male_Wing_Feather_BaseColor.pn, 1080x1080
• StruthioCamelus_Male_Wing_Feather1_BaseColor.png, 1920x1080
• StruthioCamelus_Normal.png, 6144x6144

Rigging

With full controllers manually created with Blender armature system, postures and animations are easier to create. Features are as follows:

• CTR_Root controls the entire model.
• CTR_Gravity_a controls the center of gravity of the body.
• CTR_Neck_a controls the neck with custom attributes.
• CTR_Head_a controls the rotation of the head.
• CTR_Chin_a controls the opening and closing of the mouth.
• CTR_Eyeball_a.L/R controls the rotation of the eyes.
• CTR_TailRoll_a/b/c controls the rotation of the tail.
• CTR_IK/FK_Neck switches between IK/FK chain of neck.
• CTR_IK_FK_Leg_a.L switches between IK/FK chain of legs.

Animations

• Unlooped running animation at 30 fps, frame range 0-100;
• Loopable walking animation at 30 fps, frame range 0-46, the animation of right legs are made by staggering the animation of left legs.

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Features

• The feathers are made with instance objects in the particle system. It was converted to real models with the original particle system for future modification.
• The surface feathers are controlled by a Surface Deform modifier. The feathers on the chest are rigged with skinning. Others are controlled by Bone Parenting.