Introduction

This is a high-quality Mute Swan model with multiple 4K maps, rigging, animation and fur. The model has an unlooped swimming animation, a looping flying animation. And it's made with Blender and Cycles renderer at real-world scale.

The model consists of multiple objects: Body, body feathers, pupils, lens, lacrimal caruncle, tongue, wing feathers, tail feathers, wing facets

Polygons

• Body: vertices 18,065; polygons 18,058
• Body feathers: vertices 262,250; polygons 193,166
• Pupils: vertices 4,996; polygons 4,992
• Lens: vertices 1,028; polygons 1,088
• Lacrimal caruncle: vertices 772; polygons 768
• Tongue: vertices 5,358; polygons 5,288
• Wing feathers: vertices 44,770; polygons 38,520
• Tail feathers: vertices 5,540; polygons 4,702
• Wing facets: vertices 62,369; polygons 51,582
• Total: vertices 342,779; polygons 266,592

Formats

There is a Blender project and an OBJ file.

Textures

• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Body_Feather_BaseColor.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Body_Feather_Normal.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Body_Normal_1001.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Body_Normal_1002.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Body_Normal_1003.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Body_Specular_1001.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Body_Specular_1002.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Body_Specular_1003.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Eye_BaseColor.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Female_Body_BaseColor_1001.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Female_Body_BaseColor_1002.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Female_Body_BaseColor_1003.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Hair_ID_1001.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Hair_ID_1002.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Hair_ID_1003.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Lower_Wing_Feather_BaseColor.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Lower_Wing_Feather_Normal.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Mid_Wing_Feather01_BaseColor.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Mid_Wing_Feather01_Normal.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Mid_Wing_Feather02_BaseColor.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Mid_Wing_Feather02_Normal.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Scapular_BaseColor.png, 2048*2048
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Tail_Feather_BaseColor.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Tail_Feather_Normal.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Tongue_BaseColor.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Tongue_Normal.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Upper_Wing_Feather_BaseColor.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Upper_Wing_Feather_Normal.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Wing_Feather_BaseColor.png, 4096*4096
• JU0L521A8_MuteSwan_Wing_Feather_Normal.png, 4096*4096

Rigging

Full controllers are available to make it easier to create postures and animations. The features are as follows:

• ctr_spine._b controls the entire model
• ctr_spine._f controls the entire model
• ctr_fold_wing.L/R controls the flexion of wings
• ctr_stretch_neck controls the head
• ctr_jaw_root controls the opening and closing of mouth
• ctr_FeaM_total.L/R, ctr_FeaT_total.L/R, ctr_FeaR_total.L/R and ctr_FeaRoot.L/R control the rotation of the wing feathers overall
• ctr_fold_tail controls the flexion and extension of tail feathers
• ctr_foot.L/R controls the position and rotation of feet
• Customized attributes:
• Neck_IKFK: switch the IK/FK of neck
• Leg_IKFK: switch the IK/FK of legs
• Leg_Stretch: extension of arms
• Hip_Follow: bottom following
• Facial rigging available
• Every feather is rigged with bones
• and more...

Animations

• Loopable flying animation at 30 fps, frame range 17-39;
• Unloopable swimming animation at 30 fps, frame range 0-450;

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Features

• The model is in meter units at real-world scale. 
• The particle systems of the feathers are kept, with the render button disabled. And the instance objects of the feathers have also remained.
• It's normal to see lagging and non-responsive UI while operating, because a lot of processing is applied to create such detailed and realistic feathers.
• When rendering, the Transparency in Max Bounces should be at least 20 or there will be black areas in the rendering image
• The initial pose needs to be reset manually if needed. Here are the steps: In pose mode, select all the controllers, then press Alt+R, Alt+G, and Alt+S. Besides, toggle off the surface deform modifiers of the single feathers.
• The model can be rendered in the current project, without any other adjustment.