Blender Support for CheckMate

TurboSquid Adding Blender Support to CheckMate

Paul Teall 3D Modeling, CheckMate, Industry News

We launched our CheckMate certification program back in 2011, and in that time we’ve hand inspected and certified over 40,000 products on TurboSquid. The spec has gone through a couple of updates over the years, but one thing that hasn’t changed much is the list of formats that we certify – 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema4D, and Lightwave. We’re happy to …

3D Model Spotlight – 3D Fantasy Knight

Paul Teall Featured Artists

Exclusive TurboSquid seller zivcg published a new model last week, and everyone here at TurboSquid was very impressed. The quality is really top-notch, and definitely worth featuring in our 3D Model Spotlight series. The purchase also includes the knight’s shield and sword, and zivcg has created both “clean” and “damaged” versions of his armor. Check it out, there are several …

TurboSquid and Mixamo Partnership

Paul Teall Site

A new partnership between TurboSquid and Mixamo was just announced a few days ago – you can read the full details in the press release. Mixamo offers a very cool online animation service that allows you to purchase royalty-free, production-quality 3D character animations at a fraction of what they would cost to create. What’s more is that these motions can …

TurboSquid Named #1 3D Model Site

Paul Teall Site

We were notified earlier this week that the independent uber-review site TopTenReviews has again named TurboSquid as the gold standard for stock 3D marketplace sites.  Like the links from Autodesk that we mentioned before, this is another big way for us to get exposure with new potential users.  TopTenReviews’ motto is “we do the research so you don’t have to”, …

Autodesk Adds Links to TurboSquid

Paul Teall Site

Autodesk just added links to TurboSquid on several of their main application pages.  Here’s a cropped screenshot of our logo and link on the Maya product page: This might not seem like a huge deal, but it’s something that we’re very excited about.  Having our logo directly on the Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, and Softimage pages is a big win …

3D Model Spotlight – Cyberius

Paul Teall Featured Artists

I enjoy flipping through recently published models to look for models to highlight, because it gives you an idea just how varied the selection on TurboSquid really is.  I’m going to do my best to select a different style of model for as long as I can – I don’t think I’ll be running out of ideas any time soon.  …