Since 7dRTS is right around the corner, you may want to prepare your art assets.

Here’s a collection of download links for free 3d assets you can throw around for prototyping and whatnot.

 

 

Maelstrom Asset Bundle

Free 3d assets from Digital Roar Studios

About 100+ 3d assets of characters, terrain textures, props, etc. courtesy of Digital Roar Studios. These are from a canceled RTS game. They are free, even for commercial purposes, but they do require attribution in the credits.

Take note that the 3d models are unrigged and unanimated. Characters are in .obj file format, but the props have been saved in Torque .dts format so you may need a converting program. See: http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/21038/which-tool-can-convert-a-torque-dts-file

Download link: http://www.indiedb.com/downloads/100-free-fantasy-assets-by-digital-roar-studios

 

 

Ryzom Asset Bundle

An MMO with freely available art assets licensed under Creative Commons.

Note: Characters are rigged and animated, but saved in 3dsmax .max format. This may be problematic for those that don’t have a 3dsmax license.

Download link: http://media.ryzom.com/

 

 

“Medievil RPG Style Game Assets Pack”

Some free 3d props coutesy of MrSmive from the Unity game engine forums.

Note: The file is compressed in the .unitypackage format and will need the Unity Editor to extract the files.

Note 2: The original download links are dead but some digital stores are now hosting them for free.

Download links: http://www.unity3dart.com/shop/100-medevil-rpg-3d-models/ or http://www.burgzergarcade.com/product/3d-models/rpg/100-medevil-rpg-3d-models

Original thread: http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/74921-Free-Unity-package-100-Medevil-RPG-3d-Models-with-Diffuse-Normals-and-Light-Maps

 

If any of you guys know of more free assets suitable for the 7dRTS, feel free to share the links!