Hello everybody ! =)

Here is my entry for this month's challenge #PortraitFromTheFuture
In a world where a few robots are so advanced that they are seen as gods, this model is a representation of the goddess who keeps and moves the heavens and the stars.
Modeled with 3ds max textured with Substance Painter and baked with V-ray

Hope You Like it

Astraía

Here is STEVE!!!, it took meh 4 hours but it was worth it, he was crafted from the gods. The texture may not seem to load in, becuase its 2048x2048, but it will soon.

Minecraft- The Perfect Steve- HighPoly

**Aldrich, Devourer of Gods** fan-art made with Blender. Aldrich is one of the main bosses in Dark Souls III, but now in 4k.

Now, here is the lore they don't want you to know: the person you see in the model is actually [Dark Sun Gwyndolin](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/dark-sun-gwyndolin-518e87c13ae94c0da7b2f6a21d0e5487), Aldrich is the fur, bones, blob... thing, below.

Aldrich, Devourer of Gods

A Hindu temple, or mandir or koil in Indian languages, is a house, seat and body of divinity for Hindus. It is a structure designed to bring human beings and gods together through worship, sacrifice, and devotion. The symbolism and structure of a Hindu temple are rooted in Vedic traditions, deploying circles and squares. It also represents recursion and the representation of the equivalence of the macrocosm and the microcosm by astronomical numbers, and by "specific alignments related to the geography of the place and the presumed linkages of the deity and the patron". A temple incorporates all elements of the Hindu cosmos — presenting the good, the evil and the human, as well as the elements of the Hindu sense of cyclic time and the essence of life — symbolically presenting dharma, artha, kama, moksa, and karma

Hindu temple

Ellora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments, and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.Cave 16, in particular, features the largest single monolithic rock excavation in the world, the Kailasha temple, a chariot shaped monument dedicated to Lord Shiva. The Kailasha temple excavation also features sculptures depicting the gods, goddesses and mythologies found in Vaishnavism, Shaktism as well as relief panels summarizing the two major Hindu Epics.

There are over 100 caves at the site, all excavated from the basalt cliffs in the Charanandri HillsAll of the Ellora monuments were built during Hindu dynasties such as the Rashtrakuta dynasty, which constructed part of the Hindu and Buddhist caves, and the Yadava dynasty, which constructed a number of the Jain caves.

Ellora Caves | India

Kang Jin Long - Introduction

Kang Jin Long, belonging to the dragon, is Kang. Protected by the big horn, it is one of the twenty-eight constellations in Chinese mythology and the second constellation in the east. It is the god of wind, like a fire bead, located at the neck position in the Canglong constellation, and is the essence of the Canglong, so it is named Kangjinlong. Its appearance and temperament are similar to those of a dragon. It is long, has scales, can fly, and is good at walking. In ancient books, people often see it playing in the water.

In "The Romance of the Gods", its original name is Li Daotong. After being killed in the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, it was deified.

In "Journey to the West", it once helped Sun Wukong escape from the golden cymbals.

Render ripped by game 《Black Myth: Wukong》

Respect for intellectual property rights, no commercial use.

*I just ripped the model and animation then upload it.*

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Black Myth: Wukong - Kang Jin Long [Static]

Low Poly Modular Environment Kit - made in Maya 2024

神明幻想 (ShenMing HuanXiang - Gods' Delusion) Gufeng Chinese Styled Eniviornment. Includes three named rooms: 静室 (Chamber of Silence), 神殿 (Gods' Temple) and 血王之殿 (Blood King's Temple).

Chinese Gufeng Style Modular Kit

Based on "[Arachne, Weaver of the Gods](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/arachne-weaver-of-the-gods-1eafa0bf9508469eb9553a763aebbdd9)" by [toomanydemons](https://sketchfab.com/toomanydemons), and "[MythCreature Round 2, Arachne](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/mythcreature-round-2-arachne-for-download-b414583861b24c94841f2b47e70fd89a)" by [Wiktoria Kubien](https://sketchfab.com/wiktoria.kubien), and "[MythCreature Round 3 - Animation](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/mythcreature-round-3-animation-d2b0caa77a41441fbf8a0357eaebd67b)" by [Ozhogi](https://sketchfab.com/ozhogi) licensed under CC Attribution.

Mythcreature round 4 - 3D Editor (with Sound)

THE INTRUDER XB982 FROM
VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS (2017)
WIDTH: 75 m
LENGTH: 72 m
HIGHT: 18 m

This is my version of hard surface modeling, NO UV mapping for the details. every hull plate, greeble, vent, scratch and dent are meticulously meshed to the surface. and i mean *into* the surface! this whole complicated thing is ONE SHELL. A hermetically sealed one piece 3d printable STL model. Normally this leads to stupidly high poly counts, how ever i managed to keep the thing down to a 12 meg, 251,968 polygon STL file.

This is a pretty darned accurate rendition of the CGI ship as seen in the movie, small liberties were taken in the name of the low poly Gods. the movie model obviously using huge UVs and surface detailing maps.

I made this thing as a public domain project, so unless the movie owners eventual try and copyright the design, not easy as the design is quite closely based on the 50 year old French comic series. she should be free for use.

XB982 ASTROSHIP DISPLAY MODEL

Lovingly sculpted for the folks at Sketchfab. My entry for the Progressive Challenge, Round 1: Mythological Creature. 

Exact Polys: 2,999,892

Link to the quad-based model (split into ten obj's with vert count suffix, ideal for high-quality baking): https://www.dropbox.com/s/bimj2715dw7zio2/Arachne_Quad-Based%20High-Poly.zip?dl=0

Link to the ZTool (for Zbrush users): 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rnu29mfivj3ftq7/Arachne.ZTL?dl=0


Arachne was once a mortal weaver of unparalleled skill, but she became prideful and arrogant from all the praise she received for her work. She later challenged Athena to a contest to see who was truly the best weaver. Though there were different variations of the story of the contest, there was one similarity shared by all: Athena ended up transforming Arachne into the first spider and made her immortal. She then became the Goddess of challenge, spiders, and weaving. Hence, Arachne's name came to mean "spider" in Greek.

Arachne, Weaver of the Gods

Bishamonten, late 13th C CE, now in Mia's collection.


From [artsmia.org](www.artsmia.org):

*'In Hindu mythology, each of the four directions is protected by a specific god. These four gods were incorporated into Buddhism as guardian kings at an early period and came to be known in Sanskrit as Lokapalas, or Shiten’nō in Japanese. This...represents Bishamonten, the Guardian of the North. The north was believed to be the most dangerous of the cardinal directions and so its protector, Bishamonten, is the strongest of the four guardian kings. Here, wearing heavy armor and carrying a lance and miniature stupa, Bishamonten stands atop two demons, representing threats from the North that he has overpowered.'*

More info [here](https://collections.artsmia.org/art/122377/bishamonten-circle-of-higo-busshi-jokei)

About this 3D model: We’ve made a specularity map from the diffuse texture to make the Sketchfab view more like the original’s color and specularity. Check out the Model Inspector to see the customizations.

Bishamonten, Guardian of the North, 13th C CE

Ishtar Gate is the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon, which was built by Nebuchadnezzar in 575 BC in the north of the city as a dedication to Ishtar, the Babylonian gods.

Ishtar Gate (Babylon)

This is an imperial age marble Roman copy from an original Hellenistic statue dated II century B.C.
The statue has been located in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence since 1669.
This artwork represents the life size statue of a sleeping Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite.
According to the Latin poet Publius Ovidius Naso, Hermaphroditus was a handsome guy who was transformed into an androgynous form after a supernatural union with the water nymph Salmacis. The nymph Salmacis fell in love with him but was not returned, so she prayed the gods to physically join him along with her traits inside his body.
Hermaphroditus lived the rest of his life both as a man and as a woman, feeling the two sexes at the same time.

Sleeping Hermaphroditus / Ermafrodito dormiente

Question to participants/Sketchfab staff: I couldn't find anywhere in the rules that I can't do it, but I noticed no other participants use it - Am I allowed to have a custom background? Or does it count as post-processing? 

Eeey, I participated in the challenge :D It was quite fun to make. I thought of this idea that what if Athena in her fury, wanted Arachne to suffer as much as possible and instead of instantly transforming her into a spider, took her sweet time and tortured Arachne by slowly corrupting her entire body and turning it into something hideous. 

I tried to go for a bit different palette ( fantasy exotic-like spiders) than what you would expect from the usual spiders, to see how that would turn out. It was really fun! 

Based on "[Arachne, Weaver of the Gods](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/arachne-weaver-of-the-gods-7f8c248a52744e47b08900659e59a413)" by [toomanydemons](https://sketchfab.com/toomanydemons), licensed under CC Attribution.

MythCreature Round 2: Arachne

Faience baboon, 7th - 6th C BCE, about 16cm / 6 inches tall.

From the sculpture's gallery description:
"The baboon was usually associated with Thoth, one of the moon gods. This animal has a hole in the crown that once held a lunar disk sitting on top of a crescent moon, an attribute of Thoth. For a 2600-year-old artwork it is in remarkable condition, and though the animal is small in size, its posture and expression command authority."

More information about the model here:

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/126884/baboon-egypt

Baboon (Moon God Thoth)

The caduceus is the staff carried by Hermes in Greek mythology and consequently by Hermes Trismegistus in Greco-Egyptian mythology. The same staff was also borne by heralds in general, for example by Iris, the messenger of Hera. It is a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings. In Roman iconography, it was often depicted being carried in the left hand of Mercury, the messenger of the gods, guide of the dead, and protector of merchants, shepherds, gamblers, liars, and thieves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus

Old Caduceus statuette

"Figure (Gaṇeśa). Made of sandstone. 750 (circa). Uttar Pradesh, India"
~ http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=246697&partId=1&images=true

(thanks to Dan Pett for pointing me to the above record!)

Description from FLickr user [plnghl](https://www.flickr.com/photos/plnghl/):

"Ganesha is one of the most popular Hindu gods and is the son of Parvati. He is the lord of beginnings as well as the placer and remover of obstacles. He usually carries one of his own tusks in one hand and a bowl of sweets; here he also carries a rosaryand and an axe. 

In myth, Ganesha received his elephant's head when, in a temper, Shiva cut off his human head. Later, he swore to replace it with the head of the first creature he encountered, which was an elephant." 

~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/134648998@N04/23437641744

Dancing Ganesha, Brit. Mus. / North India

Bronze Indian Somaskanda, 14th or 15th C CE, now in the collection of the Minneapolis Instutute of Art. 

About 60cm x 70cm x 30cm (23 x 26 x 13 inches)

From its description on artsmia.org:

*'Shiva and his wife Uma sit next to each other on double lotus pedestals, between them a residual remnant of their small child, Skanda, now missing from the magnificent bronze. The standard format—known as Somaskanda—arose as early as the 6th century in temples from Tamil Nadu, and remains Shiva’s main manifest form today. In south Indian temples, bronze images play a huge role in devotional practice, where they are treated as living embodiments of the gods. The holes in the base indicate that this particular bronze would have been carried in processions outside the temple grounds.'*

More information:
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/6224/somaskanda-india

Somaskanda, 14th or 15th C CE

Photogrammetry 3D model of a Chinese Bronze "Ding"
It is a model of a small copy that I found on a tourist market in Bejing

Ding were prehistoric and ancient Chinese cauldrons, standing upon legs with a lid and two facing handles. They are one of the most important shapes used in Chinese ritual bronzes. They were made in two shapes: round vessels with three legs and rectangular ones with four, the latter often called fanding. They were used for cooking, storage, and ritual offerings to the gods or to ancestors.

Re-uploaded with 1M faces

Chinese Bronze Ding Vessel

Ganymede with Jupiter's Eagle, 1817, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Marble. 93,3 x 118,3 cm. Thorvaldsen Museum (Copenhagen, Copenhagen). Made with Memento Beta (now ReMake) from AutoDesk.

In Greek mythology the boy Ganymede was carried up into the sky, to the home of the gods on Olympus to be the gods’ taster. According to legend it was Zeus, in the shape of an eagle, who took the beautiful boy from Phrygia in the north-western part of Asia Minor (Turkey). The effect of Thorvaldsen’s sculpture is created mostly by the contrast between the smooth skin of the boy and his trusting nature, which is juxtaposed by the detailed rendering of the eagle’s feathers, its harsh look and its sharp beak. Ganymede was to take the place of Hebe as the taster of the gods, because she spilled the drink – the nectar – that made the gods immortal. Thorvaldsen modelled the group sculpture in 1817 and it exists in several marble copies.

For more updates, please follow @GeoffreyMarchal on Twitter.

Ganymede with Jupiter's Eagle

Egyptian tech chest from the gods representing the circle of life forever holding the secrests to the pyramids. 

4 anubis gaurds pining down cobras that represent the goddess Wadjet with anks on 4 corners and inside a shielded technologically advanced scrolll 
scroll represents modern day tablet/phone 
this was a real fun

Egyptian tech chest

Tlaloc, Aztec Exhibit, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
Tehuacan, Puebla (900-1521 AC)

Tlaloc was a member of the pantheon of gods in Aztec religion. As supreme god of the rain, Tlaloc was also a god of earthly fertility and of water. He was widely worshipped as a beneficent giver of life and sustenance. However, he was also feared for his ability to send hail, thunder, and lightning, and for being the lord of the powerful element of water. Tlaloc is also associated with caves, springs, and mountains, most specifically the sacred mountain in which he was believed to reside. His animal forms include herons and water-dwelling creatures such as amphibians, snails, and possibly sea creatures, particularly shellfish.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlaloc

God of Water: Tlaloc

Mercury about to kill Argus, statue in marble after the original model from 1818 (A873). Thorvaldsens Museum (Copenhagen, Denmark). Made with Memento Beta (now ReMake) from AutoDesk.

Once upon a time Jupiter had an affair with one of his wife Juno´s priestesses. When Juno found out, she punished the priestess by turning her into a heifer. and set a monster named Argus to guard her.Jupiter accordingly asked his son Mercury, the gods´flying messenger recognizable by his winged hat, to help set the priestess free. This was a difficult task, as Argus had eyes all over his body. Cunningly, Mercury offered to play his shepherd´s pipe for Argus, who was bored by his guard duty. Mercury played for such a long time that Argus finally grew tired and closed his many eyes. It is this exact moment that Mercury is about to take advantage of by killing Argus with his sword.

For more updates, please follow @GeoffreyMarchal on Twitter.

Mercury about to kill Argus

**Helix Nebula –  3D Space Model**

This 3D model represents the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293), one of the closest and most visually striking planetary nebulae to Earth. Formed from the outer layers of a dying star, the Helix Nebula is known for its vast scale, glowing structure, and eye-like appearance.

Designed with a cinematic and atmospheric presentation, this model emphasizes depth, color gradients, and luminous detail, creating a sense of scale and cosmic presence. It is ideal for space visualizations, educational content, cinematic scenes, and sci-fi environments.

Optimized for real-time use, this asset is suitable for interactive applications, simulations, and artistic space scenes.

**Usage & Rights Notice**
This model is provided for personal and educational use only. Redistribution, reuploading, resale, or inclusion in datasets (including AI training or machine learning purposes) is not permitted without explicit permission from the creator.

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