Gamefreak not beating the "Charizard is the main character" allegations. Normally creatures have 1 or maybe 2 bones to open and close each eye, and 1 maybe 2 for opening and closing the mouth.. Charizard has 5 for the eyelids, 2 for the eyebrows, a cheekbone bone, the basic opening and closing mouth bone, but also an extra two for each corner of the mouth...
Not complaining about it, far from it. It feels great being able to just dunk the model as is into an animation and have it come out looking like the ones I normally have to spend time adding that stuff myself. It just seems a little odd considering there weren't any notable appearances of Charizard in S/V so the model in-game went to waste.
Maybe it was the first model they made under S/V's new system to test it out how flexible they could make them, before having to cut back for the rest of the creatures.

Aug 2, 2025, 10:51 PM

Franketepoke2

Model:
Manly Bee Hat

que pro

Aug 2, 2025, 10:30 PM

BillyBnMOfficial

Update:
Hello everybody from the newest member of the tMR staff!

I didn't know much about this website starting out. I had heard of it's name at a young age and may have even clicked on it but it was mainly passing glances.

This was until 2022 when I got interested into importing models from other games into Wii games such as Mario Kart Wii and Super Smash Bros. Brawl and this was my big main source for them. And then I got interested in submitting for games I had played, and soon enough I got to branching off to the other sites and submitted sprites from numerous GameCube, Wii, Dreamcast, PS1 and PS2 games.

I haven't looked at models from a lot of games recently but if there's something that catches my attention I'd look into it. I've currently been submitting sprites from Dingo Pictures games by Midas and Phoenix Games on PS1 and PS2.

Aug 2, 2025, 9:55 PM

Charles29

Game:
Roblox

Ppl having a hard time reading the comments eh?

Aug 2, 2025, 9:47 PM

TaishoBee

Model:
Shoulder Shark Cat

Cute! Thank you

Aug 2, 2025, 9:44 PM

DogToon64

Update:
Hello everybody from the newest member of the tMR staff!

My first experience discovering The Spriters Resource was technically back around the early 2010s (I forgot the exact year) when I somehow stumbled across some Super Paper Mario sheets via Google Images (I forgot what exactly I was searching for, but it was most likely related to Super Paper Mario specifically as I was doing a playthrough of it, as well as being very obsessed with the game). I even remember printing out the Hammer Bro. sheet, cutting him out, and assembling him (I'm pretty sure I still have that very cutout somewhere, I'd probably have to check the archives in my basement). I had no idea the sheet I used was from The Spriters Resource, nor did I know that the pieces were called sprites.

So, fast forward to late 2017 (I think it was sometime in December, I remember the site had the Christmas theme). I was looking around Google Images for comics based on Paper Mario: Color Splash (like Super Paper Mario, I was doing a playthrough of it and was very obsessed with it as well (it's kinda funny how Paper Mario led me to discovering this here website, huh?)), and I found a sprite sheet with Iggy Koopa's sprites on it. So, I went to the website to view the sheet, then went to the game page and found even more sprites from Paper Mario: Color Splash. After that, I hung around the site to download sprites for editing and/or messing around with (later on, I discovered the other three resource sites and started messing around with models in Anim8or (which I no longer use) and later on Blender, and sounds in Audacity).

In 2018, I started to use sprites from The Spriters Resource in projects like sprite animations, and even started to learn how rip sprites myself (one of my first rips was my old Miscellaneous Screens sheet from the SEGA Saturn version of Sonic 3D Blast). Finally, on June 3, 2020, I made an account here. And later throughout 2020, my sprite ripping knowledge slowly started to increase, and I started ripping models, textures, and sounds. And yeah, the rest is pretty much history.

Aug 2, 2025, 9:43 PM

SharkGuy

Model:
Robo Egg

MY GOAT!!!!

Aug 2, 2025, 9:35 PM

ExoDendrite

Model:
Waluigi (Super Mario 64-Style)

Wow, you NAILED it! Awesome job!

Aug 2, 2025, 9:33 PM

DogToon64

Game:
Sonic the Fighters / Sonic Championship

Awesome!

I remember when I used to play Sonic the Fighters through Sonic Gems Collection on the GameCube with my friend. Those were fun times, and I hope I never forget them. -v-

Aug 2, 2025, 9:28 PM

Mjtheflareon

Model:
Rocket Metal

"Autobots, Roll out!" Lookin

Aug 2, 2025, 9:23 PM

Mjtheflareon

Game:
Sonic the Fighters / Sonic Championship

Best fighting game!

Aug 2, 2025, 9:20 PM

Mjtheflareon

Model:
Amy

She's all gangsta till she runs out of barriers >:)

Aug 2, 2025, 9:17 PM

Mjtheflareon

Model:
Fang

My favorite character :D

Aug 2, 2025, 9:15 PM

Mjtheflareon

Model:
Bark

We all lost to him a few times

Aug 2, 2025, 9:14 PM

Mjtheflareon

Model:
Metal Sonic

My PTSD from fighting him started kicking in ...

Aug 2, 2025, 9:11 PM

Mjtheflareon

Model:
Pepperoni Pizza

elliot

Aug 2, 2025, 9:09 PM

Mjtheflareon

Model:
Thanksgiving Parade Balloon 2011: Fried Turkey Tel

IT'S THE GUY FROM FORSAKEN:D

(jk)

Aug 2, 2025, 9:02 PM

Mjtheflareon

Model:
Domino Crown

Juan...
🥚

Aug 2, 2025, 9:00 PM

Peardian

Game:
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

I'm just going to all the characters together in one section. There's only a few in the game, anyway.

Aug 2, 2025, 8:53 PM

SonicPman

Model:
Sheikah Slate

↓ king

Aug 2, 2025, 8:53 PM

Peardian

Model:
Maps

@Cat_central: Models from this era are usually not very complicated, material-wise. If these models open in BrawlBox, you can see all of the exact material settings they use, including the mathematical formula that the textures/colors get plugged into.

Aug 2, 2025, 8:52 PM

MissMoonshadow0501

Model:
La+ Darknesss

I'm getting Genshin Impact/Honkai vibes from this. She's adorbs :)

Aug 2, 2025, 8:49 PM

SonicPman

Model:
Urchin Underpass (Version 2.0)

hey fellas

Aug 2, 2025, 8:48 PM

SonicPman

Model:
Urchin Underpass

hell yeah

Aug 2, 2025, 8:41 PM

BurnyBurntToast

Model:
Moneybags

Munty Munty Munty

Must be Funty

In a rich man's GUNT

Aug 2, 2025, 8:40 PM

MissMoonshadow0501

Model:
Jigglypuff Hat

Ok, somehow, Kirby looks even more adorable with that hairdo and those little ears

Aug 2, 2025, 8:37 PM

ultimatemegaman47

Model:
Pedo

This is the most name ever.

Aug 2, 2025, 8:36 PM ^*

ultimatemegaman47

Game:
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Why is dedede in the non-playable? You play as him in a section of Rock Star and Neo Star.

Aug 2, 2025, 8:35 PM

Centrixe the Dodo

Update:
Hello everybody from the newest member of the tMR staff!

Congrats on your first official update! As I said before, I'm kinda surprised that it hadn't happened sooner. Better late than never!

As for experiences, I first became interested in models by accident - thanks to MySims! In the early 2010s, I discovered that editing .XML files for the game could alter various things within it; namely the appearance of NPC's and the game camera. My mind was blown as I was previously under the simple impression that video game characters were fully sentient beings ... nothing about programming had ever registered in my smooth little brain before. While messing with character files, I was changing different strings to test the extent of what I could modify. And at some point, I ended up causing a Sim to T-pose in-game. I'd become absolutely fascinated by this phenomena and begun my own sleuthing into how video games worked.

Eventually, around 2013-2014, I discovered the Models Resource. I remember lurking for a good while, either because I didn't think to register for some reason, or I was still researching how to get my hands on MySims models. Whatever the case, I finally made an account and never looked back. A few years ago, I'd successfully managed to rip every single Sim from the original MySims game; the very thing that brought me here! It was a wonderful full-circle moment. This community is practically like... a second home to me. Even during the days when I'm either too busy or simply unmotivated, I still tend to daydream about what I'll do next or who I'll get to help the second I hop on here.

Aug 2, 2025, 8:18 PM

Ninetails2000

Model:
Kris Blade

Nobody tell Ashrah this is here.

Aug 2, 2025, 8:16 PM

Ninetails2000

Model:
Bakemon

Would you be so kind as to lose your power? Please?

Aug 2, 2025, 8:14 PM

Ninetails2000

Model:
Bulk

Where's Skull?

Aug 2, 2025, 8:11 PM

CheeseMario

Model:
Corrupt Tee Vee

Coming straight from YOUR house

Aug 2, 2025, 8:11 PM

Ninetails2000

Model:
Takoyaki Shop Golem

My compliments to the chef. The food is good too. UwU

Aug 2, 2025, 8:10 PM

Ninetails2000

Model:
Toripo

RIP.

Aug 2, 2025, 7:51 PM

Juanchi

Model:
Valtor

Ah, Alucard, what is your business here

Aug 2, 2025, 7:46 PM

Juanchi

Update:
Hello everybody from the newest member of the tMR staff!

Now we are talking about our experiences finding this website? Aight, here I go. I discovered the models resource wanting to make android games using mario characters from Mario party 1 alongside some mario kart ones and random games, using unity, I thought i could animate the characters imediately and throw all the assets at once and make a game. I was a child, so I didn't know what I was doing. My favorite character was and still is mewtwo. 2 years ago I made a playermodel for Gmod using a model from this web, and I am gonna make another one now. Thanks VG Resource!

Aug 2, 2025, 7:42 PM

Th-The_Dog

Model:
Godzilla

It was primarily a Japan-exclusive thing and how most of these crossovers just go under the radar unless it's something more mainstream in the US like PUBGM, who've now done 2 Godzilla collabs

Aug 2, 2025, 7:30 PM

SmashBrosFan137

Game:
George of the Jungle and the Search for the Secret

Isn't this some type of show from Teletoon?

Aug 2, 2025, 7:29 PM

Peardian

Model:
POW Block

@SpyrotheDragon2021: It's an item.