Effigy New
Fully local pipeline that turns a prompt or image into a textured, rigged and animated 3D model, plus sprite sheets and pixel art, exported to Godot, Unreal or Unity.
- Categories
- 3D & Models
- Pricing
- Free Open source (MIT), runs locally on a 16 GB NVIDIA GPU
- Est. monthly spend
- Light Free · Medium Free · Heavy Free (est.)
Open source; runs locally on a 16 GB NVIDIA GPU. Rough estimates from vendors' public pricing, checked 28 Oct 2026. Not exact — always check the vendor. - Website
- https://github.com/SifuInTheShell/Effigy
- Added
- 20 Oct 2026
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