Best Free Products on Superhive

We are officially at the halfway point for the Superhive October Blend Fest. How's it going for? It's the weekend; prime time for sitting down (or standing, if you have a standing desk) and making some really cool things in Blender. Of course, when you're making cool things, you want to do it quickly, efficiently, and [ideally] without spending too much money. Fortunately, we can help with that, too! Superhive has a whole section of free products that can save you time, energy, and (because they're free) money.

So today's event for the Superhive October Blend Fest is focused entirely on free products. Now, I can hear you saying it: "These products are free all the time. What's so special about that?" That's a fair question... and happily, I have an answer for you!

We reached out to some of the best Superhive creators who have free products here and asked them to make a special deal. If you have (or decide to get) any of these creators' free products, we have a one-day coupon for 23% off any product of any participating creator.

It works like this: let's say you got the incredibly high-quality Free Piggy Animations from VFX Grace. Now, not only do you qualify for 23% any of VFX Grace's products, but you can also use the same coupon to get 23% off products from Sanctus, Alt Tab, SMOUSE, or any of the other creators mentioned in this blog. How's that for special?

All you need to do is use the coupon code obffree23 when you check out. Just make sure that you've ordered the free product in addition to the discounted one. You can see the full list of qualifying products here (warning: there are a lot of them, so here's a hint: if you look in the sidebar of products from these creators, the coupon will show up there to let you know it's available).

So let's see which products are part of today's deal!

Assets are the things that help you make other things

Assets are fantastic! Whether they're kitbashing model kits like the ones Greeble Town produces or the full model libraries that are available from ithappy studios, these products help you finish your work in 3D faster by providing you with high-quality models that you can customize in your own scenes. And assets don't stop with just models. VFX Grace has some incredibly realistic animal assets, but they're not just models. They also come animated! And sometimes assets are full libraries of brushes, materials and textures, like the ones from ZenShaders. Or sometimes they're one really high-quality procedural shader that you can use where ever you want, like the Advanced Car Paint Shader from Lazy 3D.

So have a look at these fantastic assets and, if one tickles your fancy, go ahead and get it; it's FREE!

Modeling assistance

Now, assets are great, but sometimes there just isn't anything pre-made that matches the scene that you're working on. You're going to have to model it yourself. And if you're going to do that, you may as well have some helpful tools that make the overall process faster, or at least more pleasant. The cool thing is that two of the creators in this section, HuyKhoi2407 and Tyo-79 make their tools available because they're regularly using them as part of their work, creating assets. And the third creator in this section, Nodes Interactive, has a whole suite of procedural tools that can help you work faster.

Generators

There is a middle ground between pre-made assets and modeling things yourself. This is the realm of generators. These incredible tools allow you to make fully customized 3D assets with just a few button clicks and adjusting a couple sliders. And if anyone knows anything about producing a lot of material, it's the creators in this section. Between the three of them, Alt Tab, Sanctus, and Blender Procedural have over 200 different products here on Superhive... and some of them are asset packs filled with even more materials, models, lights, and other assorted goodies. So they know how to make a lot of stuff quickly... and they've made some of their generators available to you for FREE.

Animation tools

I love animation. I love to animate. But I'll tell you what. It can really be a time-consuming, arduous task sometimes. So it's really nice when you come across a tool that takes some of the pain out of the process. SouthernShotty is someone who's been building his own tools and assets as part of his production process. And MeiU has an impressive library of tools and assets that can shorten the production time of any animation. And when they share their tools with you for free, it's a good idea to pay attention to them.

Make your Blender more sane

Yes, there are still some crazy parts of Blender. There's always things that we think Blender can do better, or do more of. You might spend your time working on lighting and shaders like SMOUSE or building powerful animation and gamedev tools like TinkerBoi, or it's possible that you spend a lot of time working with curve-based tools like Vovrzull. However you spend your time in Blender, there's always rough edges that need smoothing. Fortunately, because of the efforts of creators like these making helpful tools to improve your quality of life in Blender, those crazy parts become just a little bit easier to manage.

And remember, if you get any of the free products listed on this page, you can get 23% off any of these creators' other products. But, the coupon for this deal is only available for 24 hours. So take advantage of it while you can!

Happy Blending!