This product includes an animated and rigged Grey Heron bird model prepared for Blender. The asset is designed for wetland environments, wildlife scenes, bird animations, nature documentaries, games, environmental simulations, cinematic projects, educational visuals, and realistic animal renders.

After downloading the product, open the included Blender file and append or link the model into your project if needed. The Grey Heron can be placed directly into a scene, adjusted, animated, posed, and rendered in Blender.

The model is jointed, rigged, and animated, allowing it to be used for natural bird locomotion, flight, takeoff, and landing scenes. This animation set includes 4 animations designed for realistic Grey Heron behavior.

Included animations:
Walk — looped animation with in-place and root motion variations. The heron performs a graceful slow walking cycle with long leg placement, smooth weight shifts, and subtle neck sway. Duration: up to 8 seconds.
Flight — looped animation with in-place and root motion variations. The heron performs wide, powerful wing strokes with characteristic S-shaped neck posture, extended legs, and natural body oscillation during flight. Duration: up to 8 seconds.
Take Off — non-looped animation with in-place and root motion variations. The heron performs a strong leg push-off with progressive wing amplitude increase and transition into flight posture. Duration: up to 6 seconds.
Landing — non-looped animation with in-place and root motion variations. The heron performs a controlled descent with wing braking, forward leg extension, and soft stabilization after ground contact. Duration: up to 6 seconds.

Technical animation details: the animations run at 30 FPS. In-place and root motion variations are included where applicable. In-place animation keeps the model at the origin point and is useful for controlled looping, while root motion synchronizes movement with the animation cycle. The animations include realistic timing and secondary motion and are suitable for both real-time and cinematic use.

Technical model details: the model contains 61,812 polygons and 49,560 vertices. The geometry is polygonal quads/tris. UVs are unwrapped with an overlapping layout. The product includes 3 PNG textures at 4096x4096 resolution, 2 PNG textures at 8x320 resolution, 2 PNG textures at 30x336 resolution, 2 PNG textures at 35x115 resolution, 3 PNG textures at 67x79 resolution, 2 PNG textures at 74x238 resolution, 4 PNG textures at 76x153 resolution, 2 PNG textures at 76x199 resolution, 1 PNG texture at 91x185 resolution, 2 PNG textures at 99x137 resolution, 2 PNG textures at 100x114 resolution, 2 PNG textures at 105x473 resolution, 2 PNG textures at 113x499 resolution, 2 PNG textures at 127x127 resolution, 11 PNG textures at 181x670 resolution, 1 PNG texture at 197x400 resolution, 1 PNG texture at 279x501 resolution, 1 PNG texture at 372x510 resolution, and 1 PNG texture at 402x734 resolution.

The model includes realistic materials suitable for a Grey Heron appearance, including feathers, wings, long legs, beak, eyes, neck, body proportions, and wading bird anatomy. You can edit the materials, lighting, render settings, rig controls, animation settings, and scene composition depending on your project style.

This is a digital 3D model only. It is not a physical product. Please make sure you have a compatible version of Blender before purchasing and check the product files for the exact included formats.

Recommended uses include Grey Heron walking animations, bird flight scenes, takeoff and landing shots, wetland environments, wildlife simulations, nature documentaries, games, cinematic renders, educational projects, background birds, and realistic bird motion studies.