3d 'Marshes & Meadows' model pack

WHAT IS THIS PACKAGE?

This package of 3d nature models, designed to be useful for 3d marsh/swamp/coastal scenes or fields/meadow landscapes, is one that I'm still actively developing with free updates.

As of late 2024 my Etsy shop has closed and focus shifted nearly full time to this one. A lot of things are beginning to accelerate here as a result.

Obviously many of my pages are out of date. Games have been low priority for a while and moving very slowly. Asset packs would be faster if I weren't rotating between prepping updates for so many different ones. As of May 2026, I am moving toward launching about half a dozen still-unreleased asset packs and posting updates to about a dozen which have been released. This is one that's been released and is still seeing incremental updates. I know the Forests/Flowers pack is more popular, and has a bit more in the way of unique items. It exceeds expectations significantly, and maybe that explains why it's gotten reviews and this pack hasn't. This pack has great promo renders but not a ton of assets that take people by surprise. And I believe one of the best ways to gain excited response is to overdeliver substantially given expectations.

It's why people are blown away by the TACC2018 texture pack, for example. There is just so much there and much of it is barely even hinted at in the related page. 

I'll try to do that soon on this pack with environment art that extends the marsh/meadow settings a bit but also adds a third biome, marine. For underwater scenery. Underwater details and some marine rocks, sand formations, plants, coral etc. Stuff that's useful when building a game that requires not only coastal scenes but the ability to dive below the water surface. Some of the VFX I'm working on for the nearly-complete water pack will combine nicely with this update.

And the Europe pack - it was well ahead of what was posted but the big delay here is that from around April 9-24 I was actually in Europe again, specifically Italy. So I saw places like Venice, Rome, Florence, Naples and of course took a ton of photos for use as texture and 3d asset source. Being invited on that trip means two things: One, that the Europe pack is scaled to be bigger now, when it's done. Two, the horror pack is delayed further. It'll be launched right before Memorial Day along with a few other big updates.  Which... isn't perfect and I might be able to get it out by the Mother's Day sale but wouldn't be able to get it (And) a lot of other releases out then. And I'm doubling down on Memorial Day as timeframe for a whole bunch of solid updates. Seems like I can pull that off well. 

Finally, to all those who have helped keep this going, growing and accelerating: THANK YOU! It's because of you - over 150 of you have now actively followed my page, 18 reviewed various asset collections with five star feedback, dozens have posted comments, and over 250 have made purchases here. That is amazing, and it all keeps this archive of valuable gamedev material expanding at increasing speed as we head through 2026.

At the time of sale events, all 5000+ existing asset files plus all future updates to those, and indie games when they release, bundled for under $2.

I first released this on November 20th, 2018, with a brand new patch update at the start of February 2019 and a few minor further updates since then. This package includes various meshes all in both .FBX and .OBJ formats, with related texture maps (.PNG and .JPG, generally) which, at this time, total well over a dozen plant variants, mossy rocks, fallen mossy branch, water plant decals, along with three other 'demo scene' models [a terrain, a skydome, and a water surface]

Pricing - This is a cheap asset pack, so it's not huge but also certainly not expensive. But if that's not good enough, know that I will use almost any holiday as a time to enact a major sale, usually about 8-10 times per year (often including New Year's, Valentine's Day, St. Patricks' Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas)... so if you can show up during one of those sales, you can often find a massive bundle deal with all my paid items for around $2-3 which is a pretty amazing price for thousands of texture files, decals, and overlays, hundreds of video elements and hundreds of 3d assets!

Here's a big 1080p HD resolution version of that cover image showcasing the first ten objects in the initial release.

Note that all plants in the package are relatively low-poly and potentially suitable for use in games, not just pre-rendered art [VFX, architectural renders, cutscenes, and so on].

Initial launch contents:

-alligator weed, 2 variants

-cattails, 2 variants

-lilypad and two types of lily flowers

-several types of grass tufts

-three ferns

-a folder with water surface animation [.png sequence] and sky texture, terrain texture and associated meshes.

February 2019 additions - posted with Butler as of Feb. 2, 2019:

- simple low-poly rocks (variants with and without moss) 

- a textured 3d  bald cypress tree model. 

Other items  have been added since then, including new flowers, trees and shrubs. Here's one example:

NOTE: I'm making even wider ranges of trees and forest details plus many more flowers and bushes, for my other stock 3d collections "Forests & Flowers" and "Snow & Sand". My aim now, is to keep updating these so the three collections together climb well into the hundreds of objects by 2025, enough to fill just about any type of nature scene you might want to make!

If you want a few sample texture maps, decals, and 3d assets, just to test and make sure my stuff will work in your software, I have a good (if small) free asset pack for that purpose. It's on the Forests & Flowers page, an extra [freeware!] download. 

Notes on usage: You can, as usual with my stuff, use all of these 3d models in your own 3d renders, video VFX sequences, video game levels. You can make VFX shots and cutscenes using them. All of that, royalty-free, too, with no need to credit me. If you like this, though, I'd appreciate a comment or review here on Itch.IO.

Sales made here will also be extremely helpful in funding not only development of future stock media content but also a bunch of indie games actively in the works.

PLEASE RATE OR REVIEW IF YOU LIKE THIS, or:

-comment

-ask questions

-offer suggestions for future additions

-wishlist the asset pack

-follow my profile to keep track of future additions

-any other interaction that makes sense, any type of feedback is appreciated.

Another update has been posted on Nov. 4, 2024. 

Download issues recently identified are now fixed.

-added new water plant decal objects (water lettuce and duckweed clumps) and 3d beach grass tufts. 

By January 2026 all the nature 3d packs were updated with a few new 3d items and all models ported to .GLB format as supplement to FBX, OBJ.

COMMENTS & REQUESTS WELCOMED:

So, yes, I hope to hear some responses from all of you. Those responses have an impact! If, for example, I'm seeing a number of people all requesting a certain type of texture, 3d object, or video VFX element I may make that a priority in later updates. So I WILL respond to your feedback as much as I reasonably can. I welcome your replies. 

A BIG THANK YOU to the people who have already purchased, some of you even tipped! THANK YOU!