CharactersStylised NPC mascot

PIP, the Lantern Sprite

PIP is the night-market lamplighter's apprentice: a small ember-sprite in a patched burlap cowl with its own wick-flame poking from the crown, hauling a dented tin lantern that is too big for it, an oil satchel on one hip and a hand-me-down gauntlet three sizes too large. Box-modelled in Blender with clean loops, 6,492 triangles, one hand-painted 1024 atlas, and three expressions as texture swaps.

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Triangles
6,492
Of budget
93%
7,000 NPC budget
Meshes
3
Textures
1024²
Delivered as
FBX + GLB
PIP, the Lantern Sprite: final render
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Turntable · 360°
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Gallery

Lighting the lamps at the night market
Face close-up
Three expressions: one mesh, a texture swap each
Pose study
Readability at Roblox camera distances
Silhouette thumbnails: five variants, one chosen
Topology: eye and mouth loops
Clay

Built in Blender

How PIP, the Lantern Sprite was built.

Every stage of PIP, the Lantern Sprite, from the first cage to the Roblox check, recorded straight from the Blender viewport. 16 seconds, 15 stages.

Blender · timelapse
PIP, the Lantern Sprite, built in Blenderstylised mascot NPC
  1. 01Blockout cage: head (quad sphere, eye and mouth loops)
  2. 02Blockout cage: burlap cowl with brim rings
  3. 03Blockout cage: tunic, limbs, boots
  4. 04Blockout cage: scarf, rope belt, satchel, buckle
  5. 05Cages complete: lantern, flames, 1,251 quads
  6. 06Subdivision ×1 applied, creases kept: 6,492 tris
  7. 07UV unwrap: one atlas, face island pinned at 950 px/m
  8. 08Bake masks (Cycles): AO, cavity, part id, position, bevel normal
  9. 09Albedo 1/6: skin ramp, warm nose and fingertips
  10. 10Albedo 2/6: burlap weave, fold valleys, sun fade, hem dust
  11. 11Albedo 3/6: stitched patch, leather glove, boots, satchel
  12. 12Albedo 4/6: brass, dented tin, rope belt, knit scarf
  13. 13Albedo 5/6: flames, painted lantern bounce, moon rim
  14. 14Albedo 6/6: face drawn at 4× in its own UV rectangle
  15. 15Final: 6,492 tris, 1024 atlas, three expressions, Roblox check PASS

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