# Free soldier 3D models for three.js (GLB, CC BY)
https://paprika3d.com/docs/models/soldiers
24 free soldiers for three.js from the 1,232 in the paprika3d asset library (CC BY), as meshopt GLB files: each with its author, license, credit line, triangles and file size, and the asset_search call that fetches it.
## What the library holds
The paprika3d asset library holds 1,232 soldiers among its 57,732 models. All of them are licensed CC BY 4.0, which asks you to credit the author wherever you use the model; each card below carries the credit line to paste. 46 are AI-generated, from Scenario's 3D Collection, and say so on their card.
1,194 of the 1,232 pass the library's quality checks: textured (or drawn in vertex colours, for a low-poly or voxel model), not flat, at most 15 MB, with a name, a description and a real-world height. Among those, the median model has 12,200 triangles, with the middle half between 3,590 and 27,500, and the median file is 0.41 MB, with nine in ten at most 1.2 MB. The median one stands 1.8 m tall at real size. 45 carry a texture of 2048 px, the library's largest; the rest are smaller. 270 are animated and 371 rigged. The most common styles are stylized (474), realistic (267) and low-poly (239).
## Soldiers in a three.js scene
Soldiers are mostly characters at human height (1.8 m in the median), and 371 are rigged and 270 animated. Filter with `rigged: true` or `animated: true` in `asset_search` when the game needs them to move, since a soldier in a fixed pose cannot be animated in three.js without a rig.
Clips play on another soldier when the bone names match, as they do between Mixamo exports; when the names differ, `SkeletonUtils.retargetClip` maps one skeleton's clip onto another. A squad of the same soldier needs `SkeletonUtils.clone` for each copy and its own `AnimationMixer`, because a plain `clone()` leaves the copies bound to the first skeleton.
A weapon goes in the hand by adding it to the hand bone. 45 soldiers carry a 2048 px texture and 46 are AI-generated; a squad of the heavier ones is worth a `perf` run once it is on screen.
## Fetch one and load it
With the paprika3d plugin in Claude Code, or its MCP server in any other agent, the agent searches the library in words or picks a model by the id on its card. `pick` downloads the file into the project's `assets/` folder (`public/assets/` under vite), adds the credit line to `assets/CREDITS.md` and answers with the code that loads it at real size. Give `cwd`, the project folder, as with every paprika3d tool.
```text
asset_search {"query": "soldier", "cwd": "."}
asset_search {"pick": "f9e6994b88aa4c2e8331ce5dbd515c06", "cwd": "."}
```
Every file is a binary glTF (.glb) compressed with meshopt, so GLTFLoader needs the meshopt decoder that ships with three.js. The origin sits at the bottom centre of each model, so it stands on the floor where you place it:
```js
import * as THREE from 'three';
import { GLTFLoader } from 'three/addons/loaders/GLTFLoader.js';
import { MeshoptDecoder } from 'three/addons/libs/meshopt_decoder.module.js';
const loader = new GLTFLoader().setMeshoptDecoder(MeshoptDecoder);
const gltf = await loader.loadAsync('assets/army-soldier-20-f9e699.glb');
scene.add(gltf.scene);
```
## 24 soldiers to start from
Chosen from the 1,194 that pass the checks: the ones agents picked most through `asset_search` first, then the ones whose name says what they are, then lighter files, with at most 2 per author. Each CC BY card ends with its credit line: paste it into your credits, as the license requires.
**[Army_Soldier_20](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/f9e6994b88aa4c2e8331ce5dbd515c06)** by [BlackSpire](https://sketchfab.com/blackspire)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,022 triangles · 0.035 MB · low-poly · 1.8 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "f9e6994b88aa4c2e8331ce5dbd515c06"}`
Credit: "Army_Soldier_20" by BlackSpire (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/f9e6994b88aa4c2e8331ce5dbd515c06) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Low Poly "Warrior" handpainted model](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ab16de5892974fe28deb6e9b69f798e1)** by [TonesomJa](https://sketchfab.com/TonesomJa)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 4,112 triangles · 0.078 MB · low-poly · 1.8 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "ab16de5892974fe28deb6e9b69f798e1"}`
Credit: "Low Poly "Warrior" handpainted model" by TonesomJa (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ab16de5892974fe28deb6e9b69f798e1) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Pug Warrior](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/8e27f70ff1bd4d85826926b420247500)** by [JarrodT3D](https://sketchfab.com/JarrodT3D)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 41,416 triangles · 0.6 MB · stylized · 1.7 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "8e27f70ff1bd4d85826926b420247500"}`
Credit: "Pug Warrior" by JarrodT3D (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/8e27f70ff1bd4d85826926b420247500) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Soldier](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/d65a6d1e87bf444088a0e8168e34e9e0)** by [Straight Design](https://sketchfab.com/creativemango)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,466 triangles · 0.153 MB · low-poly · 1.8 m tall · animated · rigged
`asset_search {"pick": "d65a6d1e87bf444088a0e8168e34e9e0"}`
Credit: "Soldier" by Straight Design (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/d65a6d1e87bf444088a0e8168e34e9e0) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Elf-Warrior-With-Cape](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/f121e6514d02489191b2aa764a051d67)** by [Leonardo Carvalho](https://sketchfab.com/livrosparacriancas)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 6,456 triangles · 2.06 MB · stylized · 1.2 m tall · animated · rigged
`asset_search {"pick": "f121e6514d02489191b2aa764a051d67"}`
Credit: "Elf-Warrior-With-Cape" by Leonardo Carvalho (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/f121e6514d02489191b2aa764a051d67) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Pre Rigged Armour Soldier](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/a2a1535d771b450d8a0246a61400d3ab)** by [Priyanshu Sahu](https://sketchfab.com/ironmaan40)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 14,147 triangles · 0.394 MB · stylized · 1.9 m tall · rigged
`asset_search {"pick": "a2a1535d771b450d8a0246a61400d3ab"}`
Credit: "Pre Rigged Armour Soldier" by Priyanshu Sahu (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/a2a1535d771b450d8a0246a61400d3ab) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Scifi Soldier](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/3e48e1203898426ab6b43a473a50448d)** by [Joel Wood](https://sketchfab.com/lordbanky)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 38,009 triangles · 0.813 MB · sci-fi · 1.8 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "3e48e1203898426ab6b43a473a50448d"}`
Credit: "Scifi Soldier" by Joel Wood (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/3e48e1203898426ab6b43a473a50448d) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Prajurit Majapahit - Java soldier](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/c29dc86f4a114b81aba3200604b1bd36)** by [udi_kreasindo3D](https://sketchfab.com/udi_kreasindo3D)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 77,194 triangles · 2.576 MB · realistic · 1.7 m tall · animated · rigged
`asset_search {"pick": "c29dc86f4a114b81aba3200604b1bd36"}`
Credit: "Prajurit Majapahit - Java soldier" by udi_kreasindo3D (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/c29dc86f4a114b81aba3200604b1bd36) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Aquatic Warrior Set By LEVINXGAMING](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/72a2b441e7ad48c68199f38b6ce85cf1)** by [ᄂΣVIП X GΛMIПG](https://sketchfab.com/levin.gaming)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 14,460 triangles · 0.314 MB · sci-fi · 1.8 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "72a2b441e7ad48c68199f38b6ce85cf1"}`
Credit: "Aquatic Warrior Set By LEVINXGAMING" by ᄂΣVIП X GΛMIПG (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/72a2b441e7ad48c68199f38b6ce85cf1) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[(50 Follower Special) Human \| UA & GE soldiers](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/35e421e465d646f6b5ebff05c3b0a20a)** by [Sellpet](https://sketchfab.com/Sellpet)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 15,020 triangles · 0.338 MB · low-poly · 1.8 m tall · rigged
`asset_search {"pick": "35e421e465d646f6b5ebff05c3b0a20a"}`
Credit: "(50 Follower Special) Human \| UA & GE soldiers" by Sellpet (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/35e421e465d646f6b5ebff05c3b0a20a) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Little Warrior](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/d01ddd9e69334725a57b3a146307d8ab)** by [joaobaltieri](https://sketchfab.com/joaobaltieri)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 5,004 triangles · 0.362 MB · low-poly · 1.6 m tall · animated · rigged
`asset_search {"pick": "d01ddd9e69334725a57b3a146307d8ab"}`
Credit: "Little Warrior" by joaobaltieri (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/d01ddd9e69334725a57b3a146307d8ab) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Maya the forever warrior](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/14feff2ca7ea4e738da396c593351057)** by [Link69](https://sketchfab.com/Link69)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,248 triangles · 0.014 MB · voxel · 1.4 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "14feff2ca7ea4e738da396c593351057"}`
Credit: "Maya the forever warrior" by Link69 (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/14feff2ca7ea4e738da396c593351057) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Mini Warrior](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/5eeea38ba7cf40e3ab9a98bfc99b383e)** by [pasqual](https://sketchfab.com/pasqual)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 2,090 triangles · 0.088 MB · voxel · 1.8 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "5eeea38ba7cf40e3ab9a98bfc99b383e"}`
Credit: "Mini Warrior" by pasqual (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/5eeea38ba7cf40e3ab9a98bfc99b383e) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Female Soldier](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/b521a0935cb34975a7209420e06f8714)** by [benhimarthi18](https://sketchfab.com/benhimarthi18)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 22,942 triangles · 1.03 MB · realistic · 1.7 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "b521a0935cb34975a7209420e06f8714"}`
Credit: "Female Soldier" by benhimarthi18 (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/b521a0935cb34975a7209420e06f8714) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Flamethrower Soldier Kitty](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/0fba3d1cacd04555b9776b92df136328)** by [MauModel](https://sketchfab.com/MauModel)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 11,718 triangles · 0.468 MB · stylized · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "0fba3d1cacd04555b9776b92df136328"}`
Credit: "Flamethrower Soldier Kitty" by MauModel (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/0fba3d1cacd04555b9776b92df136328) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Low Poly Dwarf Warrior (Rigged)](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/77abdcd81ac84b06955f6da03d96202c)** by [Yanez Designs](https://sketchfab.com/Yanez-Designs)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,393 triangles · 0.058 MB · low-poly · 1.2 m tall · animated
`asset_search {"pick": "77abdcd81ac84b06955f6da03d96202c"}`
Credit: "Low Poly Dwarf Warrior (Rigged)" by Yanez Designs (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/77abdcd81ac84b06955f6da03d96202c) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Medieval Soldier](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/10081d39f6a340509ece409073a9213f)** by [Merto](https://sketchfab.com/minibotgraphics)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 8,740 triangles · 0.31 MB · stylized · 1.8 m tall · animated · rigged
`asset_search {"pick": "10081d39f6a340509ece409073a9213f"}`
Credit: "Medieval Soldier" by Merto (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/10081d39f6a340509ece409073a9213f) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Soldier character](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/c5cfbe8ee9c14d25a7fa1c018c045f2b)** by [Mahdi.G](https://sketchfab.com/Mahdi.G)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 5,188 triangles · 0.079 MB · low-poly · 1.8 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "c5cfbe8ee9c14d25a7fa1c018c045f2b"}`
Credit: "Soldier character" by Mahdi.G (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/c5cfbe8ee9c14d25a7fa1c018c045f2b) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Dark Screen Soldier](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/611c976249b44bd9a763924e8a5f71e3)** by [TheLuckiestKID2010](https://sketchfab.com/TheLuckiestKID2010)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 144 triangles · 0.007 MB · voxel · 1.8 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "611c976249b44bd9a763924e8a5f71e3"}`
Credit: "Dark Screen Soldier" by TheLuckiestKID2010 (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/611c976249b44bd9a763924e8a5f71e3) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Russian soldier](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/16037daadcfe4715a4ebce0f2fc6f675)** by [Chernov-Egor](https://sketchfab.com/Chernov-Egor)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 12,522 triangles · 0.6 MB · realistic · 1.75 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "16037daadcfe4715a4ebce0f2fc6f675"}`
Credit: "Russian soldier" by Chernov-Egor (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/16037daadcfe4715a4ebce0f2fc6f675) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Biohazard Soldier Kitty](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/e75f1b7176a64d808795c37b60e0fd46)** by [MauModel](https://sketchfab.com/MauModel)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 15,321 triangles · 0.578 MB · stylized · 0.9 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "e75f1b7176a64d808795c37b60e0fd46"}`
Credit: "Biohazard Soldier Kitty" by MauModel (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/e75f1b7176a64d808795c37b60e0fd46) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Shaman Warrior](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/e90668b488344324bdd8537fdaaff5ff)** by [MaxAlyanak](https://sketchfab.com/MaxAlyanak)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 2,204 triangles · 0.069 MB · low-poly · 1.8 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "e90668b488344324bdd8537fdaaff5ff"}`
Credit: "Shaman Warrior" by MaxAlyanak (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/e90668b488344324bdd8537fdaaff5ff) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[240: Chinese Warrior Statue - Unknown Artist](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/e71dc521b7ae46ef94858cddbfad1912)** by [alexdelker](https://sketchfab.com/alexdelker)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 62,253 triangles · 0.49 MB · scanned · 1.9 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "e71dc521b7ae46ef94858cddbfad1912"}`
Credit: "240: Chinese Warrior Statue - Unknown Artist" by alexdelker (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/e71dc521b7ae46ef94858cddbfad1912) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Cat-warriors](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/2e1a34d1b6cf4d8b8a91f087250a11f3)** by [28kpaul](https://sketchfab.com/28kpaul)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 9,560 triangles · 0.534 MB · stylized · 1.7 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "2e1a34d1b6cf4d8b8a91f087250a11f3"}`
Credit: "Cat-warriors" by 28kpaul (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/2e1a34d1b6cf4d8b8a91f087250a11f3) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
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Counts from the library's catalog on 2026-10-28. The models are their authors' work under the license on each card; paprika3d converted them for the web.
Updated 2026-10-28.