🪶 Heron – Low Poly Animated Bird for Unreal Engine

Stylized heron model designed for real-time performance, featuring a full set of flight, idle, and behavior animations. Ideal for wetlands, lakes, or stylized nature-based worlds. Includes Root Motion and In-Place animations for flexible integration in both AI and player-controlled systems.

🔹 Technical Details:

• Polygons: 14,237 (quads)

• Vertices: 14,255

• Geometry: Quads only – clean, animation-ready topology

• Materials: 4

• Textures: 9 (4096x4096)

  • T_Heron_D, T_Heron_N, T_Heron_S (Body)

  • T_HeronWings_D, T_HeronWings_N, T_HeronWings_S

  • T_HeronWingsBack_D, T_HeronWingsBack_N, T_HeronWingsBack_S

• Rig: Custom rig (avian skeleton)

• Root Motion Support: Yes

• Sample Level: Included (showcase with animations and lighting)

🕹️ Animation Overview:

Total of 13 animations, crafted to bring lifelike behavior to your flying NPCs:

• Locomotion: Walk (forward, left, right)

• Flight System: Flap, Glide, Fly (L/R), Takeoff, Landing

• Idle & Ambient: Idle, Eat, Scratch

• Transitions: Smooth cycles ideal for blendspaces or state machines

All animations are authored to loop or transition cleanly, optimized for AI behavior trees and interactive scenes.

💡 Perfect for open worlds, stylized biomes, ambient wildlife, or cinematic sequences in wetlands or coastal areas.