Happy Dumpling Buddy

This is a stylized 3D recreation of the Happy Dumpling gun buddy from Valorant.
Created as a fan project to study stylized modeling, clean topology, and presentation workflows for real-time game assets.

Programs:

🧩 Poly Count:
• Render Version – Faces: 9,328 Tris: 18,748
• Game-Ready Version – Faces: 2,608 Tris: 5,308

🎮 Game-Ready: Yes (optimized low-poly version included)
📦 UV Unwrapped: Yes
🧵 Topology: All quads with clean edge flow, support loops, and isolated geo for facial features (eyes, cheeks, and mouth)
🖼️ Texture Maps: None – Procedural PBR shader only (Principled BSDF, no image textures)

The topology is clean and stylized, built entirely with quads and optimized for smooth shading and subdivision support.
Extra geometry is concentrated only where needed — around the horns, hair spikes, and facial features — ensuring efficient polygon usage.
The silhouette was carefully shaped to preserve the playful proportions and expressive charm of the original in-game model.

A direct comparison between the in-game Happy Dumpling and my stylized 3D model. Focused on capturing silhouette and personality while keeping the model game-ready.

Model was built entirely from scratch using Blender based on in-game screenshots.
Reference shown only for educational portfolio purposes.