Sidekick Modular Characters FREE Starter Pack

Video: Getting Started with Sidekicks in Unreal Engine
Synty Studios presents: Sidekick Modular Characters FREE Starter Pack




Build and customise characters in the editor with this FREE starter pack, a great introduction to our feature-rich Sidekick Character Creator Tool for Unity and Unreal Engine! This free starter pack gives you just a glimpse of the tool's full potential to combine multiple Sidekick packs and parts to create endless, unique character combinations that bridge genres. [Unity Only, UE coming soon] Create immersive character customisation experiences with the Sidekick Runtime API. Whether you're building a full in-game character creator, or just changing outfits on the fly, the Sidekick Runtime API makes it easy. 
Content Features:

50+ Sci-fi Civilian & Fantasy Knights modular parts 
90+ modular, rigged human base species parts (torsos, legs, hands, feet etc.)
Fully rigged to the Unity Humanoid skeleton (Mecanim compatible)
Unreal Engine Mannequin compatible
Dynamic joints allow you to add realistic motion to capes, hair, beards etc.
Facial blend shapes for expressions and lipsync (works with ARKit)
Body blend shapes to adjust body type and proportions
Designed to cohesively match Synty POLYGON environments
Designed to work seamlessly with Synty ANIMATION packs (Unity only)

Sidekick Character Creator Tool (Editor Extension) Features:

Customise material colours directly in the editor
Expert presets to enable rapid character creation
Save and load custom characters for future editing
Bake completed characters into a single optimised prefab, combining all skinned mesh renderers into one for performance friendly deployment
Runtime API for in-game character customisation (Unity only)
Mix and match Sidekick Character Packs to create endless, unique characters


📦 Pack Content



57 Sci-fi Civilian & Fantasy Knights modular parts

91 Sidekick human species base parts

Sidekick Character Creator Tool

Modular Part Types

Head and Face - head, hair, facial hair, eyebrows, eyes, ears, nose, teeth, tongue
Torso and limbs - torso, upper arms, lower arms, hands, hips, legs, feet
Attachments - head attachments, face attachments, back attachments, shoulder attachments, elbow attachments, knee attachments, hip attachments (front, back, left, right), wraps

Body Blend Shapes

Masculine/feminine, skinny/heavy, muscular

Facial Blend Shapes

Eyebrows (left/right) - frown, raise, inner down, inner up, outer down, outer up
Eyes (left/right) - up, down, left, right, blink, squint, wide
Nose - sneer left, sneer right
Cheeks (left/right) - hollow, puff
Jaw - close, open, left, right, backward, forward
Mouth - left, right, funnel, pucker, shrug upper, shrug lower, roll upper, roll out upper, roll lower, roll out lower, close, frown (left/right), smile (left/right), press (left/right), stretch (left/right), upper up (left/right), lower down (left/right)
Tongue - up, down, in, out, lower, raise, twist (left/right), curl up, curl down, curl left, curl right, side curl down, side curl up

🤖 Technical Info
◼ Compatibility ◼


Compatible with Unity 2021.3+- Supports URP and Built-in


Compatible with Unreal 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8


◼ File Formats ◼

Unity 2021.3 package

Unreal plugin - 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8
Unreal content zip

📋 Changelog
Version 1.0.4 (Unity)- Fixed teeth blend shape issue- Fixed nose issue when using SK_HUMN_BASE_02_01HEAD_HU01
Version 1.0.3 (Unity)- Fixed issues with base human wrap
Version 1.0.1 (Unity)- Updated the included demo scene

Visit the Sidekick tool changelog for more information.