Engine test · Hyper3D (Deemos)

Rodin Gen-2.5

Deemos's newer Rodin: up to five images plus a prompt and a bounding box, a full PBR material set out, with more mesh-size choices than Gen-2.

What we saw

  • Takes the block-out's bounding box, like Gen-2.
  • Every file came with base colour, normal and roughness-metal maps.
  • In our runs its colours came back paler than the pictures it was given: the character's blue shirt turned pale blue, the castle's grey stone nearly white.

Results

Left to right: the block-out it was given, the result from the front and the back, and the shape without its textures.

T-posed character

Full PBR set

839 blocks, cartoon style: a young man in a blue T-shirt, dark grey trousers and black boots. The T-pose shows whether an engine textures both arms.

T-posed character: The block-out
The block-out
Rodin Gen-2.5, T-posed character: Front
Rodin Gen-2.5 · Front
Rodin Gen-2.5, T-posed character: Back
Rodin Gen-2.5 · Back
Rodin Gen-2.5, T-posed character: Shape only
Rodin Gen-2.5 · Shape only
Triangles
150,000
File size
11.9 MB
Texture maps
Base colour · Normal · Roughness-metal (2K)
Outline match
75%
front 94% · side 74% · top 57%
Job time
124 s
Art style
Cartoon
Settings
defaults
Generated
Sep 23, 2026

Pickup truck

Full PBR set

1,896 blocks, comic style: a chunky stylised pickup. The test for hard surfaces, flat panels and wheels.

Pickup truck: The block-out
The block-out
Rodin Gen-2.5, Pickup truck: Front
Rodin Gen-2.5 · Front
Rodin Gen-2.5, Pickup truck: Back
Rodin Gen-2.5 · Back
Rodin Gen-2.5, Pickup truck: Shape only
Rodin Gen-2.5 · Shape only
Triangles
150,000
File size
19.6 MB
Texture maps
Base colour · Normal · Roughness-metal (2K)
Outline match
69%
front 58% · side 76% · top 73%
Job time
155 s
Art style
Comic
Settings
defaults
Generated
Sep 23, 2026

Castle gate

Full PBR set

4,518 blocks, realistic style: a stone gatehouse with two towers, battlements, a portcullis, banners and a drawbridge on chains. The test for a large building with thin parts and repeated detail.

Castle gate: The block-out
The block-out
Rodin Gen-2.5, Castle gate: Front
Rodin Gen-2.5 · Front
Rodin Gen-2.5, Castle gate: Back
Rodin Gen-2.5 · Back
Rodin Gen-2.5, Castle gate: Shape only
Rodin Gen-2.5 · Shape only
Triangles
150,000
File size
25.4 MB
Texture maps
Base colour · Normal · Roughness-metal (2K)
Outline match
87%
front 91% · side 87% · top 84%
Job time
222 s
Art style
Realistic
Settings
defaults
Generated
Sep 23, 2026

Compare Rodin Gen-2.5 with

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Other engines

How we test

  1. 1Same pictures. Within a test, an image model repaints the block views once (the way Vox Land always works), and that one set of views goes to every engine, at its default settings; the table lists any that differ. Engines that take a single picture get one three-quarter view, painted from the same blocks in the same style.
  2. 2So every difference inside a test comes from the engine, not from the input. The blocks fix the shape and the proportions; the repainted views add the colours and small details every engine then shares.
  3. 3Numbers are read from the file each engine delivered: triangles, file size, texture maps. Job time is the engine's job in our pipeline (the views were painted beforehand), from a single run.
  4. 4Outline match: we draw the block-out and the model as flat silhouettes from the front, the side and above, and measure how much they overlap (intersection over union; 100% means identical outlines).
  5. 5The renders are ours: the same camera, light and orientation for every file.
  6. 6We make none of these engines. Vox Land sends your blocks to whichever one you pick, so we have no reason to favour one.

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Data updated Sep 23, 2026