Steam Workshop

Free SFM particles, models and tools on the Steam Workshop

TF2 weapon particles, fire, smoke, water and explosion packs, poseable models, scenebuild terrain, a Pyro animation pack, the SFM to Blender session importer and free trials of 4 Patreon packs.

The free packs are only the start. The library of 900+ particle effects, 600+ animations and 30+ scenebuilds is on Patreon; memberships start at $20/month.

19free items listed on this page
14particle items
3models & terrain packs
4free trials of Patreon packs
Free trials

Try a Patreon pack before you buy it

These Patreon packs each have a free demo on the Workshop. The full packs are in the Patreon shop.

Enhanced Fire Particles

Free trial23.4 MB

The demo includes three effects from the Fire Enhanced pack: field smoke (flames), react (object on fire hit ground) and single fire (billow).

Full pack: 15 fire particles. Its shop listing says it's also in the $20 All Particles tier. Find the full pack in the Patreon shop.

Explosions {MEGA-PACK}

Free trial34.7 MB

A demo of the MEGA-PACK, with afterburn, artillery and sci-fi explosions among others.

Full pack: 21 particles with custom animated sprites. Its shop listing says it's also in the $20 All Particles tier. Find the full pack in the Patreon shop.

Skibidi Particles V2

Free trial2.2 MB

A demo of the Skibidi Toilet pack V2, with Astro Toilet effects such as the Juggernaut and Obliterator Astro Toilets.

Full pack: 20 particles. Its shop listing says it's also in the $20 All Particles tier. Find the full pack in the Patreon shop.

SkibidiToilet (Movie Edition)

Free trialCollection40.8 MB

A demo of the Movie Edition particles for the Astro Detainer, Astro Duchess, Astro Interceptor and Astro Troop: smoke, fog, mist, cloud, dust, ash, steam, gas, explosions, fire, lasers, energy, electricity and sparks.

Full pack: the Skibidi Toilet (Movie Edition) ULTRA-PACK, in the Patreon shop.

Catalogue

Every free item, with its Steam link

19 items, newest first. Filter by type; each card opens the item on Steam in a new tab.

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SFM Particles: SkibidiToilet (Movie Edition Free Trial)

Free trialCollection40.8 MB

Free demo of the Movie Edition particles for the Astro Detainer, Astro Duchess, Astro Interceptor and Astro Troop: smoke, fog, fire, explosions, lasers, energy, electricity, sparks and more.

Full pack: Patreon shop

HoovyTube's Pyro Animations (PACK)

Free

About 15 Pyro DMX animations: talking and emotive animations, 1v1 melee fights with camera, a drunk walk, sitting, manic gestures, crowd cheering and standing reactions. The Workshop page says the full version has 300+.

600+ animations come with The full library tier on Patreon.

HoovyTube's Skibidi Particles V2 (Free Trial)

Free trial2.2 MB

Free demo of the Skibidi Pack V2, with Astro Toilet effects such as the Juggernaut and Obliterator Astro Toilets.

Full pack: Patreon shop

HoovyTube's Enhanced Fire Particles (Free Trial)

Free trial23.4 MB

Free demo of the Fire Enhanced pack: field smoke (flames), react (object on fire hit ground) and single fire (billow).

Full pack: Patreon shop

HoovyTube's Medieval Pack

Free66.0 MBPosted

Realistic medieval buildings for scenebuilds: a gothic church, a pre-romanesque church, a house, a preceptory, a settlement, a saint statue, walls and a warehouse.

HoovyTube's Quarry Terrain Pack

Free42.3 MBPosted

Scenebuilding terrain models: a boulder field, rocks and sand, with textures and bumpmaps made by HoovyTube.

HoovyTube's Candle Particles

FreeCollection13.1 MBPosted

Candle-flame and smoke particles with 30+ FPS animated sprites in custom VTFs, so no DLC is needed.

HoovyTube's Electric Arc (Poseable)

Free718 KBPosted

A poseable electric-arc model. To make it glow, add $phongboost above 1 and raise the camera's bloom scale.

Each card links straight to the item on Steam. If a link doesn't open, every item is also listed on the Workshop profile.

More on the Workshop

These packs are on the Workshop profile too. Open the profile to find them.

  • HoovyTube's Wave Particles

    Sea wave particles, tagged water, waves, liquid, sea and realistic. The materials were extracted from a Garry's Mod addon. Credit not required, but appreciated.

  • HoovyTube's Grenade Launcher Particles

    TF2 Grenade Launcher particles, part of the HoovyTube Particles collection.

  • HoovyTube's Winter Terrain Pack

    Winter scenebuilding terrain (cracked ice, an ice wall) with improved textures and ice effects. The .glb sources are credited to serhii_rieznik, dronemapping, josevega, falk lochmann and simonspata; HoovyTube ported the mdl, vtf and vmt files and the bumpmaps.

  • HoovyTube's Greco-Roman Pack

    Ancient Greco-Roman architecture models, tagged rome, greece, temple and historic. The .glb sources are credited to schlegelsamantha, Shaz and Samuel Holzman; HoovyTube ported the mdl, vtf and vmt files.

Browse the Workshop profile

Older Garry's Mod uploads are on the same profile.

Collection and add-on

Grab the set, then take it into Blender

One Steam collection groups the core particle packs, and the free session importer brings SFM work into Blender.

Steam collection

HoovyTube Particles

A Steam collection of 12 items, tagged Team Fortress and posted September 30, 2023. Items in it include:

  • Scout Particles
  • Soldier Particles
  • Pyro Particles
  • Grenade Launcher Particles
  • Fire Particles
  • Water Particles
  • Smoke Particles
  • Explosion Particles
  • Splash Particles
  • Candle Particles
  • SkibidiToilet (Movie Edition Free Trial)
Free Blender add-on

SFM to BLENDER Session Importer

Free11.3 MB on Steam

The HoovyTools session importer is on the Workshop too. It brings full SFM sessions, animations, cameras and facial flex data into Blender, and its Workshop page lists chunked session imports, armature matching and HWM facial controller baking.

Session import runs on top of SourceIO, so install that first. Downloads and step-by-step install are on the HoovyTools page.

Good to know

Credits, tips and sources

Straight from the item pages on Steam.

  • Credit not required, but appreciated

    That's what the Smoke, Candle, Airstrike Explosion and Wave pages say.

  • No DLC needed

    Every VTF and VMT in Candle Particles is custom-made, so no DLC is needed. The Airstrike Explosion page also says no DLC is required.

  • Make the Electric Arc glow

    Add $phongboost above 1 and raise the camera's bloom scale.

  • Why Candle Particles is 13 MB

    The size comes from 30+ FPS animated smoke and candle-burn sprites in custom VTFs.

  • Quarry Terrain Pack sources

    The .glb sources are credited to xtremederpie and Per's Scan Collection. HoovyTube ported them and made the textures and bumpmaps, and the artwork is by NukeWizard.

  • Medieval Pack sources

    The .glb sources are credited to Libor Telupil, timowes, D.Milekhin, Andy Woodhead and Abandoned Scans (Sketchfab). HoovyTube ported the mdl, vtf and vmt files and the bumpmaps.