Star Whale Plush — Hug, Hold & Stretch for VRChat

▶ VRChat avatar accessory · needs Modular Avatar and lilToon (both free, from VCC) · drag-and-drop prefab · Quest materials included

A soft whale plush in night-sky felt with embroidered stars, and three little stars hanging from a loop on its head.
Hold it, hug it, hang it on your hip, wear it on your back, sit it on your head, or leave it where you are, all from one menu.
Grab it and pull: it stretches a little and springs back. Its fins and the hanging stars sway as you move. It also swims on its own, all the time: the crescent tail sweeps up and down every 2.4 s and the body and fins follow.

6 PLACES (Expressions menu "Star Whale" · remembered)
• Hand: in your right hand (0.8x). This is where it starts
• Hug: in front of your chest (1x). Your own arms hold it; no arm pose is included
• Hip: at your right hip (0.6x)
• Back: on your back (1x)
• Head: on top of your head (0.7x)
• World: appears at your right hand, then stays put (fixed after 0.1 s). Walk away and it stays; pick another place and it comes back

MENU
• Show: on / off
• Size: a radial from 0.5x to 1.5x (starts at 1x; multiplies each place's own size)
All remembered.

ALWAYS SWIMMING (no menu)
• The crescent tail sweeps up and down, the body bends with it and the side fins paddle: one stroke every 2.4 s, even while you stand still
• The fins and stars still sway, and you can still grab and stretch it while it swims

TOUCH & SWAY (PhysBones)
• Body: grab it; pull and it stretches (max stretch 0.5, squish 0.3), let go and it springs back
• Fins and the three hanging stars: sway as you move

3 COLOURS (one prefab each)
• Night Violet: violet night sky
• Dawn: sky-blue back, pink belly, cream stars
• Milky Way: deep navy with gold stars

SIZE
At 1x: about 29.4 cm from nose to tail tip, 20.6 cm tall, 23.4 cm from fin to fin (changes with the place and Size)

WHAT YOU GET
• SW_1.2.0.unitypackage: 3 prefabs (one per colour), 3 lilToon materials, 3 Quest materials (VRChat/Mobile/Toon Lit), textures, menu, animator
• README in English and Japanese

PERFORMANCE (this item alone, measured in Unity)
• 2,984 triangles · 1 skinned mesh · 1 material · 3 textures (colour, bumps, glowing embroidery, 1024 px each) · 10 bones
• 3 PhysBones (body, fins, hanging stars; 9 bones in all)
• 1 constraint (VRC Parent Constraint) · no lights, contacts or parameter drivers
• 17 synced bits
• VRChat SDK performance rank: PC Excellent in every category · Quest Good with the Quest material swapped in (PhysBone count and PhysBone transforms Good, everything else Excellent)

GOOD TO KNOW
• Needs Modular Avatar and lilToon (both free, from the VRChat Creator Companion).
• The places are set for the VRChat SDK sample avatar. If one sits wrong on yours, select Seats > SW_Seat_(place) > Seat and move it once.
• For Quest avatars, swap in the material from Materials/Quest (no bumps or glowing embroidery on Quest).
• The hug arm pose is not included.

SUPPORT
Grabbing, stretching, World or anything else not working as described in VRChat? Message me on Jinxxy and I'll fix it and send you the update for free.

TESTED WITH
Unity 2022.3.22f1 · VRChat SDK 3.10.5 · Modular Avatar 1.18.7 · lilToon 2.4.1

AI DISCLOSURE (AI-Assisted)
The code that builds this plush (model, textures, Unity setup) and the text on this page were written with help from an AI assistant. An AI image generator made rough concept sketches I looked at while designing; nothing it made is in the files or in the preview images, which are rendered in Unity from the actual prefab.

TERMS
• OK to use on your avatar in VRChat and other platforms
• OK to stream, record, and post on social media
• Editing is fine
• Please don't redistribute or resell the files, edited or not

UPDATES
• v1.2.0 (2026-11-02): it swims on its own (tail, body and fins, always on)
• v1.1.0 (2026-11-01) first release