Gear Halo - Mechanical Halo with Turning Gears, 4 Colors (Brass / Steel / Rose / Noir) [VRChat, Modular Avatar]

Made with AI assistance (3D model, textures and this text were produced with AI tools).

GEAR HALO

A mechanical 3D halo for VRChat avatars. A toothed outer ring with clips, two gears inside that turn together on a fixed axle frame, glowing inlays and a soft additive bloom. Pick one of 4 colors. It follows the avatar's Head bone, so it works on humanoid avatars; you can move, tilt and resize it with one child object.

FEATURES

- 4 colors (one prefab each): Brass (brass gears, orange glow) / Steel (silver gears, cyan glow) / Rose (rose-gold gears, pink glow) / Noir (gold gears on a dark charcoal ring, red glow)

- Real 3D shape: 25,816 triangles, 10 meshes, no particle systems

- The gears sit on a steel axle frame (arms and a small bracket outside the ring); the gear teeth never touch each other (smallest gap 0.18 mm in the model) and the outer teeth are joined to the ring

- The ring and both gears turn slowly (60 s loop); the axle glow pulses once per gear tooth. The halo also bobs gently (about 0.8 cm)

- On/off toggle in your Expression Menu (saved, default ON). 1 Bool parameter, 25 bits of parameter memory

- Additive/unlit glow: it shines in worlds without AudioLink

- Position, tilt and size are adjusted by moving/rotating/scaling one child object "Halo" (no Blender needed)

REQUIREMENTS

- Unity 2022.3.22f1, VRChat Avatars SDK 3.10.5

- Modular Avatar 1.18.7 (NDMF 1.14.8)

- lilToon 2.3.4

- No Poiyomi, no VRCFury, no AudioLink needed

Other versions are not tested.

WHAT YOU GET

- GearHalo_v3.unitypackage (FBX, 4 prefabs, 17 lilToon materials, 7 original textures, FX animator)

- README in English and Japanese (install, adjustment, terms)

INSTALL (about 2 minutes)

1. Download GearHalo_v3.unitypackage. 2. Import the unitypackage. 3. Drag ONE GearHalo_<Color> prefab onto your avatar root. 4. Build and upload. Modular Avatar attaches it to the Head and adds the toggle.

COMPATIBILITY - PLEASE READ

- Generic: attached to the Head bone. Checked in Unity (Modular Avatar build, all 4 colors) on two avatars: Shapell (default placement, no change) and Rukko (position/tilt/scale adjusted; values in the README).

- Your avatar may need a position/size change. The default is set for an avatar about 1.4 m tall. Keep at least 1.5 cm between the halo and ears/hair. The ring is about 26.5 cm across at the default scale; a small C-shaped bracket on one side sticks out about 0.9 cm further.

- PC: build checked in Unity. Uploading to VRChat and in-client appearance were not tested by me.

- Quest / Android: NOT confirmed. Do not assume it meets Quest limits.

- The gear set is a visual model, not a physical mechanism.

- Shipped materials are lilToon. With the Standard shader the shape and glow work, but the metal sinks to almost black (no environment reflections); please use lilToon.

TERMS

Use on your own avatars (public or private), streaming and videos. Do not redistribute, resell or share the files, even if edited. No refunds for digital goods; please back up your project before importing.