AxolotlMuseum

Custom Models and Patents

prop's Blockbench resource pack and datapack for Season 1, where /trigger CustomModelData swapped in hand-made models for top-tier gear.

Curiosity ASMP S1 mechanic

In December 2021 kira introduced the datapack Hermitcraft used for custom models and textures 1, and announced “prop custom textures and models in axolotl smp, coming soon” 2. The resource pack applied automatically on join and could not be turned off, to Kart’s dismay 3. See also Hermitcraft Influence.

How it worked

Players held an item and ran /trigger CustomModelData set <tag>, which cost 2 levels 4. Each tag was the suggester’s Discord tag followed by two digits counting their suggestions 5, which is the root of the model “patents” (The Model Patent System). An item with an undefined tag fell back to the model of the largest defined tag below it 6. prop only modelled the highest tier of tools and weapons 7. Tridents and bows could not be done because of their special rendering 8, and models only worked with OptiFine 9.

The ASMP Pack

A separate changelog channel kept modellers from overlapping 10. It records v1.0 with the StormBreaker axe and the Molten Pickaxe 11, v1.1 with the Wakanda Shield 12, and v2.0 with the long-awaited glitchpop axe and a secret Death Note model from The Revival Event 13. See also Stormbreaker and Molten Pickaxe.

Afterlife

When Season 2 began, prop called the changelog channel “the archive” 14. In late October 2026 Kart asked whether the models were coming back, and prop had “found the old backup of that too”, needing certain mods and a datapack 15.

Pictures

The Glitchpop Axe The Glitchpop Axe

Primary sources

  1. k1R4 · 6 Dec 2021 · #asmp-s1-general its the datapack used on hermitcraft for custom models/tetxtures
  2. k1R4 · 12 Dec 2021 · #asmp-s1-general prop custom textures and models in axolotl smp, coming soon
  3. k1R4 · 12 Dec 2021 · #asmp-s1-general yeah it does
  4. prop · 28 Dec 2021 · #asmp-s1-models-chat and then do /trigger CustomModelData set <tag goes here>
  5. prop · 28 Dec 2021 · #asmp-s1-models-chat followed by 2 digits representing the number of suggestions they made
  6. prop · 28 Dec 2021 · #asmp-s1-ip-updates it will take the model of the biggest tag that is smaller than the tag we gave which has an actual model
  7. prop · 31 Dec 2021 · #asmp-s1-models-chat i only add models for highest tier of tools/ weapons
  8. prop · 28 Dec 2021 · #asmp-s1-models-chat apparently trident is in its own category and it has a different system for models being rendered
  9. prop · 27 Dec 2021 · #asmp-s1-models-changelog ASMP Pack v.beta.1 (outdated) + added a test model for netherite_sword > found that models only work with optifine
  10. prop · 27 Dec 2021 · #asmp-s1-models-chat so we dont overlap over each other's work
  11. prop · 28 Dec 2021 · #asmp-s1-models-changelog ASMP Pack v.1.0 + Added the StormBreaker Model for netherite_axe [tag: 137401] + Added the Molten Pickaxe Model for netherite_pickaxe [tag: 668701] + Updated texture pack version from 7 to 8 (to be make minecraft identi…
  12. prop · 29 Dec 2021 · #asmp-s1-models-changelog ASMP Pack v.1.1 + Added the Wakanda Shield Model for shield [tag: 137402] > modified some display positioning for Stormbreaker and Molten Pickaxe
  13. prop · 2 Jan 2022 · #asmp-s1-models-changelog ASMP Pack v.2.0 (Deployed) + Added the long awaited glitchpop axe model to the netherite_pixkaxe [tag: 848301] + Added a Secret Model (The Deathnote Model used during The Revival Event) > Updated the Resource pack to ve…
  14. prop · 26 Jun 2022 · #asmp-s2-general #asmp-s1-models-changelog
  15. prop · 2 Nov 2026 · #asmp-s1-chat i found the old backup of that too

Connected

Event Custom Models Come to Axolotl SMP In December 2021 kira's datapack and a forced server resource pack let prop make the first custom Blockbench models, and S1's model... Event The Glitchpop Axe prop spent two days modelling a Glitchpop Axe at up to 256-pixel density, his most detailed model yet, and shipped it in ASMP Pack v2.0. Curiosity · item The Glitchpop Axe prop's high-effort custom-model axe: it inspired the model 'patent' system and was the only model carried into Season 2.