@Rubez2525  
I’ll turn off anon for this, since I’ve gone on for so long and I don’t want to hide behind a veil anymore.
 
I know what you mean – the MLP community (and most art communities in general) don’t want to give constructive critcism because it’s a really hard thing to do. People usually don’t want to come off as rude, and since art is so subjective it can come off as nitpicky or demanding. Nobody wants to upset anybody or get in a fight, and since some artists (or even fans) can really become angry at any criticism so it’s usually highly frowned upon to give any at all unless explicitly asked for. It sucks because artists actually benefit highly from any constructive advice, especially if negative.
 
If you really want to get feedback on your work in an online environment, you absolutely have to ask for it. Nobody will ever criticize you unless you specify that you want it.
 
I feel bad that nobody came to you for criticism, and it probably would have improved your final product quite a bit if someone gave you some. There’s a reason why most of the “hoarders” are making their models similar to image above; it’s the community speaking without criticising. This happens a lot in art communities, so it unfortunately leaves the artists who would actually benefit from the criticism clueless and in the dust.
 
With all that being said, don’t let this deter you from making more models or improving on them. You are a talented artist, and you’re really generous to release the models out there like you did. All you have to do is let the community know that you’re open to their feedback, and then you’d have a finished product that both the consumers would love and you’d feel happy with releasing.

@Background Pony #4EB3  
Honestly, you didn’t have to say that they suck, the fact that you started right off the bat saying that they are crappy more than implies it. The minimal style was intentional to fit with the very minimal pony models themselves. I was happy with it, but I had no idea if the majority was happy as well with the style. I assumed the lack of feedback meant yes. It is not like I made those models for myself (if that is the case, I would be yet another artist teasing everyone with SFM images). Maybe it was my fault for not communicating my openness to feedback well enough, but it does get annoying seeing criticizing comments like your initial one when those people never came to me directly with their thoughts or concerns.

@Darpie337
 
Honestly I don’t think you should worry about whether or not you should release your own models. If even one modeller did it, the pressure would get taken off of the community and more people would release theirs while the content overall would grow like crazy. Also, people would be less thirsty for waiting on their fav artist to release another picture and really want more. In cost of impulsive commissions, you’d have a larger and more versatile community with more generosity overall. It’s hard for an artist to not do what they can to make as much cash as possible, but it’s a sacrifice that benefits the community a lot.
 
In my perspective, I think that releasing your own models is less like plagiarism but more like having hundreds of people draw your art for you. Who wouldn’t want that?
 
You’re still releasing your (although less detailed) public model and that’s pretty great. I hope you can inspire more people to do the same.

@Rubez2525  
I never said that it sucked mate. In my opinion it just needs more texturing, a little thickness/a size increase, and some more detail on the outer mesh. When you zoom in on the model, it seems to lack all of those. People have problems criticizing it because style preference is subjective, and your work is very minimalist which works for some, but not all. That’s why we need more models out there; so artists have a choice and consumers have variety. If one artist was the only author of the genitals for all pony NSFW, the whole medium would be pretty dead which is unfortunately the case for the SFM genre unless you make your own models.
 
Try looking at pictures of what equine genitals look like or your favorite artist’s depiction of pone junk, and then base it from that. It seems to be working for the other models.

@Rubez2525  
Chances are the reason behind on the lack of criticism, is because they don’t know how to give it without coming off as insulting. Alternatively, they just have trouble describing what they see wrong with it, or they don’t know what’s wrong with it, but see something off.  
I haven’t seen it, so I couldn’t say.

@Background Pony #4EB3
 
“it is objectively barebones”
 
The fun thing about that is I was asking for feedback yet no one came forward with anything, so it was real hard to know what should be added or improved upon, and so I eventually gave up and deemed my current models sufficient. It is real demotivating when everyone who contacts me just wants tech support instead of Googling things or gets pissed off because I don’t want to spend my time making their OC with it. Now I see people like you just stating how much my models suck without providing any real substance or reason behind it. I wanted to work with the community to improve upon them, but I eventually realized it was pointless to try.

@Background Pony #4EB3  
You pretty much worded that very well, and it’s true in most..if not all cases. The reason I personally don’t release my models is because it makes my work more unique and special in its own way, and doesn’t become your basic run of the mil overused models like how the pony anthro porn is over saturating everything else. It’s like asking a 2d artist to let you draw your own at exactly how they do. I have a model [Female Pony Bits] in the works for public release but other things are constantly coming up which ends up with me pushing that public release further and further away in time.
 
I see exactly where you’re coming from because I was once in your shoes, but I got so ticked off at people hording their stuff that I figured out that if you need something done, you’re best off doing it yourself, so that’s exactly what I did. And hard work payed off.
 
If you want to know what the public model [Female Pony Bits] would look like check out this pic: http://i.imgur.com/KsmjsgG.png The only thing left is flexes and proper bones to work with the model well and wont look fucky in weird positions I know people might put the ponies in.

@Rubez2525
 
Not knocking you for anything, what you released is great but it is objectively barebones.
 
It just really kneecaps new NSFW-pony SFM makers if they want to put out anything high quality or with any variety. There is an enormous amount of good quality and free models out there for pretty much every other subject you can think of (including even anthro SFM makers, who get near perfect ones with little searching) but for the specific job of trying to make “feral” work, there’s literally only your model to use and that’s it.
 
There are so many people who have their own incredible models (I can count at least 4 off the top of my head) that refuse to release them due to comi$$ion$ which makes a wierd monopoly of people who can and can’t make their own unique content. If I wanted to have “detailed” models, I would have to learn how to not only learn how to use SFM but also use Blender/ZBrush, rig it, texture it, import it, and get it to work ingame without crashing.
 
To the new guy breaking into SFM animation who wants to do it as a hobby, it’s incredibly overwhelming and not worth the effort unless they have a shit ton of time on their hands. Most people don’t, and they just either use the simple models (which gather them little to no attention) or they just don’t bother picking the hobby up. Basic as it is, I commend you for being selfless and releasing your own model. You’re seem to be literally the only person in this community who will do so, and it’s pretty awesome that you would sacrifice your own time and energy over making maximum profit. Kudos.
 
I’m not saying that all of the artists that make their own models should release them immediately, because that is entirely their prerogative to keep what they make and they have no obligation to do so. However, the model stinginess is what bars a lot of newer hobbyist animators from making anything really interesting, so it’s usually dominated by the ones of whom are all artists, coders, and animators. Other than the obvious ones, there’s a reason why there are far less feral NSFW 3d works than anthro.
 
After-all, We wouldn’t have a BlackJR if whomever made the horsecock model decided to keep it for themselves.
 
Sorry for the rant but I’m not trying to shit on your models rubez, and I feel like this really needed to be said.  
Inb4 banned for rule #0

@Background Pony #4EB3  
Hey, at least I attempted at giving you people something to work with. Before I made those “crappy” models, the only way to get anything was to suck up to someone or hope for a leak. Now, all I see are complaints about how there are no “good” models available.

@Darpie337  
Ouch… Guess I’ll have to look somewhere else. I know how the game works.
 
Your models look great though!

@Background Pony #4EB3  
They come from me :v

A bit too glossy.

God damn it, please, I want this model in VR. Aaaargh.

That butthole needs a smooch

Dear christ where are these delicious models coming from??? All I can find are those crappy default ones that look like a saggy teardrop wearing a bagel as a hat.
 
I know that the owners usually want to keep theirs private for maximum commission $$$, but dammit us plebs need some good ones too.

Oooooooh~ Yummy 3D work!

@Clopahontas  
Added on things to do later

Shiny.

This is the level of detail the toys should have.
 
Actually, it needs a tail dock.

Dock is missing. Apart from that that’s probably the best 3D horse junk I’ve ever seen.

I want to fill up her insides!

Dat ponut.