# How do you make a custom 3rd person player from scratch

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-custom-3rd-person-player-from-scratch/335357>\
**Category:** Character & Animation\
**Tags:** model, Importing, unreal-engine, custom, question\
**Created:** [October 15, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-custom-3rd-person-player-from-scratch/335357 "2015-10-15T06:26:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Valtno.Dark](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Valtno.Dark](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Valtno.Dark)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-custom-3rd-person-player-from-scratch/335357/1 "2015-10-15T06:26:24Z")

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Hey there, i’m new, and i made a non human character with a skeleton in cinema 4d and i want to know if there’s a tutorial on making it into a player for 3rd person

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**Author:** ![TJ\_V](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/tj_v/32/1008648_2.png) [@TJ\_V](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/TJ_V)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-custom-3rd-person-player-from-scratch/335357/2 "2015-10-15T19:53:55Z")

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Hi Valno,

Here is a video tutorial playlist that explains how to create a custom 3rd person project.

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Cheers,

TJ