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You have a .bbmodel. This page gets it walking around your server.

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1. Drop the file in

Place your model in:
The filename (without .bbmodel) is your model’s name from now on. fire_golem.bbmodel is the model fire_golem.

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2. Reload

Two things happen at once:
  • The resource pack is rebuilt with your model’s shapes and textures inside.
  • A mob is auto-registered for your model in Mobs/mobs.yml (as a pig base), so it’s immediately spawnable. See My First Mob for making that mob your own.
The console confirms both: watch for the pack generation progress and the Loaded N mob(s) line.

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3. Apply the resource pack

Your players’ clients need the generated pack to see the model. It’s written to:
For testing, apply it manually to your own client. For production, send it as your server resource pack or host it with your usual pack setup. [Image here: The generated build folder and the resource pack applied in the Minecraft client’s pack screen]

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4. See it in the world

[Image here: The custom model standing in-game, freshly spawned] There it is. If you see the base entity instead of your model, the resource pack isn’t applied on your client, that’s the cause in nearly every case.

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Updating a model

Edited your model in Blockbench? Overwrite the file in models/, run /nme reload, and re-apply the freshly generated pack. Newly spawned mobs use the updated model.

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Next step

A static model is only half the fun: Animating Your Model.