Raise character limits and document optional Blender MCP

docs/3d-model-review.md

@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ severity, explicit verdict) rather than an opinion pass:
 | Props, gear, foliage | `prop-artist`, `hard-surface`, `vegetation-artist` | Silhouette read, bevel/chamfer language, collision proxies, carded foliage |
 | Look and verdict | `lookdev`, `qa-review` | Day/night beauty captures, ship / ship-with-notes / no-ship verdict |
 
-Project contract and gates stay authoritative; see `AGENTS.md` §Local Blender skills. The skills
-assume Blender MCP, which this project does not use: everything below came from the headless
-`tools/blender_assets.py` / `tools/npc_pipeline.py` pipelines plus the Godot capture harnesses.
+Project contract and gates stay authoritative; see `AGENTS.md` §Local Blender skills. Blender MCP
+is optional interactive tooling (see [`blender-mcp.md`](blender-mcp.md)); this review's evidence
+came from the headless `tools/blender_assets.py` / `tools/npc_pipeline.py` pipelines plus the
+Godot capture harnesses, so it remains reproducible without MCP.
 
 ## What was captured and measured (2026-11-03)
 
@@ -63,14 +64,14 @@ with the runtime 4× fabric repeat).
 | `npc_crowd_b` | 4,734 / 4,353 | 1.809 / +0.000 | 7 | 107–118 | 434–439 | Contract pass; crowd prototype |
 | `npc_crowd_c` | 5,674 / 5,440 | 1.824 / +0.000 | 7 | 76–83 | 317 | Contract pass; crowd prototype |
 | `npc_crowd_d` | 5,814 / 5,300 | 1.856 / +0.000 | 7 | 92–106 | 377–381 | Contract pass; crowd prototype |
-| `npc_base` (fallback) | 1,204 / 2,488 | 1.836 / +0.000 | 5 | 70.1–72.9 | 4× on fabric | Contract pass; far below its 6,000/4,000 cap |
+| `npc_base` (fallback) | 1,204 / 2,488 | 1.836 / +0.000 | 5 | 70.1–72.9 | 4× on fabric | Contract pass; compact fallback under the 16,000/16,000 cap |
 
 Blender-side `inspect` counts can differ by ±1 vertex from the glTF accessor count in `audit`
 (normal-split rounding); both are recorded and neither changes a verdict.
 
 Readings:
 
-- Every character is inside 8,000/8,000 with the farthest at 5,474 tris (68% of budget) and 5,494
+- Every character is inside 16,000/16,000 with the farthest well below the new cap and 5,494
   verts (69%), so there is headroom for targeted topology detail without a cap change.
 - Surface area tracks clothing volume: the firefighter coat is the largest body (4.28 m²) and has
   the lowest authored density; `npc_casual` is the smallest (2.44 m²) and the highest.
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ owner review decides.
    brow ridge, a fuller lower lip and both eyelids (upper + lower); recessed creases (nasolabial,
    temple, chin cleft) were rejected because they bake as dark AO patches. Vision-reviewed: the new
    face reads cleaner and more realistic than the old (set-in eyes, brow break, lip volume, no
-   faceting); tris 4,482 → 5,038 (still under 8,000). The other seven variants keep the old face
+   faceting); tris 4,482 → 5,038 (still under 16,000). The other seven variants keep the old face
    until this prototype is approved.
 2. **No pose/weight evidence (unknown).** Idle, walk, sit, block and turn deformation has never been
    captured as a review set, so shoulder/hip/neck collapse is unmeasured. Cheap to add and it