AndEngine Tutorial: Rotation in 3D

/* Create the face and add it to the scene. */
		final Sprite face = new Sprite(centerX, centerY, this.mFaceTextureRegion) {
			@Override
			protected void applyRotation(final GL10 pGL) {
				/* Disable culling so we can see the backside of this sprite. */
				GLHelper.disableCulling(pGL);
				
				final float rotation = this.mRotation;

				if(rotation != 0) {
					final float rotationCenterX = this.mRotationCenterX;
					final float rotationCenterY = this.mRotationCenterY;

					pGL.glTranslatef(rotationCenterX, rotationCenterY, 0);
					/* Note we are applying rotation around the y-axis and not the z-axis anymore! */
					pGL.glRotatef(rotation, 0, 1, 0);
					pGL.glTranslatef(-rotationCenterX, -rotationCenterY, 0);
				}
			}

			@Override
			protected void drawVertices(final GL10 pGL, final Camera pCamera) {
				super.drawVertices(pGL, pCamera);

				/* Enable culling as 'normal' entities profit from culling. */
				GLHelper.enableCulling(pGL);
			}
		};
		face.addShapeModifier(new LoopShapeModifier(new RotationModifier(6, 0, 360)));
		scene.getTopLayer().addEntity(face);