I need some modeling work done, but have some questions...

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There is an old Macintosh game I’d like to remake or make one similar to it and I would need some character models w/ animations and textures made. I am not an artist by any means, so doing it myself is not an option.

I would need two human models, one is the player, the other is a mummy (think Egypt), a monkey (not sure of the species yet), a lioness, cobra, rat, spider, and a scorpion. Not as many characters as most current games, but still quite a bit. I’ve seen the sites out there that have 3D models for sale, but the quality is just not that good.

So, what I’d like to know is what could I expect to pay for these models? What is reasonable for the artist to ask for? This would not be a commercial game, so no dreams of giant royalty checks. It would have to be a one-time payment.

I’m about to start on the game engine, so this is going to be down the road quite a bit. I don’t even know what file format I’ll be using for models or whether I’ll be animating them with software (what I’d like to do) or using a file format with animated models.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

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This thread might help you:-
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=160359

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do you want the models to come with animations already. and if you were to use other peoples models you would have to make the game free (wich is what i recommend.) and also do you know how to use the game engine.

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I would advise posting your full idea in the Game Engine section.

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I’m making my own engine, so I’m not sure that will help.

Thanks. That gives me some idea of what to expect.