I am the head of animation and VFX at a small production house. Our pipelines are Houdini and C4D based, but we need to use Blender for a project and have very little experience with Blender. Our 3D team has experience with animation in Maya and have more or less figured out how to animate the assets we have acquired for this project, but we are struggling with some aspects, and in particular how to effectively get our animations exported successfully for use with crowd sims in Houdini.
What I am looking for is someone with an in-depth understanding of Blender and have used it in tandem with Houdini. We are in pre-production for a late january shoot, with post-production taking place throughout February. Ideally it would be someone who could be available for reasonably responsive troubleshooting throughout this period, who could lend assistance through video calls, text chats, and file sharing as needed. Open to additional help in the form of working on actual shots though that is not a must. Open to discussing payment structure for this kind of arrangement, prepared to pay fair market rates commensurate with experience levels.
Is there a better place to look for assistance? Thanks in advance!