Estimated Cost for conversion of a fully rigged 3D model?

[Stuhl]

I am curious about the cost and time involved for this, when I was searching through the forums there where only time estimates for characters from scratch. I would be interessted in the cost and work involved for someone experienced with the process to convert 2 fully rigged and textured model, including facial rigs, to a functioning base with only idle animation.

I feel confident about doing the other 54 animation exports, but skipping this step would hugely reduce my resources and might be worth commissioning.

Also as this is often part of the discussion, we have no issue with those characters being part of the workshop and being used by the community including commercial use, however we would not allow rebranding as they are part of our own Youtube Channel and we do own the copyright on their design.

[Mystix]

Maybe try one of the following forums (depending on your model type) to see if you can find someone that may be able to help you with it:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/274920/discussions/6/
http://steamcommunity.com/app/274920/discussions/8/

[Stuhl]

thanks Ill move the psot there :)

[FurRiffic]

Added note with the above:
3D: takes longer / is more expensive to make, but has more features
2D: is faster / easier / cheaper (possible to be done yourself even if you have an image of your avatar with the right layers set up), but requires the Live2D DLC, and doesn't have all features (for example no props and you can't turn the avatar)

So yes, it depends on what your needs / wants are what to go for.

Also to give you an idea of the costs, maybe this post will help:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/274920/discussions/6/487877107146081606/#c451848854978714735
It's an estimate by one person of course, some people might be able to do it quicker, other take longer, and it also depends on the difficulty / style of the avatar.

Another 3D artist, should you want to ask questions about time and stuff:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/zefnoly/myworkshopfiles/?appid=274920

(EDIT: Had to un-delete the topic so I could post this, sorry :P )

[Stuhl]

First of thanks for the quick response at 1am in the morning, go sleepless developers haha

I will check with the 3D artist you posted but I also feel like I was not clear.

I have 2 fully rigged 3D models, including the facial rig, with mapped uvs, textures, etc. I am looking for a estimate only for the the conversion to a functioning base with the idle animation. So basically the renaming of the different aspects of the model, the conversion of the textures to the tga format, possible some fixing of orientations and scaling. This represents a tiny fraction of the process, but I can't judge the time this would take for someone experienced with the process. The quality or style should not be a factor. The biggest varialbe to my understanding would the amount of materials but even that is below average and already retitled.

As a 3D animator I feel confident about creating the indivdual animations, and I could do al lthe above msyelf but the research as well as trial and error would not be a factor for someone experienced with the process and might be worth skipping.

[FurRiffic]

1. It's 10.42 (am) for me / us (EU-based devs / mod), so not that sleepless :P
2. Indeed, I misunderstood that part, but I hope it does give a bit of an idea.
3. I will also link this topic here, as it gives information of the rigging / importing process, and do know that for a sucessfull import, the only required animation is the "idle" animation, which could just be static, or be whatever movement you want it to be:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/274920/discussions/6/485622866436709756/

(And just to be clear, I'm only a mod, not a developer, not part of Holotech Studios at all)

[Noldo]

https://facerig-custom-character.net/
if you want a 2D character :)

[Stuhl]

It says 3D in the title and it's posted in the 3D section haha I already have a 2D facerig avatar

[Stuhl]

Also I don't mean to be rude but your asking price is 5 times what other freelancers will charge