Alrighty, so a friend suggested I ask online about pricing, so here we go.  I have a ship that I'm wanting to put up for sale on this site or DAZ3d.com.  The Lore that I have for this ship is she's an old military surplus ship turned into an all around merc group's home.  So lots of guns, lots of gizmos, lots of chances for upgrades and customization.  I only have one real setup going, but right now all I'm asking is what would you pay for this ship, if you wanted to buy it?

(Its the big one in the middle.  LAAT from Starwars Republic Heros, and the Madcat is from this site's freeby section.  Please note:  Some of the details on the textures may differ, they are from succeeding generations.)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b164/Soukonoung/ValkyrieRose_zpsd469e6e6.png

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b164/Soukonoung/ValkyrieRose2_zps694494f5.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b164/Soukonoung/ValkyrieRose_zps6926097c.jpg

Features:  Six turrets w/ four cannons each and a trio of rocket pods.  Five entries into the interior:  One of which is the dorsal airlock.(Not currently built atm.  Will need further funds and computer resources to make that.)  160 missile tubes.  Each missile door opens, though they are clustered together in twos and threes for ease of rigging and posing.  Twin gatling style auto cannons, battleship caliber.  Two railguns.  (Future projects for this include:  A magnetic harpoon cable launcher, drones, ammunition casings and full rounds, the interior for obvious reasons, as well as anything else anyone can suggest.) 

It also features articulated thruster assemblies for animation/posing.  Also comes with free spotlights and thruster exhaust textures.

I can see this project of mine being offered upwards of 25 dollars.  (I don't want to be too greedy to make it unaffordable, but I want some good return on my 10,000+ hours on the concept and 300 hours actual work time.  I've been working on the concept since 2001, and have been through six software programs with it.)

I would appreciate any suggestions made on this one for future additions/alterations, etc. etc.  If you, the customer, want something added onto the ship, and want to pay for it and the ship too, I'll gladly make it. 

I'd look in the marketplace here on rendo for some ideas on pricing. There are a lot up there. Do a search for sci-fi and a lot will come up  Some of my favs are by Simon3D, CoftikGnorg, cyberdenko and others.

-AniMajik

If they can sell elite ponytail hair for $29.99 at some stores (which btw is on fastgrab, and can be reduced with a sharecg coupon to $3.99....teehee!), then you can sell this ship for $24.99!  The thing you need to consider is that "I believe" only 1/4 of customers will probably buy it at actual cost, and most will wait for a sale.  (I typically always wait for a sale)  This is how this market works.  So knowing that....your price in a 30% off sale would hit $17.49 or so.  You need to decide if that is OK with you.

I would also highly recommend getting some GOOD promo renders!  Maybe offer it to a couple of skilled artists free for good render promos?

BTW, does it have anything on the bottom where a smaller ship or land-craft can board? (like a sloping down platform/hatch?)  Any landing gear?

This will be helpful to you!

http://www.renderosity.com/news.php?viewStory=13759

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Best of luck to you!!

3doutlaw, for your answers, yes it does.  Two ramps actually.  One in front for large land craft/cargo ALA Serenity, and a smaller troop hatch/ramp/airlock thing in the rear of the bottom deck for well, personnel.  Also makes it handy for 'airdrops' for troops with jetpacks and such.  And landing gear, forgot to mention that.  It has six feet that drop straight down.  (Didn't have the know-how to make them more articulated when I had made them.)

Donnena, thank you very much.  That'll help alot.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b164/Soukonoung/Valk_Rotate_zpsflek0pvn.gif

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b164/Soukonoung/Valkyrie_Activate_zpsviyj1ayq.gif

Sorry, no really good shots of the underbelly just yet.  (I still have some work to do on whats behind the lower doors.

For reference, the bottom gif shows all the things that are movable on the dorsal side of the ship's hull.  From missile pods, to the docking ring and magnetic clamps aft of the bridge dome, to the turrets and main guns.  Some additional features include:  Basic weapon effects, from lasers and spotlights to muzzle flash geometry and bullets.  All rigged.  As you can see from the gif, each of the main engine nacelle nozzles are animatable, featuring multiple axis of manuverability for extra manuverability in combat.

I think I will have to have some people take this model for specialty rendors.  My computer can't handle it in anything other than MAX.