Forum: DAZ|Studio


Subject: Pricing question: A rigged high detail ship.

Angel_Natavi opened this issue on Nov 20, 2014 · 7 posts


Angel_Natavi posted Thu, 20 November 2014 at 12:06 AM

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.)

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

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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. 

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