Rigging characters for money, how much?
polycounter lvl 18
I've been asked if i could rig some characters for a "mod", and i have no clue how much money i should ask for. Just wondering what a freelance artist would charge for a simple rig job? (5 characters for now).
Thanks.
Thanks.
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To get a good feel you will have to know how long its going to take you to do a standard character.
Then just work out what they would pay you at McDonalds and aim higher than that to feel good about it.
But seriously, calculate what you would like to be payed an hour and then add a little time to make up for fixes that may need to be done and remember to include any taxes.
Thats exactly what everyone else is doing, so unless your aiming to drop prices to get a foot in the door, your prices should come out reasonable.
I mean £50 by Rick per Model is actually a very fair price, but in Canadian Dollar, that comes out rather expensive.
Often can mean better skilled people for the job are often a little too much. Personally, I would suggest a price-range. You won't attract any serious freelancer, but tbh most of them charge way to much because they're used to ripping off companies that can afford it.
I would say, on adverage just Skinning models doesn't take too long. Especially if your used to it.
Normal Humanoid, generally most guys have a template ready. So your looking at 1-2hours. For more unique beasties, then your probably looking at 4-5hours.
I'd say Dave is right, charge just above fast food pay (that's what $10/hour there? so like $12) and multiply it by how complex you believe the model is (2 or 4).
So like $25 for Human, $50 for Complex. Seems fair enough, and would attract some people who have some skill but aren't quite professional. This said these people are sometimes better.
As if you talk to them before hand and get someone who's friendly. They will often be happy to tweak things while working on everything else without any extra charge. As they learn you'll end up with better stuff.
I'd also suggest trying over at the S2 Mercenary forum, there are a few guys iching to do some Characters. So you might be able to get one or two who want something to do in the mean time.
I dont think he's willing to pay 25$ for each characters so i'm guessing half of that would fit his budget better.
Still I wouldn't be asking what the market price is. You need to know YOUR costs of an hour of work. Taking into account how much money you need to pay your monthly bills and break it down to an hourly wage. Add taxes and backup to it and so on. That's the only number that you need. If you get more per hour, good for you. If you get less you better have an additional reason to do it.
You can't base your price off the international market with such huge wage differences.
Also don't throw such unspecific questions on the table when asking for prices
So depending on what you're reason for taking up the job is, you can decide accordingly.
Some people charge a day rate
That information is available on glassdoor where you can check by role and experience.
You'd have to consider accounting for taxes, insurance, license costs in addition to living expenses. Also look at how much you'd need for vacation time (since that is unpaid in most freelance arrangements)
Not that I freelance anymore, I'm too old