03-31-2007 08:12
What I have is a slightly unusual request. I've searched for Dwarf (ie ala fantasy genre Dwarf) avatars but had little luck. As such as I'm willing to commission the creation of a Dwarf for a negotiable fee to account for the amount of work required and so-on.

Okay, this Dwarf is required to be a re-creation of a Dwarf from a now rather dated game, for which I intend to create updated sprite images using an SL avatar and custom poses to create the sprites I require. One of the reasons being how easy it is for me to add props and lighting to the avatar as required by the animations.

What I am after is an avatar which resembles a Myth 2: Soulblighter (Demo here if you want) Dwarf as closely as possible, but with more detail.

Here is an image from one of the pre-game pictures which shows you one in action:


My requirements from this are:
  1. As close to that picture as possible
  2. Clothes should be brightly coloured; that is a bright colour (e.g CYAN) for the tunic, a different bright colour (e.g BLUE) for the trousers and a different colour for the beard (e.g MAGENTA). This is used for dynamic colours in-game. The gloves/boots should just be brown and the skin a regular skin-tone. The bright colours should NOT be used anywhere else on the avatar, so if one of them is RED it would rule out any brown items, cyan, blue and magenta should suffice.
  3. Dwarf is unarmed, that is he will not be wearing the satchel on his back or carrying the flaming bottle
  4. The hat is not required though welcome as a separate attachment
  5. Should not require custom animations, it does not matter if the Dwarf is not the correct height in SL so long as the proportions are correct.


SL specific requirements:
  1. Full-mod so I can make any changes required for a given animation. Any textures used as well if the colours come from them (ie if I want to re-colour something but wouldn't be able to because of a texture)
  2. Full-copy so I can keep spares for when I inevitably wreck it by accident, or so I can keep previous variations handy
  3. Transfer rights are not required, I do not intend to use it in-world except for myself
  4. Exclusive rights are not required, a grace period before releasing the product would however be a bonus, hopefully giving me time to incorporate it into my work before it hits SL should the creator choose to sell it on


If you wish to inquire about accepting this offer, to make a preliminary quote, please IM me in world. If you have a lot to say please drop a notecard on my profile and IM me and say what you named it.
I would like very much to receive samples of previous work, or even a mock-up if you are able. Mock-ups of course are preferable as I really need an idea if the finished product will be of an acceptable standard before I can consider paying anything. I am however a shop-owner and will pay if the price is reasonable, be aware that your initial estimate is what I go by so please do not short-change yourself by guessing low and then finding it a mammoth task, as I really don't like costs rising from what I'm told they'll be :)

Also, please do have fun. While I would like the result to resemble the image and requirements as far as possible, I am open to a bit of creativity and extra detail is always welcome so long as the result is still identifiable as the request :)
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