Weapon Animator Needed

DarkForge is looking for an animator to help get us moving! (Okay, bad pun... it's almost 2am as I write this.)

My husband Lucius Baxton and I are the owners/creators of DarkForge - a (mostly medieval) weapons business. We've been open since December 26th, 2008, and business is going better than we could have hoped for. We considered ourselves to be lucky if we were making 1 weapon sale per week after we'd been open a couple months. Instead sales started right off the bat, and thus far we're averaging 6 per week.

We have a handful of animations, but know that good animations are an integral part of the draw of a good weapon - not just the scripts and appearance... people want to look good while using it too! Unfortunately there's a major lack of quality animations available in the marketplace that would suit our needs.

We're looking to hire someone to create animations to our specifications (though we will allow for a lot of creativity on your part), who is interested in working with us on a long term basis, as we will require more animations in the future. The Darkforge animator will receive advertising in our store and on our website, as well as being listed on the info card included with all of our products. They will also be mentioned in our product ads on XStreetSL, and in our classified ad. We are willing to pay either per animation or a reasonable comission of sales. We do not require the animations to be exclusive to DarkForge.

Our Current need:

Single Right Handed Blade
- Draw & Sheath from/to left hip
- Draw & Sheath from/to back (over left shoulder)
- 3 different attack animations
- Ready stance when drawn

Dual Blades
- Draw & Sheath from/to left & right hips
- Draw & Sheath from/to back (over shoulders)
- Draw & Sheath from/to lower back
- 3 different attack animations (1 per blade)
- Ready stance when drawn

Dagger
- Draw & Sheath from/to hip
- Draw & Sheath from/to lower leg
- Draw & Sheath from/to left upper arm
- 3 different attack animations
- Ready stance when drawn

2-Handed Blade
- Draw & Sheath from/to left hip
- Draw & Sheath from/to back (over left shoulder)
- 3 different attack animations
- Ready stance when drawn

Future Needs: Animations for Bows, Crossbows, Wrist-Mounted Crossbows, Polearms, Axes, Warhammers, Staffs, Dual Daggers, Sais, Katanas, and eventually, Magic casting items.

Animation permissions must be at least copy/transfer, and will never be sold as is. They will ONLY be sold as part of our creations. Animations should be of a reasonable speed. Not so fast you completely miss the animation, but not too slow either. A slowly aninmated weapon will not sell as well as one that looks speedy.

If you think this sounds like something you're interested in doing and are able to do, please send me a notecard (sorry, my IM's cap a lot) and include your name, the best time to get ahold of you, a price quote for our current needs list as well as any expectations on your part. Must be able to show us examples of your work.

Thank you for your time.

Nedria Cyr