Which model collection would you prefer? Thread

Hi people, I'm an experienced 3D artist (9+ years working in the game industry) and lately I've been thinking on start a crowdfunding campaign to create a collection of good looking character models for indie developers.

I'm thinking on a polygon budget about 2500-3000 tris, to the models be usable on mobile devices, but they still have detail enough to look nice on PC or console games, so the idea is that the collection be really versatile.

If the campaign is successful I'll create the collection and the backers will obtain it (or just the models that they choose) at a very good price, but before start the campaign, I'd like to make a poll here to see which kind of models are more demanded for the developers.

My first option is a collection of medieval characters, because I already have a old one available for purchase on Turbosquid and it work pretty good on sales, but the other options would be:

• Soldiers WWII
• Soldiers (modern)
• Zombies and zombie hunters
• Romans
• Normal people
• Orcs

Any feedback or more options for other collections are welcome as well

BTW: you can see a sample of my work on my online portfolio, so you can have a more clear idea about the quality that would have the character collection if the campaign is successfully.

There are literally no proper ww2 soldier packs any where. That would be a good start.

Thanks for your comment figalot, Hi again guys, I posted this same Poll in few more forums and WW2 soldiers is one of the less voted collections. I had 49 votes in total so far, for now the results are these: medieval characters 9Soldiers WWII 3Soldiers (modern) 9Zombies and zombie hunters 13Romans 4Normal people 10Orcs 1 So at the moment the thing is between Zombies/Zombie Hunters and Normal People, I'll wait few days more before take a final decision, just in case I get some more votes which change the situation.

Well, I'd say something more generic, since it's a way easier to modify to suit one's needs. Anyway, why you don't take cartoon graphics into account?

I clearly vote for Medieval Characters, though the zombie stuff is interesting too.

Finally I found some time to organize the campaign, I created a specific new thread

Hi again guys, it has been a week since I've started the campaign. All this time I got decent traffic (specially keeping in mind that I just promote the campaign on sites directly related with game development), I had some good feedback on forums, a lot of likes on facebook, etc... but the campaign has't taken off, it raised $0 so far I guess that this campaign is already a lost cause, but I'd like at least to learn with this experience, to make the things better if in the future I start any similar project.So what do you think? which is the problem? I know that it is difficult to get funds for any project through crowdfunding, but I thought that at least I'd get to raise $1000 or $2000 (in fact I won't got that amount, because I will only receive funds if at least the goal is reached and the final result would be the same), but I didn't got even a single backer in one week, so I think that there is a big issue with this campaing, and I'm curious to know your opinion.

• Directly there is no market for this kind of stuff?
• The quality of the models is not enough?
• Models are too highpoly for mobile?
• Models are too lowpoly for PC/console?
• Models are too expensive? if so, which do you think that would be a fair price for this collection?
• Others?

Edited by: tutxinho