I'm releasing an open source project in a few weeks, but I kind of forgot that the main model that I use for it is copyrighted and I'm not allowed to distribute it. And without a model the project is useless. Basically what i need are a few (2-3) detailed(nothing unreal-3 like, but still good looking) character models(Maya). Or just the same model with a few different textures. How much could I expect to pay for such assets? The model would either have to be unrigged, or rigged with an existing skeleton that i could supply in a Maya file. A custom rig is useless to me due to the nature of my project. Anyone got a price range? And perhaps some urls for sites that sell models? Ps, Sorry, never been to this forum before and didn't see anything related to this very post from a quick overview. And I can't figure out how to search only in a specific forum :o EDIT: I've been looking around, and it seems that everything I find (either free or for sale) has HIGHLY complicated rigs, and that most of them tout their rigs as the main selling point. I don't even need a rig. Also it seems that 90% of what I find are cartoony looking models.. I want at least semi-realistic models, allthough a LITTLE cartoony feeling wouldn't hurt. [Edited by - bjarnia on April 12, 2008 9:06:01 PM]

http://www.axyz-design.com/axyz-design-3d-humans-characters-metropoly2-tpose.php
This is EXACTLY what I need. Except they have an EXTREMELY tight licence. I need to be free to distribute the model along with my software (in a proprietary format)