Creation of historical characters

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• Richard Haseltine Posts: 109,219

  November 2016

  Moved to the Commons as it isn't a Product Suggestion.

  You need to check the content EULA - most people here are using the Daz figures, or other pre-made figures, so they can't just modify the figure and sell you a license to use it. Morph 3D may be a better bet as that does sell content for Unity developers www.morph3d.com
• nonesuch00 Posts: 18,795

  November 2016 edited November 2016

  Well some historical characters, unless they are used in a satirical or editorial type context will be illegal for you to use because their estates have turned their named likeness into product commodities. Albert Einstein and Marilynn Monroe being the most famous examples. So those two people you can use a likeness all you want but you can't use their names in association with those likenesses without a satirical or an editorial context (in the USA).

  Otherwise, if you have a good enough photograph, you just use OneClick (when it comes to the DAZ Store) at $39 or your use FaceGen Pro (about $140). With those products you probably then can hire a professional to finish by modifying character textures and hair out of the DAZ Store for $500 or less plus the cost of the original DAZ Store products. If they need to model new clothing, new hair, or new textures expect to pay a lot more.

  If only paintings or line etchings are available of the historical characters you want to copy, example: George Washington, then you can hire a 3D modeler that will turn the Genesis 3 Male to look like George Washington for about $1500. That does not include clothing or hair modeling or creation of unique textures the likeness would need.

  So all in all, about $3000 or more per likeness shouldn't surprise you, if you can find a 3D artist willing to do those for you.

  Post edited by nonesuch00 on November 2016