BSG-23: We help with characters

[pinchy417]

Some of you have read the rough draft of stories involving the Battlestar Olympia in the forum. Those serve as the backbone to the up coming video iPod series being created mainly by me. I do have a couple friends enlisted helping with other production tasks like writing, composing an original score and voice overs, but there is quite a bit of work to do yet in casting.


Here is what we need help with:

1) Voice acting
2) Character Modelling & texturing. We actually have some naked faces from make human we like, but they need flight suits and hair. We are not going to do any lip sync or full character shots for series 1. Maybe for series 2 for 2008
3) Help with ship textures (really editing what we got to fit our needs)
4) General animation of battle scenes. (Vipers v. raiders, etc "Stock footage" we can use over and over again. We have all the pieces we need them put together.)
5) Lighting consultant. Generally I get blasted for my lighting skills...or lack there of, so those of you that know 3D lighting and blender.

Project Details:

6 - 8 Webisodes in video iPod format [5 - 10 min each] (although everything is being rendered 1920x1080 HD)
3D Application: Blender 3D
Compositing Application: Shake
3D Effects: Blender 3D/Effects Lab Pro
Editing: Final Cut Pro 4.5HD

Writers: 2
Animators: 2
Modellers: 1
Texturers: 2 helping
Composers: 1

We are getting to the point now where we could use some help to meet our production goals. We need some animated scenes of vipers shooting at cylons etc. All models needed are currently at blendergalactica.com and we are using Blender 3D as the primary application.

You don't have to render the animations, we can handle that through BlenderXgrid and Respower.

We also have a promising composer already hard at work on the music. We already have the theme song and some other works. Also, all of the low poly models are available freely to all. So with Blender being free, anyone with a little time can help. All we need are the packed blend files.

Some of the voice parts we need filled:

Major Barret Grant - XO (Not Casted)
Lt. Trajan Rhodes - Watch Officer

Captain Levi "Aten" Miller - CAG (Not casted)
Lt. Julianna "Jewels" McMillan - Pilot/flight instructor
Major "Stubby" Loren - Reserve Pilot
Lt. Charles "Charmer" Brackov - Pilot
Ensign Kelly "Slate" Kraikos - Pilot

Governor Maxell - Governor of Aquaria
Andreas (m) - Political Advisor
Anatolia (f) - Andreas' mistress and confidant.

[Endeavour]

I could probably help with the music if your composer needed help. Other than that, though, no luck.

[Andrew March]

There's no details on what kind of payment/compensation you are offering.

[pinchy417]

Our budget is a meager USD 1200, but quite a bit of that is being eaten up with purchasing sound effects and rendering time. The regular production staff members right now are all volunteer, but we're running contests through blendergalactica.com on texturing models and other things with prizes between $25 - $50.

We're in our major production push at the moment and I'll know exactly where we stand at the end of the month in terms of budget. But the voice actors are all getting their choice of iTunes or Amazon gift cards in the $50 - 75 range.

Getting the characters modelled is a priority for season 2, but if we don't get there for this production run....we're not going to push it. For season two, our production budget will probably double to the $3000 mark which we will be hiring out some work to improve the models and create new ones.