Hi Everyone,
I'm looking for collaborators on a large monster prop that will end up in haunted houses (and possibly films and theme parks, eventually). My company has built and sold one prop already and we'd like to expand our product line by swapping out the head and hands with variants. This is akin to the head swap technique in video games (Figure 1). Those artists selected will sculpt the variant parts, become part owners of the new product, and will get royalties on every product sold.
Figure 1
We've completed a 6 foot tall (hunched in Figure 2) functional
animatronic figure, along with a separate head, hands, and feet. The
next variant can be YOUR design and you will be paid based on how well
your design sells. There's no income limit for you - it could earn you
money for the rest of your life (and I'll be working hard to ship
these). Additionally, we will provide a list of collaborators on our
website along with what pieces you've done. This will give you
recognition and drive some business to you, as well. I'll also add that
this prop is using a highly functional new electronic system designed
in-house to advance the technology of haunt animatronics. It is sure to
make waves - haunt owners and collaborators already on board are very
excited to see this play out.
The prop arms will be sculpted to mid-forearm where the diameter
(length across that part of the arm) should be around 7 inches. length
from fingertip (or tentacletip - design whatever you want) to
mid-forearm should be around 18 inches. The head should be about 20
inches in diameter. We'll work out the details together before any work
begins.
The large prop will look best if it blends in well with the body we've
already finished. Figure 2 will give you a sense of scale and Figure 3
is a closeup of the texture in the neck area. The two sculptors that
worked on it intentionally made it abstract enough to lead into
different types of characters (it could be swamp monster vines, lava
monster scales, veins and scars of a battle-hardened orc, and so on).
Figure 2
Figure 3
What I'm asking from you, if you're interested, is to send me a link to
a portfolio or some attached images of work you've done. Also include a
few sketches (rough&conceptual is fine) of what you intend to
sculpt for us. A handful of entries will be selected to sculpt their
proposed piece(s). I can't ask EVERY applicant to go ahead because
there's a lot of work involved with getting your piece into our
inventory and you into our payment system. Once the piece is received
by us - and if it's at the same quality as the other pieces in your
portfolio - we'll mold it and send a casting back to you to keep.
You can sculpt just the head for the large prop, or 2 different left
hands, as many pieces as you want ...each component has an associated
royalty fee that will be paid to you when that variant sells. The
royalty paid to you on each sale will be a percentage of the selling
price, but at the moment it looks like the royalties will be somewhere
in this area:
head: $150
hands: $80
It will take me a few years to get there, but my target sales level is
20 of these props per year. So sculpt a head and arms and if a quarter
of the props sold use your design, you'll get $1100.00 every year. I've
drafted documentation and will have a face to face meeting with the
group of collaborators already working on this. After I get numbers
they're happy with I'll run it through my lawyer and accountant and
it'll all be official.
This is a great opportunity for establishing a passive income for
yourself, gaining some worthwhile publicity, and adding something
topnotch to your portfolio.
I'm posting this to several places on the web, so please help me keep it organized by contacting me directly:
derekatronic(at)gmail.com
Please contact me for more details or just send your idea!
- Derek
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