Developing a character from scratch is one option. Another one is to use a base mesh. We’ve developed few packs you could use for that purpose.
Why to use human body base mesh?
Using the base mesh shall obviously reduce the time needed to develop a character. The math and logic behind this decision is pretty simple — if you pay for a base mesh less than you charge for the time you would spend developing it — you win :)
Now let’s take a look at few Q & A posted on different forums.
Q: “I am just wondering does the industry use base meshs for every project they have or with each project do they create new head models and new bodies for each project?
I am just wondering does the industry use base meshs for every project they have or with each project do they create new head models and new bodies for each project?”
A: “You’re expected to do what’s most practical. Why wouldn’t you be allowed to re-use head meshes and so on?”
Q: “Hi so iv been in a certain workflow for a while where i will take the human body base mesh from Mudbox and use that as a jumping off point to sculpt a character from it, and then move into Maya for retopo, i’m wondering if that an okay thing to do in the industry? or should i create my own base mesh before creating my characters?”
A: “Yes, it’s okay.”
A: “Yes”
A: “…when you are working for bigger projects/company, it’s 99% of the time from basemesh they will provide you. Especially human-like characters.”
Why to use base mesh packs?
Maybe you need to create just a single character. In that case, you won’t need to purchase the whole pack. But still, often you’ll need to create more than 1 character and they should have the same style. Therefore, it would be wise to use base meshes from the same author (group).
In this article, you could see 10 human body base meshes we’ve created. You can purchase all of them separately, or buy them as packs (standard, fat, muscular, all 10 models), with a significant discount.
Let’s close this article with few more wise words from the forum.
“As a solo dev I always try to take advantage of exiting assets when possible to save time. I’m trying to build entire games, not just models.”
