its not that simple to just "create" a new 3d model , that shit literally just took more time than making the game itself , and most devs dont have the skills to do it
and even if they can , they can alway spend those skills for a big company and not waste it on porngames that make much much less $$
I'm pretty good with creating new models, which is most often just taking a pre-packaged one off the shelf, and then making some adjustments. Although I have made some from scratch in the past, and you are right. That takes a great deal of time...to do one from scratch. In actuality, I created the two "clones" from scratch, and THAT actually took even longer, because now, you are talking about making them look like someone specific.
The reason that I chose the "D" character, and the Tyrant chick, is that, as a game player, I liked the way they looked. I guess I look at it like they are actresses, and they are now taking on another role. As far as the original post that you were responding to goes (ie. "where is the passion"), if I didn't like doing this, I wouldn't be doing it. I have actually been that guy who was working for big companies and pulling in big money. Not in game programming, but in other types of programming. I don't mean this as an insult to that person, but show me someone that functions on "passion," and I'll show you somebody who is always broke. As I said, I like doing this, or I wouldn't be doing this. Besides, my motives are nobody else's business really.
