Community Character Decision! (Patreon)

Alright, after literally hours of thinking and reviewing our discussions here. I believe I've found a solution that maximizes the outcome for both the community, the Patron Squad, and potentially build a career -

When a character is completed, there will be a window (maybe 1 week?) everyone in our community will have the chance to have the MODEL for free. This allows everyone following the character creation process to have something to look forward to when the character is done, and also rewards subscribers for following the channel closely.
When the window closes, from that moment on, the character will only be available for purchase (Gumroad style most likely).

Now, while the "Model" is temporarily available for free, the Rigged & Animated version is only available for purchase. Which is important, because the weigh painting/ rigging/ animation process is what takes the most work for me. Patreons will of course get a discount depending on their tier & will have their name appear in the credits of the Character Download file as a Sponsor of its' creation - & If you don't want to pay money, the creation process will always be on YouTube in case you want to do it yourself. Similar to how people can watch the videos regarding EXA's entire creation process -

I think this is a pretty fair way to both give our casual viewers something free to look forward to at the end of each series, but also not devalue the many hours of work it takes to animate and get a character game ready. As we create more characters we will also become better at creating them, and start to generate them faster and faster.

Anyway, that's the plan - And, I feel fairly satisfied with it. Thank you again everyone for taking the time to discuss things thoroughly and throw out ideas. Really appreciate it, and look forward to executing it soon :)