It would be a sum amount mid way through the project and at the end also.
Thats me out then. I don't get involved with "you'll get something half way through" promises. It pretty much never happens.
This is a non-commercial profit-free endeavor
So where are the funds coming from to pay for all this then? - I seriously doubt you'll be paying $1000's out of your own pocket for no good reason.
The company does not sell or profit off the games that the graphics were wripped from so using them for non-comercial purposes is entirely legal.
First off, its 100% illegal and secondly, by *company* I assume you are refering to yourself as you keep saying "I am paying for".
I know this forum has rules but I have to say you're living in a dream world and talking absolute bollocks and I hope no body on this forum wastes their time on this hoping to get paid.