hkabat-forum-threads PaulvMontfort's Showcase

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Hey yeah, that 2 IFC should be revived! I had forgotten that there was a new version in the works. The latest residential project looks great, too.

 I hope y'all won't mind me interrupting here for a minute to show some pictures of the lot I made for ICC, so you can get a closer look. It looks like this viewed from the front at zoom 5 (the flora is randomised, of course):

 

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Should you not like how the footpaths on top of the base, right over the garage entrance, simply end in thin air, there's a solution which I tried to demonstrate with the following picture. Simply terraform a bit and ignore the TE feature, and you'll get something like this (it can obviously done much smoother, with NAM Ped Malls and whatever floats your boat):

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Finally, here's a look at the back:

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It's a really simple-looking lot, but I tried to make it both as natural-looking and unobtrusive and as versatile as possible.

Ok, enough boring waffle - *hands thread back to Paul*

[TowerDude 2,186]

Hey! here is a pic of your awesome ICC in HK

[gigacoaster 4]

towerdude that is an excellent recreation of union square! nice work

[Kendiecasttsoi 209]

Wow towerdude, very impressive. Now if somebody will bat The Waterfront, W Hotel and Cullinam (imho most easy to bat), entire Union Square (or we in HK mostly referred to as West Kowloon) will be completed!

[Kendiecasttsoi 209]

Originally posted by: bixel

hrmm - what is that new residential?quote>

I also like to know. There are just far too many mega residentials in HK.

Can't tell them all apart without working in local real estate.

[Yucan 0]

That Residental is surely a step in the right direction (don't take this too personally though)... I'm so in need of a couple of "small" (3 x 2-6 footprint), modern, glass-y, highrise residentals!

[paulvmontfort 616]

@ towerdude: looking great there, I really like your whole cj by the way

@ gutterclub: Well, I indeed should finish it, may do it soon

here's an update on 80 robinson road: the main roof modelling is done:

[gutterclub 2,729]

Looking great, all your work is as I'm sure you are aware. Keep it up mate

[TowerDude 2,186]

Ohohohoh!! I see awesomeness in your BAT's ???? I have to say the windows really look neat B)

[paulvmontfort 616]

I decided to take a look at this one again and started remoddeling the base. There's just one problem though.. The massive roof! It looks so bare and I don't know what to do with it..

[TowerDude 2,186]

http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=fr&q=Pyongyang,+Cor%C3%A9e+du+Nord&sll=46.75984,1.738281&sspn=11.563827,19.094238&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=Fb-AUgIdnPt_Bw&split=0&hq=&hnear=Pyongyang,+Cor%C3%A9e+du+Nord&ll=39.036411,125.731155&spn=0.003083,0.005209&t=h&z=18

Hey if you have a look here you can see that there are sort of squares on the roof and other roof junk, (solar panels ??) probably ventilation units

[paulvmontfort 616]

I expect most of them to be building materials but my main problem is what roof texture to use to prevent major tiling. I'm not very good at photoshop and i haven't found a big enough texture yet I think i'm going to try to make custom textures with photoshop anyway, this way I can make it conform the angles of the roof's edges

[paulvmontfort 616]

I expect most of them to be building materials but my main problem is what roof texture to use to prevent major tiling. I'm not very good at photoshop and i haven't found a big enough texture yet I think i'm going to try to make custom textures with photoshop anyway, this way I can make it conform the angles of the roof's edges

[paulvmontfort 616]

here are 2 renders of 80 robinson road. I started moddeling the base. As you can see, the model is rotated a bit. This is how it will look ingame:

[paulvmontfort 616]

here are 2 renders of 80 robinson road. I started moddeling the base. As you can see, the model is rotated a bit. This is how it will look ingame:

[TowerDude 2,186]

*gasp*

[paulvmontfort 616]

[Amthaak 1,501]

Hi Paul! This new Bat is absolutly amazing! I really like the complexity of it! Congratulations! Can't wait for the next update

[TowerDude 2,186]

Really good work, the detail is really amazing and the colors aswell, heads up, great job

*gasp* again

[paulvmontfort 616]

thanks for the replies

I worked on the base again, here's the result:

[paulvmontfort 616]

pfb

[bixel 1,221]

wowzers your are rockin that base so good. I am horrible at doing curves, that base would have scared me.

[TowerDude 2,186]

Oh, the base is as good at the rest, i'd like to say what could be done better, buh...eh..i find nothing, does the base have a pool on it ??

[paulvmontfort 616]

@ bixel, Let me share some secrets on this. The round entrance was made almost entirely out of tube objects. I manipulated them with an edit poly modifier, extruding, insetting and beveling the faces. The round parking garage thing at the back was also done with tube elements and for the road I used a spring element. I also used a spring to boolean out the holes in it.

The big greyish fa

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

I love the building paulvmontfort.

[TowerDude 2,186]

Oh yes i can see my pool!!!!

[Evillions 552]

How did you make those curved windows?! I always wanted to know how to make one because when I try to, I fail.

[PBGV103 729]

You can also turn on slice to get sections of tubes like that. I know there are a lot of people who are intimidated by things like splines and booleans, but while they can make modeling things much simpler, 99% of the time you can use standard polys to make anything.

[Amthaak 1,501]

It is absolutly amazing! I really like this bat. Seems that you are not very far to start the nitelighting. You can then, light the swimming pool area in order to make it more visible at night (Just a suggestion....!)

[paulvmontfort 616]

@ Evillions: Just read my previous post, I explained it there

@ PBGV103: I am aware of the slice option and I indeed used it here

@ Amthaak: I'll keep it in mind, although the modelling part isn't nearly finished yet at all

Did some more work on it including texturing the main towers: