Nofunk's BAT Thread

[nofunk 1,933]

Francis90b: Thanks! Yes, I imagine I'll make more buildings like this eventually.

Hanson784: Your cj looks great! Sorry, I didn't see the link in your signature before.

spa: Thanks! I agree; I'm still working on the glass texture.

Bigbuilder, pingangster, DragonAnime, allez l'om: Thanks guys!

Another update! All I should have left to do is add a fire escape and tweak some textures.

         

[nofunk 1,933]

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[SimHoTToDDy 2,938]

The glass looks better, but I think you might want to add some highlights to the flat gray parts though (mostly the middle region in both views).

Otherwise:

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

WOW!! WOW!! WOW!!! this si beautyful I have to download this wh en its finish. I hope you make more buildings like this.

[Amthaak 1,501]

Absolutly amazing! Can't wait for downloading this beauty!

[SimFox 801]

it's really beautifully made!

[allez l'om 1]

It's a stunning work. I am looking for night lights.

[_Atticus 10]

Perhaps your best yet. I think I like the brick better than other textures you've used in the past.

[Seraf 1,238]

Omg, next W2W wonder!  Building is beautiful in both model and textures ... when will you upload it?

[nofunk 1,933]

Thanks everyone! I'm glad you all like it.

OK, one final preview before this building gets exported!

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looks great and one thing you have gotting this done fast, that lets me know you have some time on your hands and you have some great experience on Bating models.

[Jack_wilds 550]

it looks all good to me... a really good building subject... like the textures of the brick and the structure in the rear...

[SimHoTToDDy 2,938]

Wonderful! I love the bricked up doors and windows on the back! Personally I think the Fire escapes are rather pale and look a little odd as a result but otherwise I simply love it.

[JLAAPRTM 12]

Amazing! I would love to see that building in my city!

[nofunk 1,933]

Hey everyone! Not an actual update, but I wanted you all to know that the Logan Square Apartments should be on the STEX soon. I'm just trying to iron out a few issues with the new Bat4Max because I want to offer a dark nite version of it as well.

Hope you're all doing well. Thanks for the great comments!

[spa 968]

This one turned out quite well. I'll look for it on the stex.

[____----____ 37]

you do such great work, talk about an asset to the community.

[Chris M 406]

Definitely looking forward to the release of this beauty.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Yes, this should be a fine Easter egg we'd all love to find in our STEX basket.  

[Wrightguy0 40]

this will look great in my cities, and i second what T Wrecks said

[SimFox 801]

yep it may be ready very soon even tonight! ;-)

[nofunk 1,933]

Milwaukee Apartments, anyone?

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

O O, I want these. I need this in my city.
 (Like a kid in a candy store)

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull work great detail

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Deliciously boring and generic!

But wait a second... what do I see there? A 3x2 lot with two buildings at 90

[Jack_wilds 550]

looking good -as much as such apartments can look, as they litter the Fox Valley as well.... particularly like the color variations, I see 3 brick colors -?, the shingle textures are also appealing... I think using HooHa's parking lots can make for some urban/suburban developments... the scale also works which I was concerned about earlier - well done

[Wrightguy0 40]

whoa, those are sweet!

[Odainsaker 2,134]

I'm looking forward to the Logan Square apartment, but for an amusing reason...

...I've noticed that many of the BSP projects, but particularly Nofunk's projects, closely evoke some local landmark here in San Antonio, Texas.  So much so sometimes that I've shown a few and feel compelled yet again to show another!

This is the old Aztec Theatre (opened 1926):

Fortunately, this historic local landmark has been restored, and boasts a strikingly atmospheric lobby in Meso-American Art Deco.  Unfortuantely, the story is that the lobby's massive and exoticly sculptural chandelier was installed the same day the stock market crashed, tolling the end of San Antonio as Texas's queen city.

Of course, the real reason for comparisons is that many of these old buildings come from similar time periods, and San Antonio's downtown building heyday was in the 1920s following popularization the Chicago School, with much of it being preserved.  Perhaps more importantly, for the uninitiated curious, architectural styles had long been reduced and disseminated through style books--guides and catalogues from which builders and craftsmen could select the desired detail and needed specifications.

We'll find similar buildings in every American city, but I find it cool and funny to unexpectedly see the result in action...old buildings in Detroit or Chicago sharing patterns with old buildings in south central Texas.  Hmmm...there is a thesis in here somewhere...

Hope this was interesting!

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Originally posted by: Odainsaker

Hope this was interesting!

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Oh yes, it was.  I always like your little architectural excursions. You always point out interesting buildings, show beautiful and surprising pictures (that lobby, wow!) and add some entertaining trivia and personal observations - not to mention that the architectural styles all this is about are rather exotic to me and hence all the more interesting and fascinating.

[Jack_wilds 550]

Originally posted by: T Wrecks

Originally posted by: Odainsaker

Hope this was interesting!

quote>

Oh yes, it was.  I always like your little architectural excursions. You always point out interesting buildings, show beautiful and surprising pictures (that lobby, wow!) and add some entertaining trivia and personal observations - not to mention that the architectural styles all this is about are rather exotic to me and hence all the more interesting and fascinating.quote>

I also agree... a pleasant subject and a good thesis topic to boot -if I could only get back to college and finish the degree...

Jack