Andi's BAT

[gerAndi 29]

Well after a long period of time I decided to open a new thread again

I started batting the "Beisheim Center" in Berlin

And that's what I got so far

If anybody of you know where I can get textures like these please tell me ^^

aNdi

[gerAndi 29]

[Mulefisk 15]

Sweet I stayed there last time I went to Berlin. Looking good! Any change you'll be BATing Hauptbahnhof later? That'd be really cool to have in SC.

[jacqulina 162]

this is very good

[MarcosMX 216]

Looking pretty good. The white texture is too bright. Maybe if you reduce the intensity will work. Also, check out gascooker's tutorial on textures here https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=140&threadid=76233&enterthread=y

[Gecko_2006 1]

Hi Andi! It's about time you started a new BAT thread! Nice work you have so far! It looks identical in design to the real thing. Did you get 3D Max? And if not, how did you get the different building perspectives like that?

[spa 968]

Looks like a great start. I look forward to seeing more.

[gerAndi 29]

@ Mulefisk: thx for your post I don't know whether my skills are good enough for the haubtbahnhof^^ it's a huge thing.would be about 10x20 or so ? xD but you're right. it'd be cool to have it

@ jacqulina: and again thx for your posts I mean here and in my cj

@MarcosMX: thx for posting. I really didn't want to keep the texture the way it is but thx for the link

@gecko: I've got the usual gmax. I'm using the sc4 bat. you get the different perspectives by using this small circle with the arrows in the lower right corner

@spa: thx =)

and also a google earth pic of the building

[Gecko_2006 1]

It's coming along nicely. I can't wait to see you put in the rooftop gardens!

[gerAndi 29]

the geens will be pain^^

however

parts of the lobby are done

[Jasoncw 11,839]

It's coming along nicely, keep up the good work.

[st louis dude 6]

You're back after a long return!

[gerAndi 29]

thx for posting^^

[jacqulina 162]

your welcome,you have done some excellent progress the detail is great

[SimFox 801]

That's one cool looking model! And these (this sized buildings) are really needed for the game. Most attentions goes to either big (very tall) or small stuff, and these midrise niche is quite unfilled. There are quite few of them around Potsdammer Platz - excellent source!

[Gecko_2006 1]

Awesome Andi! That overhang looks interesting, and the diagonal wall looks real!

[nofunk 1,933]

Wow, this is impressive!!

[gerAndi 29]

jacqulina: thanks so much^^

simfox: Yeah. I share this opinion. especially in berlin we've got lots of mid-rise buildings because we don't really have skyscrapers here... though.. I really wonder why :S

gekco: lol thx. but the overhanging was an accident. I'll fix it.. I just saw it on the pic ^^ originally it was supposed to be on the same line with the other wall

nofunk: thy ^^

[SimFox 801]

Skyscrapers normally get up into the sky where the land is at the premium, in Berlin this isn't a case at the moment. But Skyscraper isn't same as Good Architecture... so people should be more concerned with quality (architectural) of buildings not their height. Have you given thought of doing Sony Center? Of course greatest thing about it – its atrium with that spindle, but it is quite good from outside as well…

And Lehrter Bahnhof… but that one could be a tuff cookie! All that glass! And as you’ve mentioned Size. Plus I believe the curve is quite essential and be it but a simple cross it would loose that appear of mix of angles and curves that makes it quite so special..

[Odainsaker 2,133]

Cool...is this what Potsdamer Platz looks like now? I once did had to do an urban design study on historic Berlin, focusing mostly on Unter den Linden (the street from the Brandenburg Gate to the Lustgarten and Dom), but including some of the other old city gateway and ceremonial areas. It is always eerily nostalgic to have poured through dozens of old 18th-century plans and prewar photos, and now to see the modern growth.

Hmmm...I wonder if anyone has actually BATted Schinkel's stunning Altes Museum?

[gerAndi 29]

I don't think so. but it'd be cool of course.

ahh and yes

the potsdamer platz is probably the most modern place in berlin now. but it's architecture isn't simple.

here are some other pics I'v taken from the >>Potsdamer Platz<<

[gerAndi 29]

after a bigger break I found time to bat again

and another smaller one which is ready for export

[Yoman3 5]

OMG I love that last BAT. The night lighting is awsome once again also. Its just the kind of building my w2w districts need.

[lrfox 2]

wow... very nice. keep it up

[josefmayor 8]

Beautiful man, I can't wait for this to be in my city!!!! Absolutely amazing BATing there

Es ist sehr sch

[gerAndi 29]

thx for the posts men =)

[jacqulina 162]

wow thats sure some excellent progress looking really great

[josefmayor 8]

I'm going to Berlin, Munich, and a few other places. We're also going to France, Denmark, Sweeden and England.

[gerAndi 29]

thx for the power jacqulina =)

@josefmayor

ouuuuh Berlin^^

I can recommend the free sightseeing tours. They're hold in several languages and you learn lot of interesting background facts. But they're made by feet . You visit Pariser Platz, Holocaust Memorial, the place where Hitler's Bunker was, Treasury Ministry, Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Gendarmenmarkt, Bebel Platz, Humboldt University and the Lustgarten on the Museum's Island. The tour ends there but you can walk to the Alexanderplatz, it's just a few minutes away xD

Omg the guy had such an odd accent... for school we made that tour in english.. the guide came from northern england and had a really hard yorkshire accent. but lucky that the weather was nice.

I was in Paris 3 years ago. It's really a bautiful city. Especially when you've got nice weather. But pay attention to the traders. They know things to steal your money... I lost maybe 10

[josefmayor 8]

I've been to Paris before, aswell as Frankfurt Trier and parts of switzerland.

, I speak fluent French and I have rusty German (rusty cuz I haven't spoken to anyone german in over 2 years so I forgot a lot of it.)