Cockatoo's BAT Thread

[tankmank 853]

looking good perhaps more signage on the building front but brilliant

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Well I'm kinda happy with the way this one is turning out. The amount of time I've spent on the front wall is stupid but it's defiantly the most detailed BAT of the pack so far and probably the most realistic looking to (It's actually based on two real life different buildings in the Jordan area and a building from SC3K all crossed together and mixed in with a bit of my own stuff.)

Still alot more to do though, I'm setting a deadline for release of this pack by at least Christmas day. Once this is done in a few days that'll be 3 / 8 or so BAT's done. Got any feedback?

Oh yea, And I put togther an image of how the pack's looking as a whole so far. Ofcourse Yau Ma Tei currency exchange will fit in as an extra.

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull work and excellent details

[Alkaola 18]

oh that looks totally amazing ! You are brilliant

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Well, It can't all be the dirty back street buildings from the 1960's can it.

Here's another one of my little projects, The HongKong Immigration Tower (That's the tower with the big PHILIPS sign on the roof that you see from Tsim Sha Tsui). I Hope to release this one tomorrow or on Monday.

Here it is in real life, but because it's right in the middle of a massive jungle of skyscrapers (and right next to Central Plaza) it’s really hard to find good reference pictures of the whole buildings! I've had to build up a mental map in my head of the building by just looking at little bits of the thing- as well as the little illustration at skyscraperpage.com.

And here's my BAT, just got a little texturing left to do on the body and the base:

[tankmank 853]

everyting looks so cool i love it

[Sim shady 12]

its looking really great so far! dramatic change in style from your previous bats but still looks good

[connorc24 2]

looking good!

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Well I'm gonna start rendering now (Sorry for the bad Draft Renders).

The models all done now and should be up on the SETX by tomorrow. Oh yea, see the palm tree- I think I'm starting to get the hang of the geometry thing now.

Make sure you have a look at the full image:

 

[tankmank 853]

wow that is good i love it

[AsianEvolusioner 18]

wow, u'r really good so far.

i would suggest u about the texture. U can use this technique to make custom roof texture. It will make ur top/roof becomes awesome......

roof texturing tutorial

and the "PHILIPS" sign, would be better if u use neon lamp method instead of using nightwindows. but i dunno how to do it.....

overall, it is nice.....

after watching your BATS, i decide to continue Batting......

[jacqulina 162]

looking fantastic

[connorc24 2]

Great!

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Superb progress, c0ckatoo, simply stunning! I'd prefer the palm trees to be separate (and thus, removable) props, though. That would make the building more versatile. Otherwise, it's by no means a typically mediterranean/caribbean/tropical building, so it could also be useful in a SimScandinavian city...

[mcarch 15]

That looks good! =D

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Hey thanks for the replies and feedback guys! AsianEvolusioner, great to hear that you're gonna be getting back into BAT! And as for the roof texture, it's too late for this BAT but I'll use that in the future.

And T Wrecks, point taken, I'll remember to make props for my BAT's.

It's up on the SETX now by the way...

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=18905

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Nice to see it's released!

BTW, that's some strange roof junk there... these two stubby lollipops look like radar domes, and what the heck are those two Stonehenge-lookalike thingies???

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Yea, just playing around with some new geometry...

The 'lollypop' thinks are in fact meant to be radar domes and the 'stonehenge-lookalike thingies'.... well I think I saw them on some buildings roof somewhere and I just wanted to put them in.

For some reason I decided to put some palm trees on the roof, they're very fun to BAT (not really sure why, probably because they don't have to be perfect), also hung some Chinese Lanterns from a wire between them.

Oh yea and LOL! Never thought I'd see one of my BAT's end up here...?

[HONG KONG 74]

Looks cool, only those palms on the roof are...lol

But why not a "asia prop pack" with signs, boards, different palms, lanterns and such things.

[tankmank 853]

looking cool perhaps it could be a roof garden

[KingTitan 6]

Gosh, Those look simply wonderful. I wish I had the knack for doing BAT's. Great Job.

[SimRabbit123 6]

You are progressing very fast!!

You put too much details on these bats eh?

Keep up the good work

[bbfan02 23]

Looks great. You have been making good progress on this building.

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Thanks for the feedback guys!

HONG KONG, that's not a bad idea, an Asian Prop Pack. Something like HKABT Street Props Pack? Maybe I could work on that in the New Year after I've got the street pack released.

Still working away on this, the amount of time I’m spending on this one is not good...

Trying to get in as much detail as possible unlike the last two because I think this one resembles a Tai-Po district mid 70's Residential tower a lot more than a Tsim Sha Tsui one (It’ll be the odd one out of the pack so it has to look good).

[bbfan02 23]

Looks excellent! Cant wait to see it on the STEX!

[autoVino 26]

well so far it looks very good.  I really like the roof tile you're using

[rct3twins 14]

Cool! i wonder when are you gonna realease this.

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Originally posted by: rct3twins Cool! i wonder when are you gonna realease this.quote>

I'm gonna try and release the pack by christmas *all 8 BAT'* but this os only number 3/8 so I've got a bit of work to do before release day.

[bbfan02 23]

Wow! That is going to be a super package!

[connorc24 2]

I can't wait for this one to come out!