Cockatoo's BAT Thread

[TowerDude 2,187]

Hehe I have Both! anyway they are great!!

[psander5 198]

Nice way to make the christmas version a little bit more exclusive.  The final building looks great.  I'm sure I'll use it somewhere... although its striking individuality means I can't use it in every CJ city I make! 

[Ion_Cannon 677]

Lovely building, I may edit it to C$$ though, seeing as I always seem to need more of that. Keep up the good work

[Vlasky 1,803]

Congratulations on amazing BAT and great Christmas edition! Great idea!

So, now, I believe the constructions is on?

[GreekMan 246]

hey i just saw ur emerald building and think its great! can u please make more SD building becuase that would be so great for me since i am recreating SD. please! do it!!!!!!!

american plaza

el cortez

Symphony Towers

Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel

Harbor Club

 Marriott Hotel and Marina Tower II

NBC building

just to name a few!

there are plenty of other great buildings!

sorry to put this in your asian bat thread

[Cockatoo 2,262]

See if you can guess the building. I'll be supprised if you can.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

WOW!!!!!!! I love the glass on this building, keep it up.

[Roger51 381]

It looks like the 'Central Market' in Abu Dhabi......then again the base is different, and also the waviness (if that's a word??) of the glass looks slightly different.

Looks great either way

[Amthaak 1,501]

Ah! Ah! The geart Cockatoo is back for the pleasure of our eyes! Beautifull glass effect!

[harishna 847]

no no is not Abu Dhabi I have seen this one but where...?

  Edited June 10, 2011 by harishna  

[T Wrecks 10,210]

I won't even try to guess what or where this is. Firstly, I'm afraid I'm not enough of an architecture nerd to stand a realistic chance, and secondly, what I really care about can be summarised in the simple equation Cockatoo + glass highrises = awesomeness.

[gutterclub 2,743]

It looks like something from Auckland, however it isn't..no idea though.

Also looks like a screen shot from Sketchup or something, surely not?

Glad to see you making stuff, your work as mentioned it always stunning.

[Vlasky 1,803]

Well. it's not UN for sure

[Jasoncw 12,060]

I don't know what it is but I did look! Whatever it is, it looks diagonal and it looks like it's coming along well.

[koi17 1]

I think I walked passed this building yesterday.

Is it 12 Creek Street, Brisbane?

[Cockatoo 2,262]

^ We have a winner. 12 Creek Street or Comalco Place... I knew it'd take somebody from Brisbane to get it.

Thought I'd make something from my own city.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

What city this building is in??????

[harishna 847]

Brisbane or should I say Brisvegas?

  Edited June 12, 2011 by harishna  

[Roger51 381]

Ahh...I totally skipped over that

[Cockatoo 2,262]

Suggestions... gogogogogo. I'm trying to get this done in a super quick time.

Comalco Place, Brisbane. Base partially real, partially made up to better suit SC4. Tower accurate. The back face and roof are incomplete and of course there are no proper textures yet.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looks perfect what are you using to make your trees, is it onyx??? O yea, I have a question I like the textures for the trees are finial, because I think I need help on texturing my tree perfectly.

[Ceafus 88 1,929]

Looks really good, keep up the good work

[T Wrecks 10,210]

That white ground plane will eventually be part of the lot, right? What's the lot size, anyway? 3x7? 3x8?

[bixel 1,229]

The Emerald Plaza is an incredible model, you did a wonderful job, however I feel it is too small. It look miniature in my city when it grows. I was thinking it would look perfect 1 tile larger. Or 16 units in each direction.

[Jack_wilds 550]

The Emerald Plaza is an incredible model, you did a wonderful job, however I feel it is too small. It look miniature in my city when it grows. I was thinking it would look perfect 1 tile larger. Or 16 units in each direction.

I also feel the same way -its just I didn't know how to broach the subject as bixel has, as it is an excellent model... so with bixel, respectfully submit this observation for consideration

  Edited June 30, 2011 by Jack_wilds  

[Jasoncw 12,060]

I checked it in the game again and I think it just seems small because of how the building is. In real life it's a bunch of skinny tower forms, but they're next to each other so they combine into normal sized floor plates. The front tower seems to have short floor heights as well but I remember I had asked about that back when you were doing it and it was correct.

The new building is looking really nice. I'm looking forward to seeing the glass when you've got a textured ground plane.

[supremec 77]

It's a fabulous BAT to use it in paradisiacal cities, I can't wait to use it in one of my cities. It's an excellent work

[Cockatoo 2,262]

The day view is essentially done, except for the pool. Anyone know how to make a nice water texture?

Aaron, yes, I'm using Onyx to make the trees. Wrecks, yes it will be. The size is 6 by 2.5 grid squares - not sure about the overhang part, I'll have to come up with something. Bixel and Jack, glad you guys liked Emerald plaza. I did model it to the correct RL sizes as best I could, but if you think it looks too small in game we can always upscale it. If anybody actually wants to do it, I can send them the model.

My first attempt at lighting... don't worry, I'll make it look better.

Back in a week.

[TowerDude 2,187]

That's beatuful, the base is beautiful, and the lighting is great already

[harishna 847]

I love how clean and crisp your models look, this is a really nice model, but to me the glass look a bit cartoonish and for the night view maybe you can add a different tone to some floors.

About the water have you played with the arch and design ocean?

cheers!