Glenni's BAT showcase

[SystemUK 0]

Very nice and VERY detailed. The roundabout tower is sexy!!!

That tower makes me think of the big gas holders that are here in Britian (not sure about other countries) and I think they are right down your street if you need an idea.

Very dirty and is perfect for the dirty, downtrodden them you have.

[Shingure 56]

@ Partiots_1228 *glares*

Anyway Im telling you. 3495$ for 3dsmax...What about when I get a job that pays that much in about 2 months.

[ExiL3 10]

if you are a student I believe you can aquire it for a cheaper price...

take care,

[SimRabbit 48]

Sorry for posting this but how can you get 3dsmax? I went to a software store and they didn't have it there, so i visited autodesk.com and searched for a local dealer, too bad, there isn't one near me. Damn you!!! And can you get it if you are on highschool?

I've also heard on a gta fansite a whole bunch of people have cracked versions and they told me to do that but Hell no, Im not doing that, im gonna get some cash and buy it if they sell it to highschool students. if not i will stick to gmax and when i grow up and get a job i will surely get it. bye bye

[Jasoncw 12,005]

The glassy round about thing is looking good. I saw something similar to it in Toronto once.

[Glenni 1,447]

Here's an update,

Overcast.

I thought the dark  sky reflection would fit this building more, rather than the super-glossy-sunny bright-day every-thing's-perfect-and-sunny- textures most max users seem to use...

it fits the atmosphere of the building more i'd say...

Here's a bit brighter version for comparison.

[onlyplace4 605]

Brilliant work my young viking friend, absolutely stunning, your best work to date I would say.

[patriots_1228 51]

SR-its not that necessary. you can still make great BATs in GMAX.

glenni- awesome work

[jacqulina 162]

wow thats awesome i love the detail so realistic

[Chris M 406]

Looks extremely realistic; I like it!

[Glenni 1,447]

Here's an update. And, no that very ugly green colour is not final!

[josefmayor 8]

God Glenni you have to blow my mind, for real.

Amazing. I'm just like WOAH.

[archesrule29 0]

Your creativity has no limits, does it? Great job on the BATs!

[autoVino 26]

That looks just amazing!

Btw, are you using the mental ray renderer?

[Mikeaut1 261]

WOW!! Nice work Glenni! Excellent BATTing. And yeah, good thing that green roof aint stayin'!

[SimRabbit 48]

Wow very nice thing!!!

[Glenni 1,447]

Here's an update

And finnaly a HD render.

[DarkEldar 6]

those look nice....i mean grungy i seen the photos of those on your photobucket album Glenni91 lol

[Jasoncw 12,005]

Most of the textures seem too dark.

Also, what filter are you using?  For some reason the renders seem blurry.  Try switching to catum-roll (I think I spelled it wrong) instead.

[patriots_1228 51]

that is mehxellent!

freaking awesome, i cant think of words to describe it. great modeling glenni.

[autoVino 26]

Soooo... much... detail....

Keep up the great work!

[Glenni 1,447]

Too dark? How in the world is that too dark? Oh nononono, i ain't going through that stuff about making it light and adding purple this time!

i don't intend to make my buildings fit with maxis buildings 100% as you do, personally i think as a matter of taste that the maxis texturing is dull, boring uninteresting and waaaaayyyy too bright...

I make my buildings MY way, you got your style, i got mine.

[Jasoncw 12,005]

The actual value of the colors are very dark.  In photoshop, completely desaturate the screenshot and you can see that everything is very dark.  The colors are also very saturated, probably in some way to compensate for the darkness.  I think that most of the textures should be made brighter, and should be desaturated some more.

The details are more clear, and to me it even looks more overcast.  Also, the darkness of your textures makes the model very visually heavy.

Anyway, I'll just leave it at that, unless you want me to say more about it.  Last time I made a bunch of diagrams and things that you didn't use. 

Edit:  You edited your post while I was making the screenshot.  I'm going to sound like SimFox, but you're saying one thing and doing another.  What you're doing is not more realistic than the game, if that's what your goal is.

[Glenni 1,447]

Um, i'll pass, it really doesn't add that much to the model to be honest.

Take a look yourself, weird spots at the bushes, ugly white streaks on the concrete along the water.

Not worth the effort of changing the look the textures, for so change  then back again because it just looks plain ugly to me.

And i did try to desaurate it, and wahey, there's nothing there that i see as really dark.

EDIT: And no my goal isn't making it better or more realistic than the game, but i like to build models as i like it, and right now i like the model as it is. There's alot of  worse crap on the STEX, and this isn't even bad.

[Jasoncw 12,005]

Most of the building's values are crunched together on the dark side.  The fact that shadows are falling into the model are not helping either (they make it even more dark).  Use the color eyedropper an sample a bunch of the areas and see how dark everything really is.  Critically look at what is really there.

If you want your details to be more crisp, they need to somehow contrast (whether it's through color, or through value) with what is next to them.

Yeah, there are a lot of things that are worse on the STEX, and it is definitely not bad, but if you're looking for ways to improve (which you should be), then you should look more critically at what you're doing, and find logical ways of improving things.

[patriots_1228 51]

glenni stop talking back!

i think it was amazing the way it was.

[giorgos69 53]

I actually prefer what glenni has at the moment...I think it looks better.

[jacqulina 162]

i like the textures i think this project is awesome awesome work

[siso43 13]

wow, your bats looks great, i like they.

[Mulefisk 15]

Wow man that is looking fantastic!

Can't wait to download it