XD's BAT Showcase

[Xiahou Dun 4]

I figured I'd post a development topic here too. Currently have 5 houses finished, all modeled on real world houses. In order, with the first being my first 3d model ever:

[CarmineHilton 6]

Nice set of houses, a bit american aren't they?

But they look good! Can't wait to see the lots you'll make for it

Good luck!

[s_olah 87]

Love them!!!, very cool houses, very american, as CarmineHilton said, but who cares?, Can't wait to see them on the STEX

[T Wrecks 10,209]

They sure look good - amazing quality, especially being your first BATs!

Are you planning to make some variations in slightly different colours? You could make these a building family which would cause one of the variations to appear randomly on any growing lot.

[Jasoncw 11,840]

wow! Yeah, they are really good looking.

I agree with T Wrecks, you could make some color variations and that would get even more value for what you've BATed.

[toxicpiano 125]

Good looking indeed.

[Xiahou Dun 4]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I take it as a compliment that they look American since they are all houses in Indiana

One step ahead of you guys, each house has one color variant, with the third one down having 3 color styles. Thanks to Pat for the lotting and testing:

Working on props for these still, then most likely going to do some textures so I can match the real world lots, so there is still a ways to go until I can upload them.

[jacqulina 162]

wow excellent houses wonderfull work

[s_olah 87]

Wow, they really do fit in with the rest of the houses...nice job

[bixel 1,223]

Loooks good!!

[patfirefghtr 159]

What I find very funnie and amusing is that the one pic with the chalk out line is Xiahou's house and that was sooo purely accidental how that came up lol..... I still wanna know who you shot XD.... As I said on Devo its been my honor to learn and help you out in the process here...

ooooh and I soo do love these American homes they are soo much better then what the drunken contractors did for vanilla

[T Wrecks 10,209]

It's really astonishing how perfectly they fit in. There are some people who make incredible BATs - unfortunately, the BATs are so different from the default buildings in terms of saturation and colour palette that they stick out like a sore thumb. This is not the case with your buildings, as I can see. The only disadvantage in comparison to the Maxis buildings is that they don't look as crisp, and that's the fault of the BAT and nothing you can influence. Within the limits of your power, I'd say you have done a virtually perfect job! I'm really looking forward to using these.

[Xiahou Dun 4]

Wow, thats incredably high praise. I'm speechless

[Xiahou Dun 4]

New project, how about a minor league field?

To give an idea of the scale compared to my other projects:

[Xiahou Dun 4]

Progress:

So, for the seating, should I make each individual row, or just have each section a single piece and let the textures show the depth?

[JaWood 194]

Honestly, you'd probably get a deeper sense of detail if you modeled the benches instead of using a texture. Very nice model so far.

[Xiahou Dun 4]

How about a little update huh?

The stands aren't going to be those single pieces, just going to be using them as guides.

[Gn_leugim 853]

the modeling is great but that texture.. hummm.. personaly i don't like it.. =1

btw, nice houses overthere

[waiyeap90 0]

I am really looking forward to the stadium!!!

[Jasoncw 11,840]

Yeah, you'd need to use a higher resolution texture for that. But you could use that texture as a guide to creating your own texture.

[Xiahou Dun 4]

Yeah, the texture right now is just a guide, not the final product. I had to find where to place the foul poles, so I just left it to illustrate where the field will be

[WeekendCityPlanner 19]

My god, the houses are simply perfect. I've never seen such amazing realism.

[____----____ 37]

great work on those houses. not much else to say, they're grrrrreat!

[Xiahou Dun 4]

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Progress has been made

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[Xiahou Dun 4]

So, since the stadium is on hold, I started a new project last night. Let there be progress:

These are just base textures for now, so please no comments about the textures being bland.

[bixel 1,223]

hey these are great but they are sooooo bland.

Hahahahah. AWESOME GOGOOGOGOGOGGOGGO, hey when you gonna make some cool Chinese Houses and Apartments?

[Gn_leugim 853]

let's see what this will came to

[Xiahou Dun 4]

Originally posted by: bixel Hahahahah. AWESOME GOGOOGOGOGOGGOGGO, hey when you gonna make some cool Chinese Houses and Apartments?quote>

 

As soon as I go to China and get some reference shots

[Xiahou Dun 4]

Laid out a texture for the roof. Still have detailing to do on it, plus roof junk. I also still need to dirty up the textures for the walls.

[JakeMD 107]

That looks great! I do recommend making up some grime and rust for the wall textures, other than that its awesome.