hkabat-forum-threads nihonkaranws asian bats

[nihonkaranws 88]

> no longer part of the HKABT < check out my new thread: Nihonkaranws' Studio...

[Smarty218 2]

I really love your BATs! I use them in my regions quite often! (Not my CJ of course, because that is Mediterranean themed) But they are very detailed and the nightlights are fantastic!

Best of Luck BATing, I could never quite get it....

~TJ

[HONG KONG 74]

Welcome in HKABT thread

Your stuff are very welcome, and I like to help you with modding in the near time. In some time,

because I had total computer crash recently.

Your latest release is really good.

Only one request by the way, please, shrink you "WaishoDan" building a bit up to normal size.

[bixel 1,224]

Welcome to the Team!!!! We are all branching out and getting bigger it seems and we've really made some big changes for the game. I got some more surprises yet. I will post the news in my thread.

here you go!

[nihonkaranws 88]

Progress on Hong Kong Kowloon Civic Center:

Now I will do the roof junk, using reference from this photo:

[Smarty218 2]

Oh boy, looks great! I'm no BATer, though so I'm just here for moral support!

[Ryusuke516 1]

Wow, everythings looks nice! I would like to see the roof junk and the completed model. I'm still trying to figure gmax out so you are pretty far ahead of me, I hope to make buildings as nice as yours.

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Congrats nihonkaranws, welcome to the team!

[fusion_lemon 2]

I was trying hard to find out where actually does this building exist in my city before I realized it was a fictional one... lol

A nice BAT, keep it up!!!

cheers

[lindsay-akihita-aomori 1]

wow excellent work -- - truly astounding!

[tankmank 853]

good luck and hope to see more great bats from you

[nihonkaranws 88]

Thank you very much.

Okay, I have done a bit more on HKK civic center, I'll show a render soon, and I also have began making DHL Center, a building in Singapore.

[fourthparallel 0]

wow nice work man!

[nihonkaranws 88]

Cancelled DHL, started on Scotts Tower Singapore:

Here's an architectural render of it (this is my reference):

[bixel 1,224]

The central pillar is actually a + in shape. Also you may want to make the windows look less square and more rectangle in shape, and there seems to be a gap in the columns of windows. Good start though! As far as rendering goes, gmax is horribly long... You may want to switch to Bat4Max as soon as possible.

[osaka101 0]

wow great work! i think you would need very to elevate the towers bit more since we cant see no of the bottom of base tower. still great work!

[nihonkaranws 88]

Osaka101, I took your advice, I elevated the towers a bit more. Also, I fixed the support tower in the middle, Bixel, so let's take a look:

So.... I think I'm done, what more should I add?

[fourthparallel 0]

great work!

[euphony 0]

wowee I see the building in real b4 and your's is amazing. Happy that something Singaporean can be modeled here. =)

[tigerplayer91 3]

wow thats really good!

I wish I had any amount of BATting talent lol

[jacqulina 162]

great looking buildings there

[T Wrecks 10,210]

I'd say you are far, far from done. You got a nice start for sure, and I'm convinced that you have enough talent to pull this off, but at this time the building is far from finished.

In fact, some very basic things are missing so far:

• The basic proportions look wrong; the architectural render makes the building look very thin and tall whereas your BAT looks thick and squashed.
• Likewise, and as Bix already pointed out, the windows are rectangles on the architectural render, whereas on your BAT they are squares.
• Your model lacks the structural detail between the windows.
• On the render, I can see that the four main blocks are not the same size; I count 19, 21, and 23 storeys - the one that's hidden on the pic can't be counted. Your model has 20 storeys on all parts.
• The position of the four main parts relative to the central pillar looks all wrong; the architectural render seems to indicate irregular differences between roof and floor heights, and also a different sequence of parts from highest to lowest.
• The render clearly shows a base - your model doesn't have one.

I think you're pretty good at the BAT, but you don't observe closely enough, and you are far too quick to get your BATs 'out of the way' and onto the STEX. Take more time to look at your reference, do basic stuff like counting windows and figuring out the fundamental characteristics of each part. Is it square or rectangular? If it is a rectangle, are the vertical or the horizontal lines longer? Do similar parts actually share identical characteristics, or do they differ? If so, in what way? What are the surfaces like? Are they totally flat, or do they have a structure?

Once you have these basics sorted out, I reckon it's a good idea to make a basic model to get the fundamental characteristics right. That's also a good opportunity to make a test-render and compare size, scale and proportions against other buildings in game.

As soon as that's sorted out, you can start detailing and texturing.

Sorry if the above sounds harsh in places, but I just had to mention it to point out where I see room for improvement and to help you to get better. It is not meant to bash, attack, or discourage you. You are doing a fine job, but I feel you have more potential than you are showing.

[nihonkaranws 88]

SAP - A new series of BATs that I will be creating for Thai/Southeast Asian cities. A lot of credit goes to Feliwi for giving me photos and inspiration. Here is the first BAT of the series: Bang Thep Homes:

[fourthparallel 0]

looks nice!

[nihonkaranws 88]

Bang Thep Homes are up on the STEX! Click HERE!

[estepaflip 1]

Looks great, already downloaded it

[nihonkaranws 88]

SAP Ben Wat Farmhouses (Thai Farmhouses) are on the STEX now. Click:

Named after a city in Feliwi's CJ Kaibesia.

[luudan 6]

nice nice...very nice of u to make south eastern asian style lots

[nihonkaranws 88]

I am back to making some midrises, so here's what I've done. A fictional office midrise called Ting Yu Tower. I know, I know, there is still a lot more work to be done on it, but right now I'm really not sure what more to do. If anyone has any ideas then please tell me! Thanks:

[bixel 1,224]

here yah go

its Carl L's Buildings that done get posted often thread!!! the most amazing collection of Asian (HK) buildings on the internet

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=476670