Nycc06's BAT Workshop

[DarkGear 5]

Wow very nice work and thanks for the update....I'm going to be a starkler of this thread now....*cough* *cough* I mean spy..no wait a fan,yeah thats it a fan, I'm a fan of your work.

[jacqulina 162]

very nice detail

[nycc06 229]

Here's another quick update that i have been working on today. The render shows the base section and the mid section of the tower. This gives an idea of what the tower will start to look like in regards to textures.

[_Atticus 10]

Looks very good. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of this finished!

-Pingangster

[Scarton 57]

That is so great! It all looks like it is supposed to be. By the way, what happened to the Crescent Tower?

[nycc06 229]

Thanks for the gr8 feedback. SC4@simtropolis, the Crescent Tower along with other projects will be started up again when i've finished the wtc complex. Here's a list of what is comming up in the future in terms of new BATs.

This is the project outline for the WTC complex

One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower)               541m                                    June 2009

Two World Trade Center                                                411m                                    August 2009

Three World Trade Center                                             378m                                    N/A

Four World Trade Center                                               297m                                    July 2009

Five World Trade Center                                                226m                                     N/A

Goldman Sachs NWHQ (Six World Trade Center)   228m                                     Completed

Seven World Trade Center                                            228m                                     N/A

WTC Memorial                                                                                                                 September 11th 2009

Here's a list of possible future projects after the WTC project is finished.

Queen's Bay Tower                                                         380m

Crescent Tower                                                               N/A

Thornhill Rise Tower                                                      418m

Unititled Project                                                               465m

Austin Grand Civic Center                                             95m

New Hampshire Arts Center                                        67m

England Tower Hotel                                                     490m

Austin Capital Tower                                                      570m

BDHQ Tower                                                                    504m

Seriah Tower                                                                    619m

Also here's a sneak peak at a very early version of the new WTC memorial plaza.

[Craig91 12]

Fantastic

[TV-VCR 14]

Man, this is coming together to be a really nasty _{(in a good way)} Freedom tower, certainly the most realistic I've seen so far.

I imagine in the end you'll brighten it up a little, and layer a reflection over the glass? To be blunt, it's a wee bit dark.

[masssc4 3]

Very Nice!!! One suggestion though, when you do nite lights could you use the ones SimFox uses on his Bashnja na Naberezhoj C Tower? https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=19696

[Ferrariguy1000 43]

wow! I was gonna request ground zero, but you are making it. good luck, I know it'll look good.

[DarkGear 5]

very very nice, this will be a day one download, again great work and I wish you the best in future endeavors.

and this is a question to anyone who might know "is anyone working on a Beekman place(NYC) BAT?" thanks.

[nycc06 229]

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. Here's an update on the top section of the tower.



Here's the full size image:
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/4893/firstfullrenderw.jpg

[DarkGear 5]

From the looks of it all that needs to be worked on is the crown. Can't wait

[nycc06 229]

here's an update on the roof of the Freedom Tower. Noted from earlier requests i will try to brighten up the window colours on the base to make them match the newer, lighter glass from more recent renders of the real tower. Also i will be posting the newer versions later today with the possibilities of some night renders comming soon.

[Gecko_2006 1]

All that detailing is amazing nycc06! The roof of the building really is beautiful. In fact, the entire tower is for that matter, and I can't wait to see it finished! In the spirit of constructive criticism however, the white of the windowpanes is a bit overbearing when you're zoomed farther out, and we lose the beauty factor of the glass- perhaps lower the thickness a bit? Can't wait to see your alternative versions/nightlighting.

[Keegan V50 15]

thats impressive nycc06,really great progress on 1 World Trade Center

all the best

victor

[nycc06 229]

thanks for the replies. Gecko_2006; in response to your previous comment, i can understand what you mean by the window frames being overbearing, however, at this stage, the window count is probably well over 60,000, and each window frame would have to be altered individually, which i really don't want to have to do. I'll try to tone the colour down a bit to see if this makes it any better.

[allez l'om 1]

It looks so realistic!! congratulations.

[nycc06 229]

Here's the alternate versions as promised. The bottom left is the original render with the new roof. The middle is with a lighter base and the bottom right is a slightly darker version of the model.

   

Let me know what you all think and i'll choose the version that is the most popular.

[DarkGear 5]

First off, I love them all... alright now for some input; The middle one seems to be the best and most acurate (had to open up some Freedom Tower pictures to be sure) and the one on the right seems to fit an evening shot, would need to see a night shot to make a definite decision. Anyway awsome work and best of luck

[allez l'om 1]

all these versions looks great!! I don't which one I prefer. they own their own particularity. i am looking forward to see the night render.

[Ferrariguy1000 43]

probably make a pack of the three, I love both of them.

[Keegan V50 15]

All 3 of them looks impressive nycc,i cant really judge which is the proper version since certain pics of 1 World Trade Center has a dark wall base lobby entrance like This,which its the previous artist impression rendering.

This is the Latest Artist Rendering which shows a all glass lobby wall and looks like the models in pic 2 and 3,but if comparing it all,pic 1 will be my choice for the 1 World Trade Center tower because it looks very detailed and much solid with a dark base.

looking forward for more updates on this 1 WTC

all the best

victor

[Godzillaman 21]

The second one.

[nycc06 229]

Thanks for all of the replies. To sort of bridge the gap between the light and dark versions of the base, here's the second version of the tower with a new base. Let me know what you think.

[mightygoose 92]

i pic number 3 if you have the base colour from number 1..... so darker top glass and much darker base.

[nycc06 229]

Ok, here's the first night renders of the tower. I couldn't decide between the two window colours shown in the renders. In the actual pics of the tower, the night shots show gold/ orangey windows, but i also think that the green works quite well also. So, I'll leave you to decide which is best.

   

[SimHoTToDDy 2,938]

I was never a fan of the blueish windows, yellow all the way

Looking great though, really impressive work. Can't say I like the light on dark on the bottom section though, I was partial to the original variation/ contrast.

-Todd

[bixel 1,223]

its looking real good... tho i would redo the night windows. It will take time, but instead of single window on off, collapse into mesh and attach them in groups like 6 or 8, that way when you use the randomize night window script it will have a better office look to it. You may have to load an older version of the model, since the script once applied it not really reversible.

[Zelgadis 638]

I've never seen any pictures of actual computer models of the Freedom towers. But I'm keen on the blue/green glow more than the other. I always liked that. I have blue hued lights in my own home, so I guess I'm biased.

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