Nomad BAT Thread

[Nomadic 23]

Id though I make a thread to show some of the work I do and for support for my upcoming BATs.

I prefer to recreate the many buildings I see everyday and I like to have my work as much detailed as possible.

Even the smallest thing can be beatiful with proper details and textures.

Any questions you have please post here, thanks!!

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

I love it so far.

[Gn_leugim 858]

yes, it is going very well.

one thing only, the brick walls could be more weathered, with signs of time.. they look to clean.. maybe some de-saturation also. and they would be perfect

[Kryptowhite 9]

Thats your first BAT? It looks great! Already got me excited to follow your work. I'm curious how wide it is in meters...it looks awfully big.

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

You are off to a good start! Its nice to hear that you will be taking such measures to insure accuracy, the final product is always many times better that way I like seeing new BATers, and you show loads of promise.

I'll wait and see what you do with textures before I make any comments on them, but they look like a good starting point (like I said )

Best of luck,

-Todd

[Nomadic 23]

Thanks for all the replies!!!!

To answer a few questions,

No its not my first BAT. I have done a couple of other buildings but never released. However I do intend to release at least one.

The scale is close to normal or at least to Maxis standard. I have yet to caliber Photoshop for GMAX but it shouldn't take long. Meanwhile I will try to finish the modeling.

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New release

More like a "test" BAT. I applied some photoshop techniques and modding (Custom Query).

[simcity4fan12 13]

Wow, you're one of those rare people that are like, all ready good at BATing before they come to Simtropolis. Fine work here!

[vivydu29 60]

A splendid bat Nomadic.

Your Sam's Club is look really nice and the Check Cashing stores are perfect.

So, I'm impatient to see a new bat .

[Larks2242 251]

Great job on your Sam's club it looks outstanding!

[Delecto 941]

good start, I can't wait for more.

DEL!

[Nomadic 23]

Small update

Have the basic modelling and texturing finished. But still not happy with the roof texture. I have looked through Google Maps and I have seen that most of these stores have either black or white roofs. But it will look bad on the SC4 perspective.

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

You should definitely go for something more neutral gray on the roof, however instead of something red, try adding a tinge of blue to it so that it doesn't turn into some hideous yellow/green color in gmax's awful lighting.

[Kryptowhite 9]

yes agreed, definetely go with a grey/white.

[vivydu29 60]

I agree with Krypto and SimHoTToDDy, it's just more godd with grey roof.

But it's a splendid bat and the others textures are perfect.

[Gn_leugim 858]

same here.. that roof kinda hurts eyes.. look for a better more neutral texture

[De Ja Vu 117]

I agree with all the comments above me =) The roof looks too bright and the color is kinda off. You said most stores have white or black roofs, but I think that gray would also look great!

The building itself looks fantastic and very detailed. Can't wait to see it completed!

Keep up the good job!

-Dejavu

[Nomadic 23]

Thanks everyone for helping me out. Sams Club is nearing its completion and I have started a few other buildings for my cities.

I finished the outdoor and garden area now Im working with the roof.

[Gn_leugim 858]

great remember one other thing, not just chage the texture for one with othger color.. ussualy, roofs like that (and most textures\roofs) are better to be used with a custom texture.. Jason has a nice tut about that

[Nomadic 23]

Yeah I know. I looked through some BATs and I see many people usually have concrete roofs on large stores like this.

But I decided to use a metallic roof instead.

[simcity4fan12 13]

A metallic rusted roof! Indeed an idea on buildings' roofs, very different then most. The texture you used, IMO should stay the same, but the color, like most said, should be more of a grey, with a hint of black if you ask me. For the concrete ground you made, you did the same that I did: you took a texture from LE. I used it on a couple of buildings, I think, however, it would be a good idea to edit it where it doesn't blend in with the side walks(which is what the texture is actually) so well.

[Nomadic 23]

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

WOW!! this is looking 100% great I have to download this when you finish, keep up the good work

[vivydu29 60]

It's just splendid Nomadic.

Your roof is really nice and the "gardena" is wonderfull, bravo.

I find that your buildings have a small likeness with those of Bobbo662. (beacause of the textures)

I am really impatient to have this bat in my MD.

[art128 4,618]

Woaw ! The shapes of that commercial building are very nice. And I love the roof texture, nice job !

[psander5 197]

Cool. I am pleasantly surprised by your roof texture. I wasn't expecting it to look quite as nice compared to your previous update. I think this building will fit in perfectly with many of the other similar strip mall styled buildings on the STEX. Your building almost looks Goober-esque! (That's a compliment btw )

The garden area looks especially vibrant. It adds a nice touch of flair to a building that is naturally, mostly roof.

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

Nicely done! I think you should compare the hue/saturation of all your textures with similar buildings in game so you don't have something that sticks out alike a sore thumb. The pavement in front of the entrance in particular could be shifted (to blue or red, hard to say without trying it) and maybe desaturated a little so that it matches up better with the game's paver tiles.

All in all, it looks great. You are putting in a lot of wonderful little details. Cheers,

-Todd

[Gn_leugim 858]

now that is a nice improvement

[Nomadic 23]

I have started to work with 3ds MAX 9. Actually I bough it last year through a student discount offered by my school.

We are using Autocad on our workshop so it was required for my course.

I started a little project,

That is just the base of a building which I haven't started it. Again, pretty basic modelling and texturing. Any advice is welcome though!!

[Gn_leugim 858]

it looks good, thou the roof texture tiles a bit no?

[Nomadic 23]

Its just a random texture. Also I have rendered the Sams Club. I hope it will be ready on the stex soon.