nybt-forum-threads AlexandrosB13 NYBT Projects

[AlexandrosB13 184]

Hello and welcome to my Bat Thread for the NYBT. Here i will show to you the progress of my buildings. Any comments and tips that can help me make my buildings better are invited here!

Projects:

Current:

Eldorado Apartments

Working:

1065 Avenue of Americas

120 Wall Street

Harlem Apartments

Uploaded:

.. nothing yet

1065 avenue of americas :

The real building:

500 5th Avenue ( I am not working on this building any more as Simfox is making a much better version from this ).

And finally the 120 wall street that i uploaded a few hours ago.

  Edited July 17, 2012 by AlexandrosB13  

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

I do like the models, but you need to show a rendering image of your models so we can help out. Have you thought of being on the NY Bat Team??

[AlexandrosB13 184]

Here are some small updates on 1065 avenue of americas:

East View:

South View

  Edited March 9, 2011 by AlexandrosB13  

[AlexandrosB13 184]

Sorry for double posting but i have got the renders of 500 5th Avenue:

Aaron: I am thinking to pm sgt pepper/simcity4fan12 to be a member of the team.<br type="_moz">

  Edited March 9, 2011 by AlexandrosB13  

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looks Great. It would be nice to have another member of NYBT.

[ozdaniel 4]

can you do allso the 60 wallstreet? by the way i love your work

[AlexandrosB13 184]

ozdaniel: 60 Wall Street is an interesting building but also a little bit hard to make.. I will see when i finish 1065 A.O.A.. Then i may want to make another New York building and who knows, maybe its the 60 Wall Street.

  Edited March 9, 2011 by AlexandrosB13  

[ozdaniel 4]

thanks mannnnn!!!!

[TowerDude 2,187]

You are a great BATer i personnaly think that you should join NYBT

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

Your modeling seems solid, however your BATs are still very lacking in detail and especially in textures. These buildings (the older ones at least) have an incredible amount of detail in addition to the towers and the terraces and things, it would be tragic to ignore something like that. What is worse, is that your finished buildings appear as if their walls are a flat color instead of stone or brick!

You seem to have quite a bit of talent for this, however with a little bit more work you could be on par with the best out there.

Cheers,

-Todd

[AlexandrosB13 184]

I know i missed the details especially on the 500 5th Avenue. It was my first skyscraper bat and my first bat with so many details ( i don t mean that my bat has those details, i mean the real building has them ) but as i bat more i am getting better and better. I am sure you will see when i will upload my 1065 avenue of americas. Also i am very close to get the night lighting to work.

By the way here are some updates on 1065 Avenue Of Americas:

  Edited March 9, 2011 by AlexandrosB13  

[AlexandrosB13 184]

Sorry for double posting again but i have great news.. I learnt how to night light following the omnibus !!. So now 1065 Avenue Of Americas i am working on will also have night lighting !

  Edited March 9, 2011 by AlexandrosB13  

[halo1dragon 11]

Originally posted by: AlexandrosB13

sorry for double posting again but i have great news.. i learnt how to night light following the omnibus !!. so now the 1065 Avenue Of Americas i am working on will also have night lighting !quote>

finally how to use nightlighting thats great!

[PBGV103 729]

1065 looks good. I'm curious on how you're going to handle the "L" shape. My advice would be to also make the low rise building. That way you won't end up with LOD issues and it should fit on a 4x4 lot. Plus it would give the BAT that great New York/mixed architecture look.

For reference:

[AlexandrosB13 184]

I have some updates, i made some details on the windows:

  Edited March 9, 2011 by AlexandrosB13  

[Vlasky 1,803]

The modeling looks great, just please go explore threads and find out posts where experienced BATers like SimFox, Jasoncw, Nofunk, SimHoTToDDy, Amthaak & others explain how to make textures in photoshop, how to tweak and similar. You'll be amazed how helpful those are and how much difference they make. Great work!

[Vlasky 1,803]

The modeling looks great, just please go explore threads and find out posts where experienced BATers like SimFox, Jasoncw, Nofunk, SimHoTToDDy, Amthaak & others explain how to make textures in photoshop, how to tweak and similar. You'll be amazed how helpful those are and how much difference they make. Great work!

[AlexandrosB13 184]

Replies:

Vlasky: I will try to improve my texturing ( i know it sucks ).

I have started working on the back side of 1065, here is how it looks for now. I will also make the lowrise in the corner.

  Edited March 9, 2011 by AlexandrosB13  

[Sgt Pepper 864]

Intarestin' so far my friend. It kinda reminds of a mix of 250 Broadway and this other building sorta across from it.

[AlexandrosB13 184]

I am thinking of starting this building from the beginning because after i started working on 1065 i learnt more things and new techniques that i havent used to this building since i learnt them after i started it. So i think it will be better this way. In this building i have also done some mistakes on the windows.. What do you think?

  Edited March 9, 2011 by AlexandrosB13  

[AlexandrosB13 184]

Sorry for double posting ( AGAIN ) but i decided to start it again. Here is what i have changed for now:

old one:

check images above this post

You see? Edges are wrong..

Here is the other thing i changed.

Windows in this wall are 8x8 like the real one

Old one :

Windows are 10x8 and the real one is 8x8.

And there are more which you will see in the future.

oh and i downloaded 3ds max 2010 so does anyone how to use a gmax file with 3ds max?

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  Edited March 9, 2011 by AlexandrosB13  

[SimFox 803]

when you say windows are 8x8 what exactly do you mean?

and there is no real time effective method of converting GMAX files to Max ones - it is by default, after all GMAX is a free tool and was made not to compete with Max.

[AlexandrosB13 184]

I mean this:

  Edited March 9, 2011 by AlexandrosB13  

[GuerrilaWarfare 39]

Haha, it's funny cause this is exactly how i make my buildings, by windows, how many going up and across

[SimFox 803]

Oh I see, I though you were talking of a dimensions of the window, rather than about their count!

[Sgt Pepper 864]

Looking better and better!

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

All I can say is keep it up buddy.

[AlexandrosB13 184]

Here is a high quality render of the front view:

This one is low:

Soon i am finishing with the modeling of 1065, there have left only some walls and details. Then i will have to make the lowrise in the corner. One more difference that you can see from the old 1065 is that roofs are not flat.

  Edited March 9, 2011 by AlexandrosB13  

[AlexandrosB13 184]

I have almost finished with the back side of the building, here are some low quality renders:

How does it look?

  Edited March 9, 2011 by AlexandrosB13  

[Vlasky 1,803]

It looks good. Are you sure you wanna leave the corner empty?