C88 Productions | Projects by: Ceafus 88

[SimCoug 5,976]

Looking good frex!

[Sgt Pepper 864]

I would say so, yes.

[Gn_leugim 858]

It looks nice. but I would do the other way around. ( I may be wrong but) you do the roof texture first and move to roof junk. I think you should do the other way around, as the roof junk will be part of the texture details

[Ceafus 88 1,905]

Time for texturing them:

Then revealing the other colors, and working on the corner version eh?

Thanks

[Sgt Pepper 864]

Ohmehgerd.

Finish the damn thing so it will be mine.

[Kevenbro 94]

looking good bro!

[harishna 847]

I think you should check the scale of the pipes and water deposit that you using as roof junk.

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Did I hear "corner version"? That's great news because it is always hard to find something to "cap" rows of W2W buildings. This is a problem particularly in smaller cities where the commercial stage is too low to allow for good mid-rise corner shops.

[Gn_leugim 858]

I say "yes"

[SimCoug 5,976]

Did I hear "corner version"? That's great news because it is always hard to find something to "cap" rows of W2W buildings. This is a problem particularly in smaller cities where the commercial stage is too low to allow for good mid-rise corner shops.

I'm starting to run into this as well. Some neat mid rise w2w corner buildings would be highly desirable I think. These look great Frex - looking forward to the finished product.

[Francis90b 748]

Roof tanks are likely to sit above where bathroom-kitchens are.

Right now you have the side wall, a small gap and then the chimney.I think the chimney should be integrated with the side wall.I often saw it in rowhouses recently - the side wall rise as much as it's needed, then it goes a little higher where the chimneys are.

What's the reason behind pipes? Why they are on your model? What they are expected to be? Why they are in that specific location, and not another location?

  Edited August 13, 2012 by Francis90b  

[Ceafus 88 1,905]

Thanks guys! I took in the knowledge you guys left for me, and then went to Google Earth, and looked on the roofs of row houses of this style. I also looked around the STEX a bit, to see how it was done, and what I found was the roof work was very simple, nothing much.

So I went and redone it, I am thinking more needs to be added, but not quite sure what.

Thanks.

[Francis90b 748]

The part of the chimney that's below the top of the side wall should be done in the same material as the side wall.Also, the chimney needs a cornice of a different material on it's top (metal or concrete).

Corner:

As far as the corner buildings, you would need to consider that you won't have 16 mtrs anymore, but just 14,4, cause you need to subtract the sidewalk lenght on the corner side.

That means that you can't put two 8 mtrs wide rowhouses there - you might either create two 7,2 mtrs rowhouses out of the ones you have, and then do further work on the side of the one that will sit on the corner, or you can put an 8 mtrs wide rowhouse like the ones you did, and design a 6,4 mtrs rowhouse to fill the corner.

The corner rowhouse would probably have it's entrance on the side that's away from the corner, cause next to the entrance there would be the stairwell, and the side facing the corner would probably be used to give additional windows to the rooms inside.

Also, your rowhouses have an L shape, this is reasonable cause they're W2W and this is a way to allow better lighting.

However this L shape wouldn't be necessary on the corner rowhouse because one of the two long sides would have access to air and light, you might do a full rectangle there.

Hope it helps.

  Edited August 13, 2012 by Francis90b  

[T Wrecks 10,210]

So I went and redone it, I am thinking more needs to be added, but not quite sure what.

Ideally you'd do the rest with the texture - see Jason's latest upload (Sturgeon Building). There's not much junk up there, either, but the texture does the job.

Oh, and good advice from Francis here.

[Ceafus 88 1,905]

@Everyone who posted:

Thanks very much, I am sorry for the lack of updates recently, school has started, and I am trying to get my time worked around so I can continue with my BATting.

I have slowly applied the things Francis suggested, and plan on doing the other variations this weekend, given that my dad does not make me work.

Thanks for your support through active times and not, I appreciate it!

[Halen Of Dania 350]

Haven't posted in this thread in a bit so here I go!. Everything tbh is looking great frex!. Batting has done great things for you and I hope it leads you too a strong posistion in the future and in this community!. Keep up the great work man! Oh and btw just curious what happened to that gas station pack you where putting together?, at least I think it was a pack of some kind?. You can correct me if i'm wrong lol!.

cheers

[Sgt Pepper 864]

I recently started school as well, college, and I'm trying to juggle time for BATing and for school work. It's certainly a hassle but remember that school is more important.

Hope to see updates soon enough though!

[Ceafus 88 1,905]

[LivingInThePast 364]

Looking through your BATs, it seems they have gotten better and better since your earlier ones just a few years ago.

I hope to follow in your footsteps.

[T Wrecks 10,210]

That roof texture is looking really good now! You may want to check the overall colour hue against an SC4 backdrop. I have the impression that the colours you used are a bit on the "cold" or blueish side. However, this is hard to judge due to differences between monitors and monitor settings. Hence a comparison only really works if you see both images (SC4 reference and the BAT) side to side on one and the same PC.

Apart from that I'd say that probably your best work so far is nearing completion - you can really be proud of yourself.

[SimCoug 5,976]

Those Row houses are looking great! I can't wait to see them in additional colors.

[simlink 1,098]

Nice work Frex, really enjoying watching your progress on these.

[Ceafus 88 1,905]

Thank You Everyone!!!!!!

@T Wrecks: Thanks for the advice I will try it against it to see how it looks.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

I think they look great, I feel that the ac units in the windows a to large. You can look at mine on my buildings, Like the Franklin Apartments and 41 Park Avenue.

Oh, yeah do not forget if you do make a verity of colors like most batter do when thay make any type of housing that is smaller that five stories, you need to make sure that the night lites are differnt from the last building same with some of the ac units in the windows.

  Edited September 14, 2012 by Aaron Graham  

[Ceafus 88 1,905]

Thanks Aaron

I have a 3rd color variation here:

This includes the new scaled down AC units.

[gutterclub 2,729]

Looking good, really like the progress you are making and these will hopefully a healthy addition to the row home collection..

[SimCoug 5,976]

Great! The different color variations look good.

[AlexandrosB13 184]

I think they look pretty good. Just try to see real life pictures of buildings like this and recreate anything you see. As i said it looks good but it feels too empty.

[IL. 1,043]

Some plants or small trees, or bushes, will always be a good idea

Your BAT is very nice

Just some roof junk and it is ready to be exported.

[Francis90b 748]

In real life roof junk is put on the roof to perform some scope, and not to be eye-pleasing for someone watching it from above....so, wheter there is roof junk, and which, and how much, is strictly linked with pratical consideration, i.e. is it necessary?

Wheter the result looks interesting or dull or empty is simply a subjective value statement.

  Edited September 19, 2012 by Francis90b