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[skyscraper 216]

Hi @all

I've startet a new project. It's a skyscraper in Dubai, UAE.

One Business Bay - 165 m

I hope you like it, this is the first preview

[art128 4,622]

Waow! I like the shape a lot!

[harishna 847]

I got soem issues about the whole design, would you mind showing a BAT4Max preview the mullions don't fit with the geometry of the building...

[nathanthemayor 1,263]

Wow!Can't wait for it to be on the STEX!

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Like your new project

Why do you attach you previews. Why you don't register at imagechack.com andupload them and wirte the direct link.

[Francis90b 748]

I like it so far!

But i also think that the base should be changed somehow.Right now i think it's too wide in comparison with the tower.

Maybe you might make it thinner, and add two nice alleys on the back?

Or maybe you might make it smaller, and then raise it from the ground, so you will get a large, all open plaza under the building, like in Yamasaki's One Woodward avenue.

Oh, and maybe it might be a good idea to clad it with glass (maybe a kind of class that looks different from the one used on the tower?) rather than with stone or concrete.

[skyscraper 216]

hi @all, thank you so much for the comments...

@skyscraper241: I've done it

@Francis90b: Yes you're right, but the base of real tower are concrete walls....

I've worked on the roof and that is the result.....

I hope you like it

  Edited December 21, 2011 by skyscraper  

[gutterclub 2,729]

The roof looks fantastic, however I'm still not convinced on the glass and I think it might be down the the ground pane texture you are using and some settings with the glass. Are you able to post the texture you use for the ground pane, the glass looks too fuzzy and not enough going on from glass pane to glass pane.

This has potention to be fantastic, the modelling is fantastic.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Yea, I do agree with Gutterclub, Need some work on the glass, but I really like the model.

[harishna 847]

I made a quick count of the floors in a real life picture and don't seem to match with your model. In the real life picture I counted 20 floors before extruding section that includes 3 more floors and finally 7 more after this section. From your model I get 14 2 and 8. I did this really quickly but I recommend you to look at this carefully.

I made a quick count of the floors in a real life picture and don't seem to match with your model. In the real life picture I counted 20 floors before the extruding section this includes 3 more floors and finally 7 floors after this section. From your model I get 16 2 and 8. I did this really quickly but I recommend you to look at this carefully.

[skyscraper 216]

Thanks...

OK, i have change the window sizes and the window reflection, I think the window sizes would be correct, what du you mean?

The entrance is not finished...

  Edited December 24, 2011 by skyscraper  

[on001222 689]

Nice :thumb: :thumb:

[SimRabbit 48]

That is pretty impressive skyscraper. I have been a fan of your work ever since you worked with GMAX. Now your buildings look even better with 3ds MAX.

[Chris M 406]

The roof looks amazing!

[skyscraper 216]

@ on00122222222222222: Thanks

@ SimRabbit: Thank you so much, i'm also a fan of your NDEX works

@ DragonAnime: Thank you

Here is a small Update...I've workes on the park roof....

I hope you like it

  Edited January 7, 2012 by skyscraper  

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Looks great buzt the asphalt texture looks to detailed if you know what I mean. Everything else looks great.

[art128 4,622]

Same comment as on SC4D, with an helical ramp it is perfect.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Wow!!! The model is on point.

[Andrey km 304]

This car park reminds me some buildings in HK

[Bipin 3,403]

What a peculiar, yet attractive shape!

[harishna 847]

A few points:

Asphalt texture needs some dirt and grease stains and the noise is too big (almost look like gravel).

Grass and parkway textures too saturated.

Parking access ramps look incredibly narrow.

Parking slots not uniform in size.

Covered areas of the parking slots look too low.

Columns at base look misplaced, specially the ones in the corners.

The extruding part of the building could use a better texture and if I remember correctly there are some concrete pillars visible that link the main building and the extruding section, at the moment that hole makes the building look hollow.

But it is coming along pretty nice

[skyscraper 216]

hi guys,

i've a new update now...

With nitelites

i hope you like it....

  Edited February 23, 2012 by skyscraper  

[shinkansen1 84]

No, I don't like it...

I love it! What more is to be done before release???

[art128 4,622]

AAAAH, these night lights are so beautiful my heart is beating too fast!! :wub:

[kellydale2003 2,276]

Great job! Love the modelling so far! Keep it up!

But here's probably one of the biggest contributions when it comes to realistic texturing...

Use the "Arch & Design" Materials rollout, don't use Standard. Standard is pretty much good for nothing (including mat materials)... So yeah!

It takes some getting used to, but once you get a grasp on how to texture more efficiently in Arch & Design, you'll no doubt have better looking materials.

I might be mistaken, but the glass looks like a Standard Material, Try an Arch & Design material and tweak it similar! (:

, Kellydale2003

[Jasoncw 11,949]

By default, the "reflection color" is white, but try making it grey instead. It should basically add a grey tint to the reflections. Then you can increase the contrast of the ground plane a bit to balance it out (because you wouldn't need to compensate for the grey tint as much in your ground plane texture as you would before). This way the reflections of the ground plane and the reflections of the rest of the BAT (the parking area for example) will blend together better.

Even though I wrote that tutorial and even though my own glass turned out ok, I'm still not really sure how to make that kind of glass, but I think changing the reflection color might be part of it.

[skyscraper 216]

Thanks so much for comments...

Yes you're right. I've made the reflection color from white in light grey. Here are picture with 2 versions - before and after, what do you mean...

Do you like the new style?

I hope it was that, what you mean... ^_^

Thanks for replies...

[thesantiagossj4 26]

see this, i making nakheel tower, (it's completed)

¡click me to see the image!

[kellydale2003 2,276]

Looks waay better! But your reflections seem a little weak! Perhaps a map like this, or something similar will spice it up a bit!

Also play around with the reflections and custom IOR! (:

[Utvaw 45]

Really like the lights on this one (assuming the parking garage just hasn't been lit yet)and I like the after version more, it is a more realistic color if you ask me. Keep up the good work!