TS Dragon's BATchery

[De Ja Vu 117]

The upper left window needs to be a little more wider and a little more to the right...But you don't have to change it because not everything has to be perfect too look good...

  Edited December 2, 2011 by De Ja Vu  

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

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De Ja Vu: Thanks, I know the first and the second floor are lookin a tlittle bit different because I've batted the ground floor a little bit different.

Sorry that it takes so long for a new update but I hvae problems with mtexturing the windows. I used Jason's tut but it doesn't work.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

After being very inactive in Batting the last time I decided to start a new building by poly modelling it. I just have one question which is my biggest problem. Although the last building looks really odd, it seems as if I had the wrong measures because I choose my buildings by walking through New York City in Google Street View. How do I find out the right measures for my building. Because I don't wanna do any mistakes.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

First preview of my first poly modelled building. Its name is Saranac Apartments located in Manahatten

  Edited January 7, 2012 by skyscraper241  

[De Ja Vu 117]

It's looking good thus far. I'm having trouble finding "sranac apartments" on google...are you sure you didn't misstype it?

[Francis90b 748]

I assume you would like to BAT the saranac building.That's what i've found by googling it:

Now, if my assumptions are correct, i'd really suggest you to check the proportions of the building again, especially the ones of the windows..

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

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De Ja Vu: Thanks. And its name is Saranac Apartments. Sorry for the mistake.

Francis90b: You are right. That's the building i wanna bat. And yes, the proportions are wrong. It was/ is my first poly modelled building and I thought of making a box and then modelling the shape of the building.

So. Sorry that it took so long. I had a problem with the back of the building. When I was modelling the front side of the apartments it seemed as if I accidentally deleted Vertexes on the back. So there was a big hole. I started batting the whole building again but also that time there was any mistake could't have been fixed.

So this is the third attempt and this is what I have so far:

  Edited January 16, 2012 by skyscraper241  

[The Avatar 1,088]

This is a great start. Sorry you've been having troubles... But you know what they say: "Third time's the charm!" Best of luck!

[Francis90b 748]

^^Nicely put.

But yeah, I agree.It's probably a bit too early to judge, but I think it looks good (and right) so far.

Keep going .

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

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MamaLuigi945: Thanks anyway.

Francis90b: Thanks.

Maybe you can appreciate it better now.

This is just a "test" preview, I wanna make the ohter windows before I start with raising the building.

Comments are welcome.

[Samerton 833]

Skyscraper, you're doing an excellent job. Keep at it, it's turning out really nicely!

[Francis90b 748]

The BAT has shadows on the wrong directions (they're leaning to the left, they should lean to the right).Maybe you might try to reset your cameras, or to save your BAT in a new scene.

I don't know really much about that, maybe someone else might help you better about why and what to do.

Other than that, proportions...i will edit this later.

EDIT:I think proportions look fine.

  Edited January 20, 2012 by Francis90b  

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

If the resting cameras does not work try merging the model in a new scene.

  Edited January 20, 2012 by Aaron Graham  

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

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Samerton: Thanks!

Francis90b: Thanks for making me aware of it , it's fixed now.

Aaron Graham: Thanks, it fixed now!

So, after fixing the shadow issue here's a new preview:

[BIWDC 2,296]

Nice work so far.

[Sgt Pepper 864]

Looking good so far!

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

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BIWDC: Thanks!

Sgt Pepper: Thanks you

This is just a small update where I'm going to show you the east dies of my building. I also increased the floor distance

NEXT:

1. back of the building

2. second part of floors

3. roof and roof junk

4. lot shaping

5. textureing

6. nitelites

So now the update:

  Edited January 27, 2012 by skyscraper241  

[The Avatar 1,088]

Very nice progress since I lasted checked in. I can't wait to see more progress, and the final product as well.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

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MamaLuigi945: Thanks!

Little update. This is just a test preview for the textures.

What do you think

  Edited January 29, 2012 by skyscraper241  

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looking good, keep it up. I really like to see windows on all the sides of the building.

  Edited January 29, 2012 by Aaron Graham  

[Francis90b 748]

Looking good so far.

However, it is generally better to wait until all the model is finished before texturing.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

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Aaron Graham: Thank you!

Francis90b: I know, its just a test texturing because this is my first poly modelled building, and thanks for your comment

So, after fixing render errors I just wanna show you the actual state of affairs:

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

So, this maybe sounds a little bit outrageous, but why noone wants to comment this thread.

[Ace3 1,209]

It is looking good so far. Keep up the good work

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

You want someone to comment, here's something, please get all of the modeling done, by now your model should be finished.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

You want someone to comment, here's something, please get all of the modeling done, by now your model should be finished.

Hehehe, you only forgot to add "CHOP CHOP!".

[Girafe 1,729]

modeling part is well done for time and seems to be clean not always my case ^^

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

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10000000000000: Thanks! I hope I didn't forget a nil

Aaron Graham: OK, thanks you for your advice.

T Wrecks:

Girafe: Thank you! I know, I'm still trying to add grime to the wall but I still need help.

So, thank you for the comments. This is just a small update. Zhe next update will be posted after whole modelling is done.

If there are any imrpovement suggestions or any tips, e.g. how to add grime, please tell me.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looks great, if you are redering in HD is a great idea to render in SD, HD is for small things like, road signs, telephone pole and maybe trees, and a highly detailed building like something Amthaak did, but if you are going to upload a HD version it would be a good idea to upload a SD version, as we all know everyone here does not have a gaming computer to handle heavey loads.

To add grime on my bricks I use the cloud tool and burn tool that in photoshop, I'm not so sure what stuff is on Gimp. I am looking forward to seeing the bricks the same color as the real building and I am ready to see teh completetion of the top of the building.

[Utvaw 45]

Nice, I am liking the street level look on this building. It really adds life and character to the cityscape.