TS Dragon's BATchery

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

First glimpse at the new building!

 

[Darknono35 3,137]

Good luck for the next update 

[Delecto 941]

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

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@Darknono35: Thank you mate!

 

@Delecto:     

 

Some more work

 

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Slow progress due to RL business

 

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

[edwardjeria 503]

Good

[Darknono35 3,137]

Looks good so far, keep it up

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

[Darknono35 3,137]

An slow progress, but your building will take form

Keep up the good work, I can't wait the next
 

[Jasoncw 11,840]

It's looking good so far but I worry that your modeling might be too fine, because it's hard to see the details.  You might want to try giving the parts temporary colored materials (black for window frames, blue for glass, grey for stone, etc.) to make sure that everything is legible. 

[Vlasky 1,803]

I like what I'm seeing, tho for now its just hints of what is there. Listen to Jason's advice and show us a render like that. But I really like this new direction you're taking

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

This are just test roofs to avoid light shining through the walls

 

 

[edwardjeria 503]

is good textures

love the model

[Darknono35 3,137]

Yeah !!! It will become very impressive
 

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Wonderful work on the building!!!

[RepublicMaster 428]

The modelling is shaping up nicely!

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Just want to take the chance and wish you guys a Merry Christmas!

 

No Update, but be sure there will be something new soon!!! 

[T Wrecks 10,209]

What? No update? 

 

Haha, just kidding - merry Christmas to you, too!

[Darknono35 3,137]

Thanks, merry christmas sky

[edwardjeria 503]

lol

 

that laughter is not December 28, is 25

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Nothing SC4 related, but still 3ds Max stuff

 

A DNA structure:

 

 

 

 

Shall I create a Non-Sim-City-Modelling-Thread or shall I use this one? Vote the poll!

 

 

[Darknono35 3,137]

, very well done.

[Jasoncw 11,840]

Nice!

 

 

I'd keep all your stuff in one thread.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

My first render of something made in Sculprtis. Rendered in 3ds Max

 

 

 

I know something went horribly wrong with the eyes. But hey, it's the first time ever used this so...

[Jasoncw 11,840]

So far so good.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

*BUMP*

 

I just bump my own thread to announce a new big project. After Simtropolis Batting School (SBS) has totally failed and will most likely not reaturn next year I would like to introduce a new project with a lot of people. I'm not gonna reveal anything. I'm just saying it'll be huge, it has something to do with batting and we will need a lot of volunteers. 

 

Stay tuned, further information soon!

 

PS: Please take your time to answer (some of) the polls. I'll appreciate it. If you want, you can also tell us what you voted.

[JP Schriefer 5,590]

Good, is always good having projects around, it keeps the community active. About me  be involved on it, depends on the project if I can help why not. And bring up more ideas in the future, they could turn out very well :D :D

 

In another words, if I can help I will, but won't be 100% dedicated to it, my classes back soon. I'm not pro like some awesome guys here, but maybe I can do simple tasks

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

To introduce one of two new upcomming projects, let me just post an excerpt of a personal conversation with Hamish:

 

About the batting project, it was more an idea of having more than just batters involved in a project. I thought of some sort of BAT factory, where everybody help to create a whole new kind of buildings. The basic idea was to create different "departments" which will focus on the one and only purpose. The idea came when I was collecting building for Emporis and wrote several articles. By now, I have written articles for more than 1000 buidlings and, therefore, could get a complex overview of what kinds of buildings exist. When I took a look at Google Earth, I realized that it might be pretty hard to create a "real world" with given stuff though there is a huge variety of buildings. I always try to avoid using recreated BATs so I though it would be awesome to have buildings around that will fit in to any city but still are unique buildings.

 

So I though of having one part of the team collecting the instructions for the next building. This will be done by extensive conversations and polls with the requesting community. I saw the BAT Request Thread. Many people are asking for whatever comes into their minds first without even thinking if it would be useful or checking if it is even already available. You then could see what kind of building is most asked for. My first idea wer mid rise commercial buildings you will often see in commercial parks and areas in US' suburbs. Then, they will also set the basic instructions like the number of storys, the architecture style, the purpose, the height, the way it was built (tall floors, lobbys etc.).

 

The second team will simply plan the building. I saw many people posting their artworks or simply being very interested in architecture. It would be their job to create the whole building based on the criteria given by the first team. The would draw the facade, and parts of the interior layout, if it necessary they will even do floorplans. 

 

The third team will do what they can do best: Batting and modelling. For the last part of the process, they will have to use they drawings and drafts by the planning team. They will have to use the height, the architecuter etc, just like in RL. Of course, there will be some sort of deviation that gives the batting team some kind of latitude. 

 

That was the basic idea. I though it would be awesome if more people would be involved in the process of batting even though they might not be experienced in batting itself. They will have the change to gain some influence to the final result. 

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

No interest? Okay.