Jason's BATs & Tutorials
TUTORIALS
Below is a listing of tutorials found throughout my BAT thread. Clicking on the link will take you to that post in this thread.
GARDENER CENTER GLASS This entry explains the reflective metal coated glass material I created for Gardener Center. NIGHT WINDOWS WITH SELF ILLUMINATION This tutorial explains how to make nitelites using the self illumination feature of the Arch & Design material in 3ds Max 9 and newer. DERIVING DIMENSIONS (BRUTALIST FACADE PART 1) How to use Google Earth and Adobe Photoshop to figure out the dimensions of the Central Scotland Police Headquarters' Brutalist
facade will be explained. This method is applicable to all facades. Part 2 covers how to model it. BASIC POLY MODELING (BRUTALIST FACADE PART 2) Extruding splines is the most commonly used method to create walls and other objects, but many forms can't be made by extruding
splines. This tutorial explains how to create the basic shape of brutalist facade shown above, using the Extrude and Outline tools. SNAPS AND THE TRANSFORM TYPE-IN BOXES Being able to work accurately is essential for making clean, easy-to-work-on models. This entry covers Snaps, and the Transform
Type-In boxes. TEXTURING SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY INSTEAD OF MODELING IT This entry offers advice on texturing subtle surface topography, like that found in relief carvings, spandrels, and ornament. CREATING BRICKS IN PHOTOSHOP Finding or creating brick textures that are large, have a lot of variation, and look good in SimCity can be a long and tedious ordeal.
Here's a technique for creating good bricks quickly. GREEN ROOF This entry explains how to poly model large areas of green roof, and how to create random variation in the grass material. BRISE SOLEIL This entry explains how to use a material to make the louvers instead of modeling them. CATWALKS AND FENCES This tutorial explains how to use a combination of polygon modeling, splines, and materials to quickly make catwalks, railing, fire escapes, and more. REFLECTIVE METAL Learn how to make reflective metal materials. MANAGING WINDOWS Tips for window modeling and materials that are easy to make, modify, and that don't clutter your scene. NIGHT GROUND PLANE (SQUIGGLY NIGHT REFLECTIONS) Learn how to represent reflected streetlife lights on your facade. MASKING UNDERGROUND OBJECTS The most convenient way of masking parts of your building that are underground, like sunken plazas. MAKING BUSHES (NOISY BOX METHOD) Learn how to make a bush starting from a box. MAKING BUSHES (PREMADE METHOD) Tips on downloading premade bushes from online. MAKING BUSHES (PARTICLE FLOW METHOD) Learn how to make bushes using PClouds.
BATS 2022 Turtle Publishing Target Savisaar Insurance Denton Corporation Beacon Apartments Wellman Building Apple Store Pack Continental Bank and Trust Kallax Residential Norfair Corporation 2021 D.B. Franklin Co. Farrand's Department Store Murray Museum of Modern Art Albee Amphitheater Judith Krug Branch Library Morrow Building Union Bank Plaza 2020 2 Commerce Street Great Lakes EMS Academy Wellington Place 2019 Hathaway Tower Residencial Rachel de Queiroz Guardian Building 2016 Trier Tower V2 Roosevelt Circle 994 Vargas Avenue Windsor Atlantica Hotel 2015 Warwick Square Oakland Tribune Grand Haven Lighthouse Big Red Lighthouse 220 West Congress Porto Ponta Negra Residence Design Research Northern Trust Bank 2014 M Maria Branch Library V2 Le Shangri-La Telus Plaza South Telus Plaza North MacDonald Station Telus Park Motown Museum Anchor Bar Paulo Victor Condominiums Aphrodite's Garden 2013 Charlotte Apartments Penobscot Building Telus Plaza Heroult-Deville Sojot Building V2 Oliver Place Apartments Oliver Place Equitable Bank and Trust Blackburn Tower Kerrytown Apartments 2012 Inland Steel Building Hillier Building LaVaughn BioTech Sturgeon Building Anthony Bikes Sundry Building 2011 Scarab Club Frosch Elementary US Bank Center Air Filter (1x1 Round) Toledo Glass Pavilion 2010 One Woodward Avenue Music Hall Gardener Center Byron Building Grosse Pointe Public Library Queralt Hotel 2009 211 West Fort Street Oullette Electronics Trier Tower Air Filter Modern Walk-Ups Farnsworth House Trier Station Oehler Building 2008 J.W. Reid Building Nafmis Department Store Roth's Department Store Brisco's Department Store Barcelona Pavilion TruNite Rig and Tutorial Jasoncw CamLight Rig and Tutorial The Pylon Patrol Car Lot Central Police Station M. Maria Branch Library The Knoll Building Benjamin Pump Perry Station 2007 VanWingerden Plaza C VanWingerden Plaza B VanWingerden Plaza A A. D. Rean Branch Library Happy Camera & Brei Market Chase Tower Marietta Hotel Washington Square Arch The Sojot Building The Olde Building 2006 The Audubon Building The Vinton Building Chicago Water Tower HK Pawn Shop Regal Theater Pearl Place Train Station Set Wagner & Diehl Snow Modd The Detroit Free Press Building Fisk Insurance 2005 Mary Hotel Wagner Hotel Medium Sized Train Station Small Train Station 3 Houses Monkey-Dragon Games Poirer's Pictures mipro
Recreations
Releases from 2009 and earlier do not include DarkNite versions.
Below is a listing of tutorials found throughout my BAT thread. Clicking on the link will take you to that post in this thread.
GARDENER CENTER GLASS This entry explains the reflective metal coated glass material I created for Gardener Center. NIGHT WINDOWS WITH SELF ILLUMINATION This tutorial explains how to make nitelites using the self illumination feature of the Arch & Design material in 3ds Max 9 and newer. DERIVING DIMENSIONS (BRUTALIST FACADE PART 1) How to use Google Earth and Adobe Photoshop to figure out the dimensions of the Central Scotland Police Headquarters' Brutalist
facade will be explained. This method is applicable to all facades. Part 2 covers how to model it. BASIC POLY MODELING (BRUTALIST FACADE PART 2) Extruding splines is the most commonly used method to create walls and other objects, but many forms can't be made by extruding
splines. This tutorial explains how to create the basic shape of brutalist facade shown above, using the Extrude and Outline tools. SNAPS AND THE TRANSFORM TYPE-IN BOXES Being able to work accurately is essential for making clean, easy-to-work-on models. This entry covers Snaps, and the Transform
Type-In boxes. TEXTURING SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY INSTEAD OF MODELING IT This entry offers advice on texturing subtle surface topography, like that found in relief carvings, spandrels, and ornament. CREATING BRICKS IN PHOTOSHOP Finding or creating brick textures that are large, have a lot of variation, and look good in SimCity can be a long and tedious ordeal.
Here's a technique for creating good bricks quickly. GREEN ROOF This entry explains how to poly model large areas of green roof, and how to create random variation in the grass material. BRISE SOLEIL This entry explains how to use a material to make the louvers instead of modeling them. CATWALKS AND FENCES This tutorial explains how to use a combination of polygon modeling, splines, and materials to quickly make catwalks, railing, fire escapes, and more. REFLECTIVE METAL Learn how to make reflective metal materials. MANAGING WINDOWS Tips for window modeling and materials that are easy to make, modify, and that don't clutter your scene. NIGHT GROUND PLANE (SQUIGGLY NIGHT REFLECTIONS) Learn how to represent reflected streetlife lights on your facade. MASKING UNDERGROUND OBJECTS The most convenient way of masking parts of your building that are underground, like sunken plazas. MAKING BUSHES (NOISY BOX METHOD) Learn how to make a bush starting from a box. MAKING BUSHES (PREMADE METHOD) Tips on downloading premade bushes from online. MAKING BUSHES (PARTICLE FLOW METHOD) Learn how to make bushes using PClouds.
BATS 2022 Turtle Publishing Target Savisaar Insurance Denton Corporation Beacon Apartments Wellman Building Apple Store Pack Continental Bank and Trust Kallax Residential Norfair Corporation 2021 D.B. Franklin Co. Farrand's Department Store Murray Museum of Modern Art Albee Amphitheater Judith Krug Branch Library Morrow Building Union Bank Plaza 2020 2 Commerce Street Great Lakes EMS Academy Wellington Place 2019 Hathaway Tower Residencial Rachel de Queiroz Guardian Building 2016 Trier Tower V2 Roosevelt Circle 994 Vargas Avenue Windsor Atlantica Hotel 2015 Warwick Square Oakland Tribune Grand Haven Lighthouse Big Red Lighthouse 220 West Congress Porto Ponta Negra Residence Design Research Northern Trust Bank 2014 M Maria Branch Library V2 Le Shangri-La Telus Plaza South Telus Plaza North MacDonald Station Telus Park Motown Museum Anchor Bar Paulo Victor Condominiums Aphrodite's Garden 2013 Charlotte Apartments Penobscot Building Telus Plaza Heroult-Deville Sojot Building V2 Oliver Place Apartments Oliver Place Equitable Bank and Trust Blackburn Tower Kerrytown Apartments 2012 Inland Steel Building Hillier Building LaVaughn BioTech Sturgeon Building Anthony Bikes Sundry Building 2011 Scarab Club Frosch Elementary US Bank Center Air Filter (1x1 Round) Toledo Glass Pavilion 2010 One Woodward Avenue Music Hall Gardener Center Byron Building Grosse Pointe Public Library Queralt Hotel 2009 211 West Fort Street Oullette Electronics Trier Tower Air Filter Modern Walk-Ups Farnsworth House Trier Station Oehler Building 2008 J.W. Reid Building Nafmis Department Store Roth's Department Store Brisco's Department Store Barcelona Pavilion TruNite Rig and Tutorial Jasoncw CamLight Rig and Tutorial The Pylon Patrol Car Lot Central Police Station M. Maria Branch Library The Knoll Building Benjamin Pump Perry Station 2007 VanWingerden Plaza C VanWingerden Plaza B VanWingerden Plaza A A. D. Rean Branch Library Happy Camera & Brei Market Chase Tower Marietta Hotel Washington Square Arch The Sojot Building The Olde Building 2006 The Audubon Building The Vinton Building Chicago Water Tower HK Pawn Shop Regal Theater Pearl Place Train Station Set Wagner & Diehl Snow Modd The Detroit Free Press Building Fisk Insurance 2005 Mary Hotel Wagner Hotel Medium Sized Train Station Small Train Station 3 Houses Monkey-Dragon Games Poirer's Pictures mipro
Recreations
Releases from 2009 and earlier do not include DarkNite versions.
