Jason's BATs & Tutorials

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

I'm happy to see an experienced Jason working on something dull like an apartment. As I have no hobbies I often hang around on Emporis and when it comes to small cities and if there is a "tall" building then it's always an apartment like yours. And I'm surprised how much this one resembles the RL stuff. 

 

Great work my friend!

[Jasoncw 11,840]

Thanks guys! 

 

Here's an update:

 

 

I think I'm going to finish the building in front and then focus on the bigger building.

[Vlasky 1,803]

I like that you've decided to go with a project style building. I think we need more of those. And good progress here, it reminds me of the "Franklin Terrace" projects in The Wire. Maybe it should have a taller version as well

[Darknono35 3,137]

Great and beautiful building so far . Have you foreseen the lot size? Maybe an 5x5 tiles

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Looks awesome, even with colours instead of textures!

[Jasoncw 11,840]

Thanks guys 

 

An update:

 

 

I think this is the most effort I've ever put into signs. 

 

And there are still a lot more to go! 

[Darknono35 3,137]

Good as always. I can't wait the next picture

[Jasoncw 11,840]

 

Thanks guys

 

I've extended the building backwards.  In real life this building and the apartments behind it are each 2.5 tiles deep.  This building will become 3 tiles deep and the apartments will become 2 tiles deep.  When you plop them together they'll look as they do in real life.

 

I also added a few more signs.  Unfortunately a few of the signs are white and are on white walls so they aren't easy to see.  I also did the brick texture and started on the roof junk.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looks great, This make me want to make suburban bats, but do not get me wrong NYBT is my heart.

 

We need the SBT (Suburban Bat Team) to be establish.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

@ Aaron: Yeah, especially suburban low-rise stuff for the Chicago 1890 / New York 1940 tilesets is still pretty difficult to come by.  *wink wink nudge nudge*

 

Jason making an innocuous little supermarket... now here's something you don't see every day. I have no doubts that the result will be splendid, though.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

@ Aaron: Yeah, especially suburban low-rise stuff for the Chicago 1890 / New York 1940 tilesets is still pretty difficult to come by.  *wink wink nudge nudge*

 

Jason making an innocuous little supermarket... now here's something you don't see every day. I have no doubts that the result will be splendid, though.

 

Nice hidden messsage to the CBT/NYBT

 

And, you're right.

[Jasoncw 11,840]

lol thanks guys

 

Here's some roof junk!  There's more on the real building but I might not make it all.  I'm tired of making roof junk and the roof is already starting to look a bit crowded for a supermarket.

 

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Whaat? There's a large empty area left on the roof - you're slacking! I am disappoint.

 

j/k, of course - knowing your texturing skills, the roof texture will look so good no further roof junk will be needed anyway.

[Gn_leugim 853]

I have to agree with T Wrecks, looking forward to see the roof done.

[Vlasky 1,803]

Great job and don't be too lazy, like it has been said to new batters, each detail adds up to amazing BAT :P lololol

[Alex_1210 189]

hey Jason, can you please make a tutorial on how to make transit enabled lots like train stations?

[Jasoncw 11,840]

Thanks guys.  I haven't had the chance to work on it since a few days ago, but after I posted that preview render I worked on it some more and did the roof texture.  Either tomorrow or the day after I'll be able to work on it and I plan on getting a lot done. 

 

 

It looks kind of weird but in real life the color is not grey.

 

http://goo.gl/maps/DIi3d

 

The color I have isn't quite right and later on I'll go back and tweak it some more.

[Darknono35 3,137]

Very good and realistic

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Not weird at all, and as great-looking as could be expected! The only thing that really needs fixing now IMO is that the colour temperature of the roof on that little tech penthouse now is much colder than the rest of the building... even if the textures are different IRL, the Google Maps shot shows a much warmer grey. The main roof could stay as it is for my taste.

[Jasoncw 11,840]

Thanks guys

 

For now work has moved to the apartments section.

 

Here's a look at the back.  The parking garage part has been narrowed to fit the lot, railings have been added, and the various ramps have been completed.  I also added roof junk to the roof.  THANKFULLY the garage overhangs enough in the back that it covers up the ground floor in most of those areas, which will save me a lot of work because that area has a lot of mechanical stuff.

 

[Jasoncw 11,840]

More progress.

 

(I haven't changed the grocery store roofs yet)

 

I textured the bricks and the apartment's parapet.  I added cars and fixed the railing at the top of the garage which turned out to be different from the rest of the railing.  I also did a bit more in the back (you can see part of the (currently) orange garage ramp on the right side of the render).

[art128 4,618]

Looks great, Jason!

[Vlasky 1,803]

Looks great but the thing with the each model of a car having the same color kinda makes the repetitive thing much more noticable.

[Darknono35 3,137]

Great progress jason

What's your secret for the perfect re-creation of the dirt on the market roof ?

 

@Vlasky: Patience, I'm sure Jason will perfect the cars in the garage, it's an first approach

 

Great job like always  

[Jasoncw 11,840]

Thanks guys

 

I've worked on the pool area and have started the tortorous work of the ground floor shops. 

 

darknono:  It is a screenshot from google maps edited in photoshop to remove things like shadows. 

 

[Jack_wilds 550]

its shaping up to be a good project...    liking the progress

[Ion_Cannon 677]

This is going to be a handy little thing, there aren't many bats which comprise residential and a car park, at least in this style anyway. I think making the cars more random would go a long way to completing the feel of the bat though. Would it be possible to have the number of cars change over time? Like that of other car park lots, either way great work

[Gn_leugim 853]

regarding the grocery store's roof, maybe some little details in the "bare" part of the roof could bring more life to it. when I saw it I was like "it is good, but...something is missing". As details I mean random stuff that you can find on the roofs, like garbage (small papers, sticks, dirt in general), patches of grass, some moss maybe. these can be added via the texture it self, or by small models. Also, does it have some kind of water draining system? I can't see any, but the roof texture as it is suggests (and well) the water draining in the roof.

 

regarding the appartment, so far, so good

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looks great, I do agree with Gn_leugim, but to me I will take it as it is, you doing a damn good job. 

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

 

Shadow glitch?

 

I like this one. More apartments maybe?