Amthaak's other bats thread

[IL. 1,043]

Waow such details and precision!

I'm falling in love with your BAT, can't wait to see it done

Seeing those perfect BATs makes me think that my BATs are very bad

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Don't worry. I had some problems with his tut as well. (But that is propably because of my knowledge in English) All I know is that darn is a very helpful, patient and kind person. If there are any question - I'm sure that darn would be the last person who says "I'm not going to help you". I asked him approximately a thousand times about stuff he may have mentioned in his tuts. But every time he told me again and again until i understand what he is talking about (and until that happens there elapses much time) Just to make you know about it.

About you Bat thing.

If you're thinking that your skills aren't as great as we think they are then I need to say that you seem to underestimate yourself. Whatever way you use, what counts is the result, and if the result is sastisfying, then there's no need to doubt of your skills. And as you see. many people appreciate your work so there's no need to bother.

About your questions:

Unfortunately I have clue what building this is supposed to be - or, at least, what building this is based on. Mayve you can ask Francis. He always seems to have pics of buildings no one has ever seen before

[Amthaak 1,501]

Thank you friends for your comments! Hereafter my last pic with some more details (nearly finished...!) and some more textures!

  Edited July 14, 2012 by Amthaak  

[AlexandrosB13 184]

wow..what can i say looks stunning

[gutterclub 2,729]

Bravo!!!!

looking forward to seeing this finished

[Girafe 1,729]

Looks excellent.

I have 2 comments on the textures even if I am totally $%&^! in this area.

IMHO, the red part looks "organic" like earth.

The green part seems to be a little bit stretched.

I am waiting for the texture of the upper part as I am not confident with the slight pink tint of the middle part

The rest is top notch

  Edited July 14, 2012 by Girafe  

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Looks excellent.

I have 2 comments on the textures even if I am totally $%&^! in this area.

IMHO, the red part looks "organic" like earth.

The green part seems to be a little bit stretched.

I am waiting for the texture of the upper part as I am not confident with the slight pink tint of the middle part

The rest is top notch

I agree with Girfae. Although I don't know what you mean by "Organic".

Also, I think you should add some grime to the white part. It looks to clean, especially for such an old building.

The modelling is done very well. I like the flag.

Maybe a bit too soon but I think it would look nice between two streets. (Something like the end of a shopping arcade)

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looks great, I do agree with, you could use UVW Unwrap to do the roof texture, that' what I use on my bats.

Oh one more thing, It's almost finished!!!

  Edited July 14, 2012 by Aaron Graham  

[Amthaak 1,501]

Fast replies and new uploads:

Gutterclub: thanks a lot, for shure it will be finished, the question is when...!

Gigi; Ok for the red; ok for the green, Ok for the pink! and congratulations for your success!!!

Sky; Thanks my friend, I think that Gigi means too much "photoshoped" and he is right!!! Thanks for the flag, since Cockatoo gave us the link for batting flags; we don't have any excuse to be not expert in that!!! For the lotting I think I 'll ask TWrecks to do it

Aaron; Thanks my friend; I don't use UVW Unwrap, but I have the same result with my personnal technic!!!

As you can see, there are quite a lot of things missing on east view mainly due to lack of how it looked like . But I 'll find a way ...!

[Evillions 552]

Holy hell this is amazing!

[SimCoug 5,976]

I've been lurking around this thread for a bit, watching the progress of this building (mostly because I dont have anything constructive to say). I think I speak for many in this community when I say I am eagerly awaiting the finished release. Great work Amthaak, and everybody who has helped along the way.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looks better now.

[colco2121 55]

Could use some improvement near where the Times sign is, but otherwise great job!

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Jeez, this beauty doesn't really fit into the SC4 grid... it will be quite a challenge to lot as well. I can totally see myself making an overhanging landmark lot for this one so players can fiddle around with FAR pieces.

[Sgt Pepper 864]

I love it! That flag and the Times sign are a nice touch.

Just out of curiosity, will it have some other billboards, maybe one or two? Like I believe even back then it had a few on it, not many. It'd be pretty cool to see some vintage billboards on it from those times. But ah it's nothing needed, it'd probably end up covering a few great details anyway.

Can't wait to see it done.

[SimCoug 5,976]

Jeez, this beauty doesn't really fit into the SC4 grid... it will be quite a challenge to lot as well. I can totally see myself making an overhanging landmark lot for this one so players can fiddle around with FAR pieces.

FAR was exactly what came to mind when I first saw this BAT. If anybody can pull it off, it would be you T Wrecks.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Relally nice what you have there. I just wonder if these black dots are supposed to be there

[Amthaak 1,501]

Evillions : thanks my friend!

SimCoug: Thank you very much, you are right , nothing better than the team work! BTW your CJ is amazing!

Aaron: See...! better than before and worse than the next (I hope...!)

Colco2121: ??? could you be more specific..?

T Wrecks : happy you like it! BTW forgive my ignorance but, what is FAR pieces?

Sgt Pepper! hi dear friend and thanks a lot, there will be 2 billboards; but because there relative small size, I am afraid that they will be not very visible, anyway if you have some vintage ones pics , I'll take it!

Skyscrapper2121: I have to admit that I didn't notice them, you have eagle eyes...! In fact nothing I can do ,I'll see what can I do later!

[Girafe 1,729]

better and better

I am still not confident with the 2 different colors between the middle and upper part of the building.

Regarding the ballustrade, the yellow mixed with grey is IMHO a little bit strange. It's me or it stays un textured parts (cornices?)

Keep batting this jewel

[T Wrecks 10,210]

FAR pieces are those road puzzle pieces that come with the NAM that are at an angle of 22.5° to the grid. I guess if the building was made to overhang the lot, players could use these puzzle pieces to make the building look more logical. I mean, who would build such a "flatiron-shaped" building on a perfectly rectangular lot? This is exactly the problem that the growable version will inevitably have... not a biggie, of course.

[Francis90b 748]

I really like what i'm seeing!

I would think it would be a good idea to do this version of the times as a ploppable only - as a growable, it might grow where you don't expect it to, and look completely out of place in certain situations.

If you would like to do a growable, i think it would be a good idea to create a building that borrows from the times but is designed to fit into a rectangle, or just don't do anything at all.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

To be honest, I don't see any difference. But I'm sure this version is better then the old one

[JayStimson 212]

Very nicely detailed. Impressive.

[Amthaak 1,501]

Dear friends! Thank you for following this thread! Despite the sunny whether (summer appeared to start yesterday..., I found with the help of my "secret team", the energy to make some progress to the Times Bdg (my secret team is; one serbian, one italian and one french, guess who are they...! )

I just need to finish and texture the 2 bats on the terraces!

  Edited July 22, 2012 by Amthaak  

[simlink 1,098]

The detailing is amazing, fantastic work!

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Hum?? I beat it's the same guys that helped me out. Vlasky, Francis90b, and Girafe!!

Oh, I forgot to say the textures look a lot better.

  Edited July 23, 2012 by Aaron Graham  

[Amthaak 1,501]

And the winner is....... AARON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sgt Pepper 864]

Merciful SimCity gods!

You tease!

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Awesome porgress, awesome textures. I really like what I see.

[Amthaak 1,501]

Hi friends! tonight it's open bar, (sorry) I mean open bat again, after one month I had time to think about this bat and I am quite closed to start the nitelites! better late than never....!