Chicago BAT Project

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Wow this is an awesome idea. The only thing I can think of is that it will be forgotten once no one posts anything for 2 days because the BAT threads became very active in the last weeks.

[darn42 1,268]

Created a request thread, if a mod could start removing any requests posted in this thread from now on I would appreciate that. Btw, my hell week is over now I have a bit more free time during the middle of the day (still not much, but better than an hour only) so I might start doing some BATing again.

[santybro 5]

I Would like the 1 Prudential plaza

[darn42 1,268]

Hi guys. Wanted to do something simple so I can work on some of my texturing techniques in gimp and such, so I'm doing Picasso's "The Head." The model is very simple, I whipped it up in a few hours, the texturing will take a bit longer, but overall this is just gonna be a quicky.

This one is probably gonna be hd since it's relatively small.

[SimCoug 5,972]

Neat - great for an outdoor art piece in front of a building or something.

[QuadBaconatorWithHamAndEgg 31]

Soldier Field.

[Sgt Pepper 864]

He made a request thread, just saying.

This sculpture is looking great Darn.

[QuadBaconatorWithHamAndEgg 31]

Chicago is my favorite city, architecture-wise with Dubai a distant second. There are so many buildings and landmarks that I would love to see from this great city in the framework of SC4. If I were to post every building and landmark that I would like to see, such as:

United Center

US Cellular Field

Grant Park with Buckingham Fountain

Trump Tower

670 TheScore's downtown studios (NBC tower)?

...this thread would be full of many pages of images.

I am a native Chicagoan transplanted in Dubai on business.

[Cockatoo 2,256]

I am a native Chicagoan transplanted in Dubai on business.

Wow, that sure would be an interesting place to work. Are you there right now?

[darn42 1,268]

I made my own texture finally figured out how to use gimp well enough now to do that.

Gonna finish texturing the statue then figure out what I'm gonna do with it.

[darn42 1,268]

Ok so I think I'm done with the statue.

What do you guys think?

P.S. Here's some perspective candy

  Edited August 13, 2012 by darn42  

[SimCoug 5,972]

Great rust texture! Out looks like your gimp practice is paying off.

[Kevenbro 94]

Looks great bro

[QuadBaconatorWithHamAndEgg 31]

I am a native Chicagoan transplanted in Dubai on business.

Wow, that sure would be an interesting place to work. Are you there right now?

Yes, temporarily. Interesting is putting it lightly. It's too hot to live here.

Also, cool statue. Now, add the Daley Center?

  Edited August 14, 2012 by QuadBaconatorWithHamAndEgg  

[darn42 1,268]

Hmm... possibly. Hadn't thought of doing the building behind it as a BAT. I did a glamour shot and made a building with the same window design as daley center for a background as a real quick thing.

I think I'd enjoy doing a box though for a change.

[Fargo 543]

If you're considering BATing the Daley Center, I found these images and websites quite useful for determining scale when I attempted my own SketchUp model of the building.

Hi-res photo: http://www.cookcountypropertytaxconsultants.com/NewFolder/Daley%20Center.JPG

http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/daleycenter/index.htm

"The Daley Center was built to house more than 120 court and hearing rooms, a law library, and office space. Each bay is 87’ wide and 48’ deep, with 12’ high windows. It stands 648’ tall, generous for 31 stories."

[darn42 1,268]

Epic. Thanks a bunch for that. By "bay" what do they mean?

[gutterclub 2,729]

Really like the statue, we can never have enough public art lots. Would be interested to see how it is going to be lotted. Good work!

[Fargo 543]

The bays refer to the parts of the structure divided by the columns.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

If you're considering BATing the Daley Center, I found these images and websites quite useful for determining scale when I attempted my own SketchUp model of the building.

Hi-res photo: http://www.cookcount...aley Center.JPG

http://www.galinsky....enter/index.htm

"The Daley Center was built to house more than 120 court and hearing rooms, a law library, and office space. Each bay is 87’ wide and 48’ deep, with 12’ high windows. It stands 648’ tall, generous for 31 stories."

Please post those stuff in our ´request thread.

[darn42 1,268]

sky, this, for once, wasn't a request I said I was considering it and he helped me find some awesome material for reference.

Also, what would the full dimensions of the building be then... 240 x 150ft?

I do know that the statue is 50 feet tall and the people on the ground look really tiny in comparison.

[Fargo 543]

Approximately 261 x 144ft to be more exact, since there are three bays for each side, but I'm unsure if this includes the width of the columns supporting the bays themselves, which are probably around 9ft at the base and become progressively thinner as the tower's height increases.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Btw, CBT still searches for more members. If you're interested, please pm me or darn. I can think of this thread as a very big team so help it grow.

Alos, I would like to say sorry for no updates on Onterie Center. I'm trying to get 3dsMax. I will definitely get it next week. Also; I hope the version Aaron has made will work soon.

[darn42 1,268]

I haven't done an update in a while. Working on daley center now. I'm going to model it and make it for my portfolio, so it'll be perspective first, orthographic second, which is pretty much what I did for a lot of the tribune tower.

Anyways, I did a lot on the bottom half today.

The main thing was the texture. I think I'm getting better at making my own textures but what do you guys think?

edit: Here's sc4 preview

  Edited August 20, 2012 by darn42  

[weixc812 509]

I haven't done an update in a while. Working on daley center now. I'm going to model it and make it for my portfolio, so it'll be perspective first, orthographic second, which is pretty much what I did for a lot of the tribune tower.

Anyways, I did a lot on the bottom half today.

The main thing was the texture. I think I'm getting better at making my own textures but what do you guys think?

Awesome!

I love this building

  Edited August 20, 2012 by weixc812  

[nick13 194]

It's looking really good darn

[wolverine 12]

This model is beautiful! Very nice work! The rust textures look very convincing.

[darn42 1,268]

I may or may not visit it tuesday. I'm going to be doing a sort of job shadowing thing for 3d visualization in chicago in the morning and I may make a day of it looking at some buildings.

Wolverine: I'm glad the rust textures turned out This and the picasso statue are my first times making textures from scratch in gimp.

While I'm posting, I'll add an update before I go to bed.

Btw, if anyone's interested, this is the rust texture.

[Fargo 543]

It looks really great. I think you should make the texture for the panels on the ninth and ten floors the same as on the top, but I currently don't see anywhere else for improvement at this stage in development.

  Edited August 20, 2012 by In Soviet Russia  

[darn42 1,268]

I looked at a picture more closely and discovered that I had the texture at the top too dark. So I'm not going to make it the same as in this picture, but I can definitely make them the same texture overall.