Reddonquixote's BAT thread

[Darknono35 3,137]

 You're an master

 

AWESOME work !!! anything else to say

[mattb325 28,880]

Utterly breathtaking! This will be one of the best stations ever released

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Thanks again for those nice comments.

 

Thande, no, I don't think so, not even sure how I would do it. Would be cool though!

 

While that's been rendering away, this morning I thought I'd start on a new one. Still has a few details to finish, but almost ready for texturing I'd say. This preview is scaled up 133% but I'm going to try just scaling up the tower and not the base, the base looks a bit overscaled I think.

 

[Thande 10]

Aussie Stock Exchange Building, if anyones wondering.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

"This morning I thought I'd start a new one" he says.

I am amazed at how you can push su high quality Bats so quickly.

[Darknono35 3,137]

Yep in one day I like this new one !!!

Keep it up  and I can't wait to see your textures

[Xander Dax 310]

WOWSA!

[Thande 10]

Do it got a booty?

Answer: It doooooo

[__A 792]

Such a quick BATer

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

"This morning I thought I'd start a new one" he says.

I am amazed at how you can push su high quality Bats so quickly.

Haha.. yeah.. thats the easy part though, right? One day to model, three weeks to texture

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

Actually I was in the CBD the other day, and I thought the Manchester Unity Building would be interesting to do. Is it on your list?

Also I would love to see the Skipping Girl, and more non-CBD buiildings. The former would make a treat at night.

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Yes!! I love the Manchester Unity Building.. when I saw Darn's tribune tower I started scouting around Melbourne for something (nearly) as grand, then I discovered the MU building...  it was high on my list until I realised how small it is... I fear all the work that would go into all the intricate detailing would be wasted.... but definitely keen to BAT it sometime.

 

I had to look the Skipping Girl up... LOL!... That would make a hilarious BAT. The CBD will keep me busy for a while though... the only non CBD buildings I've given any thought to are The Shrine, The Exhibition Building in Carlton, St Peters Cathedral, and maybe Government House...

[gutterclub 2,729]

Yip, MU building is pretty amazing..good shout

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

Hey, the skipping girl is iconic! A beauty at night.

Collingwood Town Hall is a lovely thing to look at.

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

I'd like to revise my previous estimate... its one day for the model, two days for the textures, and three weeks for the glass.. haha.. here's another update on 530 Collins Street, formerly (currently?) known as the Australian Stock Exchange Building, (thanks Thande!). Still a ways to go... let me know what you think

 

[Darknono35 3,137]

Allready in texturisation !!

Something doesn't work with your glass. I thought your ground map isn't good for this glass building, but the problem is the glass colors or maybe the reflections too high. Try with an blue window to start, and fix your reflection with an small dosage of blue.

 

Keep it up the good work, it's will be great and take your time  
 

[weixc812 509]

This one is gorgeous...I can't believe the process being so fast either

[art128 4,618]

OK, I get it. You are not alone, uh? You have an army of little guys paid 0.1$ a day working on their machine to produce your buildings, eh?

 

Looking really good.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

OK, I get it. You are not alone, uh? You have an army of little guys paid 0.1$ a day working on their machine to produce your buildings, eh?

They ran over to him from bixel, who only paid .05/day because he couldn't afford more.

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Hahahaha... well.. I was going to say I only pay for quality.. my workers get 0.2$ a day

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looks great, don't for get to make the roof less clean.

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Here's another update, this time from the rear of the building. Main changes are a couple of modeling fixes around the roof cornice around the top of the tower with the arched window pieces added in, and I've lowered the IOR on the glass so its less reflective, and desaturated some of the blue out of the lighter glass and added more blue into the darker glass... that's about it, oh and of course added some grunge onto the roof textures.

 

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looks great can you post me the link of the real building please?

 

The changes looks to be well done.

[Xander Dax 310]

Looks like a beauty

[jwsteele 77]

Hey Reddon, seeing as it looked like you had a bit of the Federation Square rendered in some of the photos of the Flinders Street, you have any idea of how big those two BATs will end up being?  Would love to reserve some space for them preemptively, and just do a massive plaza until those two are officially released.

[Darknono35 3,137]

Yeah, it's better like this, but I think you need to creat floors inside the building, we  shouldn't see the frame of the other side through the windows

 

Here picture of this beautiful building   :

 

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Thanks Darknono, I'll check the floors tonight I was pretty sure there were floors but maybe not... Can you really see the frame through the glass? Oh... I see it too.. Will check it tonight. Thanks! One other thing I notice is the base in the photo is much lighter and more pink where the sun is hitting it, my colour is more like the shadowed colour, I was probably looking at a shadowed reference. So need to fix that also.

Jwsteele, I'll check the lot size for Fed Square tonight and let you know.

Aaron/ Xander thanks as always

[Ion_Cannon 677]

This will make a fine addition to office clusters, but I think the roof textures currently look much to clean.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

I like the first reference. You can clearly see how the windows look. Concerning the texture, I would add some more noise and maybe also would the ground plane. Also, you should change the IOR stuff. Is the reflection index set manually or automatically? The glass of the side facade looks still to light. The building is casting a shadow on the side so the glass should be darker like everything else in the scene. 

 

Another thing is the roof texture. Although I guess this is far from being final, the texture looks strechted yet what would ruin your masterpiece. 

 

Do you plan to leave it at that concerning the modelling. The roof looks pretty unfinished especially the antenna looks way different in darknono's pics.
 

I hope you will make everything look as good as your previous BAT's. And please, don't stop create awesome stuff. This site and the game is running out of awesome Custom-Content-Creators!

[jwsteele 77]

Jwsteele, I'll check the lot size for Fed Square tonight and let you know.

 

Thanks man!  Already desperate to have both Flinders Street and the not even touched yet Federation Square in my city...have amazing ideas for a neighborhood centered around them.

Your stuff is too good!