Reddonquixote's BAT thread

[gutterclub 2,729]

there is also some green trimming on the windows, but as people metioned, definately needs to be lighter...anychance we can see it at the normal zoom 5 to make a better judgment of how it'll look in game? Looking forward to this one

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Such a fine line between under-saturated and over-saturated...! I think this is pretty close now. I'm going to stop work on it now and see what it looks like in the context of the rest of the building and tweak it then. The tower is coming along nicely I should be able to post something in the next couple of days...

[Xander Dax 310]

nice, will you be doing a version without the heritage facade as well?.

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

no.. I don't think so... depends what it ends up looking like

[mattb325 28,880]

Thie facade is beautifully modelled.

Your roof has some odd flat areas where the facade seems to extend back over the pitched roof from the parapet: I'm not sure what they are for - if you take a look at the aerial view you can see it is a plain pitched roof with three projections behind the bays of the facade. There should be no flat areas on this roof.

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=120+Collins+Street,+Melbourne,+Victoria&sll=-37.814382,144.969740&hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=120+Collins+Street,+Melbourne+CBD+Victoria+3000&ll=-37.814416,144.969755&spn=0.00038,0.0006&t=h&z=21&vpsrc=6

I'm looking forward to seeing how this progresses: and you're right, it is a fine line between over and under saturated... I think the bricks are a little too ruddy at the moment, although in terms of colour and saturation it will be a case of judging the old part of the building once the glass tower is added.

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Thanks Mattb325.. to be honest I just made the roof bit up so it wasn't incomplete for this posting, but it was only temporary until I attach it to the rest of the building then I will remodel the roof properly once I have the scale right. I'm glad you posted that though, I hadn't got as far as even looking at the roof and I was wondering how it all hung together... looks pretty cool

[jdenm8 362]

Any chance of taking the facade and making it a proper period building as well?

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

hmmm... probably not.. that would mean I'd need to invent sides and a back and a lot... and it would take time away from other projects I have in mind

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Here's my first untextured posting of the the tower. Still needs a lot of work and I still haven't started the base. This model is actually a lot harder than I thought it would be. The antenna was fun to do though.

[Xander Dax 310]

Oooo nice work

[Nirwanda 133]

As a huge fan of this building in real life, Thankyou for this excellent work. Your buildings are spectacular.

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Here's my liberal interpretation of the base.. That circular staircase thing looks hideous so will have another go at that.. then may as well make a start on the textures and see what smaller details evolve out of that. Is it just my imagination or do these renderings look really huge? I better check out in-game in case I've scaled it wrong somehow...

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

I've re-modeled the staircase now. Here's a couple of full length shots.

[gutterclub 2,729]

Looking great mate, keep it up

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Thanks Gutterclub!

Just tried in-game.. scale is good! Time to start texturing

[Vlasky 1,803]

work on the antenna is spectacular, however, stairs seem too steep imho. I might be wrong but something like standard height for a step is o.3 m. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Thanks for the information.. mine are 0.4. Should be pretty easy to fix.

[Jasoncw 11,841]

Yeah you've done a great job with the antennae. It takes a lot of patience and dedication to do that kind of stuff, it's not fast and fun like modeling facades is!

The main thing with the stairs is the incline. For SC4 you generally have to exaggerate the size of the step, because if the steps are too fine the stairs looks like a ramp. But you can't exaggerate the incline because then it looks wrong. So if you can figure out exactly how high the level the stairs are getting to, and how far back the stairs go, you can figure out and fix the incline and then experiment with the step size within that.

Does that make sense? lol

[maikeli.1 12]

the roof needs more work here is a photo of the tower

[Xander Dax 310]

What building are you thinking of doing next?.

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Thanks for the tips Jasoncw. If i'm understanding correctly think that's pretty much what I did, but I do agree the incline is a bit steep. I'll keep playing with it.

Maikeli, appreciate the feedback but unfortunately you haven't given me much to go on. Things I identified about the roof and have fixed already are:

- I accidentally invented a third tier that doesn't exist so I removed it.

- I added in the small railings above those vent things.

- I've made the antenna a bit fatter

- I've added some ornaments to the roof

If there's anything else specific you thought of could you please let me know

Xander, I was recently inspired by the amazing AMAZING work Darn42 did on the Tribune Tower I was thinking of doing the Manchester Unity building on Collins & Swanston. It doesn't have anywhere near the same elegance as the Tribune Tower but I thought it would be a fun project to do.

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Here's my updated roof (textured).. I think that centre box needs to be taller now...

[Xander Dax 310]

Manchester Unity building? ehh bit old fasioned lol, what about another melbourne building?, we NEED more aussie buildings i tell ya!

Loving your work so far.

[gutterclub 2,729]

Have you ever tried BATing, if so you'll know how long it can take and how people can only work on one building at a time and how it's easy to request something but not so easy to make. He's currently working on 120 Collins, perhaps offer some criticism or praise on the currentl building rather than aski if he is going to build every building in Melbourne

[mattb325 28,880]

Manchester Unity building? ehh bit old fasioned lol, what about another melbourne building?

The Manchester building is in Melbourne

I think it would make an excellent addition to the game

[gutterclub 2,729]

Yeah, its an absolute stunner of a building!

[Xander Dax 310]

ok, ok , i guess i just like the more modern looking highrises ect. (hey im young lol)

Yes i have thought about maybe trying my hand at BATing, but Gmax does not seem to want to work on my machine.

Praise well his work is always amazing what more is there to say?, if i ever get Gmax to work a give it a go myself can only hope i do nearly as well.

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

One more thing I'll add to that is you have to remember its as much about the process as it is the result. I need projects which challenge me and keep me interested. I think churning out a series of modern glass highrise after highrise will start to get boring after a while.... hence my reluctance to go back to the Rialto.. but I promised I will, its too great of a building to not try and get it right! (In fact, that will be my next project before the MU building)

[Xander Dax 310]

True got to keep the interest up, i am loving your work by the way amazing stuff.

[__A 792]

It's looking very lovely, keep up the good work!!