Reddonquixote's BAT thread

[Charlie_Zane 963]

Reddon you are just brilliant, Bankwest Tower looks amazing! I know it'll go straight into my cities!

If you wanted to have some other things to look at, away from skyscrapers, there's always Sydney's dense apartments that line the harbor, just an idea but could be interesting to look at.

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Nirwanda, I might sit on the BAT for a little while and see how I feel about the glass after a bit of a break from it. It was especially difficult because it hits every angle at once, including up, so its really hard to find the right combination of light/dark/colour/reflection/saturation that suits every angle, this was the closest I could find. I'm happy with it at the moment but as I say I need a bit of a break from looking at it, then I might make a few more tweaks

 

Here's a couple of quick night renders to finish the weekend off. I've been a bit lazy with the lobby so I won't post the other side until I've done a bit more work on it   I think I want to darken the blue on the signage a bit as well.

 

[Fantozzi 4,067]

:ohyes:

 

I'm not experienced enough to judge the quality of models. All I can do is to judge how they look under the perspective of my personal taste. And then - it's risky to be misunderstood as I know only little english.

 

To be short: I really don't have appropriate words for this work. 

 

:ohyes:

 

(Thank god there are smilies).

[darn42 1,268]

Something about the blue logos looks off. I couldn't find a good night picture of the building in a quick search but you might want to rethink the self illumination you have. I really don't have much reference but it seems like the blue is just what color it does. I think something illuminating the wall behind the logos would look good. 

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Thanks Darn that's a good idea. Its quite hard making illuminated signs with glare, or more so with 3DS Max 2012, the glare is ridiculously more powerful than 2010, you either end up with signs that are so blurry you can't read them, or so dim they don't glow. A 'fake' glow might be a good way to fudge it. In any case, I want to make the blue darker, I think that sky blue is a bit unrealistic.

 

Also, I noticed in Nirwanda's post those little octagonal roofs on top of the building are pale, which is what I originally had but the references I was looking at they were dark, possibly in shadow, but I think the pale roofs look better. I might change that as well.

 

Thanks City_Master, we must have crossed posts last night lol. And thanks Fantozzi, smiles are the international language

[Xander Dax 310]

Hey red another suggestion? this IS in Bangkok but......WOW!, looks beautiful and would be a good project.

The River in Bangkok, i even think it would suit the Melbourne skyline. and i LOVE the green colour.

[shinkansen1 84]

I love the 'cold' night lighting on this one.

[Darknono35 3,138]

Your nightlight are awesome as always buddy.

I'm agree with you Shinkansen1, I like the color of the light too

 

I can't wait the upload day

[urielgarcia 344]

Hey red another suggestion? this IS in Bangkok but......WOW!, looks beautiful and would be a good project.

The River in Bangkok, i even think it would suit the Melbourne skyline. and i LOVE the green colour.

 

Now those are really beautiful.  Wow...I would love to see those in game.

[Xander Dax 310]

Lets just hope Red (or someone) goes for these beauties urielgarcia.

[Roger51 381]

REDDONQUIXOTE....................I go away on holiday for 10 days and you decide to sneak this one through              

 

 

Will give you more pics and reference material a little later, need to unpack and get everything back in order!!

[scotty222 549]

OMG Bankwest looks great, its one of my favorite scrapers.

IMO the cladding should be a bit whiter otherwise its excellent

I've got a few reference pics of the base of the tower as well if your interested.

[9gruntsand1hammer 3,195]

Thanks for the amazing building. Instant download and 5 stars. I love that you put jobs in for the office tower, and I'm looking forward to your next tower to be released.

[Darknono35 3,138]

Thanks for sharing

I like your work

[tonyr 926]

Thanks so much for your amazing contribution!

[Huston 5,798]

Looks like another BAT going onto my dl list

[jmsepe 2,039]

Agree... I'm putting that Bat in my watch list, stunningly beautiful.

[edwardjeria 503]

Azome

[zz2m 1]

Seeing as you've just made Melbourne Central, I'd like to request some of RMIT's city campus. Obviously some of the architecture there is not to everybodies liking, but nevertheless, I'd love to see you make the main block in between Swanston-La Trobe-Russel-Franklin. Or maybe the new Academic building or Design Hub instead.

 

Might have just gone overboard and asked for a bit too much there   

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

I haven't posted an update in a while.. I've been busy beavering away on the library. Here's a couple more shots of the two long sides finished. I just need to do the central cupola and roof sections (including those back walls... no good atm ) and then its pretty close to finished. Let me know what you think? (remember to click to see full size)

 

 

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Scotty/Roger.. yes please! Any donations of references gratefully received

 

Thanks for nice comments everyone else

 

zz2m.. I'll forgive you if you tell me why you don't like my white night poster ...

[Roger51 381]

Hey red, with the library be sure to double check the roofs, which ones are flat and which ones aren't. 

 

As for the bankwest, are you doing the heritage building that's in front of it?

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Needless to say, the library looks stunning so far. I'm just not entirely sure about the textures. The contrast seems to be very high and the shadows are very deep. This gives an almost cell-shaded, slightly cartoonish appearance. I don't know how you made these textures (procedural again?), but in any case this may be a thing worth looking into, at least IMO. The grass and trees might also be a tad too saturated, but I'm not sure...

[__A 792]

Ooooh its looking really nice! Been a while since we've had something like this

 

Seeing as you've just made Melbourne Central, I'd like to request some of RMIT's city campus. Obviously some of the architecture there is not to everybodies liking, but nevertheless, I'd love to see you make the main block in between Swanston-La Trobe-Russel-Franklin. Or maybe the new Academic building or Design Hub instead.

 

Might have just gone overboard and asked for a bit too much there 

Oh Design Hub... the building I fell in love with <3 The one on the west of Swanston St near A'Beckett is one of my favourites too

[Reddonquixote 4,338]

Thanks Roger - which one(s) did you spot? The one I think is wrong is on the LaTrobe Street side (facing outwards on the 2nd image) the first long wing off the national museum building. The roof is double gabled rather than single gabled. I couldn't see any others though?

 

Thanks Twrecks. I think you're right about the shading but no one said anything before now so I kept going with it. I think two things are happening - one is those smoother lighter textures don't have any texture of their own, they are quite flat, and I'm using black grime on them, making it look overall cartoonish. Where it looks most successful is where the grime is a slighter darker version of the underlying texture, so I'll tone it down a bit and find a texture with more variation in it. Oh yes, the grass is still way too saturated isn't it? I've spent ages on it already, grass is so hard to get right. I'll come back to it at the end. I think I'm ok with the trees though, I think the grass is setting them off. I'll check it all again at the end.

 

Thanks A_

 

[Darknono35 3,138]

Gorgeous BAT buddy

[edwardjeria 503]

Is amazing work my friend

[Harry's Place 918]

stunning library

[SimCoug 5,973]

Awesome work on the library so far!  

[KonstantinII 1,106]

Maybe You could make Crown Metropol

[Scaley McSlither 1,714]

@KonstantinII - It's on the list...

 

Great work RDQ! The library is amazing!