Katrina Memorial Trauma Center

[RebaLynnTS 275]

I am dedicating this to those who were lost in the hurricane. This is the first of two buildings, and an underground parking garage. There will be a hellipad on top of this building as well. Later I will also turn my RLM Productions HQ into a hospital, but I wanted to do this one first.

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[toxicpiano 125]

thats a real nice start man!

[HONG KONG 74]

Nice start girl! Keep this up

[choco1 4]

The BAT looks very nice. It will good to see it developed because its a great start.

[sparkythepenguin 90]

I really like the idea behind this one and it's looking like a good start!

[SYM Productions 7]

Wow beautiful idea... do continue!

- CDI_spy , proud part of SYM Productions

[RebaLynnTS 275]

I'm putting a lot more work into this one, than the ones before, so updates will be a bit slower in comming, but I will post a new photo tomorrow.

[RebaLynnTS 275]

Well, I have the HelliPad on, and a few other details, so I thought I'd share it.

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[sparkythepenguin 90]

Hey Becca, what's the skybridge (skywalk?) going to lead to? Coming along nicely.

[BIWDC 2,296]

Excellent work so far keep it up.

[RebaLynnTS 275]

Date: 12/18/2005 1:18:55 AM Author: sparkythepenguin Hey Becca, what's the skybridge (skywalk?) going to lead to? Coming along nicely.

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The front Bridge leads to the parking garage (most of which will be under ground). The Side Bridge leads to a second building. I will be modeling them next.

[SYM Productions 7]

Wow ... this is real quality, I'd be thinking SimGoober's doing this one, had you not told me it was you...

- CDI_spy 

[RebaLynnTS 275]

Date: 12/18/2005 11:25:11 AM Author: SYM Productions

Wow ... this is real quality, I'd be thinking SimGoober's doing this one, had you not told me it was you...

- CDI_spy

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I consider that a high compliment, thank you very much.

[Tommy_Vercetti3 3]

Looks great so far! Keep it up.

[RebaLynnTS 275]

Thank you all for the good words, here is a peek at building 2, still has more to be done.

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[RebaLynnTS 275]

Here are the main buildings, now I just have to do the parking structure. All comments are welcomed.

 

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[tchaos713 5]

Looks great so far...I especially like the gravel texture on the roofs. Are you going to transit-enable the lot and parking garage?

[RebaLynnTS 275]

Date: 12/18/2005 6:46:38 PM Author: tchaos713 Looks great so far...I especially like the gravel texture on the roofs.  Are you going to transit-enable the lot and parking garage?

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I do plan on transit-enabling the lot, and the garage, if I can. Here is a newe photo.

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I still need to texture the garage, but it is getting close to being done.

[RebaLynnTS 275]

If all goes well, I should be posting this on wednesday.

[SYM Productions 7]

Ooh... quick release too... I like it... and your latest update is looking even better than the others , if that's possible...   As soon as I see this one out I'm downloading it!

- CDI_spy

[ancientsociety 26]

Excellent, RebaLynn!

I do have a suggestion though. How large is that helipad? I ask because there doesn't seem to be enough clearance between it and the elevator shed next to it for the copter blades.

 

 

[RebaLynnTS 275]

Date: 12/20/2005 10:37:10 AM Author: ancientsociety

Excellent, RebaLynn!

I do have a suggestion though. How large is that helipad? I ask because there doesn't seem to be enough clearance between it and the elevator shed next to it for the copter blades.

It's 10m x 12m, bigger than the real thing, a lot bigger. But if I made it 4m x 4m (like the real ones I've seen) it just looks too small on the model. Sometimes you have to exagerate things for them to seem more real .. go figure.

 

I also just realized, I need to redesign it a bit, no way are they going to want to haul patients on streachers down stairs.

[RebaLynnTS 275]

I could use some suggentions on properties for this new Bat/Lot.

Here is the latest pic.

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[6459978. 106]

Your modelling skills are impressive, but I'd like to offer a couple of tips that I think would make this BAT even better. My main pet peeve is bland textures on great models-- the textures you've used here have a very obvious tiling pattern to them; this takes away from the credibility of the lot since texturing isn't apparent on the original Maxis buildings. Using a larger base pattern will reduce evidence of tiling, but moreover, this can be improved by customizing textures. For example, the roof texture could use some dirt or variations in intensity around the edges and large scale contrasts so that it doesn't look quite so uniform and perfect -- it is supposed to be gravel afterall! The only other thing I would say, which is a general comment to all BATers: you can never add too much detail. Large unbroken splines tend to give a BAT a sort of Lego-ish blocky appearance. If you include lots of small details, at the threshold of the BATs rendering resolution, then it gives the impression that there's more there than meets the eye. For a start however, this is a great model and project!

[jt_144_2004 0]

This BAT has great 'bones' but I agree it could do with some better textures and some weathering to bump it up to the next level.

[RebaLynnTS 275]

Suburbanite and jt_144_2004 - Thank you for your comments, rest assured I take them to heart. I am not as good at working with textures as I'd like to be, but that just means I need to practice. I did make the texture for the parking garage from scratch, so I see no reason I can't do the others.

[choco1 4]

Excellent! This is coming along brilliantly! The hospital is looking exremely realistic. Great work.

[RebaLynnTS 275]

I've decided to work a bit more on the textures, at least the biggest ones, and will take a few days longer to post this, but it is coming along nicely.

Here is a new pic showing the new texture on the main building roof.

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[Mickebear 2]

You are getting better and better - remember that even with a simple model, correct textures make it shine!

[RebaLynnTS 275]

Well, I've worked enough on this one for now...

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I'm going to fix up the lot, and finish some other details, then post it. I'll revisit it another time, and improve on it, then update it.