Kasazaki's Workshop

[Nick Kasazaki 132]

Hello everyone!

So i decided to open my own thread here to show you my work and to give some backstory on my ongoing project as well. This will also be and index for all my already uploaded content.

I expect some feedback from you guys, tips, opinions, criticisms and requests. Everything will be welcome.

So, what am I working on? As some of you may have noticed i recently uploaded two houses packs called Salento Houses Pack. But what I'm talking about when i say Salento? Well, long story short, that's the place where i come from, a little region (not an actual one, most like and historic region) in the bigger Apulia, South Italy. The thing Is, I recently left Salento some years ago and moved to a bigger city in the north. This Is when my approach to SimCity changed. I started to feel the need to recreate those places. I know, I'm a nostalgic guy. So i spent so much time collecting stuff from Simtropolis and SC4D, but nothing seems to really fit the style I'm looking for.

So here i am, finally an active member of this beautiful community, trying to Bat the houses i always saw.

Let's start!

[Nick Kasazaki 132]

I promised to keep you updated guys and here I am. So, this is what I'm currently working on. This will be part of the next Salento Houses Pack. As my previous pack basically consisted of R$ and R$$, I'm now focusing on R$$$ houses (although an R$$ house is already finished, i will upload a pic if you wish). The idea is to provide some R$$$ houses of course, but also some commercial lots for my Salentinian towns, that will basically consist in houses with some commercial activity on the ground floor, as you may see in lots of Apulia towns.

Something special with this lot? That's the first one i'm working on using 3ds Max, as every previous BAT was produced with Gmax. Wish me good luck

So, as already stated... every criticism, opinion or tip will be welcome

 

[JulioC 2,581]

I really like your buildings! Even though they're italian themed, they help me a lot in my latin american region

[Nick Kasazaki 132]

I had some little time today to model some more details for my next house

On 21/10/2024 at 5:02 PM, JulioC said:

I really like your buildings! Even though they're italian themed, they help me a lot in my latin american region

I believe indeed that latin and south-italian architecture share some (if not many) traits in common, that's why i also always collect latin stuff frome the exchange

[gutterclub 2,729]

Can you show us a preview render as its hard to see how it will look in viewport renders?

[madhatter106 3,931]

Indeed, a preview render in the viewport is the best way to judge.
As much as I love the 3D views of BATs, they can be deceptive and not entirely indicative on what things will look like in-game.
I find that when I am BATting, I am preview rendering once at least every five or ten minutes, to see what is "really" going on...

[Nick Kasazaki 132]

On 26/10/2024 at 12:34 AM, gutterclub said:

Can you show us a preview render

 

22 hours ago, madhatter106 said:

Indeed, a preview render in the viewport is the best way to judge.

Ehi guys! Sorry for the late reply, but it's been a busy few days. Yet, somehow, I managed to get my hands on the project a little. To be honest it's been a little demanding house, both due to my busy schedule and the fact that I'm working on 3ds Max (still learning, although is very similar to gmax). However, I'm finally here to satisfy your requests

Here's the preview render of the project, as it appear so far (it's obviously not finished yet). Not a lot of work to be done, but the little things and details that make a scene come really alive are still missing (and some texture too of course). Also I'm still undecided whether to model the gardens directly on 3ds max or not. Your opinions?

[JulioC 2,581]

2 hours ago, Nick Kasazaki said:

 

Ehi guys! Sorry for the late reply, but it's been a busy few days. Yet, somehow, I managed to get my hands on the project a little. To be honest it's been a little demanding house, both due to my busy schedule and the fact that I'm working on 3ds Max (still learning, although is very similar to gmax). However, I'm finally here to satisfy your requests

Here's the preview render of the project, as it appear so far (it's obviously not finished yet). Not a lot of work to be done, but the little things and details that make a scene come really alive are still missing (and some texture too of course). Also I'm still undecided whether to model the gardens directly on 3ds max or not. Your opinions?

The model is looking very nice imo! I would maybe add a bit more of "dirtness" in the walls, what do you think? You could do a test, add a bit of noise, some grunge/weathering texture to see what it looks like (and then if you're not happy with the results you can just ignore it ofc lol)

But the model itself is looking reaaaally good!

[Nick Kasazaki 132]

1 hour ago, JulioC said:

I would maybe add a bit more of "dirtness"

I wanted to keep it more clean as possibile, as it is intended to be a R$$$ house, but I think you are actually right, especially the yellow one seems to be a bit too much "flat". I will surely experiment with texture, once I'm done with the model.

Keep in mind that i'm not that skilled when It comes to texturing

[Nick Kasazaki 132]

Ehi guys, as a mentioned before, I wanted to try to model the garden directly into 3ds Max. Since I'm a very noob BATer, this is taking a long time. Also I'm not very happy with the result, but not sad either, let's say on average happy 

Well, i let the screenshot do the talking.