c.p.'s BAT and Lot Workshop

[FrankU]

Organ Works?
The building resembles the front of a church with a double tower. No coincidence, I presume?
Very good BAT! And the diagonals are good for gridbusting, yeah!

[vortext]

Very cool industrial BAT! And at a far2 angle. . I may or may not have drooled just a little bit. 

[vester]

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So, I've been getting industrious lately.
Here's an IM industrial, Morgenkirk's Organ Works.

Ortho:


FAR-2:

Nice work on the industrial.

How much have you rotated the building for the far-2 ?

[Simcoug]

Great looking factory!  And angled versions are just icing on the cake.   
(I also like the out-building, it makes a good companion  )

[Jack_wilds]

awesome fun stuff that makes for great anticipation to populate my own sim cities soon...   

[Girafe]

Waouhh

I like the idea of diagonal and the BATs are well done 

who thought that from leaves to bricks there is only one step 

[mrbisonm]

Reminds me of an old Rubber Gloves shop we have in our town. Great looking BATs, both textures.

Fred

[metarvo]

This organ factory will be music to my ears for sure.  The ortho version alone is stunningly sharp, and the diagonal is... not at 45 degrees?  A FAR-2 building may be uncharted territory, as I'm not aware of any.  This is a big step in filling the void.  Nice work, C.p.! 

How much have you rotated the building for the far-2 ?

I might not know for sure, but if C.p. has built it to match the NAM FAR-2, then it would be rotated approximately 26.6° (or the complementary 63.4°) off the grid.

[c.p.]

Thanks bap, Frank, vortex, Arne, Simcoug, Jack_Wilds, Antoine, Fred, and metvaro

Frank: Not really a coincidence.  I had the idea for a factory with two towers before I knew what it was going to be.  Then I decided, based on the idea, that it should be an organ factory, mostly because of the two towers.  Then I came up with the idea to add the two rows of chimneys to the front part (thinking they would be vaguely reminiscient of organ pipes).  Then after I made it, "organ factory" still seemed to fit, so that's what it is.

Arne: it is rotated 27 degrees clockwise (the picture shows the west view).

metvaro: Thanks.  There was actually a FAR-2 building included in my last LEX upload (the St. Helena School). 


So, here are some BATS for another factory complex: Bovini and Hyde, makers of fine Italianate Leather™ Shoes.
Included are a couple of small warehouse buildings and a small apartment building for workers housing.

Brick Ortho:


Brick Diagonal:


Tile/Stucco:


I'm not sure if I'll use the worker's housing BATs on any of the industrial lots.  They have the same footprint as a couple of the small R$ apartment buildings shown earlier in this thread, so I may just include them with the R$ stuff.  Or I may try making a separate ploppable worker's compound lot.

[Jack_wilds]

wow... just brilliant... luv the color texture choices... and filling a need for all the sims [there are very few shoes stores in sim-land   

... anyway, when it comes to it, luv to see in-game shots of the factories... 

[vortext]

Great variety and the worker houses are a nice addition!

[Aaron Graham]

Wonderful work, I can't wait to see you finish.

[vester]

Nice work again. Some massive buildings.   

Love the extra buildings you have done. Going to make the lots more real. 

[Simcoug]

I agree with vortext, the worker houses make a great addition.  Those would even be great in a few more texture varieties for use in the R$ set.   

[metarvo]

Wow, the textures jump out and grab me.  Nice work! 

Separate supplementary lots for the outbuildings will add modularity to our industrial complexes.  The apartment buildings make sense in residential zones, at least on paper, although using them next to the factories in that context will necessitate mixing in a few residential tiles in the industrial zones.  In addition, if the diagonals (or the orthogonals for that matter) are plops, residential won't be an option due to issues with plops.

[kelis]

Your talent to create new bats with this style is amazing, this game would not be the same without your works 

[c.p.]

Thanks Jack_Wilds, vortext, Aaron, Arne, Simcoug, metarvo, and kelis

Simcoug: I've made the extra variations already 

metarvo: I was considering placing the residentials on the industrial lot, mainly as eye-candy.  A lot of the large mills built in the US between 1820 and 1870 included workers housing.  But, of course it would be better if the residential buildings actually had residents.
Also, it is possible to plop residential.  There is a fairly high chance that it will abandon, but sometimes it doesn't (at least this is true of low wealth).  And these models are made to abandon (and to look interesting abandoned.)  So I''m actually considering this as well.


Here is Spindler's Mill, a dirty industrial complex.  Many of the larger textile mills built in the U.S in the 1820's and 1830's appear to have had a design similar to the large mill building here:

Ortho version:


FAR-2 version.  The piece with the smokestack is modded as a power plant.  The the mill and warehouse are ploppable ID:


Ortho version, showing how it fits in with Jestarr's industrials, etc:


FAR-2 version showing how it fits into it's neghborhood:

[Simcoug]

Spectacular!  The old mill and factory models will go perfectly with the Historic Harbor project that is nearing completion (you can check out a quick overview HERE).  And the various diagonal versions will fit perfectly with the FAR roads and rails that are now available with the NAM.  I'm also glad you are including a custom foundation... building on uneven terrain is a guilty pleasure of mine and it is so much more rewarding using BATs that include a nice looking foundation.  I can't wait to see more 

[Gugu3]

Very nice

[art128]

beautiful! FAR model are a fantastic idea, good job!