c.p.'s BAT and Lot Workshop

[mattb325]

They all look magnificent. You should send a bill to Maxis for such a comprehensive expansion pack   

[reddonquixote]

They all look magnificent. You should send a bill to Maxis for such a comprehensive expansion pack   

Maxis can't afford such excellent-ness 

[Missvanleider]

These buildings look fantastic, can't wait for these to emerge!

[dyoungyn]

Stupendously REMARKABLE!!   Can't wait for release.  Will these be replacing Maxis defaults?  I can realistically see, what you may call as "duplex",  as single family home as I assume they were originally built as.  I have always been fond of old homes and I agree that some of these would look FANTASTIC as a farm house.  Keep em coming and soooooooooooo looking forward to release. 

[c.p.]

Thanks cmdp123789, mattb325, reddonquixote, Missvanleider and dyoungyn

You should send a bill to Maxis for such a comprehensive expansion pack

I wish!

Will these be replacing Maxis defaults?

Nothing is replacing any Maxis buildings.  But my goal is to have a complete set of residential lots in all shapes, sizes, wealth levels and stages, for low and medium density.  So you could block all the Maxis residential lots if you wanted to, and still get low and medium density residential growth everywhere, and hopefully the neighborhoods that emerge would be interesting and unrepetitive.


So I made a lot of progress this week with foundation models.  Also, this mansion, the Burlingame Mansion, loosely based on a house in Dubuque, Iowa.  It has a footprint similar to the Bodley-Henrick Mansion and the Captain Coldwater Mansion, and will share the same building/prop family:




Real-life pics from Dubuque, Iowa:
(built in 1866):

[JP Schriefer]

Wow from the 1,278,245 houses that you have made these were the ones I most loved. These are very detailed. Perfect *_*

[cmdp123789]

Lovely mansion.. I like the front entrance a lot!

[manga rivotra]

Perfect as always ! 

[feyss]

Amazing work. One day, I hope to begin an american style CJ and all your work would have its place 

[Simmer2]

It just gets better and better!!

[dyoungyn]

I agree, "better and better" and even more BETTER.   

[Girafe]

more more more   

[carlfatal]

While I made a rest from SC4...   

I only can agree with all others, that your work is totally outstanding. Recently I´ve downloaded a first bunch of your new stuff, the mills and that, and well, I am totally lucky, cause I am still at the start of the industrialisation of my current region, that is (if I don´t count the central part of the main town) mostly developed with your houses industries and trees... 

And yeah, some farm lots with your houses... I also would like that, as I usually prefer playing in a merely rural setting.

Keep the art going on! 

[Simcoug]

I was out of the country and missed a few of your updates so I had to catch up.  Fantastic modeling as usual, and the variety and realism of your textures are unparalleled.  I especially like the porches and balcony on your Burlingame Mansion.  5 stars!  10/10!   

[Shark7]

Nice mansions.  The kind of place I think I'd like to live in...that is until I consider how much it would cost for heating and cooling. 

I am eager for the full release of these residentials, they are all looking really nice.

[c.p.]

Thanks Schriefer, cmdp123789, manga rivotra, feyss, Simmer2, dyoungyn, Girafe, carlfatal, Simcoug and Shark7 


So I've made some modding and lotting progress (Manchester set mostly).  Not as much as I'd have liked, but enough for some screenshots:

Low density, low stage lots:











So the rocks in front of the white house/duplex got me to thinking maybe I should try making a set of rock walls.  If I make the walls, I'll probably use them on stage 1 and 2 low density lots that are at least 3 tiles deep:



The following pictures are low stage lots in medium density zones.  The houses are closer to the street (the standard W2W setback of 2 meters) compared to the low density version of the same stage lot.







Stage 4 (mostly), medium wealth, medium density:





Medium density with a mixture of $ and $$:





A couple of Stage 6 $ tenements:

[Shark7]

Well they look great in those screenshots.

When you say rock walls do you mean rock fences?

[Mandarin(a)]

Beautiful lots ...

[vortext]

Lovely lots indeed! 

Wondering though: is that bright red roofed building in the third pic yours? If so, the red is really quite bright, and looks too crispy clean as well. If it's not yours, ignore this remark. 

The latest mansions are great btw. 

[Girafe]

LOTing machine on