Reddonquixote's Melbourne BAT Thread

[vester]

I am not worried about 90 corners. Some detail will be lost in SC4 render anyway, so don't think that matters in the game.

Not worried about it, but I think it will just add the dot over the i.
If he are polymodeling in max it will take 3-5 minutes to chamfer these corners.
The extra poly edit modifier, just gives the option of go back on the chamfer or even change the values of the chamfer on a later stages (checking the animate under Edit Poly Mode).

[FrankU]

I think I just missed a series of updates...... My mistake.
But it's great work that I see! Gorgeous projects.   

Only the HD.... I don't know. My Pluginsfolder is already quite large. Should I really use HD skyscrapers? 

[c.p.]

Nice work on the window displays.  I can almost read the book titles!

[noahclem]

Nice work on the window displays.  I can almost read the book titles!

Ha, you almost can, huh?   I just noticed the "The Hobbit" poster!

Wrt the HD thing, I'm not 100% but I think SD version availability was implied in the post. My rendering experience is zero, but if SD is 0.5^3 the amount of work as HD, SD versions would be a relatively quick 12.5% of the rendering time as HD--so SD fans hoping to get their favorite batters to accommodate their wishes may end up a bit luckier than HD fans trying to arm twist their favorite authors into the same

[Unconstantean]

outstanding work 

[Simcoug]

Awesome details and I love the old facade 

[FlyHigh]

Great work, the textures seem flawless. Just out of curiosity, where did you learn your texturing techniques?

[Aaron Graham]

OMG!!!! you going a great job, and I can tell you work is getting better. I can see the AO is applied in the render.

[seraf]

Beautiful work as always  Love all the little details

[reddonquixote]

Sorry, no new updates. I feel bad I haven't replied to any of the comments. I've been working on something *secretly* but its taking a lot lot lot longer than I thought it was going to.

Art, Romualdillo, Noah, Bombardiere, FrankU, CP, Unconstantean, Simcoug, Aaron & Seraf - Thankyou very much 

Vester - Thankyou, could you please explain what is a plane with a Matte/Shadow material, and why do I need it? Is there a link to some information on it, I'm intrigued... Yeah, good point about the corners, I don't usually worry about it due to BAT scale, I might try using rounded materials instead of chamfering though.

Flyhigh - Thankyou! I guess I learnt texturing the same way everyone does, a bit of reading, tips from people on the forums, and a lot of practice 

Hope to have something new to show you soon 

[vester]

Thankyou, could you please explain what is a plane with a Matte/Shadow material, and why do I need it? 

The Matte/Shadow material collect shadows, but only that. No surface or material to the surface.
Its just give you a good presentation of your model. 
I use it at the rendering in this post: link

Rounded materials ? Care to explain ?

[reddonquixote]

Yeah, sure. Round Corners is a setting on Arch & Design materials that simulates round edges when rendered.

There's a description and image on this article (scroll down to the second section) - http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/3DSMax/files/GUID-6F8332A7-CD75-4DA6-9E91-3A167B847A44-htm.html

There's an article on Matte/Shadow materials on this link as well. Thanks for the tip  http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/3DSMax/files/GUID-690591A8-67A6-4FE1-8F3D-15E31596F281-htm.html

[Pat]

The buildings and detail I love here Red, great job!!

[simangel]

WOW, I just found this thread amazing work!, good to see more buildings from Australia, will you be releasing these?.

[reddonquixote]

Not much movement in this thread for a while. So that October wasn't a complete write-off I've quickly whipped up some night versions of the Collins Street BATs. I'd say they are mostly there, just a couple of them need maybe a few tweaks, then they should be ready for release. 

Thankyou Pat & Simangel! - Yes, they are pretty close to getting a release I think.

First up, 530 Collins Street



520 Collins Street



500 Collins Street



480 Collins Street



470 Collins Street

[Bipin]

Fabulous work Red! I'm pleased to see there are people still working on SC4 BATs! 

[Nevermore]

Red ... maybe Etihad Stadium Australian FIM Speedway Grand Prix '15

[romualdillo]

Great work!!    They look fantastic!!

[noahclem]

Really one of the best sets of bats of all time. Quite eager to feature these prominently in my cities though it will be quite difficult to do them justice

[manga rivotra]

Wow 5 new wonderful bat. Thanks you so much !