HistoryIt was the 10th March 2011. I was looking for inspiration for my city's suburbs in the topic "Show us your... suburbs!". So many pics of so many different houses and suburbs: american ones, european ones, asiatic ones, etc. And I particullary looked after the american ones; I saw indeed little wooded houses, typical from USA, North America generally. Then, as I was building a european city, I wondered: "Guillaume, why don't you do the same with french houses?". And this afternoon of this day, I did a little house, which comes from the Parisian suburb. That's how this project was born.
But to do suburbs, you must first make a city-center. And there, I had a second idea: doing some mid-rise buildings for little european centers. I'm searching about some ones, because I didn't begin this part of the project. But I've got some ideas where to search... particullary in Longwy. Most of theses buildings were built during the reconstruction of France in the 50's. Some other buildings date from the 30's, because in this time, the steel industries were developped in my region, and many immigrants from foreign countries (I particullary think about Italy or Poland) came in Longwy to find work.
This was the little story of the "French City Project"
Longwy BuildingsThese buildings are from Longwy and its "suburbs" (if we can call this like that! :D ), the cities around this center. Longwy has a very rich history: first and important garrison town with the forticfications of Vauban, commanded by Louis XIV to protect the french territory, then an important industrial town, with its big steel industries. That's why most of the buildings from my region are grey, or very dark, because of the industries orange dust, which covered the fronts and the roofs of the buildings. Why so painting these ones in white? And as it's very cold in winter, dark colours are better to get warm.
These buildings I make can have colours too; nowadays, many many buildings are renovated by little painting companies. The city encourage to renovate these old buildings to make the city more attractive and more touristic.
List of buildings
- [size=78%]Immeuble ouvrier (http://www.simtropolis.com/forum/files/file/24631-tsc-immeuble-ouvrier/)[/size]
- [size=78%]Le Longovicien (Coming soon)[/size]
- [size=78%]2-4, rue des Vosges (Coming soon)[/size]
- [size=78%]Garage Moderne (Coming soon)[/size]
- [size=78%]41, rue du Tivoli (Coming soon)[/size]
- [size=78%]4, rue du Moulin (Coming soon)[/size]
- [size=78%]Maison de Lexy (Coming soon)[/size]
- [size=78%]Maison de St-Charles (Coming soon)[/size]
- [size=78%]Mersen Gorcy (Coming soon)[/size]
[size=78%]Guillaume :thumbsup: [/size]
Hi Sciurus,
Great project :)
First model looks very good, a sure download for me.
Looking forward to see more ::)
Iskrem
Really goof job guillaume &apls &apls &apls
we absolutely need more of the sweety houses :thumbsup:
Lovely work &apls :)
Going to follow this project, it's very interesting &apls
Looks great, I love the little houses. :thumbsup:
Thanks all for your support and your comments! &hlp
Here's the second house for my project (I hope make around ten like this...)
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Guillaume :thumbsup:
Amazing job guillaume &apls &apls &apls
the only detail I can find is the color of the windows, too blue try something more transparent ;)
Gorgeous suburbs. Great textures.
Beautiful work Guillaume ! &apls
Love these generic ( don't look too stereotyped from a particular french country ... ) houses . I hope that when I'll be back , a whole set of such houses will be ready ! ;D
Good luck to rebuilt the T.S.C. team my friend . :thumbsup:
Cédric.
These look great, can't wait to see what else you've in store for us!
Absolutely amazing, keep up the good work!! :thumbsup:
Guillaume, great work :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Bravo... :thumbsup:
Second house is beautiful and I like it more than the first, especially for the rear side :thumbsup:
Really thank you all, and Badsim, you know I'm waiting for a beta tester? ::) $%Grinno$%
Here's the third house of the pack... if you find something to add, say it me ;)
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Guillaume :thumbsup:
Really good job
this pack is going awesome &apls &apls
The houses look good so far. :thumbsup: I will definitely use those when ready.
Do you plan to do different color versions of those houses?
Nice houses.
They are great.
After the little houses, let's go to the city center! Before, in almost every french city, there was a garage for cars. There were very useful, because they repaired all, etc. So this little BAT is a garage which is situated 3, rue St-Louis in Longwy.
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I think it has built during the 20's or 30's, because of its architectural style.
What do you think about this BAT? The next BAT is little café, situated in the city next to Longwy, Herserange (55, rue de Paris).
Guillaume :thumbsup:
Why you changed the name of your project? And your others Logwy BATs can be in this project, I think.
It's a fabulous and perfect (industrial?) BAT. You can BAT an other BAT :D
But when we'll build awesome city with your Longwy's BATs?
Excellent idea, Scirius. :thumbsup:
I am enjoying all related BATs so far. I particularly like your walls and roof tile textures, and the tone of the nightlights. Just a quick question: should't the car garage have a larger garage front door to allow cars to be driven in? Sorry if I didn't get the right scale, but for me it seems the front door is not wide enough for cars.
I am looking forward for the next creations of this theme.
Bap
@Supremec: Thanks! Yes the other BATs of Longwy can be there, I think I'll do a list of the BATs! $%Grinno$%
@Bap: Thank you very much. Well, I must admit that in many garages, the door is larger. But in France and in Europe generally, cars are not as big as in America (I saw an american Ford last time on a road, it's very big! :o) and as this garage is very old, cars weren't as big as today. If you compare a Citroën 2CV (1.480m) with a Citroën C3 (1.730m) of nowadays, this is not the same tall (30cm more). That's why I prefered to do a little door than a big door. :thumbsup:
Thank again to stop by and post there!
Now, another model I did today:
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This is a little house of Longwy, 41, rue du Tivoli.
Guillaume :thumbsup:
Those are very nice, great job on them :thumbsup:
better and better ::)
Also spent a sunday on BATting? ;)
Me too.
And it looks gorgeous!
-Ernst
Great BATs! &apls I think the most recent is my favorite. I've been planning a development featuring these that I'm excited to start :thumbsup:
Thank you guys! ()stsfd() It's always a pleasure to see this type of comments! :)
Here a little creation I made yesterday afternoon:
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Yes, it's a little BAT, but I spent a lot of time on working on texture (for example, the front one took me about 45min!)
Enjoy!
Guillaume :thumbsup:
Really good job :)
The textures are fabulous &apls, I impatient to try your BATs ;D
Thank you guys!
I've got some news for you... a church!
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It's not won! :D I know there's not many things done, but I would to show you this, before to continue ;)
Guillaume :thumbsup:
Looks nice so far, can't wait to see more progress on the church :thumbsup:
No problem! :D Thank you btw :)
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There's many details to do, but the main is done.
Guillaume :thumbsup:
First pics we see a BAT you make without textures ;D
Your church is superb for the moment (it will be better), but very basic if I compare with churches of my city ;D
Wow..., very nice church!!! :thumbsup:
Great church. Your last house was fabulous.
You've made absolute progress since the last time I saw your thread
-Ernst
Thank you guys!
Here's the church textured:
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Guillaume :thumbsup:
Very good &apls &apls, but for disadvantages you know what I think (on TSC ;))
Thanks, I made the modification ;)
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Guillaume :thumbsup:
Looks fantastic! We really need more churches for SC4. And yours will be a great addition to my collection :thumbsup:
Wow! Cool work! As io_bg said, new churches, and some small-town stuff, in SC are needed. :thumbsup:
Great village church Sciurus! &apls Definitely a useful creation.
A fabulous church &apls now you can LOT this ;D
Great work, i really like it :)
Thank you guys! How warm are these comments... :)
I've got news! A little BAT which goes perfectly with the church:
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Guillaume :thumbsup:
Good work on this BAT my friend. As always it's perfect &apls &apls
Looks great.
Just like the church!
-Ernst
Thank you guys!
I've got news:
- For the church, I've almost finished the lights. A pic should come soon.
- For the last BAT, he can be exported and I'll send it to Namspopof for the modding.
For the rest...
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This is a part of the 4-5 buildings making up the iron mine of Valleroy. This mine alimented the Longwy's blast-furnaces and the ones of the "Usine de la Providence" of Réhon. This mine has been closed in 1967.
Guillaume :thumbsup:
Great work on your BATs here!
The church is beautiful.
The newest building is also really nice. :thumbsup:
That's is excellent Sciurus &apls. As always a beautifull work :thumbsup:
Thank you both! ()stsfd()
Now, the offices of the mine:
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Guillaume :thumbsup:
Amazing reproduction !!
want to see this on the LEX
;)
Wow, these look do good, keep it up. :thumbsup:
Thank you guys! ()stsfd()
@Girafe: Yes, I hope so! ;D
Here's the mine shaft:
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Not finished!
Guillaume :thumbsup:
Wow, this is looking reall promising....i just love that small office building :) Mine shaft is looking really good as well
I imagine the LOT, and the position on my cities so much it is nice &apls
All the projects look incredible. Even the church looks great. Especially with the second texture of the walls. These last buildings also fantastic. Texturing makes them particularly splendid appearance. Again, you show great houses and other small buildings. I hope that soon they will be available for download.
Waiting for more.
I congratulate and admire.
- Dave
Sciurus, you have some serious batting going on in here.
Hope you haven't given up batting!
Excellentissime, Guillaume !!
Can't wait to use it in the game ! &hlp
Thank you so much for your sweet comments! :)
It's been some months I didn't post something. I profite of some rest to post this, still part of the Longwy Project:
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Guillaume :thumbsup:
Nice start Guillaume. :thumbsup:
Thank you Delecto!
Little progress:
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Guillaume :thumbsup:
Wow, just phenomenal work on the Longwy Project since last time I looked! &apls &apls &apls
Great update on the houses and the mining buildings are so well-done and unique! I'm really looking forward to creating something special with these :thumbsup:
Wow, wonderful work man!! I'm really loking forward to use this little houses.
Looks good and stay so frenchy, I love :)
Just awesome Guillaume.
I really like the color
-Ernst
So typically french lorrain !
Superb work Guillaume &apls &apls &apls
Thank you very much all! The Rue des Rosiers are exported, just to modd and go to download! :)
We continue in the Longwy Project with this house, which is situated at 6, rue du Tivoli in Longwy:
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What do you think about?
Guillaume :thumbsup:
I love the roof! &apls Good job my friend :thumbsup:
good job indeed ;)
remember that you have still an upload on the LEX, which is blocked, time to fix it ::)
Thank you both! :) And Girafe, yes I know I have some works to end... :D And I just have a file to replace in an install... It's not a lot, but I don't know how to do, so I need my brother to fix it.
Well, I downloaded 3DSMax 2012 on wednesday, and here what I did with this little baby:
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What do you think about? I just have some details to add!
Guillaume :thumbsup:
Looks very nice &apls The last house is great too. Will you be doing darknight renders?
You could also download 3dsMAX 2013. I heard that that's on too.
The BAT's look just fine.
-Ernst
Thank you both! Well peter, I wait for news about BAT4max v.5 with 2013 ;) Noahclem, you have your answer!
I made some modifications on my model:
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Guillaume :thumbsup:
Great looking, Guillaume! :)
Wow, just discovered this thread and all your BATs are beautifull &apls
I particulary like the near absence of modern props (antennes, AC units and the like) on the houses. The offices and churches are gorgeous as well and can't wait to see them available in the future. Keep up the good work :thumbsup:
Nice Work!! &apls
I think it lacks just a parabola :D
Really good job with the small houses! The suburbs will look great with these BATs &apls
Hello guys! :)
After seeing all of your creations, I had to make BATs again! Unfortunately, I deleteds the house below; I had indeed problems: first with the PIMX, a problem with windows 7, it can't find a .pyt file... I never found the solution. I think I'll use the PluginManager... so as the PIMX can't work I had an idea: I export my BATs and make a prop pack with them, therefore, you can lot the BATs as you want! Sure, you'll have to lot them but this is the own solution I found (for the moment); maybe I'll find another one!
And more, I have a problem with 3DSMax: I cannot export my BATs. I followed all the steps but it doesn't work.. I said: "doesn't matter, make them with Gmax, it's the same!".
So here are 2 BATs (I'm working on another one) from Nancy, the city where I'll live next year and for the 6 next years for my architecture studies, that I hope to succeed!
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It's not the Longwy Project, but the Nancy project. (I have to edit my first post btw).
Guillaume :thumbsup:
Nice work on those two BATs there Guillaume! I like the second one a lot. The nightlights are well done!
Very nice. The second one is my favorite, too.
&apls :thumbsup:
Je préfe`re le prémier, mais l'autre est tre`s bien aussi...
I like the first one most...
like I said before, the second bat is awesome, very good industrial looking bat :D
Great work &apls It's very nice to see more activity around here again! The night lights look great too :thumbsup:
Great BATs. &apls
I want them!!! Now $%Grinno$%
Great job on these BATs &apls
Sciurus has been working on some very interesting stuff lately and his Lorraine project is coming along perfectly. Let's follow Sciurus in OSITM as this month's CCCer and give as much support as possible!
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Congrats from The SC4D Staff!! &apls
Well deserved! Congratulations! &apls &apls
Well done Guillaume indeed !!
congrats &apls &apls
Congratulations Guillaume, well deserved &apls
Congratz!!! :D
And topic pined! Nice, good job getting this OSITM, Guillaume!
Thank you everyone, that makes me pleasure!! ;D
As I'm in the OSITM, I'll change a little my plans and I'll suggest you to follow the developpment of my project (which enters in the Lorraine project): the modelling of the ENSA of Nancy (ENSA = National School of Architecture), which will be my school very soon!!
Photo IRL:
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I have no pic for the moment, but it will come ... soon ;)
Guillaume :thumbsup:
Congratulations! I'm impatient to see your ENSA on SimCity 4 :P
Congratulations on your OSITM :thumbsup: It should be a great month and I really like the ENSA project &apls
A good school for architects is very needed in Sim City. When you take a close look at most cities you will see that Sims have hardly any to no knowledge of urbanism and architecture....!
I love your latest models and i'll follow your new project ! :)
Thank you everyone!!
FrankU >> You're right :D
Here's a pic of the beginning...
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Guillaume :thumbsup:
Nice start on the modeling, Guillaume!
Yeah, your starting off great. Keep it up.
Hello everybody !
Meanwhile making TSC's station pack with Krasner, I explore my old folders of BATs and I export and mod the old things I've shown here a long time ago.
So here's a pic showing every BATs that will be released soon I hope. I just have to make some lotting on some ones, be patient $%Grinno$%
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I added a BAT on the project I made yesterday, it's Logé Imprimeur, which will be a manufacture for your european industrial zones. I also show here some BAts I never showed before, like La Poste or Gendarmerie Nationale de Longuyon for example, which are very useful to embellish your cities :P
Hope you like it ;)
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I love the way how people are coming back to the game and community.
I like these new/old stuffs, thank you to sharing these. &apls &apls
- Tyberius
Heh, I see that your enjoy your "comeback" to sc4 ;) These are seriously nice model, would be nice if you upload all of them :)
I'm so glad to see that
TSC team revival , with a talented BATer like
Krasner is , there's a true style convergence and a palpable collaboration between you two and that sounds promising :popcorn: ... promises , promises ... :-\ we are in France in electoral period , you know what I mean ! $%Grinno$%
Seriously , I browsed back these pages where there's a good dozen of BATs I would like to see realised , not to speak about the ones shown at TSC only ... ::)
Quote from: Sciurus on January 28, 2017, 02:09:52 AM
Meanwhile making TSC's station pack with Krasner, I explore my old folders of BATs and I export and mod the old things I've shown here a long time ago.
So here's a pic showing every BATs that will be released soon I hope. I just have to make some lotting on some ones, be patient $%Grinno$%
OK , you get my vote ! ;D On your other thread , the railway stations are delightfully old-fashioned and the modular platforms system like the creation of new HD props are a sweet melody to any hopeless LOTs editor ears ... :thumbsup:
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