b_schlurf's BAT_Werkstatt

beutelschlurf · July 10, 2009, 09:50:15 AM

moin everybody,

thanx to everyone ... who came along!
did'nt have much time lately, ...
to Gwail: you're right it's 90 5th Avenue! ... in New York

that's the next project ...

but while you're waiting, you should have some fun with the next upload to the STEX, it is 42-44 Bond Street!

thanx
b_schlurf

beutelschlurf · July 14, 2009, 06:29:52 AM

moin guys,

sorry for double-posting ...

..., but here you get some progress:

you remember the Grabler Building?

it will come as a industrial lot 2x2, would I-m be suitable?
in some details i'm not sure about it's appearance:

shall i open up every blind in the frontview, add some things in the backyard, maybe roofing, ...
what do you think?

thanx a lot
b_schlurf

DebussyMan · July 14, 2009, 09:22:15 AM

The building looks very good. Love the signages. I like the blinds as they are, they give the building more visual interest. The only thing I'm not sure are the colors, might be a bit too dark (the roof is almost as dark as the absolute black of the background), I think brighter tones would make it fit better once it's placed in game.

MTT9 · July 14, 2009, 09:31:44 AM

As DebussyMan said, i would make the roof brighter. Apart from that, i think it's ready to be released.

Can't wait for more!

just_a_guy · July 15, 2009, 06:36:30 AM

Good looking building! But maybe it wouldn't look to good in the middle of an industrial area. Maybe the bottom floors are industrial buisneses, but maybe the top floors are residential? I really don't know, but thats what it looks like to me.

Besides lightening up the roof texture, you should also add a bit more "junk". Since we mostly see the roofs in the game, it's not bad to exagerate right?

I'll be looking foward for it's release!

iskrem · July 15, 2009, 07:56:34 AM

Hey there beutelschlurf!

The building looks very good, as do all of the buildings I have seen i you thread

Keep up the good work

Regards

Iskrem

beutelschlurf · July 15, 2009, 01:30:03 PM

moin guys,

thanx to DebussyMan, emmotic, just_a_guy, iskrem and everyone else for your interest, i'll take every suggestion from you in seriously account. especially the change of the brightness! ... and add probably a bit more junk!

sometimes i can't figure out how to do a texture that fits nicely, ... SimFox mentioned it earlier that i have to do the shaded sites brighter. i'm gonna follow his advise in the future, as well!
... in the meantime, have a lock at this one (clue: it's in New York

)

tell me what you think!

ähm, for the next time i'll do no bating/loting/uploading(Stex) for some time, because i'm doing my degree at university and need therefore every time i can get!
now and then i'll leave a comment anyway ...

cheers to everybody
b_schlurf

woodb3kmaster · July 20, 2009, 11:01:03 PM

I must say, your attention to detail is astonishing. It seems like every preview is top-notch work! Really, this is great stuff, b_schlurf! Great job!

As far as the Grabler building is concerned, I don't know if you've already finished the modding for it or not, but might I suggest including a R$$ loft version? A lot of older downtown factories have been converted into apartments in recent years, and I know that nofunk has done the same thing with some of his industrial BATs. Just some food for thought; the building is terrific as is!

beutelschlurf · August 27, 2009, 09:01:14 AM

moin everybody,

still doin' my degree ..., but, you know, you just can't stay away from the site! ... so i resently came across some picture where i spoted some of my buildings,
what i thought was: hey something is wrong there. it seems that my bat's are somehow not in the proper scale, i allways multiplied with 1.4 after modeling, cause 1.3 would'nt fit to me (probably, because of my screen-settings) so, what i'm askin' you guys now, is to help me out please! if you got my bats and experienced something similiar i just pointed out, i would be a great help if you vote in the poll or make a statement.
... in the end it's all about improving and geting good bats ...

thanx a lot

b_schlurf

aNdi · September 06, 2009, 09:54:16 AM

N juten Morjn!

According to that last pic I really wondered if it even was a model or a real life picture, because of its realism, looks great already! even without textures.
so you're from Berlin aswell?
I hope your university stuff is turning out well for you, I also still need to write an essay for university... but at the moment batting seems to be the better fun!

Grüß dich!

Ps: seems like you're a fan of the elder new yourk city architecture?

And what's the matter with the Königsberger Klopse?

MaxlMantis · October 05, 2009, 01:36:09 PM

Du checkst es halt ab, Alter!

Sehr schöne Gebäude, zwar nicht mein Style, aber perfekt!!!

gottago · October 06, 2009, 02:34:57 AM

Quote from: beutelschlurf on August 27, 2009, 09:01:14 AM
moin everybody,

still doin' my degree ..., but, you know, you just can't stay away from the site! ... so i resently came across some picture where i spoted some of my buildings,
what i thought was: hey something is wrong there. it seems that my bat's are somehow not in the proper scale, i allways multiplied with 1.4 after modeling, cause 1.3 would'nt fit to me (probably, because of my screen-settings) so, what i'm askin' you guys now, is to help me out please! if you got my bats and experienced something similiar i just pointed out, i would be a great help if you vote in the poll or make a statement.
... in the end it's all about improving and geting good bats ...

thanx a lot
b_schlurf

Hi b_schlurf!

Your bats are absolutely stunning! Incredible details and excellent textures--you do marvelous work, bravo!

I think your scale problem is this--if I understand your post correctly, you are enlarging the entire building by 130% when you export, but you should only be enlarging the Z scale (height). This is what is making your buildings look too big in-game.

The idea is that the isometric view of SC4 causes normally scaled BATs to look squashed, and so the rule-of-thumb is to stretch them by a third vertically once you've finished modeling them for export to SC4.

Hope this helps, and keep up the great BATting work--but don't mess up your school to do so

btw, since you are doing NYC W2W lofts and downtown commercial buildings, did you tweak the site dimensions of your BATs to work as w2w in-game from the outset, or are they faithful to RL? If you go back to rescale them and re-export the ones you've already done, you might want to tweak your scaling so that the BATs work as w2w.

Sciurus · October 06, 2009, 05:39:36 AM

Es sit sehr schön, aber ist es normal, der Schatten in der Seite der Building?
It's very nice, but is the shadow normal on the side of the building?

Guillaume

serebii666 · October 17, 2009, 04:26:17 PM

Looks great!

peterycristi · October 20, 2009, 03:55:20 AM

Moin,

your bats are looking always fantastic! The grade of detail is incredible

! Why you didn't fall in love with havanna, i could need some help!

Grüße

Peter

b_schlurf's BAT_Werkstatt

are the building i've made in the right scale?