Zero7 - BAT studio

[just_a_guy]

The style also seems to be seen a lot in Mexico these days. It's really nice. Keep it up!

[EDGE4194]

richard- those models look awesome! can't wait to see the final result.

[zero7]

tcx - Glad you like the model.

beutelschlurf - Nice to know one of my made up buildings is making you think of some real ones.  I'm flattered that you should ask if I do 3D/architecture for a living - it's just a hobby; I earn my living as a DBA.

just_a_guy - beutelschlurf mentions Germany; you say Mexico.  Looks like I've hit on a pretty international design.

EDGE4194 - Some detail will obviously not be visible at z5 size, but I hope you still like it.


It's been a little while since I last posted.  A couple of busy weeks at work together with a weekend at The Big Chill music festival have meant that I've not had a huge amount of time for BATting.  However, progress has been made and although I've still got to do some detailing (particularly placing some stuff on the balconies), nightlighting and lotting, these townhouses aren't too far from completion now.

A couple of in-game images:


(The unassuming street facing side)


(The canal / river side)



 

[TheTeaCat]

Wow 

these are really some wonderful looking bats

Love the details 

Looking forward to seeing these on the lex

Once you BAT, you'll meet TheTeaCat ?   

Who knows
Maybe you'll even get a





regards
Derry

[beutelschlurf]

moin zero7,

beutelschlurf mentions Germany; you say Mexico.  Looks like I've hit on a pretty international design.

globalisation is everywhere!
i looked for dba and found Database Administrator ... that's probably right ...
can't wait to see first nightlight pictures! 
btw. are you planning to have variations of your rowhomes?

cheers
b_schlurf

[zero7]

OK, time for a quick update.

Thanks Derry - glad you like the look of the townhouses so far.  Tea? ... milk; one sugar (and a dark chocolate digestive!).

Beutelschlurf - Yes, dba = database administrator.  A couple of night shots coming up.  I'm going to do some variations of lighting and balcony junk; I'm also going to try some different colours for the panels - a pale green should be OK and I'll try a couple of others to see what works.





As well as detailing and nightlighting the townhouses I've also started work on this tower ... early days yet!

[ponnie]

  Wow! Those rowhouses look amazing. They'll go straight into my plugins-folder. They resemble the ones in my own neighborhood. Great work.

Your new tower reminds me of a Xmas-tree. I like it, looks very interesting. Looking forward to future updates.

[zero7]

Wow! Those rowhouses look amazing. They'll go straight into my plugins-folder. They resemble the ones in my own neighborhood. Great work.

Your new tower reminds me of a Xmas-tree. I like it, looks very interesting. Looking forward to future updates.

I'm working on variations for the rowhouses at the moment, but they're not too far away from being released.

I hadn't thought about the profile of the tower being like a Xmas-tree ... 

For those who hadn't noticed the tower will fit w2w on a 2x? lot - so in theory you could line an avenue with them for a 'canyon' effect - might prove popular with sci-fi / near-future city builders.

[Leodido]

Nice start on the tower I like it

[tag_one]

Great projects Richard! I especially like the way you did the night lights on your buildings 

[zero7]

For anyone who is interested, the townhouses are now available on the LEX.

[TheTeaCat]

For anyone who is interested, the townhouses are now available on the LEX.

Already got my copy of them. Thanks for sharing them.


I think you've earned this

Sorry I finished all the digestives but they were very nice

Derry

[zero7]

Sorry I finished all the digestives but they were very nice

Well as long as you enjoyed them 

[TheTeaCat]

Well as long as you enjoyed them 

Oh I did 

Almost as much as seeing your BAT's growing in my cities

[zero7]

Leodido - This update shows some progress on the tower - I hope it's still meeting with your approval.

tag_one - The nightlights always get people's attention.  It's nice to see you taking an interest in my projects as my plugins folder contains quite a lot of your buildings - especially the industrials.

Derry - good to hear they're growing for you.  With all the building blocking mods and CAM/non-CAM I'm never confident of my buildings behaving the way they do in my cities.

OK Image time ... this is the latest progress on the tower.  I've just started working on the roof and you can see the basic shape of the penthouse and the wall that will seperate the HVAC kit from the rest of the roof which is public access.  From there I'll move onto the 'decks' in the two openings and then I need to decide what the rear wall is going to look like.  My ideas are only half-formed at the moment for that area.

[TheTeaCat]

ooh Looks great.

[art128]

I second that, ooh looks quite great ! 

[zero7]

Derry and art128 - Thanks for your interest in the tower.  It's a bit of a departure for me, so it's good to see that someone (other than me) may actually want it when I've finished.

A (long) while ago I posted a preview of some little low wealth semi-detached houses that I was working on.  They've been hanging about in my plugins folder for a while now, so I decided to dust down the max files rerender them through my current light rig and get them released.  Here's a couple of pics to remind you what they looked like.  They're not as detailed as some of my other BATs, but they were only really meant as fillers.



I just need to package them up and upload them.  Expect to see them on the Lex this evening.

[kwakelaar]

Looking forward to see how this tower will turn out, I quite like the design of it.

[ponnie]

Great progress on that tower  .

I'm very glad you're releasing some more semi-detached houses. I really love those. In most of my euro medium towns I use your (semi)-detached lots (RP2004 to Zero7) alongside Gascooker's. Makes those towns look fantastic.