The University of Clayhurst

[JBSimio]

Arne:  Thank you!  I kept thinking it looked a little like an old light house... then you posted your picture and I think it even more! 

Jgehrts:  Thanks!  My cousin went to Iowa State and I've actually been to that tower.  As you'll soon see, I had been planning to incorporate the "walk through" idea into the gothic tower.

Jack:  Thank you!  I'll probably try a couple different lotting options for the first tower.  I'm thinking one with pavement and benches circling the entire pedestal... another with a bit more plantings... who knows what else?  Depending on they come out, I may offer more than one final lot for this one, but we'll see.  I'm not sure about the sound effect just yet.  I could easily borrow the sound used for churches, or I might make a custom sound too.

Jay:  Thanks!  Great to see you around!  Things are going quite well here and I hope the same is true in your neck of the woods.  Happy New Year to you too, my friend.

Guillaume:  Thank you!

I had a horribly busy weekend... over 250 people in camp from Saturday through Monday.  Needless to say, I didn't get a thing done again until finally having a chance to tinker again yesterday and today.  I've gotten a decent start on the gothic tower, but there is still a long ways to go:



As you can see, I am definitely using Harkness Tower from Yale as the inspiration on this one.  The bottom arches will straddle a narrow (or regular) path and this will easily fit on a 1x1.  There are still quite a few details to add to what you see so far.  In the end, this represents about 2/3 of the total height (I think...  )  by the time it's done.  The columns start to get a little sloppy as things go higher, which is why they just sort of stop at the moment.  That will be the next task. 

Until then,
JB

[Jack_wilds]

Hey JB...

When duty calls one needs to respond... for all the work you do at a camp you'll have to take a long break at a camp just to know what its like on the other side 

I like the proposed concepts for the Gothic Tower, the proportions appear right whoever further developments will answer a few questions... will you be using other textures for this one  as in more stonework of limestone, granites or...

good to hear from ya

Jack of the snows

[Sciurus]

Very well I like the gothic american style, it's a bit different from the european gothic style I wait for your answer now (don't worry, I don't press you)

Guillaume

[peter007]

very nice JBsimio. Love your tower already 

[JBSimio]

Jack:  Thanks!  While I'm leaning towards the usual brick base texture for this one, nothing is definite yet.  I feel like there should be a bit more stone accents on something like this, but I'm having trouble placing more than I have so far without it feeling tacked on or forced.  So we'll see how things progress...

Guillaume:  Thank you!  The collegiate gothic is certainly different from European gothic styles... like nearly everything American, we seem to borrow bits and pieces and then bastardize the rest!  (kind of like our take on Chinese food, come to think of it) 

Peter:  Thank you!

Slowly plugging along...



This is taking a bit longer than I had hoped, simply because I'm constantly tweaking little things here and there.  One minor adjustment turns into moving 8 different things and so on and so forth.  The next part will be the transition to an octoganal top section.  I hope to get some of that started today, so I may be back.  But first... I have a late breakfast date to attend.  I'm finally going to go eat somewhere that I don't have to cook!

Until later,
JB

[XiahouDun]

Thats fantastic (of course) Reminds me of a high school in my area.

[Jack_wilds]

Hey JB

How's life in CA the gothic bell tower; its developing right along... I like the direction its taking... lotting will pose for creative differences as it can fit in a number of ways...

Trust that all is well with you and did enjoy a 'I-didn't-cook-it' with friends... do you have a neighbor hood diner that go to? here I like going to the George Webb -awesome buckwheat pancakes  ... but it doesn't have wi-fi  but I mostly go to Tom's drive in as its the closest free wi-fi.  I also go downtown to the Aspen coffee shop too when I'm feeling more rich... being unemployed sucks  but at any-rate,

waiting intently for the EP1 to show up the LEX...

Jack

[Aaron Graham]

Lovely work. kee &aplsp it up.

[banditp61]

Amazing work. in the future will there be plans for sport venues and art centers?

[JBSimio]

XiahouDun:  Thank you!  Hmmm... I may or may not have just stolen that picture for use in the future. 

Jack:  Thanks!  Life in California is going well.  We had some unusually nice weather up here the last couple weeks although the rain has returned now.  This town is far too small to have any chain restaurants.  Oddly enough, we still have 4 or 5 family owned places despite being a town of only around 500 (on a good day!!!)  I remember George Webb from my time in Wisconsin... I used to go there quite often after working a 3rd shift in West Bend.  Hope things are going well for you!

Aaron:  Thank you!

Banditp:  Thanks!  As I've said more than once in this thread, yes... there are sports facilities planned. 

I finally had a few chances to work on the second tower again.  I think the bulk of the modelling is now finished:



This is much taller than the other one, but I think that will make for a nice couple options.  Textures are next, although it might be a few days before I get back to it again.

JB

[Jack_wilds]

JB

Great progress 

...you'll ought to save this,  then build a campus cathedral church around, as it would also make for a church bell steeple/tower...    -as if you don't have enough to work at...

...any news development on the mascot, school colors, gymnasium project 

Glad all is well... we are presently enjoying a January thaw in February  and it feels alot better than the bitter cold

Jack

[wwecruz]

This is looking really nice! I liked that auditorium/gym a few pages back...

[peter007]

Very nice to see a finished model

[Sciurus]

Fantastic!!
Don't forget to answer me by PM

Guillaume

[XiahouDun]

XiahouDun:  Thank you!  Hmmm... I may or may not have just stolen that picture for use in the future. 

Haha, go for it. If you need any other pictures for inspiration, just let me know. Lots of interesting buildings around here.

And that tower looks amazing already. I am in awe as usual

[Enaud47]

Greeting oh your JBness'  It doesn't say so, but this is actually Duane the Oldrogue.....been quite awhile since we've talked....and am glad to see you are still alive and kicking..... this being my first time back to the site in awhile, I shall now peruse....

[Ramona Brie]

How far is the packaging of EP1 going?

[JBSimio]

Jack:  Thanks!  I've tried saving portions of buildings to reuse... but never had much luck with it beyond very simple detail pieces (like roof junk, utilities, etc)  Nothing new on the field house just yet, although I think I'm going to return to that soon.  Weather here has been strange... lots of rain, several bouts of hail, and they're calling for possible snow this weekend!   

Wwecruz:  Thank you!

Peter:  Thaks!

Guillaume:  Thank you!  I haven't forgotten your PM.  I need to put together a brief tutorial for what you asked and then I'll send it your way.   

XiahouDun:  Thanks!  And thank you for your offer... I'll certainly let you know.

Duane:  Very nice to see you again!  Hope all is going well for you.

Tracker:  EP1 is still with Andreas at this point.  I'll give progress updates as I get them, but until then I'll simply refer to the NAM motto:  "It will be ready when it's ready." 

Had a little time this morning to slap textures on the tower.  I actually thought about just slapping the tower, but that seemed cruel and also somewhat pointless.  Plus I didn't want to break my monitor!



A few things to tweak here and there, but I'm fairly happy with the first pass.  I think the biggest thing will be making the bricks a touch larger and adding a bit more age and weathering to everything.  I'm still debating how I will light this one.  The exterior spot lights (like I did on the first bell tower) might be tough with all the set backs and different surfaces, but lighting from the inside doesn't make much sense either given that those are just openings (as opposed to windows) in the walls.  So I'm not sure how that will look just yet.  But that will be for another day.

Until then...
JB

[Jack_wilds]

Hey JB...

Liking the progress  as its looking more-n-more, like what I see it to be...

Concerning the lighting... the 'ground floor' the walks-through probably be the most lit-up, then perhaps the belfry might have some light but not bright... its during the day that it will be shown off the most, so I wouldn't go too over board on lighting this up, as its use may not need so much night lighting... ya' know what I mean  I don't have anything clever to offer for the tower, perhaps later...

Then when the next textures are done, could you take a few up-close pics to show it off more 

WI weather report: it snowed shortly after the thaw -then it snowed some more, and then again, to be over 13" here and over 17" in central WI... but go figure the snowmobile trails are still closed in some counties inspite of all the snow... but no matter to me, as I don't have my sled anymore  , I miss it but with the last several brown winters, it didn't matter too keep it -plus the cash cane in handy.  The Sturgeon fishing has been really slow this year -due to weather and ice conditions, versus last year with some record breaking fish were harvested...

Trust all is well,

[jackfrost]

The tower looks great. As far as lighting is concerned, why not just add some super cool flood lights? 

Thanks,
Garrett