danamo opened this issue on Dec 02, 2003 ยท 12 posts
danamo posted Tue, 02 December 2003 at 3:24 AM
derjimi posted Tue, 02 December 2003 at 5:03 AM
This looks very promising. A bar with some neon lights would be great. J.
tjohn posted Tue, 02 December 2003 at 6:20 AM
Great start! I love the air-conditioning unit...nice touch. Looks more like an old apartment building to me...could have a lounge (bar) on the ground floor, though.
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Ang25 posted Tue, 02 December 2003 at 7:55 AM
Wonderful! We have buildings like that around here, businesses on the bottom and apartments above. This looks great, did you have a picture or something to base your model on? When you're done and happy with it, it would make a really great freebie, hint hint :)
rickymaveety posted Tue, 02 December 2003 at 9:55 AM
Actually, it reminded me not so much of an apartment buuilding as one of those "residential hotels" ... sort of a flop house. Rooms by the month $50 ... that sort of thing. Which would be perfect to have a roughneck bar in it. It looks great.
Could be worse, could be raining.
CharleyD posted Tue, 02 December 2003 at 11:13 AM
A run down room for only $50 a month? .... which century are you from? ;o)
ysvry posted Tue, 02 December 2003 at 11:26 AM
add some streetlights a neon sign reading bar 1 pimp and a couple of hookers lol
danamo posted Tue, 02 December 2003 at 11:50 AM
@ Ang, I didn't use any reference drawings or photos, but I have been in and around similar old buildings so I let my imagination just go for it. I will offer this building as a freebie, probably an untextured .obj file as it would be a lot easier to compress than a Bryce scene, or obp. file(305KB as opposed to 27.6MB!)Thanks!
rickymaveety posted Tue, 02 December 2003 at 12:53 PM
Well, CharleyD, the flop houses in your neighborhood are clearly a lot pricier than those in mine. (But, you're right ... I am an old old fart).
Could be worse, could be raining.
BOOMER posted Tue, 02 December 2003 at 12:57 PM
Attached Link: http://www.abandoned-places.com/
Nice job on the building, danamo. I like the peeling paint on the door and the roofline. That really helps it to show its age. I'm thinking abandoned. Put a broken sidewalk around it with papers and a few empty cans or bottles and let's not forget a few broken windows on it. This link is for a site that one of my friends made. He lives in Belgium and is totally into abandoned buildings, as you will see. The site is well put together and very clean. Hopefully, this will give you some ideas.Because I like to blow $%&# up.
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TheBryster posted Tue, 02 December 2003 at 3:26 PM
Gutters! Rain-water down pipes.......?
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danamo posted Tue, 02 December 2003 at 3:50 PM
@ BOOMER, thanks for the link! Your friend a has a very inspiring site, it's nicely designed and the unique interface, photography, and writing make you almost feel like you've been on "the tour" with the author! And thanks everyone for the ideas.