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Post by grendelsmother64 on Sept 16, 2017 20:06:38 GMT -9
OK...so time to start a thread on this. The idea is to make a set of city buildings/streets like you might have found in New York in the 1800s or early 1900s. 3 to 5+ storey tenement buildings with warehouses or shops on the main floor and apartments above. Something that could be useful from Victorian right through to Pulp scenarios. Maybe even modern if I get around to making some modern storefronts... So here's very basic concept (skinned with an elevation drawing I found online)(the building on the right was a free sketchup model I downloaded from thier free warehouse, just for scale) : 3d scale by grendels_mother64, on Flickr And here's the initial round of vectors (with some intrepid adventurers for scale) for the main floor shop fronts...all still way too pretty yet for a real slum though: storefront02 by grendels_mother64, on Flickr So...we'll see how this project develops... GM64
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Post by kgstanley81 on Sept 17, 2017 8:29:25 GMT -9
Liking the look so far
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Post by grendelsmother64 on Sept 17, 2017 14:54:41 GMT -9
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Post by coreyhaim8mydog on Sept 17, 2017 16:32:34 GMT -9
Very nice. Jacob Riis' How the Other Half Lives is an exploration of 19th Century New York City tenements, if you're looking for inspiration. Also Luc Sante's Low Life and, of course, Gangs of New York. I'm researching these for novel and/or game right now.
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Post by grendelsmother64 on Sept 19, 2017 11:29:09 GMT -9
More details...almost done making the textures. So I should have a model to share in a few days... warehouse02 by grendels_mother64, on Flickr GM64
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Post by grendelsmother64 on Sept 19, 2017 13:20:30 GMT -9
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Post by Vermin King on Sept 19, 2017 13:28:28 GMT -9
Is the first building going to be two-story, or are you thinking of making it modular with additional floors? I've had a few ideas on making things modular, but I'm not sure anything will be better than glennwilliams F&T modular buildings.
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Post by grendelsmother64 on Sept 19, 2017 13:51:20 GMT -9
Is the first building going to be two-story, or are you thinking of making it modular with additional floors? I've had a few ideas on making things modular, but I'm not sure anything will be better than glennwilliams F&T modular buildings. Those are just texture trials. What I was thinking was 3 building widths 5", 6" and 9". That's 3, 4 and 6 window widths. A couple of different storefront/main floors for each. And a matching (but much simpler) back and possible sided. Then you keep adding storeys to the height you want. Then a roof cornice....either single front or cornered for a 2 sided building. The idea might be to build a stronger box for your base (5, 6 or 9" width) then tack on the printed textures. Say 4 brick styles x 6 window styles x 4 storefront styles x 4 trim colors x 2 cornice styles x 3 heights(2-5 storeys) = a whole lot of different possible buildings. Although realistically I think about 10 to 15 different buildings with height options would be the goal here. GM64
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Post by grendelsmother64 on Sept 20, 2017 9:52:06 GMT -9
Still not done....but this would be the about the finished look of the buildings: t02 by grendels_mother64, on Flickr The bottom storefront would have a bit of 3D to it...up to a cornice moulding at the top of the first floor. And the roof cornice would be 3D. The rest would be flat printed sections for each floor (5 inches wide by about 2.5 inches high for each floor) So a little clean up...and a little dirty up...and I should have the first files ready for a build.... GM64
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Post by grendelsmother64 on Sept 20, 2017 10:47:38 GMT -9
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Post by Vermin King on Sept 20, 2017 10:52:30 GMT -9
Will there need to be a seam across it? I don't see how to do four floors without one
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Post by grendelsmother64 on Sept 20, 2017 11:04:47 GMT -9
Will there need to be a seam across it? I don't see how to do four floors without one Yeah, I think the floors will need to be seamed. But as long as the texture is straight, I don't think this will be that noticeable. And the painted billboard will likely have to be printed as a seperate piece, then tacked on....
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Post by grendelsmother64 on Sept 20, 2017 11:37:17 GMT -9
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Post by Vermin King on Sept 20, 2017 11:42:52 GMT -9
Ah, ignore what I previously wrote (below). It looks like stackable boxes, which could be held solid with bobby pins. Nice
If you use a glue strip that both sides glue to, instead of a glue tab on one side, the pieces will fit very flush. Especially if you let it dry under weight
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Post by grendelsmother64 on Sept 20, 2017 11:45:01 GMT -9
If you use a glue strip that both sides glue to, instead of a glue tab on one side, the pieces will fit very flush. Especially if you let it dry under weight Is that like a 2 sided tape...? I wasn't really thinking stackable boxes....more like one solid box with flat textures tacked on.....but either would work...
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Post by Vermin King on Sept 20, 2017 11:46:54 GMT -9
They do that a lot in aircraft paper models so that panels will line up flush. Can't do it right now, but I'll do an illustration in a couple hours and show you how they do it Eh, just went ahead and whipped it out. Basically, you glue one page onto the strip at the center line, then butt the other page up to it and glue to the center line. If you have it drying under a bit of weight, it will yield a flush join
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Post by jeffgeorge on Sept 20, 2017 19:01:48 GMT -9
They do that a lot in aircraft paper models so that panels will line up flush. Can't do it right now, but I'll do an illustration in a couple hours and show you how they do it Eh, just went ahead and whipped it out. Basically, you glue one page onto the strip at the center line, then butt the other page up to it and glue to the center line. If you have it drying under a bit of weight, it will yield a flush join This is a beautifully simple solution that hadn't occurred to me! Thanks for sharing it! BTW, grendelsmother64 , these building textures are looking great. The big billboard paintings were a brilliant addition that really sells the realism of the model. If you added a faded/weathered version of the billboard (which you could probably do with a partially masked brick layer over the billboard), the buildings would look like Victorian-era buildings in a hundred years later, just like the ones that make up the downtown sections of so many eastern US cities! That would be super useful for modern urban gaming, like supers or vampires.
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Post by Vermin King on Sept 23, 2017 9:30:56 GMT -9
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Post by BlackCat13 on Jan 1, 2018 7:52:18 GMT -9
This looks great! I will be following with interest.
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Post by deredo on Sept 19, 2018 11:29:12 GMT -9
Seriously interesting work going on here!
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Post by BlackCat13 on Oct 2, 2018 3:09:30 GMT -9
I love your textures. This reminds me of my Tillmans Warehouse. Did I ever post that?
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