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# 1 04-05-2007 , 10:22 AM

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hey guys, ived had a bit of free time today and decided to model another building user added image

heres a start of this building ... ived decided to model a couple of city buildings to be apart of my new city scene. hopefully this wont look to ugly user added image

cheers, marlon

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# 2 04-05-2007 , 11:16 AM

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Looking good, but the image is a little blown out.
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# 3 04-05-2007 , 11:21 AM

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thanks

what do mean exactly by blown out?

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# 4 04-05-2007 , 11:22 AM

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heres a couple of updates, finished the buttom part of the apartment ... donno what happen to the quality though its on production and up'ed the amb occlusion to 32samples user added image

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# 5 04-05-2007 , 11:23 AM

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from another angle

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# 6 04-05-2007 , 11:38 AM

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Originally posted by marlonjohn
thanks what do mean exactly by blown out?

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When the lighting is too strong and it blows out the white and makes everything else really bright.

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# 7 04-05-2007 , 11:42 AM

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ohh that, yeah i hate when that happens... trying to not have that when i render

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# 8 04-05-2007 , 03:19 PM

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finished this building, going to make a couple more user added image

heres a couple of renders ...

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# 9 04-05-2007 , 03:20 PM

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# 10 04-05-2007 , 03:21 PM

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and another

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# 11 04-05-2007 , 07:50 PM

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nice buildings man. Just out of curiosity, whats the order of your modelling in making these? Do you use one object with extrudes, or just a group of smaller ones?

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# 12 06-05-2007 , 12:44 AM

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thanks for the comment ... umm for this building, the method i really used was really grouping smaller ones till the end then combinding them all because i didnt really know how big the building was soo didnt just wanna start off with a block since if i do stuff to it, i really cant undo it user added image

the things such as the 4 colums at the front and back are different objects to things like the lower building etc. hope that mades some sense.

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# 13 06-05-2007 , 04:36 PM

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thanks. It did user added image

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# 14 06-05-2007 , 06:29 PM

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How do you get your in progress renders to look like rock on paper? It makes it very easy to see, and I would like to do that. Nice building, you seem to create architecturally amazing models!

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# 15 06-05-2007 , 08:01 PM

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its looks like the base of the building is sunken in a little bit and it looks a little odd. maybe when you had detail to the bottom it will look normal. hope this helps. user added image

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