[malec]

Some of you might have seen this already but since STR introduced me to that sketchup program I've started making this. I'm only a beginner at working with 3D so I know it's not the best. I've only done a tiny bit of details so far. I've to go now though so I'll post more later on:



http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/710/comp16wd.jpg

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/8762/comp24if.jpg

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1236/comp37lc.jpg

[Latoso]

Nice job. :)

[Grumpy]

well that is a good start , drawing all this buildings shall keep you very busy for quiet a while.

[malec]

^^ A lot of these buildings' heights are just speculation though. For example, all the building in the south end of business bay will probably be midrises (around 15 floors or so), and the tall towers will be near the waterfront. I was out tonight so didn't do anymore. I did a version of burj al alam and chelsea tower though. Here are some more pics. If you want I could give a link to the sketchup file:

Chelsea tower:

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/480/108rj1.jpg


Dusit Hotel:

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/8869/111si.jpg


Another skyline shot:

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/6826/122pm.jpg


The burj al alam (proportions are not right I know):

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/7606/137na1.jpg


I'll leave textures for the moment and just try and get the shape of each building (so it's recognisable). BTW, anyone have any tips on curved surfaces in sketchup? Dubai has a lot of weird shaped buildings that aren't the easiest to make.

[LSyd]

nice work.

-

[malec]

A few more towers done today:

capricorn tower (by me)

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1055/capricorn7dj.jpg


Shangri-la hotel (by me)

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/2451/shangri3lr.jpg


Some more skyline shots:

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1552/44gf.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5436/20it1.jpg

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/3428/32en.jpg

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/1250/18ps3.jpg


Sheikh hasher tower and also the green one (done by Raptor)

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/7188/topof6zt.jpg


Vision tower (by me)

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/4927/vision8ly.jpg

[jcchii]

I just love these programs

[malec]

Forgot to post this:

A much better image by STR:

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5836/test12fo.jpg

[RLS_rls]

It's pretty raw but it's quite impressive nonetheless. I don't recognize some of them though. What's the giant pyramid/shard? And in the picture of the green building there's a bloated ripoff of Big Ben's tower on the left-hand side, I don't recognize that one either.

[malec]

It's pretty raw but it's quite impressive nonetheless. I don't recognize some of them though. What's the giant pyramid/shard? And in the picture of the green building there's a bloated ripoff of Big Ben's tower on the left-hand side, I don't recognize that one either.
The giant shard doesn't exist yet, and probably won't even have that shape. It's just that the biggest plot in business bay has been reserved by the developers of the infrastructure and in lots of renders there is a very tall tower present there (the tallest always). Of course it's just speculation at this stage but most likely a huge tower will be built there. I just made it look like that because a 500m box would ruin the whole thing ;).

You're right about that big ben ripoff. It's supposed to be a clock tower (like big ben) and not only will it be some eyesore, but is also built in such a way so that everyone notices it. It's right near the emirates towers and will stick up over everything else and that whole stretch will be ruined by this pile of shite. Worse is that it's already under construction :hell: :hell: :hell: :hell:

http://i1.tinypic.com/zl9koz.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/wrlxub.jpg


As someone on SSC said, where are the Nimbys when you need them :haha:



edit: to add to that, it's not only the fact that it's a big ben ripoff that's bad but the colours are so bad and dull aswell. It will completely clash with the ultra-futuristic emirates towers, the tower, and capricorn. Also look at this tower that's to be built in the same area. I see references to the bank of china, emirates towers, and some aztec temple. It looks brilliant but the architect's time has been wasted and he might have just thrown up a giant commieblock because the only thing people will now notice (and definitely not for the good reasons) is a giant big ben. And I have proof aswell that the excellently designed towers there will be ignored. When you looked at that pic all that stuck in your head was the image of a big ben ripoff, not the superfuturistic tower beside it.
Stupid arseholes!! Grrrrrr!

Rant done!


edit no.2: I think it'd be cool if they did do a shard-type design for that tower, especially if they kept it really simple. A simple but soaring tower would be a break from all the flashy ones and would be especially impressive at that height.

[Jasonhouse]

what's this sketch program that is being used?

[malec]

www.sketchup.com
It's free and really easy to use.


Burj dubai lake hotel

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/3951/lakehotel19zx.jpg

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6881/lakehotel27ry.jpg

[FlyersFan118]

Just....wow.
I'm speechless.



I need to figure Sketchup out. el oh el.

[safta20]

Very intressting. Thank you very much for your work!

[malec]

A little picture

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3734/bigfatmap27oc.jpg

[malec]

No textures but there's been quite a bit of progress on the buildings, especially the business bay ones. The tall tower in the 2nd pic is a 100-floor tower under design that has a massive spire as shown. I completely guessed the location though so don't be surprised if it ends up a mile away somewhere else :D


http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7393/bigfatmap8nk.th.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bigfatmap8nk.jpg)

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/1271/habtoor8hh.jpg

[Lover Fighter]

Very impressive :tup:

[malec]

Some more images:


http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9228/18gs5.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=18gs5.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5537/27ex2.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=27ex2.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7648/35xf.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=35xf.jpg)

http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/1668/47rn.th.jpg (http://img436.imageshack.us/my.php?image=47rn.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1595/57jh1.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=57jh1.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2118/66jp.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=66jp.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7329/73qr.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=73qr.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4069/87jt.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=87jt.jpg)

[malec]

Some progress:


http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1812/dancing14ke.jpg


http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/5508/dancing24fz.jpg

[foxmtbr]

Woah! Those curves are amazing!

[Grumpy]

great work , especially the building with those many curves

[Bergenser]

wow! :D

[malec]

A little video clip

http://rapidshare.de/files/25666871/bigmovie.avi.html

[malec]

OK, I haven't posted in this thread for a while, I was away for ages and also I got lazy but recently I've been making models again, here are the latest:


Ubora Towers:

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1728/uboraak2.jpg


South Ridge and the Hanging Gardens in the background (the lowrises)

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/4597/bigfatmaplb9.jpg


Emaar towers

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/7223/1bl1.jpg


New SZR tower in front (around 1000ft) and Al Durrah II in the background at around 1100ft

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/2060/1lb6.jpg

[malec]

I just discovered a pretty easy to use program called bryce 5. I think I'll use it from now on to create renders. Here are 2 images I made, the first one isn't so good but I like the 2nd one. I have to find out how to add the water


http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2028/untitledrj9.jpg

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/646/untitled2rm1.jpg

[STR]

water=highly reflective surface with a random noise bump map.

[FlyersFan118]

Wow!

[malec]

water=highly reflective surface with a random noise bump map.
Thanks! :)
It took a while of messing around but at least I got something. Looks more like liquid metal though than water :)


http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5597/bigfatmap3uu1.jpg


edit: crap I only realised now I forgot to smoothen this before rendering so the curves look choppy

[malec]

And another image:

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2365/bigfatmap4gr4.jpg

[CGII]

Wow. Impressive work. It looks unnaturally cold for Dubai, though. :D

[justremember]

how do you go from sketchup to bryson?

[Trantor]

where is the Al Burj tower???
http://static.flickr.com/34/71611284_614d4f41c2_o.jpg

[malec]

how do you go from sketchup to bryson?
I think you might need the the pro version, not sure. You can save your model as a .3ds file which can be loaded into other programs. Just go to file, export, then to "3D model".



Trantor, the al burj tower is in a different area completely.
I actually doubt that tower will ever see the light of day btw.

[Trantor]

Malec, the Al Burj is not in a different area.

It was going to be build in THE PALM (and the name of the building was different back then), but it was changed to be build on the Waterfront... taller... and with the Al Burj name.

[malec]

^^ Trantor, the waterfront is a sort of satellite town/city being planned in the emirate of dubai, that doesn't mean it's in the city though. What my model represents is the main cluster of towers created by the combination of about 5 megaprojects, it contains about 500 or 600 buildings altogether, the other main cluster is the marina area which will have around 200 towers. The waterfront is even further than the marina, it's actually almost halfway between abu dhabi and dubai, that's why I can't represent it on my model. I wish I could make a model of the whole city but unfortunately that would take way too much time and processing power. If you want to see how al burj looks like then here's a quick sketch (viewed from the sea):

Scroll -->>

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/7981/alburjcompareba0.jpg

[malec]

One more picture. I won't be posting these en masse since they do take a while to render (10 to 20 minutes)

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1148/businessbayxp1.jpg

[justremember]

thanks for the tip, malec, and by the way, your stuff is mad hot
have you figured out a way to get multiple textures on one building?

[Bergenser]

hehe simply amzing this one, now we can have an idea of how the Dubai skyline wil look like :D:
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2365/bigfatmap4gr4.jpg

[sequoias]

It looks like Manhattan in Arab world, lots of buildings for sure! ;)

[smussuw]

Al Burj would be actually near the borders with Abu Dhabi.

[malec]

For this one I turned on pretty much all the settings, took AGES to render and I was afraid of my PC overheating :D

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9547/hardrenderge0.jpg

[malec]

My very "aqua" fantasy SZR tower. A res tower just over 100 stories and 400m.
This is to be placed somewhere near bright start tower and for the design I decided to play off some of the elements of nearby towers. For example, I took the basic shape of the balconies from falcon tower nearby:

http://tinypic.com/ji2l8j.jpg


Then I stole the idea of changing the shape of the balconies from the Aqua proposal in Chicago. There's actually a method I made up for how the shape changes throughout the tower, although I couldn't be bothered explaining it now :D
I tried to avoid the whole phallic thing but I don't think I succeeded :D
I hated it the result at first but I think it's kind of OK now.


http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/9048/fan1mj3.jpg

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2674/fan3gb7.jpg

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9294/fan4ky0.jpg

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/5045/fan5km4.jpg


In the skyline:

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1159/bigfatmapfantasy1mm0.jpg

[ThreeHundred]

How did you make the Aqua tower? I know SketchUp but how did you make the wavy affects?

[STR]

For this one I turned on pretty much all the settings, took AGES to render and I was afraid of my PC overheating :D

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9547/hardrenderge0.jpg

20-30 minutes is average to short for a pro render.

And your bump map needs to be much higher resolution or you need to tile it, or both. Reduce the contast on the map and you should start to be getting a much more realistic water effect.

[malec]

^^ Thanks, it actually took about 45 to 50 minutes.
I'll try that with the water, thanks. I've been messing around mostly, trying out different things (even if I don't have a clue what they are) and seeing what works, what doesn't.

I cleaned the top of my fantasy tower a bit. Now the it doesn't bulge as much as it did causing it to look like something it shouldn't:

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/4379/bigfatmapfantasy2sw7.jpg

[malec]

People were wondering how you get this wavy effect with sketchup so I made this tutorial:

1: Make a box.

http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/8909/1mj1.th.jpg (http://img506.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1mj1.jpg)


2: Create some simple balconies like this:

http://img435.imageshack.us/img435/305/2uf9.th.jpg (http://img435.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2uf9.jpg)


3: For this we’ll just use a simple pattern so one curve per side. Let’s say we want the building to bulge in the middle, then we start with a curve pointing inwards like this. Create one at the bottom and at the top:

http://img435.imageshack.us/img435/7960/3kz0.th.jpg (http://img435.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3kz0.jpg) http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/2562/4pn5.th.jpg (http://img303.imageshack.us/my.php?image=4pn5.jpg)


4: You need 3 points to define curves properly in sketchup so create 2 lines up the side, then a curve in the middle as shown.

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/5953/6rj4.th.jpg (http://img397.imageshack.us/my.php?image=6rj4.jpg)


5: Now make a curve for each floor, the end-points and midpoint joining up as shown:

http://img429.imageshack.us/img429/1183/7fd9.th.jpg (http://img429.imageshack.us/my.php?image=7fd9.jpg)


6: Once you’ve done that get rid of the excess lines

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/9127/8ak0.th.jpg (http://img369.imageshack.us/my.php?image=8ak0.jpg)


7: Select the existing curves, then copy, paste and rotate them as shown.

http://img429.imageshack.us/img429/1604/9kv0.th.jpg (http://img429.imageshack.us/my.php?image=9kv0.jpg)


8: Attach them to the building:

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/5301/10xu6.th.jpg (http://img309.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10xu6.jpg)


9: Get rid of the square portions of the balconies:

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/7104/11xn0.th.jpg (http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=11xn0.jpg)


10: Optional step, spice it up if you want. Add some depth to the balconies.

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/6550/12vj5.th.jpg (http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=12vj5.jpg)

[ThreeHundred]

Hm..I'm having problems. I want to make a section of a building Aqualike. Not the whole thing.

[malec]

Well, who said you have to make the whole building like that. This is just a guide and you can just apply it to whatever section you want, it's just to give the general idea of how this works

[malec]

2 more images. I fiddled around more with the water, got it looking more realistic now.

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/7268/bigfatmapfantasy1wk4.th.jpg (http://img368.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bigfatmapfantasy1wk4.jpg) http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/5605/bigfatmapfantasy3im9.th.jpg (http://img311.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bigfatmapfantasy3im9.jpg)

[Bergenser]

very nice :cool:

[STR]

I think I know why it's taking forever for everything to render. It's all the reflections on the buildings. The renderer has to calculate all the light bouncing off one building to another. It eats up huge amounts of processing power. Make the buildings flat and non-reflective.

[malec]

^^ It's strange though because I made one version of that tower which took only a few minutes to render, then the 2nd version which only had a changed top needed 40+ minutes, both had pretty much the same amount of reflection.


Making this dubai model is definitely a good exercise. The buildings get weirder and weirder and can be insanely hard to model sometimes. This next one mightn't be as flamboyant as say, dancing towers but it's going to be an absolute bitch to model, usually a pattern in the shapes help but here there is none! Maybe the method I used for making the fantasy tower might come in handy here.

http://business.maktoob.com/news/20060911083309%5Cfourm_with_logo.JPG


Any suggestions on how to make this, STR or anyone (apart from learning max which I'm way too lazy to do ;))

[Eigenwelt]

how did you import the map below the modles?

[STR]

http://business.maktoob.com/news/20060911083309%5Cfourm_with_logo.JPG


Any suggestions on how to make this, STR or anyone (apart from learning max which I'm way too lazy to do ;))

Start off with a box with as many vertical divisions as needed. Pull and rotate each level as needed. I'd guess it'd take about an hour in total.

[malec]

Just modelled the whole of DIFC. Am really happy with this since, looks like it has a bit more class than my other stuff. The index, sky gardens and the gate are done by others.


http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4479/difc1nu9.jpg

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/1691/difc2lb3.jpg

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/8899/difc3ac2.jpg


The park towers were a bitch to model, no easy way of doing it such as using the follow me tool.

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/9895/difc4fv9.jpg

[Bergenser]

Nice. :)

[malec]

Start off with a box with as many vertical divisions as needed. Pull and rotate each level as needed. I'd guess it'd take about an hour in total.
Thanks for that info. I'm not going to do this building yet since I don't know the exact location. There's another gehry-style tower announced for a specific plot (this one looks shit but is still complicated and a challenge)

[Sacto]

Nice!

[rbowk]

i love it omg

[malec]

:(

I don't know if I can continue this since I think I've reached the limit that my PC can take. I was just preparing a model of the whole creek and when I was fiddling around with the various projects (of course very laggy) I noticed my processor temp was around 75'C!!! Was going to do some bryce renders but there's no chance I'll attempt that now, unless I want to set my PC on fire.

I might try and refit the heatsink (cooling device for the processor) tomorrow and see how it goes. I'll probably wait a few days though since I have assignments to do for college and I really don't want to fuck up my PC now. :(

[STR]

That's probably a cooling issue. Blow out the dust, reseat if you need to. Unless you happen to own a later-build Pentium 4, those things are less CPU than hot plate.

[Bergenser]

Orginally posted by: malec
I noticed my processor temp was around 75'C!!!

oh.... thats much! :eek:

[malec]

That's probably a cooling issue. Blow out the dust, reseat if you need to. Unless you happen to own a later-build Pentium 4, those things are less CPU than hot plate.
Thanks for that. I just hoovered around the heatsink since the fan was clogged up with dust, now my PC is back to running at 55 to 60 when under load such as doing the renders. Will post some later

[Bergenser]

Are you gonna texturise your buildings?

BTW: Don't get me wrong, I love your model! I just wondered:frog:.....

[malec]

New pics, not as flashy as before:

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2816/1ra1.jpg

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/172/2wb4.jpg

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/3756/3ft1.jpg

[Patrick]

WOW, thats insane :)

[Bergenser]

wow, looks great! :tup: Hope it wil look so nice in 2015!

[malec]

2 more:

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5051/5mr4.jpg

http://img321.imageshack.us/img321/9413/6ux3.jpg

[Sky Tower]

Hi Malec, found the thread. Never seen it before, sorry.

In answer to your question on another thread I would love to help out with things here.

I take it your using Sketch-up for modelling and Bryce for the renders?

Is that what you'd like me to use too?

Has anyone started on the palms yet? That would be a cool start!

Any ideas guys?

[malec]

If you want do the palms, I was talking more about helping stick everything together.

[Sky Tower]

Yeah, of course I will :banana:

[mightygoose]

so when will we get to see the al burj ???? its a major part in the skyline... second tallest building in the world when finished
only a few floors short of the burj dubai itself...

[malec]

Al burj isn't actually in Dubai, it's in an insanely big development called dubai waterfront but is actually halfway between dubai city and abu dhabi, it'll be near the new airport. I wouldn't count on it being built though ;)

[Sky Tower]

^^ It's strange though because I made one version of that tower which took only a few minutes to render, then the 2nd version which only had a changed top needed 40+ minutes, both had pretty much the same amount of reflection.


Making this dubai model is definitely a good exercise. The buildings get weirder and weirder and can be insanely hard to model sometimes. This next one mightn't be as flamboyant as say, dancing towers but it's going to be an absolute bitch to model, usually a pattern in the shapes help but here there is none! Maybe the method I used for making the fantasy tower might come in handy here.

http://business.maktoob.com/news/20060911083309%5Cfourm_with_logo.JPG


Any suggestions on how to make this, STR or anyone (apart from learning max which I'm way too lazy to do ;))


Try some of this...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyEAv-5WtU4

With a bit of this..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuoljANz4EA

[malec]

Now that would be useful :D

Actually that tower on the left in the last pic, the planned 4 seasons hotel, has been cancelled :(:(. Too bad since it had a really great design, apparantly it was too expensive because of the 2 sections requiring 2 sets of elevator shafts, etc.

However rumour has it that part of the new world trade centre complex will be a monster tower. No design has been released yet but is being designed by Hopkins Architects. I've included it in the model but it's only a placeholder now so not the real design. The height should be close to this though:

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4853/bigfatmapwhitemp2.jpg

[malec]

Another picture (look at the skyline in the back :))

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4431/8ds5.jpg

[Sacto]

Looks somewhat like NY.

[Bergenser]

Definetly worlds best skyline in 2015! :tup: Nice shot!

[Patrick]

^ I agree

[malec]

BTW just in case you're wondering there's no tower near the height of burj dubai planned for that area, it just looks like it in that pic but you can't see the tip of the burj dubai spire.

[BoiseAirport]

Reminds me of the skyline shown in the Matrix Reloaded during the freeway scene, lol.

Anthony

[malec]

Pure insanity???

(the 3rd to the right of burj dubai hasn't been designed yet but is a real project. We have an idea of the height so I just made up a design for the placeholder :))


http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/5501/supertallsgl1.jpg

[Bergenser]

^Thanks to the other supertalls,
BD don't looks to dominating even it's still that tall.

[malec]

I've started doing the marina. Lots of buildings still to put in, and also have to do JLT and media city.


http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/2340/marina1va5.jpg

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/6610/marina2ko7.jpg

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6226/marina3rd5.jpg

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/2583/marina4xf4.jpg

[malec]

Another skyline render.
Even if half of this gets built.
It'd be great if there was a more dramatic backdrop like in HK or else if the towers were built right next to the water.

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/7837/cooltm3.jpg


Try to spot the emirates towers, lake hotel, dancing towers & rose rotana

[Bergenser]

Great update! I have good feeling when I look on that last picture,
I think: "hm where shall I travel in the summer 2015?" ;) :D

[malec]

:(:(:(

My computer just crashed last night and it won't start up again. I've no idea what's wrong since it does something different every time I reboot (or reboots itsself randomly). I'm on the 2nd pc in the house right now but it's shit and old and I doubt it could even handle the burj dubai model alone. What's definite is the most I'll be able to do is make single towers. Also hopefully my hard disk isn't wiped but just in case could people please download this file so that it doesn't get lost? It's about a month old so doesn't include the latest towers.


http://rapidshare.com/files/1414393/bigfatmap.skp.html

[cur_sed]

could people please download this file so that it doesn't get lost? It's about a month old so doesn't include the latest towers.

Done, done and done, mate. Hope you can recover the data, would be a shame to lose the last months' work.

[Grumpy]

This is a brilliant drawing :eek:

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/7837/cooltm3.jpg

[STR]

:(:(:(

My computer just crashed last night and it won't start up again. I've no idea what's wrong since it does something different every time I reboot (or reboots itsself randomly). I'm on the 2nd pc in the house right now but it's shit and old and I doubt it could even handle the burj dubai model alone. What's definite is the most I'll be able to do is make single towers. Also hopefully my hard disk isn't wiped but just in case could people please download this file so that it doesn't get lost? It's about a month old so doesn't include the latest towers.


http://rapidshare.com/files/1414393/bigfatmap.skp.html

1) Dust (Compressed air it, NOW!)
2) Viruses (Your hard drive is screwed)
3) Something fried itself (Cha-ching, hope it's still under warranty)

[malec]

Actually I'm still working on this. It's just that for the past few months I had barely any time and was also away for 2 weeks. I can still work with my old computer, the lag really sucks but it's possible. I doubt if I can get some more good bryce renders though. Will probably have to stick with the old-school ones like this:

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4391/bigfatmaphm2.jpg

[malec]

Here's a model of "Dubai towers" that I did. They're not as hard to do as they look once you spot the patterns:

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/6262/bigfatmapwhitevy5.jpg


Now here's the most difficult tower I had to make. It's so hard because there's no pattern whatsoever that allows you to take shortcuts so you literally have to "model" everything. Is OK but not great:

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/2672/forumla3.jpg

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/2563/theexchangedp6.jpg

[malec]

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6862/fixcomp12eh6.jpg


Click for the massive version

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/158/bigfatmapwhitete4.jpg (http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/7769/bigfatmapwhitesh2.jpg)

[Bergenser]

^Thanks, now I know where the different skylines are. :)

[malec]

Latest renders:


http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7708/1ari1.jpg

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/3852/2abn0.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8999/3atv9.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8150/34814485oe5.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9991/5and8.jpg

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/2038/bigfatmapwhiteam1.jpg

[Dream'n]

That's some crazy work there. I can't imagine the time you put in them. Really great job.

[Patrick]

Wow.

[foxmtbr]

Absolutely amazing!

[staff]

Wow, malec, your renderings and 3D skills are absolutely amazing!
And what a skyline. :eek:

[Tanster]

intense lol/ wow like the tower with the "no pattern" must have been hard