Louisville Opera House (competition version)

Louisville Opera House (competition version):

3D model by Rexfan2

The competition version of the Louisville Opera House.

Suncorp Stadium progress

Third tier is now completed. Next is the concourse and inner structures, outer wall, roof, landscape, stairs and seats, in that order.

Suncorp Stadium

Progress has been slow but good on Suncorp Stadium. Nearly finished the second tier. Then have to do the third tier, inner structures, outer wall, roof, landscape and finally the seats and stairs. Will look awesome, mark my words.

Louisville City Hall and Council Buildings

Louisville City Hall and Council Buildings:

3D model by Rexfan2

Louisville is the name of the fictional city which I am designing. On this plot, are the 16m tall City Hall and 38.5m tall twin council buildings, interlinked by a bridge on the top floor. The...

Plot 4 (Louisville)

Work has begun on a medium-rise low income building for the city of Louisville. The base floor is occupied by small shops with upper floors being home to residents.

Height (at the moment) - 88 metres
Floor count - 22 (21 residential, 1 commercial)

The other completed plots will be uploaded soon.

Tutorial: Painting irregular surfaces

We've all had to do it at some stage, and it is a right pain to do. However, sketchup has an inbuilt feature that makes it really quite easy. This tutorial will show you how to paint irregular objects easily, and make something that looks like this

 Irregular surfaces tend to curve in several directions, such as the example surface below which will be painted. If you just click on the face of the surface, you'll end up with your texture not pasting properly and the surface being covered with fragments of your texture.

 So the first step is to draw a rectangle in front of the surface you wish to paint. It should be the size of the largest edges of your irregular surface.

 Now, paint your texture onto the rectangle

 And use the position texture tool (Right click - Texture - Position) to make sure it fills up the entire rectangle.

 Now, once you've done that, right click on the rectangle again, and go to texture - projected.

 Now, select the paint bucket tool once again and hold down ALT while clicking on the rectangle. Then, click on the irregular surface. You should see something like this

 Erase the rectangle and any leftover lines, and the job is done.

Central Park

Central Park features a giant water feature, 12 covered meeting spaces, 4 memorial sectors and open space for general recreation.

City Hall

The first issue to deal with for any city is finding a place for the council to meet - a city hall. Above is the work on the city hall (inspired by a council building near where I live) which will eventually grow a garden roof. The plot contains two council worker buildings as well as the city hall.

City of Louisville

The debris has been cleared from Louisville. With the rubble cleared, work began on restoring the roads. With cars banned, buses ran along the north/south routes, with trams running east/west. Temporary bus stations and metro platforms were erected in the city to shuttle construction workers in and out. It remains to be seen what impact this will have on the city.

Louisville Opera House render

Tried a different rendering technique to bring out the colour and details more. Do you rather this or the photorenders?

Louisville Opera House

I had proposed to upload this tomorrow, but I don't think I will be finished in time. So this might be Friday, I don't know. Really starting to take shape, with the Louisville flag raised. For those who don't remember the flag of Louisville, it is below.

Louisville ambulance

Louisville ambulance:

3D model by Rexfan2

An ambulance decked out in Louisville livery, for my fictional city Louisville

Louisville Articulated bus

Louisville Articulated bus:

3D model by Rexfan2

A bus decked out in Louisville livery, for my fictional city Louisville

Louisville Patrol (police) car

Louisville Patrol (police) car:

3D model by Rexfan2

A patrol car, for the police, decked out in Louisville livery, for my fictional city Louisville

Louisville City Bus

Louisville City Bus:

3D model by Rexfan2

A bus decked out in Louisville livery, for my fictional city Louisville

Louisville Racecourse

Louisville Racecourse:

3D model by Rexfan2

December 2 - AVICA Park (stadium only) December 3 - AVICA Park (stadium and the landscape) December 4 - Hindmarsh Stadium December 5 - Haladay Road December 6 - Louisville Racecourse December 7 -...

Haladay Road

Haladay Road:

3D model by Rexfan2

December 2 - AVICA Park (stadium only) December 3 - AVICA Park (stadium and the landscape) December 4 - Hindmarsh Stadium December 5 - Haladay Road December 6 - Louisville Racecourse December 7 -...

Hindmarsh Stadium

Hindmarsh Stadium:

3D model by Rexfan2

December 2 - AVICA Park (stadium only) December 3 - AVICA Park (stadium and the landscape) December 4 - Hindmarsh Stadium December 5 - Haladay Road December 6 - Louisville Racecourse December 7 -...

AVICA Park (full model)

AVICA Park (full model):

3D model by Rexfan2

December 2 - AVICA Park (stadium only) December 3 - AVICA Park (stadium and the landscape) December 4 - Hindmarsh Stadium December 5 - Haladay Road December 6 - Louisville Racecourse December 7 -...

Suncorp Stadium: the story begins

Not a lot to see yet. But the worst-kept secret of all time is finally revealed (mainly because I told countless people. Never trust me with your secrets). Suncorp Stadium is my summer project (and if I manage to find some time, the 'Gabba might get done too).

Louisville Opera House

This is the Louisville Opera House. The colour is a bit screwed up in the final render especially. For a first ever go, I think it is coming out OK.

AVICA Park (stadium)

AVICA Park (stadium):

3D model by Rexfan2

December 2 - AVICA Park (stadium only) December 3 - AVICA Park (stadium and the landscape) December 4 - Hindmarsh Stadium December 5 - Haladay Road December 6 - Louisville Racecourse December 7...

Upload schedule

OK, no images today, but a message. Over the coming days, I will be uploading my models made in the past few months. The schedule is as follows.

December 2 - AVICA Park (stadium only)
December 3 - AVICA Park (stadium and the landscape)
December 4 - Hindmarsh Stadium
December 5 - Haladay Road
December 6 - Louisville Racecourse
December 7 - Louisville vehicles
December 8 - Louisville Opera House

Please note, I have not uploaded any images of Louisville Opera House yet, but it is an older-style building for a competition, measuring 180m by 130m. It is my first attempt at a design of this type, most of my work is modern. Details need to be sorted, but I think it came out alright for a first go.

And remember, take care and have fun :)
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