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looking forward to seeing the end results

This one's my favourite. 😄

Mate don't count on one shot capturing all! Get the BEST shot!

@okomta said:

could you show the line mesh ?,,how to separate the parts? ( doors and body),,bumpers,front engine door?),,sorry to much ask,,,:D
How to do it?

I do it manually. If you mean separating components, I usually explode the whole mesh (in the RS5 case) and deleted meshes that connected the door with the rest of the body, then reconstructed it. Also you can do it using the smooth command to unsmooth faces, after that it shows you the reference line and you can unite the faces in a component. When you get a blank model you need to make it all clean from scratch. It has every part connected since many models are imported from games, not edited, just imported and saved as .3ds, .c4d, .max files.

Blender ? 😄

Thanks John.

@pbacot said:

Great B&W image Richard. I like the plants too.

Thanks again mate, the plants are from http://www.ozbreed.com.au/ BLOODY awesome resource! Tonnes of quality PSD files FREE!

Really Great Work, ive thought about doing this myself a few times in the different places I have lived, but its just such a huge undertaking!

I especially enjoyed the bathroom Render!

not DAZ but I've done it with poser.

It worked well, but I've had to find good materials for the rendering that wasn't easy because I'm not so experienced with the Material Tab in poser

This is excellent work, well done. Given me lots of ideas. 😄

can't wait until some materials get on this, so it can stop looking so clunky.

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I think you are pushing SU farther away than what it's made for. SU is unbeatable for buildings, but leave it alone for other projects. Those things are better built in some other app, such as Blender. I've also done something in Poser (but that's not free, even if it is quite cheap). Have a look at this video, I think you can't go any better than that ...

http://www.blenderguru.com/videos/create-a-realistic-earth/

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Spring soon! ☀

Thanks John. For that last one I really just wanted the end on view. I like the way the light plays on those diamonds.

The circumference of a glass base is always larger or equal to its height for that reason.
You will look at some glasses and doubt it but it's true

Bryan it is a WIP as there are more things to be done to it. Since this is only for me and not a client I build with things I find so my designs change with what I can buy in Goodwill or find on the curb on trash pickup day. That's the way we old people without sufficient income roll.

I think the kitchen is coming along.

I love the stool!

Nice one, Miguel... 👍

Thank you for the reply, Daniel. You make many good points - I shall try and justify each with a response below.

@daniel said:

Dear LE, a few impressions:
I would lose the blue glass in the refurb model - it looks cartoonish. Try a gray colored glass. For added effect, put drapes/blinds behind them to make it look more real. Swap out your green pool water with blue water (algae makes water look green; blue water will look clean and inviting)

The outputs I've posted are very rough and ready and I agree, there are quite a few improvements I can make in the presentation - including the glass, as you suggest.

No*!* the intention of the green water is to look clean and inviting 😉 ! ...What's not clear is the pool is to be converted and operated as a natural pool. Something along the lines of this sort of aesthetic:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lruktouvl21qa5dhdo1_r1_1280.jpg

http://fennelandfern.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/vv7.jpg

I hope I've convinced you that a green pool can still be inviting:)!

@daniel said:

The area enclosing the pool seems chaotic to me. There is a lot going on. I don't see any unifying design element or materials. Part of it could be the textures you are using, too.

You might have a point here - especially with the introduction of loose planting associated with the natural pool. Perhaps if I annotate the layout it could help with your perception of the space - my original presentation is not entirely clear.

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A few major unifying elements and materials that I can list:
Slender vertical or horizontal timber members (wall caldding on entrance, pool wall slats, brise, solar collector frame).
White stucco render
Slate
Naturalistic planting
Solar collector panels

@daniel said:

I don't think the idea of the slate ribbon is "too bold" - perhaps that can be the unifying element, with the slate paving flowing into the pool court and elsewhere? (just a thought)

I'm buoyed by your dismissal of the ribbon being overly bold. There are slate elements elsewhere, however I fear having more slate poolside would be overpowering/dominating - but I could be wrong.

@daniel said:

You have a large glass window on your addition, and just outside that window is... a wall? What's up with that? Who wants to look out a window and see a wall?

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The doors are rotating and can be open/closed individually or as a group, depending on the pool setup required.

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@daniel said:

That large lawn area to the left of the pool court appears as left over space, and isn't engaged with the house or the other two site areas (pool and area off the addition).

This is a troublesome area. There are a few elements of the design that cannot be read without further explanation which aim to mitigate the 'left over' feeling and bring a cohesiveness to the two spaces which I can better explain on the annotation below.

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The problem is I intend the pool area to operate in two modes: 1. enclosed from the lawn/play area so as that to give privacy and/or a safe enclosure. 2. opened up to the play area, via the rotating doors. The addition of a slatted void in the main pool wall also aims to strengthen the relationship between the two spaces, as shown below.

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Thanks,
R

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