Thanks John much appreciated!

dear John, Another beautiful model. Your stone textures are very convincing. Bob

As far as that glass goes, I have seen real world conditions that, if photographed, you would say that can't be real. But, unless you enjoy the controversy, you could maybe give the glass some thickness and whatever lighting tweaks it would need. That may help. I like the product overall, and the reflections in the glass help the image.

What I meant was how did you make the the texture? Was it a download, or a mock up in PS? And if so how did you do that? I've got excellent darkroom skills, but PS has always been a bit of a black art to me.

Thank you all, It's a please to model the old buildings, apart from having to count bricks from a picture! @ TIG, Hartlepool has certainly changed over the years (not always for the better). Sometimes I dispair at some of our Councils decisions. Regards John

Daniel, thank you. I know the ground lets it down, I darkened it a bit too much! john

@tadema said: I'm sure the trees came from here viewtopic.php?f=40&t=26092. I hope the links still work! That's indeed a wonderful collections! @tadema said: I textured the arch using Thom's great UV tools. UV Toolkit you mean? As for the scene and the render, I love every bit (but the cables of course)

Thank you Bob, I'll take a look, its a nice building to model. John

A water drain cap and some dirt will do it justice,though.(imo)

Hello Bob, it was all built on derelict dockland, it was constructed around 20 yrs at a cost of £26 million along with the marina. 100 of "apartments" were built, the majority now rented as social housing (now thats progress). It staged the 2010 Tall Ships Race at a cost of £2.8 million to the local tax-payers - long live the council. John

Nice, reminds me of this image by my favorite illustrator, Ernest Shepherd. [image: EH+Shepherd.jpg]

Wow. Very nice.

Oh! Nice!

@solo said: John I have loved all your period inspired homes, I'd really like to see more, maybe a compilation of them all in a scene. What he said.

Thanks Lads, I used V-ray, as pointed out the glass turned out not so good. John

Hello jsteacy, sorry about spelling your name wrong, it was unintentional. I modelled the roof tiles, I think they always look better and they don't take long. Thanks for the comments, John.

Very nice!

Nice renders! Would these be new builds, but in a traditional style?

You may be able to make reasonable guestimates by looking at other small recognizable features on the building such as the defunct lighting fixtures dangling on the facade or the vertical dimension of the horizontal "lines" or the gutters and downspouts or even the widths of the mullions and muntins as a gauge against larger elements such as glass panes. I do this and helps me get fairly close.

@tadema said: Ecofeco, agree Sketchup is a great program I was trying to compliment the people, such as yourself, who use SketchUp (expertly) to preserve historic landmarks more than the program itself. Love the model.