The House that Jon Built

[Jon]

Hi there,

Decided to take a break from the Bus project (haha), and started working on a typical British house.

I know I'm showing you this in a rather early stage, but I think that it will be a better W.I.P if I do.

A bit early for C&C I think, but if you see anything terribly wrong, just let me know. :D

Also, please submit any ideas for the house, i.e. design of windows etc.

[kribz]

the proportions looks just about right, except for the windows and the door...it seems strange to me that the front door is taller than the garage door...but the house itself look good:)

[antoine]

I don't think its taller, there's something above the door, like another window

[tobes]

...people in brittain have enough room for a 2story house, failry wide.. with a garage?

[kribz]

ahh..ok..my bad...:) sorry coolguy123,

[RodrigoRosa]

what is the right construction... a warehouse or a garage??

[Jon]

Hi,

Thanks for all the feedback - I'm glad you think it's ok. I admit that the small window above the door is a bit too near - and it's a but hard to make it out.

tobes: yes, they do :o surprisingly lol... In the countryside.
RodrigoRosa: It's supposed to be a garage... but I know it looks a bit over the top...

Anyone have any suggestions?

I will post an update in a few hours.

[RodrigoRosa]

so, imo, your garage is too tiny.... waiting for the updates...

cheers

[Jon]

Hi,

A bit early for an update I think... but here's another image. I will be adding another update in a few days.

Thanks for all of your comments!

[Ironbuket]

Hello :)

OK, well I dont have a house like this (mines smaller), but very near me there are houses very similar to this.

However I would suggest a couple of changes:

Move the front of the garage closer or flush with the front wall of the house. ATM, you would probably not be able to shut the garage door when a car is in there.

Have a flat or peeked the other way roof on the garage. Your sloping roof dumps water on your neighbours ATM, maybe thats intentional :)
But seriously, you are wasting space and preventing using large windows in the side of your house, by designing it like this.

[Jon]

Thanks!

Thanks a lot for the feedback!

When I looked at the garage I realised that you could barely fit a bike in there, let alone a CAR!!! Anyway, I tried what you suggested, Ironbuket, to find that the garage may just make the piece look 'wrong'.. So here it is without... I can't decide... with / without... with / without... hmm... :roll:

[Jon]

Hi (Again)!

I am on a roll, so I think I might post YET ANOTHER image... lol...

:D I think it's starting to take shape now.

[Ironbuket]

Thats looking really good!

Just one other thing. Chimneys get bigger as you go down. If its that big on the roof its going to be huge inside the house.

[Dug]

Looking better.....I was worried after seeing the first image.... 8-) but its coming along nicely......I found the quality of the images comes out much better when the lighting is done better......Thats what I found with my street corner......

8-)

[RodrigoRosa]

imo the house is very small.... i can't imagine it with a kitchen, bathroom and ONE bedroom.....

keep working

[Jon]

Originally posted by RodrigoRosa
imo the house is very small.... i can't imagine it with a kitchen, bathroom and ONE bedroom.....


Is it? UPDATE SOON TO FOLLOW...

[Jon]

Hi,

Completed the model (I think, now to start on texturing... grrr...

What do you think? I can make changes very quickly, and comments and criticisms are more than welcome *Hint Hint* lol...

[Jon]

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[Ironbuket]

TV aerials are usually fixed to the side of the chimney on houses with peeked roofs

The upper windows have no sills

The top window has no bottom to the window frame

The top windows peeked roof has no overhang at the sides

The walls around the front of the property create big gaps between the houses that do not appear to belong to either of the houses

[Jon]

Hi,

Thanks a lot - I noticed a lot of the problems from all of your comments...

I have begun VERY BASIC texture work, although, I still have a little modelling to do - drainpipes etc. What do you think?

How about the roof? Any ideas?

Any ideas gratefully received...

[Ironbuket]

The texturing is looking nice

If you want to make it look realistic and start adding drain pipes etc then theres a few other things that need to be altered.

If you look at the top of the 2nd storeys window frames, they appear to have no room for lintels over them.

What I suggest is cut a new edge above those windows and texture it with brick so theres some brick above the windows, and make it in line with the walls not angled as is currently there. Then drag the whole outer edge of the roof down towards the ground slightly. Usually you cannot see the under side of eves unless you are standing close to a house.

Ie. Unless you are close to the house, the top part of the outer wall will be obscured by the roof hanging down over it (if you get what I mean)

That would give you roughly the right shape, but it would require a lot more work if you want to make it look like a real houses eves.

Im not sure about that kind of “step” running around the base of the front of the house. My gut says having such a thing is a big mistake, because water will get in there. Houses do have a visible line running around them at about that height (it’s the damp proof course), but I don’t think Ive ever seen the layer below the damp proof course sticking out more than the walls above it. I am not sure if buildings are ever built like your design, it might be possible to have that layer sticking out

If you want to go for realism, I think you should be using references. From the pretty obvious things you missed so far I don’t think you have been? :roll:

[Jon]

I wish to thank your comments and suggestions.

You are correct, I have not been using references, as I only decided to do this project for fun, basically trying my skills with various features. I will make these alterations, and I do now have some REAL research. Hopefully, I can work towards a more realistic project, at least, one with the correct features for a REAL house! This was never meant to be such a detailed project, and I am grateful for these forums, so that I can get advice from such reliable sources (YOU!) I agree with your comments so far, and I will try my very best to complete the project with the most realism (not just visually, but architectually). The next step: TO LOOK at REAL SOURCES, and to model features which will build my 'image' into a building.

:p Glad I'm not building a whole city!

P.S Does anyone know of any good places for Roof Textures? :roll: Can't seem to find any!

[Ironbuket]

Try this one, the file date say 1998 so if it was copyrighted to someone, ive long since forgotten to who :)

Its not great, but good for a temp one

[Jon]

Hi there,

Thanks a lot for the texture!

Still a long way from the completion stage, still the guttering work to do, as well as other important 'things' :o

The step which you saw was supposed to resemble a curb on a road, but I have got rid of that, as I thought it looked wrong.

Not sure about the scene... hmm... but I will keep working!