3D Stadium Construction

tombair · 03-20-2009, 06:05 PM

I'm continuing a discussion we had in another thread

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...-together.html

where we started discussing creating new stadiums using 3D modeling software. Since we had sort of highjacked that thread and were off topic, I decided to continue the discussion here.

As I mentioned, I am designing stadiums for my Keystone Baseball League teams, starting with York, Pa. Phineas Davis Field will be a roughly 6,000 seat stadium similar in design to the old Ebbets field (short high fence in RF, large scoreboard, lots of signs on the OF fences).

Before doing any 3D, I figured out exactly what I want the stadium to look like using a 2D overhead view. This is it--

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The RF wall will be roughly 28-30 ft high. The scoreboard is roughly 30 x 21 ft. Part of the fence will be a see through screen but most of it will be covered with signs. A street that runs behind the fence caused the odd dimensions.

I'll post more as my work continues.

tombair · 03-21-2009, 07:37 AM

I've completed the scoreboard. Comments are appreciated. If I did anything stupid, let me know!

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dcpcarmona · 03-21-2009, 08:28 AM

very,very cool!

Ceej · 04-16-2009, 05:27 PM

It's been a while since I had anything new to show. It was fairly easy until it got about 90% done, and that last 10% or so is hard to get right.

As you can see I filled up the seating with a non-3D "crowd pattern" (which could use some improvement), tipped the perspective slightly, and swapped out the natural grass for artificial turf - I envision that in the eventual Illustrator file, the user would have the choice of grass as shown earlier, turf as shown here, and maybe a third option for field turf if I ever get it to look right. I've gotten kinda tired of doing this park, so maybe I'll try to make a whole new and different park next.

satchel · 04-17-2009, 04:28 PM

This is supreme, I love it.

tombair · 05-21-2009, 08:11 PM

After a long, long time familiarizing myself with Blender (took a while for working in 3D to sink in), I've finally made some progress. There's still a LOT of work to be done and it's slow going since I'm learning the software techniques as well as designing (and hitting undo a lot).

But here's a view of Phineas Davis Stadium in York, Pa. It's completely fictional - for my Keystone Baseball League's York Strongmen. The basic structure is done but a lot of the details need to be added.

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tombair · 05-21-2009, 08:13 PM

And, since it's 3D you can view the park from any angle. That's not useful in OOTP but it's fun to do. Here's a view from behind the home dugout.

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dcpcarmona · 05-21-2009, 08:28 PM

Wow!

davwms · 05-21-2009, 09:07 PM

I have to completely concur with dcpcarmona... The only word that came to me when I first saw this was "Wow!"

tombair · 05-22-2009, 05:51 PM

I've done a little more tweaking. Fixed the end of the scoreboard and added a few of the signs. The park is going to be similar to Ebbets Field - signs all over the OF fences. Since it's near an industrial area, I added a background. Just to see how it'd look.

I'm happy with how it's looking so far. The textures need improvement - the fence for example. But that'll be my last step after I get everything "built".

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blueturf · 05-27-2009, 01:03 AM

Wow, that is looking great. Looking forward to your next update.

tombair · 05-29-2009, 08:25 PM

Not a whole lot of progress as I was on vacation this week. I constructed the light towers. Not sure if they look right or not. But I'm going to move on to other items for now. Any thoughts are appreciated.

I also added some boxes to temporarily fill in for the buildings that will go outside the outfield fences.

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tombair · 05-31-2009, 04:13 PM

Worked on the roof a bit. Still much to do but I'm making progress.

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justafan · 05-31-2009, 04:27 PM

Outstanding!!!

Simmo13 · 05-31-2009, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justafan

Outstanding!!!

Absolutely!!!

Honorable_Pawn · 06-01-2009, 12:36 PM

Nice work.

conception · 06-05-2009, 12:19 AM

I'm looking forward to seeing these designs develop. Good stadiums are the one thing that is always in short supplies.

ry1220 · 06-05-2009, 10:27 PM

Looks nice, Tombair! Not to compete with the OP, but I figured since this thread was recently bumped, I'd show what I had to offer in regards to 3d stadium modeling:

| New Yankee Stadium modeled by Ry1220 with Google SketchUp. |

EDIT: A better view here.

I will finish this model eventually, and based on feedback, I may make some other (fictional) stadiums.

darkcloud4579 · 06-06-2009, 01:45 AM

I love the idea. I've wanted something like this for a while in OOTP or in text sims in general for well over a decade. Nice work.

tombair · 06-06-2009, 12:30 PM

Nice work, ry1220. Nice to have more stadium creators join in.

I can see I'm modeling a lot more detail than you - a lot more than is really needed. But I enjoy it (when it works - don't enjoy working on something for an hour and thinking it looks great...and then looking from another angle and seeing that it's screwed up with no way to fix it). I redo a lot. I'm not much of any artist but I am persistent.

And if you guys want to see an awesome model, go here Yankee Stadium 3D Model . He's modeled 1960s era Yankee Stadium including the complete exterior. It's amazing.

03-20-2009, 06:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
tombair Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: La Plata, MD Posts: 492 Thanks: 27 Thanked 30x in 27 posts	3D Stadium Construction I'm continuing a discussion we had in another thread http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...-together.html where we started discussing creating new stadiums using 3D modeling software. Since we had sort of highjacked that thread and were off topic, I decided to continue the discussion here. As I mentioned, I am designing stadiums for my Keystone Baseball League teams, starting with York, Pa. Phineas Davis Field will be a roughly 6,000 seat stadium similar in design to the old Ebbets field (short high fence in RF, large scoreboard, lots of signs on the OF fences). Before doing any 3D, I figured out exactly what I want the stadium to look like using a 2D overhead view. This is it-- The RF wall will be roughly 28-30 ft high. The scoreboard is roughly 30 x 21 ft. Part of the fence will be a see through screen but most of it will be covered with signs. A street that runs behind the fence caused the odd dimensions. I'll post more as my work continues. __________________ I don't care how long you've been around, you'll never see it all. Bob Lemon

03-21-2009, 07:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
tombair Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: La Plata, MD Posts: 492 Thanks: 27 Thanked 30x in 27 posts	I've completed the scoreboard. Comments are appreciated. If I did anything stupid, let me know! __________________ I don't care how long you've been around, you'll never see it all. Bob Lemon

03-21-2009, 08:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
dcpcarmona All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: at the New Moon Posts: 1,340 Thanks: 18 Thanked 40x in 38 posts	very,very cool! __________________ "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." -Rogers Hornsby

04-16-2009, 05:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ceej Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 76 Thanks: 1 Thanked 88x in 38 posts	It's been a while since I had anything new to show. It was fairly easy until it got about 90% done, and that last 10% or so is hard to get right. As you can see I filled up the seating with a non-3D "crowd pattern" (which could use some improvement), tipped the perspective slightly, and swapped out the natural grass for artificial turf - I envision that in the eventual Illustrator file, the user would have the choice of grass as shown earlier, turf as shown here, and maybe a third option for field turf if I ever get it to look right. I've gotten kinda tired of doing this park, so maybe I'll try to make a whole new and different park next. Attached Images

04-17-2009, 04:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
satchel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ft Smith AR Posts: 2,680 Thanks: 52 Thanked 48x in 26 posts	This is supreme, I love it. __________________ JL Commish NPBL Rhode Island Reds ’33 ’34 ’35 TCBA San Francisco Railbornes ’74 ’76 ’77 ’78 FL New Orleans Black Sox ’56 ’57 ’58 ’59 IOLD

05-21-2009, 08:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
tombair Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: La Plata, MD Posts: 492 Thanks: 27 Thanked 30x in 27 posts	After a long, long time familiarizing myself with Blender (took a while for working in 3D to sink in), I've finally made some progress. There's still a LOT of work to be done and it's slow going since I'm learning the software techniques as well as designing (and hitting undo a lot). But here's a view of Phineas Davis Stadium in York, Pa. It's completely fictional - for my Keystone Baseball League's York Strongmen. The basic structure is done but a lot of the details need to be added. __________________ I don't care how long you've been around, you'll never see it all. Bob Lemon

05-21-2009, 08:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
tombair Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: La Plata, MD Posts: 492 Thanks: 27 Thanked 30x in 27 posts	And, since it's 3D you can view the park from any angle. That's not useful in OOTP but it's fun to do. Here's a view from behind the home dugout. __________________ I don't care how long you've been around, you'll never see it all. Bob Lemon

05-21-2009, 08:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
dcpcarmona All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: at the New Moon Posts: 1,340 Thanks: 18 Thanked 40x in 38 posts	Wow! __________________ "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." -Rogers Hornsby

05-21-2009, 09:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
davwms All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Clyde, NY Posts: 1,399 Thanks: 37 Thanked 364x in 241 posts	I have to completely concur with dcpcarmona... The only word that came to me when I first saw this was "Wow!"

05-22-2009, 05:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
tombair Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: La Plata, MD Posts: 492 Thanks: 27 Thanked 30x in 27 posts	I've done a little more tweaking. Fixed the end of the scoreboard and added a few of the signs. The park is going to be similar to Ebbets Field - signs all over the OF fences. Since it's near an industrial area, I added a background. Just to see how it'd look. I'm happy with how it's looking so far. The textures need improvement - the fence for example. But that'll be my last step after I get everything "built". __________________ I don't care how long you've been around, you'll never see it all. Bob Lemon

05-27-2009, 01:03 AM	#11 (permalink)
blueturf Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 487 Thanks: 98 Thanked 90x in 48 posts	Wow, that is looking great. Looking forward to your next update. __________________ OOTP Baseball Card Templates - 1990 Hoops Template 1983 Topps Template Kalama - Fictional World Quick Start with jerseys, logos and map - Photobucket of my fictional stadiums - Stadium thread

05-29-2009, 08:25 PM	#12 (permalink)
tombair Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: La Plata, MD Posts: 492 Thanks: 27 Thanked 30x in 27 posts	Not a whole lot of progress as I was on vacation this week. I constructed the light towers. Not sure if they look right or not. But I'm going to move on to other items for now. Any thoughts are appreciated. I also added some boxes to temporarily fill in for the buildings that will go outside the outfield fences. __________________ I don't care how long you've been around, you'll never see it all. Bob Lemon

05-31-2009, 04:13 PM	#13 (permalink)
tombair Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: La Plata, MD Posts: 492 Thanks: 27 Thanked 30x in 27 posts	Worked on the roof a bit. Still much to do but I'm making progress. __________________ I don't care how long you've been around, you'll never see it all. Bob Lemon

05-31-2009, 04:27 PM	#14 (permalink)
justafan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: S. Carolina Posts: 2,412 Thanks: 544 Thanked 2,327x in 1,037 posts	Outstanding!!!

06-01-2009, 12:36 PM	#16 (permalink)
Honorable_Pawn Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 113 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3x in 2 posts	Nice work.

06-05-2009, 12:19 AM	#17 (permalink)
conception All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 868 Thanks: 28 Thanked 84x in 50 posts	I'm looking forward to seeing these designs develop. Good stadiums are the one thing that is always in short supplies.

06-05-2009, 10:27 PM	#18 (permalink)
ry1220 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 651 Thanks: 78 Thanked 145x in 116 posts	Looks nice, Tombair! Not to compete with the OP, but I figured since this thread was recently bumped, I'd show what I had to offer in regards to 3d stadium modeling: \| New Yankee Stadium modeled by Ry1220 with Google SketchUp. \| EDIT: A better view here. I will finish this model eventually, and based on feedback, I may make some other (fictional) stadiums. Last edited by ry1220; 06-05-2009 at 10:33 PM. Reason: added link to better image

06-06-2009, 01:45 AM	#19 (permalink)
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,297 Blog Entries: 29 Thanks: 89 Thanked 77x in 45 posts	I love the idea. I've wanted something like this for a while in OOTP or in text sims in general for well over a decade. Nice work. __________________ SLOP: Commissioner FOBL: Marlboro Townies FOFC-FBCB: Kansas Jayhawks ZOMGFL: Colorado Buffaloes Omnivore FBS Computer Ranking

06-06-2009, 12:30 PM	#20 (permalink)
tombair Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: La Plata, MD Posts: 492 Thanks: 27 Thanked 30x in 27 posts	Nice work, ry1220. Nice to have more stadium creators join in. I can see I'm modeling a lot more detail than you - a lot more than is really needed. But I enjoy it (when it works - don't enjoy working on something for an hour and thinking it looks great...and then looking from another angle and seeing that it's screwed up with no way to fix it). I redo a lot. I'm not much of any artist but I am persistent. And if you guys want to see an awesome model, go here Yankee Stadium 3D Model . He's modeled 1960s era Yankee Stadium including the complete exterior. It's amazing. __________________ I don't care how long you've been around, you'll never see it all. Bob Lemon

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