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kingsal
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Tels

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Not to be too picky, but I think you'd need to make the oven space bigger. I don't think someone would build a 5-tone oven and then only add space to bake only one bread. You'd need an aweful lot of coal/wood just to bake one bread, while with the like twice the amount of fuel you could bake 10 or 20 breads at once :)

 

Here are a couple inspirtional websites (german only, sorry) from authentic bread bake houses:

 

http://www.holzbrotofen.de/

 

http://www.google.com/images?oe=UTF-8&gfns=1&q=brotbackhaus&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=oUNsTI-yJdSnOMe9zGs&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDQQsAQwAw&biw=1661&bih=1028

 

Here is a thread from two guys building their own:

 

http://www.chefkoch.de/forum/2,14,525903/Hias-und-Daniel-bauen-ein-Brotbackhaus.html

 

Second part:

 

http://www.chefkoch.de/forum/2,14,529720/Daniel-Hias-bauen-ein-Brotbackhaus-Teil-II.html

 

Part of their progress (looks niice :)

 

http://img.chefkoch.de/ck.de/fotoalben/b7fdeb2e886ada11e1bb4a95787c54a8/42312/full_backhaus44.jpg

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Fidcal

Fidcal

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My main inspiration is a video of a tudor house where the oven is built into the wall of the house. Yes, looking at it again the actual ovens are somewhat bigger. I'll review that tomorrow but not excited about the prospect of having to redo that.

Fidcal

Fidcal

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yeah - they're great. I see that last one has images of flat irons so that must be a compartment where they heated up their irons before electricity. They must be among the first icons in history! And I thought Windows invented icons. :laugh:

Baddcog

Baddcog

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OK, We've been needing some of these

 

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But I don't know what they are called. For the corners of roofs.

 

This one is around 275 tris, I figure it's good for prominant/fancy/well lit buildings.

 

I plan to make a few very low poly and/or alpha versions that are just good for silohettes.

 

I'm also putting them into arch/fencing.. as they are kindof fencing for roofs/barriers

 

So if anyone knows the name so I can google more styles that would be awesome, and if anybody has objections to being in fencing, didn't want to start a new folder and didn't find a better folder.

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Jesps

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So if anyone knows the name so I can google more styles that would be awesome, and if anybody has objections to being in fencing, didn't want to start a new folder and didn't find a better folder.

 

A Google image search for "wrought iron" gives a lot similar objects, including fences and gates.

Add "roof" to that and it gives at least some on rooftop wrought iron decorations.

Melan

Melan

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Progress has been made, time for screenshots. Tentative title: Curiosity Killed the Cat. Darkishness: Goddamn Dark. ETA*: When It's DoneTM. Nothing here should be interpreted as final.

 

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Melan

Melan

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So if anyone knows the name so I can google more styles that would be awesome, and if anybody has objections to being in fencing, didn't want to start a new folder and didn't find a better folder.

How about this one?

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Come the time of peril, did the ground gape, and did the dead rest unquiet 'gainst us. Our bands of iron and hammers of stone prevailed not, and some did doubt the Builder's plan. But the seals held strong, and the few did triumph, and the doubters were lain into the foundations of the new sanctum. -- Collected letters of the Smith-in-Exile, Civitas Approved

Fidcal

Fidcal

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Maybe make it in two parts so it can be made to oscillate back and forth slowly in the wind? I suppose basically they have fixed NSEW pointers plus the turning thing on top. Oh yea, if you do, make sure North is erm.. the green direction I think it is to save mappers having to turn it! :P

Fidcal

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Now enlarged the left oven. They are both very deep so this is reasonably substantial and would take a side of pork imo. I decided to leave the right hand oven the smaller size. I think it adds character and the two ovens can be regarded for different cooking tasks - small pot roast or a huge Christmas goose. Also changed the texture on the doors. I wasn't going to use rust before but since they didn't have stainless steel I guess most iron would rust up except for knives, swords etc which got sharpened up I guess. Anyway, a bit more character. I'll see if I can blacken the insides more. They didn't have Mr. Muscle in those days either.

 

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Melan

Melan

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They might have had Hammerite. :unsure:

 

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Come the time of peril, did the ground gape, and did the dead rest unquiet 'gainst us. Our bands of iron and hammers of stone prevailed not, and some did doubt the Builder's plan. But the seals held strong, and the few did triumph, and the doubters were lain into the foundations of the new sanctum. -- Collected letters of the Smith-in-Exile, Civitas Approved

Tels

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Now enlarged the left oven. They are both very deep so this is reasonably substantial and would take a side of pork imo. I decided to leave the right hand oven the smaller size. I think it adds character and the two ovens can be regarded for different cooking tasks - small pot roast or a huge Christmas goose. Also changed the texture on the doors. I wasn't going to use rust before but since they didn't have stainless steel I guess most iron would rust up except for knives, swords etc which got sharpened up I guess. Anyway, a bit more character. I'll see if I can blacken the insides more. They didn't have Mr. Muscle in those days either.

 

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Yeah, that looks quite good now, definitely need to add the black soot on the inside.

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

 

"Remember: If the game lets you do it, it's not cheating." -- Xarax

Baddcog

Baddcog

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I like the two sizes.

 

I wouldn't use rust though, that's heavy rust but an oven is gonna be hot and dry. Iron takes water to rust...

 

there's a blue steel, plain grey steel or possibly a black steel (think streetlamp tex, don't think it's got any critical details on it)

Dark is the sway that mows like a harvest

Fidcal

Fidcal

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OK, rust removed. This is iron_rough which has plenty of character and looks well worn and somewhat blackened plus my grime on the inside.

 

The hogshead is just for scale. Don't know if I'm going to include that. oven should be big enough if it can take that.

 

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Melan

Melan

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That's a good use of textures and decals.

Come the time of peril, did the ground gape, and did the dead rest unquiet 'gainst us. Our bands of iron and hammers of stone prevailed not, and some did doubt the Builder's plan. But the seals held strong, and the few did triumph, and the doubters were lain into the foundations of the new sanctum. -- Collected letters of the Smith-in-Exile, Civitas Approved

7upMan

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Also changed the texture on the doors. I wasn't going to use rust before but since they didn't have stainless steel I guess most iron would rust up except for knives, swords etc which got sharpened up I guess. Anyway, a bit more character. I'll see if I can blacken the insides more. They didn't have Mr. Muscle in those days either.

 

Fidcal, I think the oven doors were made of cast iron. If anything, the doors should be blackened because of a) the excess fat that is burned and B) grime from the burning wood/coal. I like the second version with the rough iron better, but maybe there's a way to make it more blackened and grimy.

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Fidcal

Fidcal

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Yes it's a compromise. If it were really blackened with baked on grease it would be hard to see in the shadow or even with the lantern so you lose some character. So I think I'll settle for this.

 

I'm about finished with this. I'll kick it around for a few weeks before uploading as prefabs because it is complex enough I feel as soon as I upload I'll find something I want to change. If anyone is desperate for either the range or the oven though I can upload it.

 

Meanwhile I'm decorating the rest of the kitchen then I want to move on to another room or it will be Christmas 2011 before this is done! :laugh:

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