This is part two of my Roofing Tutorial. Part One can be found here:http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/375222.pageLet’s look at how simple roofing decisions can change the entire character of a house. The Wilmington house plan is a very simple 3 bedroom, 2 bath home offered by half-dozen or so modular home builders across the US. It is usually offered in 3 different elevations or variations; a Craftsman, a Southern bungalow and a Cape Cod. Without changing the basic floor plan the look of the house can be changed significantly. The house shape minus the garage is pretty unremarkable, just a simple long rectangle. With the garage adjacent it becomes a very traditional house shape: a “T”. http://www.superiorfactoryhomes.com/modular/Discovery/Discovery-Wilmington-2112sf.pdf http://www.palmharbor.com/resource/palmharbor/SiteObjects/published/02945FCE00170CBB01099DC31D90BD9F/02945FCE00170CBB010E437426A6C131/IMGELG_/ime-craftsman-wilmington.jpgKirkPart 1: Roofing 101: Are you Hip, or a Jerkin Head can be found here: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/375222.page#5317890

Thank you again for your fantastic toturial. Its amazing the difference a roof makes and you have displayed that bueatifully in this thread. Going to bookmark this thread also.

Adding a second, protruding gable over the entrance point makes it a Craftsman bungalow:http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5745185234_2686589bc3_z.jpgAdding a full width shed-roofed porch and simple pillars creates a Southern bungalow feel to the house:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2025/5744638265_c46ca6ab48_z.jpgCarrying the gable from the garage crosswise to the front of the house, making the pitch steeper and adding two small gabled (doghouse) dormers and we have a Cape Cod:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2053/5745185432_819ce765ed_z.jpgKirk

If we change from a gabled roof to hipped we can have a nice little French farmhouse:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2775/5745185580_9a52dc99c3_z.jpgStill keeping it a one-story, by adding a frieze (placefriezes on), we can add a little height and then cover the house with a mansard roof, some dormers and as they say in France, viola! A Second Empire Victorian:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/5744638635_722c633e51_z.jpgLet’s add a bay window and keep the frieze. If we simulate “bracketing” with the CAS tool around the frieze and make a shallow-pitched hip roof we can create an Italianate Victorian home:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/5744638737_4517e79bf2_z.jpgKirk

A Tuscan or Italian Villa style can be simulated with stucco or brick walls and a mini-tower (square):http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5263/5745185916_809ae450f6_z.jpgAdding eave returns, an octagonal tower and jerkin head roofing and we have a 1 and a half story Queen Anne Victorian.http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2165/5745186002_e475368b04_z.jpgHip dormers and half timbered siding make it a Tudorbethan:http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5110/5744639039_e2f631db0d_z.jpgI hope this second tutorial is helpful in seeing how important choice of roofing can be in giving a home character or helping establish it's style.Thanks,Kirk

another amazing tutorial, wonderful work, Kirk, thank you very much! :)

Roofing 101 Part 2: Roofing the Wilmington

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socalkdl
15 years ago
Adding a second, protruding gable over the entrance point makes it a Craftsman bungalow:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5745185234_2686589bc3_z.jpg
Adding a full width shed-roofed porch and simple pillars creates a Southern bungalow feel to the house:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2025/5744638265_c46ca6ab48_z.jpg
Carrying the gable from the garage crosswise to the front of the house, making the pitch steeper and adding two small gabled (doghouse) dormers and we have a Cape Cod:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2053/5745185432_819ce765ed_z.jpg
Kirk
socalkdl
15 years ago
If we change from a gabled roof to hipped we can have a nice little French farmhouse:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2775/5745185580_9a52dc99c3_z.jpg
Still keeping it a one-story, by adding a frieze (placefriezes on), we can add a little height and then cover the house with a mansard roof, some dormers and as they say in France, viola! A Second Empire Victorian:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/5744638635_722c633e51_z.jpg
Let’s add a bay window and keep the frieze. If we simulate “bracketing” with the CAS tool around the frieze and make a shallow-pitched hip roof we can create an Italianate Victorian home:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/5744638737_4517e79bf2_z.jpg
Kirk
socalkdl
15 years ago
A Tuscan or Italian Villa style can be simulated with stucco or brick walls and a mini-tower (square):
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5263/5745185916_809ae450f6_z.jpg
Adding eave returns, an octagonal tower and jerkin head roofing and we have a 1 and a half story Queen Anne Victorian.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2165/5745186002_e475368b04_z.jpg
Hip dormers and half timbered siding make it a Tudorbethan:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5110/5744639039_e2f631db0d_z.jpg
I hope this second tutorial is helpful in seeing how important choice of roofing can be in giving a home character or helping establish it's style.
Thanks,
Kirk
imoger
Seasoned Ace
15 years ago
another amazing tutorial, wonderful work, Kirk, thank you very much! :)
k2m1too
15 years ago
Great job, Kirk. It is amazing how something as simple as a roof can change the flavor of a house. Thanks for your hard work on these tutorials!

-k2

PS: Virtual rec! :thumbup:
MerryWiddow
15 years ago
Lots of great information. Thank you. I've added this to Builders' 101 and TS3 Creators' Consortium too.

Have fun!

MerryWiddow
socalkdl
15 years ago
Thanks much ladies! Thanks for the virtual recs :wink: I think the 2 tutorials so far have covered some pretty basic things, but I thought it'd be nice to kind of pull these general concepts together as I think roofing tends to be last on many peoples minds when building. In the future I plan on a couple more tutorials that get a little more in depth in dealing with problematic builds, blending the pagoda roofs with the standard roofs for example, or working from plans to produce authentic looking Victorians.

Happy Simming,
Kirk
anjubee
15 years ago
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Awesome job, Kirk!

Roofing is so important. I think it's the main hurdle from being a novice builder to an official one.

People need to learn to stay far far away from the auto roof tool and roof in a way that gives their houses some character!
smokytopaz
15 years ago
Hi Kirk, I am going to add this one to the tutorials list as well....... I love the way the roof can change the way a house looks and this is great reference!
bshag4lv
Seasoned Ace
15 years ago
Amazing job! The ability of just the roof changing the look so completely to a different style of architecture is simply amazing. I got both your tutorials bookmarked! :D