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Title: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: callbat on December 08, 2007, 07:21:49 PM
Hello everyone!
This is my first ever post to SC4d after lurking around here for some time....well..enjoy :thumbsup:


This thread is an Eyecandy CJ thats main purpouse will be to recreate Britain....but mostly England  ;D
Ive already started, and I hope you all enjoy.

For my first project, I would like to recreate different areas around London, If youd like to see your borough/town please PM me at ST or post a reply in one of my threads at ST :)
Please do leave recommendations.....Id love to recreate your hometown ;)
Well, here we go.

Piccadilly Circus:
hehehe, kind of messy ;)
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2Fab815d22.jpg&hash=0b43b269831e753eacc3251de0421d950a50097c)

A farther away picture:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2F6ec24253.jpg&hash=0b2b135823b919d4b6c8cd761d43539ffdab654f)

Belgravia
Belgravia is located right next to some of the most famous london landmarks including:
Buckingham Palace
The Houses of Parliament
Westminster Abbey
and much more...
Belgravia is a great place to take a sunday walk and enjoy the ambience and the architectural beauty of the Georgian rows.....trust me, I know from experience :thumbsup:

Belgrave Road:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2Fc49a3836.jpg&hash=6dcf80c4dd8a17ff24772295dd12c3b314ccd7d2)

Warwick Way, usually the path for tourists who just arrived at Victoria Station who are looking for their Hotles hehe:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2Fe398ac5f.jpg&hash=c34a8180d6272caa653232325f40b700e1456609)

Lambeth
Lambeth is a great place to go...theres the Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Palace...etc.

In this picture...the imperial war museum is just out of view:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2F26a38639.jpg&hash=f8a9e315cf20b109d18b3bb05b7f88a380530214)

Heres a close-up:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2F9b311281.jpg&hash=7bbc8120ba6e52a19d96ba3f681089eee353ec27)

Balham, Part One
I say Part One because Balham will be the subject of the next few updates to come  ;)
Balham..is where I used to live, so I should be able to recreate it FAIRLY well from memories..(no pictures hehehe)

Heres an area near Balham Station,which serves both the Underground and National Rail:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2F36f91fd8.jpg&hash=4d731804f10704d5a73a7cfe23eccb57551b352f)
Hehehe, the street names are for reference. Also, if you live here (I said I USED to live here)
please help me improve on this ;D:

Another shot, one of the street names is incorrect:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2Fde1a13e0.jpg&hash=4bb1f56535ae8d341aa1a4c2f188d9c3d9d2c7dd)

And one last shot, on the other side of Belgrave High Road:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2F31fc4cbc.jpg&hash=d1447c7c4ebbf0ca1be8f18f8540675786586801)

East London

Not so glamourous....but equally as architecturally stunning to me....
The East London line of the London Underground is mostly on sub-surface track:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2F6def4444.jpg&hash=013f4cfd058d37d226e0c701042fbe27e826947a)

Chinese laundromat? Not when you can do it yourself in your backyard!:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2Fdb19ab50.jpg&hash=1d0eda247f2b56829836ac68d5814ce5b3834e49)

Thank you for reading :) Another update soon!

Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: CasperVg on December 08, 2007, 10:55:50 PM
Looks great, I love the way you use rail in your recreation.
Nice to see you're using red telephone booths and the underground/busing logo's  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: ManuelR on December 09, 2007, 02:28:56 AM
Whoa, you pictures look very realistic! :thumbsup:
Could you tell me where you found the sandy, red tenniscourt?
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: bat on December 09, 2007, 03:07:52 AM
Wonderful start there! And some very nice places, too! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: warconstruct on December 09, 2007, 03:16:31 AM
very pretty! and to arrange well  :thumbsup: &apls
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: capo on December 09, 2007, 04:39:51 AM
Very very nice pictures. I have been to London on several occasions and I recognize so many of the typical english style buildings in your MD. Good work on the layout of the roads and eye-candy details, yes I think I will keep following this MD. I really like what I see here...
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: Strechnitz on December 10, 2007, 02:52:55 AM
Good old Britania!

Lovely start of your MD.
This holds a promiss for some wonderfull cities :)

Strechnitz.
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: jayo on December 10, 2007, 10:15:17 AM
London-Jayo's recreation

I am also in this project(joint project)

I haven't got very far-I'm doing callbats area at the mome,Balham and such.
Heres a sneak peak-I'm doing it road by road,street by street,house by house.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi214.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fcc273%2Fjayo_011%2FLondonmap.jpg&hash=9aa5df43c0ffaa87d99c43d530f5be7859cf41d2)
Attention to callbat-I'll post this on simtrop as soon as i can get on to site,having some probs  :'(

just like the old days,eh?
Non simtropolians won't get the above joke  :thumbsup:
Also question for callbat-Where do you live now  :P I could give some details about balham because i live near there-Very near-West norwood infact  ()stsfd()

Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: sauron620 on December 10, 2007, 10:25:25 PM
Good work  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: callbat on December 11, 2007, 07:09:38 PM
Jayo- I live in San Diego, California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_diego) ;D

Well, ive been very busy this week, but ive found some time to make some more Balham areas......some of the street names might be wrong, but I dont think so.....sorry....Im kinda in a rush right now as I type  ;D

these pictures are only about a block due north from the last pictures:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2Ff7426022.jpg&hash=411ac2c21be60be63bc9d7a04cd814dfb64c0786)

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2F9f793cbb.jpg&hash=8a2d339644b338dc32dab46740aa48644c00bc37)

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2F0c4d6fec.jpg&hash=2d830eb6e71e95dbc2e92ec9aec21ade2027adac)

Also, a map so you know where Wandsworth (the borough in which Balham is located) is within london:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent.answers.com%2Fmain%2Fcontent%2Fwp%2Fen%2F7%2F73%2FLondonWandsworth.png&hash=8789b820a911839db3ed9d99404f2d2820d36b6f)
Balham is mostly within the london borough of Wandsworth.....it is an inner London suburb containing many victorian terraced houses now prized as family homes (and one of them is mine....YES!! :thumbsup:)

And london within England:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hometownengland.com%2Flondon%2Fimages%2FEngland_London.png&hash=e4546c2b893e629ee20a1b12f88f09cba72a6622)
(yeah! its that big!)

you should orientate yourself from there  ;)
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: BigSlark on December 11, 2007, 10:28:26 PM
Excellent MD, callbat.

I've visited London a few times as my father is a native and you've got it right.

I'm looking forward to more transportation and some commercial centers.

Cheers,
Kevin
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: bat on December 12, 2007, 05:29:32 AM
Nice new pictures! And that block is looking very nice! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: jayo on December 12, 2007, 09:13:01 AM
Safe callbat  :D

Hey guys-I'm busty working on some custom lots for tooting beck common-Callbat-I can provide you with pictures of local area's and the city  ()stsfd() Are you going to come back to england eventually?
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: callbat on December 12, 2007, 01:46:49 PM
Jayo- cant wait to see those lots :thumbsup:! and yes, ill be back in England but not very soon.. &mmm
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: suplado! on December 13, 2007, 12:46:13 AM
awesome pics...those are really cool downtown area and residentials!!
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: callbat on December 19, 2007, 10:43:15 AM
Ok everyone, sorry for not updateing, i've been very busy and i'm also a bit lazy at times :P.

but anyway, heres high Barnet:

this is the area near High Barnet high street and the High Barnet London Underground Station:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FLondon2-May-5.jpg&hash=f10a72a145fdb42dcde1f0f0a94b3136c2103ebf)

High Barnet Tube (subway) Station:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FLondon2-May-8.jpg&hash=48c9c96c280de748b9c21e7f559038bbd39aacdb)
It is very far-off from the inner city, so the line transferred to above-ground track a long ways back

Heres High Barnet on the London Underground map:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FLu.jpg&hash=84f5216133b21858bb2c6872fc2293c38120173c)

Heres a view from High Barnet High Street:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FLondon2-May-3.jpg&hash=efbffed01a5ff64c6b02e2999ba50f59aa59b94b)

Heres some of the endless suburban homes, there are less Victorian terraced homes here, these are far-out suburbs,very far away from the city centre:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FLondon2-May-6.jpg&hash=8fd6e9d3e28d18a73e90f6aa6ebc364df67ca25f)

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FLondon2-May-1.jpg&hash=632100662e464e02de62b4cbf025e28152bbd4ce)

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FLondon2-May.jpg&hash=56fa4f4462bfd26bebffe254878e2ff0a2c77c86)

Its the edge of London, from suburban sprawl to the endless countryside of Hertfordshire:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FLondon2-May-4.jpg&hash=85222c7980d5d8beb9fb936cd310fdbafe3ebdd1)

A final birds eye view shot:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FLondon2-May-7.jpg&hash=f3b12ca6c27d83732cab93c147f1874d8b72a50a)

Thanks for reading, Merry Christmas!




Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: bat on December 20, 2007, 02:21:13 AM
Great new update there! And wonderful work!

Merry Christmas to you, too.
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: paroch on December 22, 2007, 12:31:28 AM
Hey Callbat - nice MD you got going here. 

First of all a big well done on differentiating Balham from Barnet.  You've done that well - the more closely packed terraced victorian homes of South London compared to the 1930's to 1960's larger homes found up in Barnet.  I know that near High Barnet there are maybe a few more small blocks of flats - but other than that it's VERY good.

And East London and Belgravia are good recreations too.  I'm a West Ham fan, so East London has a special place in my heart - I'd love to see a recreation of the area around Upton Park  ;)

My only negative point would be Piccadilly Circus.  The small UK shops you've used are not really at home there.  The architecture near there is much more "grand", you have some of the right buildings, need just a few more to replace the smaller shops.  And it would be good to actually see the circus itself.  You'll need plenty of tourists taking photos next to the Eros statue!!!

I work at Oxford Circus and have customers all over (mainly) Central London, so know the West End very well (My MD is even called West End, although is not a recreation of it) - if you need any reference point, or up to date pictures just PM me and I'll see what I can do.

I look forward to following this with interest.

All the best,

Paul
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: Nexis4Jersey on December 23, 2007, 07:24:07 AM
great job, i really like those neighboorhoods!
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: callbat on December 23, 2007, 09:36:44 AM
bat: thank you mate  :thumbsup:

paroch:Thanks you so much! Upton Park would be great to recreat mate, except i've go lots of pending requests already so it may be a while, hope you understand  :thumbsup:. yes I knew something wasn't right about piccadilly circus from the start..except theres no "grand" London city-centre type lots on the LEX or STEX or anywhere so as you can very well see I've had to improvise a lot.
But hopefuly my good friend jayo will BAT us some wonderful stuff soon. Thank you so much I hope to see ya around mate ;D

nexis: thank you  :)
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: jayo on December 25, 2007, 01:19:26 AM
Happy Christmas callbat  :P Those houses might not gte realesed today because simtrop is playing up  :P
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: callbat on January 19, 2008, 09:34:29 PM
Ok here we go, sorry for not updating, I've had much work.

UPDATE- A Combintation of Dover and Bath!

Yep, another fake region by me. I know I REALLY should be working on all of those wonderful requests but errm...I made this in the meantime

It's called Slaptonshire County, it's coastal and very hilly in some places, it's very green and well preserved....and I hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I enjoyed making it! Also in this update, I've experimented with the maxis trees, I know many of you are maxisphobes when it comes to flora, so tell me I it's okay or if I should stop!

First..the white cliffs of Slaptonshire:

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FSlapshireCounty-26Mar-1.jpg&hash=8a3cf0aa70b3350a0219420d92ae0c1e3c473748)

A closer view:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FSlapshireCounty-1Jun.jpg&hash=214befbbb04cbc7943acd7f0d26bc22d2d367273)

Aaaaaaaaand....my first attemp at a mosaic...hey it's not that bad!

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FSlapshireCounty-21Nov161198909033.jpg&hash=8f011f353b82eef5295bcfb5f17bf907d7971cb7)
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FSlapshireCounty-21Nov-9.jpg&hash=66695b8e61743d52a217f6ffaf0d7caf37ec3c90)

And a closer pic of the village
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FSlapshireCounty-26Mar.jpg&hash=d0bb2e148d6eb3fcc7e516e1d2cfdd70a3f2a69d)

This is the town of Slapton Showers  Callbat's version of Bath
It is named after the county it is located in, and the ancient Roman showers that were discovered here inside of the cliffs that the town sits on.

The town is heavy in Georgian Architecture because of heavy development during the Staurt and most notably the Georgian eras........
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FSlapshireCounty-21Nov-6.jpg&hash=8af7af53eb25f448d010c4650b7a56e919dca9ed)

(http://)
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FSlapshireCounty-21Nov-3.jpg&hash=7cc88f5a6adc1e116419627e356dd603358d1556)

Queen's Park with the Chrurch smack in the centre of town.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FSlapshireCounty-21Nov-5.jpg&hash=8d65e4e4927cdbe45818d8e1700fbe08638028a9)

The cliffside, which offers spectacular views of the countryside for miles around, even on cloudy days you can still see the the waves of the North Sea foaming up against the rocks on shore.

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FSlapshireCounty-21Nov-4.jpg&hash=7ec589261b7b40d82122e546b7724983465ed901)

At the bottom of the cliffs (they aren't very big, they're just very high up lol):
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FSlapshireCounty-21Nov-8.jpg&hash=71a1c1bba7e9d12742dc7dbe8a4e41f66338c925)

Slaptonshire House, where formal affairs take place and the Queen's residence when she is on Holiday here, in the summer the entire town is CRAWLING with tourists and especially this manor.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FSlapshireCounty-21Nov-2.jpg&hash=69769dc3745241d98defece1abd19d3b1a62653e)

Some last pictures that have nothing to do with Slapton Showers ore the White Cliffs
Its Autumn in Britain!!

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FSlapshireCounty-21Nov.jpg&hash=d2b7e0fb4225783f270b0bd7e5cb441ddece437d)

Rolling fields of green

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee253%2FCallbatsCJs%2FSlapshireCounty-21Nov-1.jpg&hash=cceb6ff59162b63f639bc76c8e96b01a3e4f826c)

THANK YOU as always for reading, comments are appreciated and replies below
Jayo: Happy Christmas to you too!

.....

one reply I guess!
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: bobinator on January 19, 2008, 10:25:26 PM
Cool, really nice country land. The cliffs blend in well. The rest of the city is laid out nicely too.
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: warconstruct on January 20, 2008, 04:07:32 AM
wow I like much the provision of your trees on your countryside  :thumbsup: very beautiful images!
Title: Re: England, That Green and pleasant land!
Post by: bat on January 20, 2008, 05:28:25 AM
Yes, really beautiful pictures there! And nice mosaic, too! :thumbsup:

Looking forward to more...