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Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on August 29, 2009, 12:34:14 PM

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Welcome to my new Mayor Diary...
The Empire of Leviathan



In this MD I'm going to show you the Empire of Leviathan.
Since my old MD (Laon (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=6332.msg223201#msg223201)) was doing pretty well, I decided to start a new one. As some of you know, my old MD was fully lotted. This was pretty time-consuming, so I thought it would be better to do a MD where only parts or only important places are lotted (for example the "Schlossplatz").
When we were discussing different enlighteners in history class, we also talked about Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan. I do not "support" his idea - I just liked that name of the book, which is named after a sea monster from the Old Testament of the Bible, by the way.

The Empire of Leviathan is located in the North and Middle of Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg:

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Below you will find the Table of Contents and a Dictionary.
This Dictionary has two different sections. The first section is "Tourist  attractions". This section leads you through the many attractions the Empire of Leviathan has to offer. It's worth a mention that it is sorted by cities. The second section is "Cities". This section lists the different cities that were mentioned in the MD so far.




Table of Contents:


Updates 1 - 9
Update #1: From the Parliament to the City Hall (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg271135#msg271135)
Update #2: Chancellery, Stadtschloss and an overview (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg272125#msg272125)
Update #3: From the Siegesplatz to the Broadcasting Center of Leviathan (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg273491#msg273491)
Update #4: Veburg ~ A small Island near to Laon (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg274234#msg274234)
Update #5: More from Laon-Mitte (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg275332#msg275332)
Update #6: A tad of Laon's port (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg276953#msg276953)
Update #7: Another Mosaic of Laon-Mitte (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg278057#msg278057)
Update #8: Showing my own Lots: Part 1 (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg279107#msg279107)
Update #9: Places of Interest: Part 1 (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg279858#msg279858)

Updates 10 - 19
Update #10: From the Museum Of Leviathan History to the Stadtschloss (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg281027#msg281027)
Update #11: City of Erhaven (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg282466#msg282466)
Update #12: OSITM (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg284688#msg284688)
Update #13: Congratulations! (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg285245#msg285245)
Update #14: One last Mosaic of Erhaven (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg286217#msg286217)
Update #15: Another rural area in Leviathan (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg286895#msg286895)
Update #16: And even more rural areas (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg287669#msg287669)
Update #17: Two Mosaics (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg288061#msg288061)
Update #18: And yet more rural areas (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg289060#msg289060)
Update #19: One last Mosaic (of that area) (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg289947#msg289947)

Updates 20 - 29
Update #20: A new Capital? (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg290669#msg290669)
Update #21: Working on the new Boulevard (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg291536#msg291536)
Update #22: Some Tests (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg293170#msg293170)
Update #23: Random, Rural Pictures (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg297177#msg297177)
Update #24: A first look at Mühlenberg (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg301178#msg301178)
Update #25: Finishing Mühlenberg and Starting a new Region (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg306549#msg306549)
Update #26: Huge Update (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg314725#msg314725)
Update #27: City of Hammerbrook (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg335305#msg335305)
Update #28: Just another Mosaic (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg336012#msg336012)
Update #29: Starting all over again (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=8706.msg386423#msg386423)




The Dictionary:

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Tourist attractions:

Laon:


  • Chancellery: The Chancellery is the office of the chancellor of Leviathan. It was built in 1834 as a palace for state-guests. When the old Chancellery burned out in 1944, the chancellor decided to move his office to the former palace for state-guests. The burned out Chancellery has been rebuilt in 2004 and is used as a Museum at the moment. There are plans to use the current Museum as the Chancellery again.
  • Hauptbahnhof: The Laon Hauptbahnhof is one of the two big railroad stations in Laon-Mitte. It was built in 1879 together with the city hall of Laon. Unlike the other big railroad station (Veburger Bahnhof) the Laon Hauptbahnhof is a terminus station.
  • Rathaus: The Laon Rathaus is the city hall of Laon, the capital of Leviathan. It was originally constructed in 1879 but got destroyed in the 2nd World War. It was reconstructed in 1965.
  • Reichstagsgebäude: The Reichstagsgebäude was constructed to house the Reichstag (the Parliament of Leviathan) in 1885.
  • Siegesplatz: The Siegesplatz is a plaza in Laon-Mitte. It was built in 1880 after the independence war of 1873.
  • Stadtschloss: The Laon Stadtschloss is a palace in the district "Mitte" of Laon. It is the residence for the King if he's visiting his capitol city. Unfortunately the King rarely visits Laon, since he spends most of his time in a castle, that is laying far away from Laon. He personally hates big cities, so he prefers to stay on his rural castle. Because of that, the interior ministry occupies most of the Stadtschloss (just some rooms are left for the King and his servants). The Stadtschloss was built around 1850.
  • Stadttor von Laon: The Stadttor von Laon is an old city gate, marking the former border of Laon. It was built in 1824.
  • Veburger Bahnhof: The Veburger Bahnhof is one of the two big railroad stations in Laon-Mitte, even though it's capacity is not as high as the capacity of the Hauptbahnhof. It has one advantage though: Unlike the Hauptbahnhof, the Veburger Bahnhof is not a terminus station.

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Cities:



  • Erhaven: Erhaven is a rather small city, northeastern from Laon. It was once famous for it's port - nowadays the statue near the river is one of the most famous sights in Leviathan.
  • Laon: Laon is the capital of the Empire of Leviathan. With an estimated population of 3.863.200, Laon is Leviathan's biggest city. It was first mentioned in 980.
  • Veburg: Veburg is a small city with merely 2000 inhabitants, laying approximately 20km away from the city center of Laon. Veburg lays on a small island and is known for it's beautiful half-timber houses.
!!!!!THE DICTIONARY HASN'T BEEN UPDATE FOR A LONG TIME!!!!!




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Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on August 29, 2009, 12:34:46 PM

Update #1 - From the Parliament to the City Hall




So... this is Update #1.
Below you will see a mosaic which was taken in Leviathan's capitol city: Laon (yeah I could not stop using that name, somehow  :D).
On the top you will see the Parliament and on the bottom you can see the City Hall (on the left) together with the main railroad station (on the right).




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Looking forward to your replies.
Please tell me how you like the adjustment of the colors (Is it to "grey"? Is it to dark? Does it look more or less real?  ... and so on).

Fabian
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Glowbal on August 29, 2009, 12:40:26 PM
It all looks amazing! This is one of the quality MDs I always like to see. Can't say anything else about it. Great work!

oh, and the colours are good.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: CraigKingOfIreland on August 29, 2009, 12:41:19 PM
Wow! This is fantastic, I don't think it looks too grey  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on August 29, 2009, 12:43:44 PM
Wonderful start!  &apls And I think the adjusting of the colours is excellent, there's no need to change it. ;) Looking forward to more!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Nardo69 on August 29, 2009, 12:49:00 PM
Great Balance of wide avenues and narrow(er) side roads.  :thumbsup:

I do like the "old" buildings with some modern ones in between and what you did with the backyards. Only the one with the white plaster and JeroniJ's next to that bigger modern corner building in the upper part of the mosaic looks a bid sterile to me... dunno ... &Thk/(

The plaza between the Gar Du Nord and the "Rathaus" in Generell looks nice - rather spatious :). What I miss however - especially there but also on the rest of the area - are Misc. Transports - Busses, Subway, Light Rail, GLR, you name it. Such a big station  normally bundles a lot different lines of all types ...

Anyway - overall a great start!  &apls

Take care!


Bernhard  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on August 30, 2009, 12:47:49 AM
It's just, just amazing, you're a professional of LE &apls &apls &apls

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on August 30, 2009, 02:00:36 AM
That is a fantastic mosaic  ;D and a nicely laid out, low-rise city!  The enhancements to the picture are well done and not overdone.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on August 30, 2009, 03:16:36 AM
hey Fabian, awesome start my friend, your city is really unique and pleasant. I like the effects you add to the mosaic, it give the real atmosphere of the city.
Looking forward to more for sure !
-Arthur.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: jmyers2043 on August 30, 2009, 05:50:36 AM
I like how you've mixed old and new. The pictures are bright and colorful.

Good Luck with your Diary - Jim Myers

Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: jimbo_jj on August 30, 2009, 06:48:50 AM
Wow! Another great MD. I love this site. ;D

I like those low-rise blocks with the open areas on the interiors. Very well done, not to mention the photoshopping is as well. Great job! :thumbsup:

-James
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on August 30, 2009, 08:01:03 AM
Really awesome start of MD!!! Fantastic mosaic!!!  &apls &apls &apls
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on September 01, 2009, 08:41:46 AM

Update #2 - Chancellery, Stadtschloss and an overview




So here comes Update #2  :)!
In this update you get to see 3 mosaics. The first one shows you the chancellery, the second one the Stadtschloss and the third one gives you a simple overview.
Hope you like it  :)!




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For more informations you can always check out the dictionary  ;). Hope you enjoyed Update #2!

Fabian




Replies

Glowbal: Thanks a lot! Glad you like the colors.
CraigKingOfIreland: Thank you! It's always great to hear that.
io_bg: Thanks  :).
Nardo69: Thanks. Yeah you're probably right with that plaza, but I think it matches the surroundings quite well. And yes you're right: Misc. transport is really missing, but it's a little bit too late to change that. But I'll try to change at least a little bit. I hope you like the proposed area for a transportation hub (see mosaic #3). Glad you like it overall.
Sciurus: Glad you like my LE work  :). It is pretty time-consuming but in the end it's worth it, isn't it :-\?
sumwonyuno: Thank you  ;).
art128: Glad you like it Arthur. It's the first time I have a MD together with you in one section  :D, but I see you're almost a Best Seller (at least soon  :P).
jmyers2043: Thanks, good to hear you like the adjustment of color.
jimbo_jj: Thanks a lot, James! Glad you like the photoshopping (elements)  :P.
Thomas Neto: Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the mosaic.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: gottago on September 01, 2009, 08:57:30 AM
A beautiful city and very coherent architectural style--a great start and I'm glad I found this MD :thumbsup:

My only comment is the photos, though very well done, are too black in the shadows. but this is very minor--wonderful work!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: 6underground on September 01, 2009, 09:45:02 AM
I love the quality in this, spectacular!  :)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: tankmank on September 01, 2009, 09:57:53 AM
Very nice i like it a lot but in my opinion the aquarium doesn't fit in and the white maxis textures would look better as the grey concreate as it would be more fluid but it still looks great
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: ponnie on September 01, 2009, 10:11:14 AM
Looks great! One of the few cities I wouldn't mind living in. Looking forward to your progress.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on September 01, 2009, 10:16:13 AM
 &apls &apls

Wonderful!  Very impressive work and I think you have the pictures just right.  I'm looking forward to following this one.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: jimbo_jj on September 01, 2009, 02:06:05 PM
These mosaics are looking great! I like that last one especially. I like how you used all those wall to wall buildings. You're doing a great job of producing a European city atmosphere (though I suppose you would have an advantage over me, seeing as you are European  :P). Keep it up, and I look forward to what's next! :thumbsup:

-James
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: soulchaser on September 01, 2009, 02:31:23 PM
simply amazing &apls
I love the medieval wall...very european.
seems like you're a plopper, not much growing there ;)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on September 02, 2009, 02:16:59 AM
Quote from: Fabian93 on September 01, 2009, 08:41:46 AM
art128: Glad you like it Arthur. It's the first time I have a MD together with you in one section  :D, but I see you're almost a Best Seller (at least soon  :P).
Yeah, it's the first time  :D
Great update Fabian, these mosaics are awesome. I really love the overview, we can see that your city is beautiful. (BTW, I prefer the overview)
The empty grass space in front of the chancellery is a great touch, it make it looking even more realistic. I like the paved area in the overview, it make it looking like a historical center, even thought the historical center can be behind the walls.
take care,
-Arthur. :thumbsup:
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on September 06, 2009, 03:19:04 AM

Update #3 - From the Siegesplatz to the Broadcasting Center of Leviathan




In the 3rd Update I will show you the area between the Siegesplatz and the Broadcasting Center of Leviathan  :).
As you can see, I have added a border for the mosaic - I'll keep doing this in the future updates, too. Hope you like it.




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In the next update we will visit Veburg, a small city, which is laying about 20km away from Laon, with merely 2.000 inhabitants.
Hope you enjoyed Update #3  :).
Now I will test out the demo of Cities XL! I expected a lot of that game, but from what I've heard so far, it is not that good  ()sad().

Fabian




Replies

gottago: Thanks for your comment  :). I don't know what to do about the black shadows and I think I will keep it the way it is, thanks for the criticism, though.
6underground: Thanks! Glad you like it  ;).
tankmank: Thanks a lot! Hm, I don't know, but personally I like the texture I use now more, than the Maxis texture.
ponnie: Thanks. Glad you would like to live in it  ;D.
djvandrake: Thanks a lot  :).
jimbo_jj: Maybe I would have an advantage in a smaller city, but I have to look at pictures of bigger European cities, since I'm living in a city with only 27.000 inhabitans. Glad you like it  ;).
soulchaser: Glad you like the medieval wall, this is something I like a lot, too. But actually most of the buildings are grown  ;), I just plop the diagonal buildings and some landmarks. The rest is grown with a lot of patience.
art128: Thanks for your comment, Arthur. Always great to hear such words. I will show you some more of the paved area in a future update (but personally I don't like it that much, since it is a pretty plain area. I'll have to work on that).
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on September 06, 2009, 03:33:29 AM
That's a great mosaic, my friend, I love the use of w2w buildings! &apls
Keep the good work up! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Glowbal on September 06, 2009, 03:58:28 AM
Nice! I really like your style of city building
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kwakelaar on September 06, 2009, 05:37:57 AM
A very nice looking mosaic, great mix of old and new w2w buildings.
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on September 09, 2009, 02:09:08 PM

Update #4 - Veburg ~ A small Island near to Laon




In this update I will show you a small island on which the city of Veburg is located. Veburg is a small city with merely 2000 inhabitants, laying approximately 20km away from the city center of Laon.




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In the next update we will go back to Laon. Update #5 will show you a mosaic, which is even bigger than the one from the first update  ;).

Fabian




Replies

io_bg: Thanks a lot, glad you like it  :).
Glowbal: Thank you, great to hear that  ;).
kwakelaar: Thank you  :).
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on September 09, 2009, 02:16:34 PM
Great work as always! &apls May I ask which is the train station you've used?
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Nardo69 on September 09, 2009, 02:52:09 PM
Hi Fabian!

You did go on the way you started!  &apls

The first mosaic in Update 2 reminds me a bit of the castle of Bruchsal where the railway line cut off a part of its garden. The main difference is that the axis castle of Bruchsal (German wiki (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruchsal), English Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruchsal)) is upright to the railway line and not parallel to it like your chancelary.

I like those railways and sidings there. As good as you can use the LE you could electrify the two main lines by editing a lot from the soundwalls. ;)

I like the Siegesplatz but IMHO a counterpart to the statue is missing there.

Veburg looks nice. However I think you should've done that large 180° curve with the smooth curves from the NAM. In addition to this I know only terminal loops at such big railway stations from the TCDD but not within Germany. Anyway ...

Those timber frame houses look nice but I stopped using them as you cannot put them as close to each other as necessary to come close enough to RL.

Hope that wasn't too negative - I just love and see details ...  ::)

Take care


Bernhard  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Glowbal on September 09, 2009, 03:03:31 PM
My compliments.  &apls
Very nice. I like that square very much. Nice job!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on September 09, 2009, 08:18:12 PM
Awesome, really, great work!!! Fantastic mosaics my friend!!!  &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on September 10, 2009, 08:28:05 AM
Small city but with a big rail road layout !  :P
The siding ways are well done and the city center of Veburg looks quite nice with that train station. Although, I'm not really fan of your choice of Police station, that one (awesome BTW) doesn't looks good here with the rest of the old houses of the town center. The small one by Matt325 is also in corner and will looks better that this one IMHO.
Without that little detail, excellent work Fabian !
Take care,
-Arthur.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on September 10, 2009, 10:09:13 AM
Love your rail yard.  Fantastic!  :thumbsup:

Nice work in integrating the diagonals in that plaza too, good attention to detail and it really shines.  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on September 10, 2009, 10:29:16 AM
Great job on those railyards and throughout your MD.  Keep up the great work! 
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: peter007 on September 10, 2009, 10:53:17 AM
I like evry MD with railways in it and especially this one because the nice station.  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on September 15, 2009, 04:20:50 AM
This is so, waow!!!! :o :o :o

Guillaume &apls
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on September 15, 2009, 08:45:41 AM

Update #5 - More from Laon-Mitte




In this update you get to see a huge mosaic, which begins at the Veburger Bahnhof (even though you'll only see the rails  :D) and goes down to the Parliament building.




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In the next update we will visit the port of Laon. The port is still under construction but I certainly wouldn't say that it's uncompleted.
Hope you enjoyed this update and thank you so much for the many replies to Update #4  :).

Fabian




Replies

io_bg: Well I've already answered you that question  :P, but for anyone interested: You can find it here (http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=18184).
Nardo69: Thanks for your reply, Nardo  :). It's always great to read such additional informations. I had a look at the place in Google Earth, and yes it has some similarities. And I also agree, that they (the timber frame houses) are not close enough, to make it look real. But I think the lots look great so I decided to built them in Veburg. I might work on a historic center with a lot of timber frame houses in the future, but for know I will concentrate on building and lotting my capitol city, Laon  ;).
Glowbal: Thanks! Glad you like it  :).
Tomas Neto: Thank you  :).
art128: Hi, I already thought that someone would criticize the police station  :D. Don't you like the building standing there in general or that it's just too big for a police station in a 2000 inhabitants city? If it's the latter - just think of it as a hotel  :P.
djvandrake: Thanks, great to hear that  ;).
Battlecat: Thanks - I hope i can  ;).
peter007: Thanks a lot  :thumbsup:.
Sciurus: Wow, thanks for that comment. Glad to hear that you think it's ":o :o :o"  :P.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on September 15, 2009, 10:25:31 AM
Fantastic!  &apls  First rate mosaic!

Your city looks wonderful with a cohesive style and feel.  And I really like your sunken transoprt corridors, those rail lines especially look very good.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: citymax on September 15, 2009, 02:29:21 PM
Well done, it's just spectacular  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on September 16, 2009, 08:02:18 AM
Sorry for writing here again - but can anybody see the mosaic of Update #5 at all?

Edit: Thanks WC_EEND, I uploaded the image again... hope it works this time.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: WC_EEND on September 16, 2009, 08:19:47 AM
to answer your question: I can't
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Glowbal on September 16, 2009, 08:30:36 AM
It works this time.

Nice mosaic!


edit;
Welcome to page 3.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Kumba on September 16, 2009, 10:40:23 AM
This CJ is just simply stunning and amazing! I love the amount of work you put in it, its indescriable how you have the attention to detail.

Keep up the fantastic work and you'll be in the Hall of Fame in no time.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kbieniu7 on September 16, 2009, 11:22:57 AM
I won't say much: excellent mosaic, great work  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on September 16, 2009, 11:42:04 AM
Yeah, the big building (last update) looks too alone with these houses..  ;)

That update is really nice, I loved that mosaic my friend. The rail lines fits in well perfectly. Stunning city building as well as in the previous updates. The commie blocks are nicely done my friend.
Take care,
-Arthur.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: jimbo_jj on September 16, 2009, 12:50:11 PM
Amazing work on those railroads! They're laid out nearly seamlessly with the city, which is looking pretty good, too. ;D

-James
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: silentbreaker on September 16, 2009, 01:43:18 PM
Awesome mosaic! Your W2W style looks really great because of its nice diversity. However I'm missing some overpasses over the rails  :P
Nevertheless, well done!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Orange_o_ on September 16, 2009, 02:10:43 PM
It is very beautiful 
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on September 17, 2009, 01:06:57 PM
That's a superb mosaic!  The sunken railways turned out very nicely!
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on September 23, 2009, 12:04:30 PM

Update #6 - A tad of Laon's port




In this update you get to see two mosaics, which will show you the port of Laon. I might do another update with more pictures/mosaics from the port in a future update. Hope you like it. It was my first try at a port. I already showed some overview-pictures in the "Show us your..." - section.




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I don't know what I'm going to show you in the next update. Maybe I'll return to Laon-Mitte. I don't know yet.

Fabian




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djvandrake: Glad you like my sunken transport system. Thought some of you might not like it, but luckily I was wrong.
citymax: Thanks a lot  :)!
WC_EEND: Thanks for answering my question.
Glowbal: Glad you like it  ;).
Kumba: Well I doubt I'm going to be in the HoF "in no time". But thanks for that comment, it's always great to hear that  :).
kbieniu7: Thank you  :).
art128: Thanks Arthur. But please don't think the Empire of Leviathan is communistic. It's neither communistic nor socialistic  ;). But you're right (if you wanted to say that): even though most of the Leviathans are living pretty well, there are still a few poor people, too.
jimbo_jj: Thanks  :).
silentbreaker: Thanks a lot! Yes you're most probably right. Some overpasses should be added. I'll work on that later.
Orange_o_: Thanks - glad you like it.
Battlecat: Thanks a lot  :).
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: _maciex_ on September 23, 2009, 12:20:17 PM
Wow  :o Great port! I especcially like that rafinery ;)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on September 23, 2009, 12:49:41 PM
Those seaport mosaics are pretty stunning!   :thumbsup:  I got the feeling I was looking down from a plane.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on September 23, 2009, 01:03:57 PM
What a great first port! I wish my first was at least half as beautiful as yours $%Grinno$%
Keep up the good work!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: shermankim777 on September 23, 2009, 01:20:36 PM
wow very nice port. i have a question, i also downloaded somy's  ports and industry thingys but i missing a dependence. can u give me a link to it because looks like u have it ty EX:the big red and white smoke stack, its on a building, but when i plop it the building is not there  ()what() tyvm  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on September 23, 2009, 03:52:06 PM
 :o 

Incredible update!  That is one of the most stunningly realistic ports I've ever seen!  Everything fits together perfectly.  I don't even recognize some of the lots you're using there, you've done a great job with them. 

Did you tweak the perspective on one or both of these shots or are the angles of the port just messing with my mind?  Whatever the case, it all looks amazing!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: silentbreaker on September 24, 2009, 04:55:41 AM
I really doubt that this is your first port  :D It just looks too good for a first try  ;) It is an absolutely awesome port; I like it!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on September 24, 2009, 10:33:37 AM
Wow!  That's very impressive!  ;D  I really like your rail layout, and that high density industrial area is fantastic.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on September 24, 2009, 11:22:52 AM
Euh, how can I say what I've just seen, as I said in my latest comment: :o :o :o :o :shocked2: :shocked2: :shocked2:
Ah, I forgot one thing: It's WONDERFUL! &apls &apls

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on September 24, 2009, 12:52:21 PM
Fabian, as I already told you in the Show us thread, excellent port my friend. The buildings used fits in well perfectly and everything is nicely placed and done. However, I don't really love the effect on the first picture, it gave a headache..  $%Grinno$% 
Take care,
-Arthur.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: jimbo_jj on September 24, 2009, 01:33:35 PM
Wow! Your port areas are very realistic. You really did a good job making sure shipments can get to and from the ships, especially the rail networks and plenty of cranes. The oil refinery? Could hardly believe that was made on this game! Awesome job! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Quote from: Fabian93 on September 23, 2009, 12:04:30 PM
It was my first try at a port.
Oh, and by the way ... first try?!

-James
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: ecoba on September 25, 2009, 05:00:03 AM
This MD has the same great variety of buildings and photoshopping that made me love Ensenada and Whitefall so much.

I will definitely be keeping a close eye on this MD from now on.

Ethan
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on September 25, 2009, 10:01:21 AM
Woww!!! Fantastic mosaics!!! Great job!!!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: hooha47 on September 25, 2009, 11:24:54 AM
I love your MD.  That last port mosaic is outstanding.  I can't wait to see more. &apls
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on September 29, 2009, 07:34:40 AM

Update #7 - Another Mosaic of Laon-Mitte




Wow! I can not believe how many replies I've got (yes for me this is a lot!).
Thank you so much for your support everybody  &apls.
In this update I will show you some more Laon-Mitte  ;). I hope it doesn't get boring. But Laon-Mitte is the district I'm working on since months and it isn't even completed (Laon-Mitte is supposed to be on one large tile - the whole City of Laon is planned to be on approximately 9 tiles or more [I know it's huge]). Laon-Mitte is also the only district I'm currently working on, so I can't show you more at the moment (except from the port). Please let me hear your thoughts - Does it get boring or would you like to see some variety?
Oh, by the way, I just noticed, that my MD is now one month old  :D (or young).




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Okay here's your next question, already  :D.
Shall I show you a huge mosaic of Laon-Mitte (it's without shrinking it 1680x16000 px) or should I show you the Lots I did myself in the Lot Editor and then, how I incorporated them into my city?
Let me know  :). I personally would love to show you some Lots and if there's enough interest I could also upload them.

Fabian




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_maciex_: Thank you! I had huge problems building a good looking refinery. I think I've worked on it 10 times or so and always had to bulldoze it.
sumwonyuno: Thanks a lot! I was not sure how you would think of it. But glad you like it (I think you were referring to the first picture).
io_bg: Thanks a lot Ioan. Glad to see you here so often  :thumbsup:.
shermankim777: Thanks a lot. Well I don't know what dependencies you are missing. If I remember right there are no dependencies needed for Somy's ports. You can just download them and they are supposed to work, aren't they?
Battlecat: Thanks a lot  :). Yeah, I've tweaked the angle in the first picture, hehe. Hope I didn't confuse you  :P. I don't know if that was an indirect question. But most of the Lots I've used can be found in emilin's tutorial  ;).
silentbreaker: I take your words as a compliment. Thanks a lot. But in fact it's my first port. I've never tried to build a port before and personally I never thought that everybody "loves" my port. I think I've learned a lot from emilin's tutorial: Building a seaport... the hard way. And of course also by looking at the "Show us your seaport/shoreline"-thread  ;).
djvandrake: Thanks a lot. Glad you like it. I plan to extend the industrial area near my port soon.
Sciurus: Thanks a lot Guillaume  :) - Your comments are always appreciated. Glad you like it  :).
art128: Thanks a lot for writing here so frequently and giving such nice comments, Arthur. It is really appreciated. And I hope I didn't hurt you that much with my confusing angle  $%Grinno$% :P.
jimbo_jj: Thanks a lot. I also take this as a compliment, as it really is my first port  :). Glad you like it and I'm even more happy to hear that you see some kind of realism in it.
ecoba: Thanks Ethan. I love Whitefall, Iridar, too. How could I not? - I mean, it's a Hall of Fame MD  $%Grinno$%. Comparing my MD with this fabulous MD is a big compliment. Thanks a lot.
Tomas Neto: Thanks a lot  :). Glad you like it.
hooha47: Thanks! You might have noticed that I use your parking lots a lot. These are awesome, thanks for creating them (had to say this, while I had the chance to  :P).
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Glowbal on September 29, 2009, 08:46:59 AM
very very very nice Mosaic!  :thumbsup:

aint that fountain from a roundabout filler?  :P
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on September 29, 2009, 08:56:29 AM
Hey, the gird !  :P
Excellent developing once again, the trams fit in well perfectly as the rail line. The modern buildings are a nice touch to make that area feeling like a real city scene. The walls are great too, looks like there were an old citadel here before ?!
Take care,
-Arthur. :thumbsup:

PS - I go for the Lot Editor too...  ;)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on September 29, 2009, 10:02:42 AM
Nice mosaic!  &apls  I love the GLR.

Quote
Okay here's your next question, already  .
Shall I show you a huge mosaic of Laon-Mitte (it's without shrinking it 1680x16000 px) or should I show you the Lots I did myself in the Lot Editor and then, how I incorporated them into my city?
Let me know  . I personally would love to show you some Lots and if there's enough interest I could also upload them.

My vote goes to seeing the lot editor work.  I'm always interested in that and you're obviously rather good at it.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: wallasey on September 29, 2009, 10:16:59 AM
It has been an age since I saw something like this on any of the associated fan-sites. I have been bowled over by what you have shown on here. The rail is brilliant; not many people have perfected it to the extent which you have.

Keep doing what you're doing!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on September 29, 2009, 10:42:02 AM
Cool to know you're tweaking the angles!  It really does have a positive impact on the way your shots look!  Speaking of which, that's another really nice one today!  Love the way you use the rail yards. 
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on September 29, 2009, 04:16:12 PM
Fantastic the beauty of this mosaic!!! Really great work!!!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on September 30, 2009, 06:26:56 AM
You know Fabian, it's still a pleasure for me to see your city, and I'm glad that my comments are nice for you :)
So, this mosaic is awesome, and beautiful!! &apls &apls

Gullaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: silentbreaker on September 30, 2009, 08:12:35 AM
Of course it was meant to be a compliment  :thumbsup:

And boring?! Your mosaics are definitely not boring. Instead they are a real pleasure; I especially like all the greenery, reminds me a bit of Berlin!  &apls

Keep it up!


silentbreaker
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on September 30, 2009, 01:29:35 PM
Truly excellent work! (as usual :P) Nice rail layout and use of w2w buildings! But I wonder how the sims ride on the trams, I didn't see even one GLR station on that long avenue by the rail station ;D
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: hooha47 on September 30, 2009, 04:22:19 PM
Another great mosaic, and thanks for the plug. :thumbsup:

I would love to see both the large mosaic and your lots, but if I have to choose one, I'd say the lots.  I'm always curious to see how great city builders use the lot editor, so please show us some lots. :)
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on October 04, 2009, 04:19:56 AM

Update #8 - Showing my own Lots: Part 1




Thank you for so many replies, yet again  :thumbsup:.
In this Update I will show you some of the Lots I made. I will split this in several parts.
You might notice that I got inspired a lot by places in Berlin. Though I didn't try to recreate them, I just got, as I've already said, inspired.
Hope you like it.




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The Kommandantenhaus in Berlin inspired me

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When making this Lot, I was inspired by the Bebelplatz in Berlin

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The Potsdamer Tor in Berlin...

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...inspired me to make my own city gate




Hope you liked Update #8. See you soon with Update #9, where I will show you some more of my own Lots  ;).

Fabian




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Glowbal: Yes it is  :P. Thought it would fit quite good in front of that "high-rise".
art128: Thanks a lot, Arthur :). Well, actually those walls are supposed to represent the old city walls of Laon  ;). Glad you like it. Oh and of course I want to congratulate you for becoming an "OSITM" :).
djvandrake: Thanks  :). Hope you like the Lots I've been showing in this update.
wallasey: Thanks. I take this as a big compliment  :). Glad you like it.
Battlecat: Thanks a lot  :), glad you like it and I'm even more glad to see you writing so frequently in this MD.
Tomas Neto: Thank you  ;). Glad to see you here so often, too.
Sciurus: Thanks a lot, Guillaume  :thumbsup:. I'm glad to hear that you like it :).
silentbreaker: Thanks a lot  :). It's always great to hear that, since I really love Berlin. I'll be driving to Berlin for 3 days (from 16-18), yet again. I might get some new ideas for the Lot Editor there.
io_bg: Thanks a lot, Ioan  :). Yeah I know there's a lack of GLR stations, but I'll work on that  ;).
hooha47:  Thanks again  ;). Hope you liked the first part of my Lots.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on October 04, 2009, 05:14:01 AM
Woaw, wonderful! I forgot last time to say that your city is a model for mine! &apls
I also saw the answers, and it's the same than last answer, is it normal? :D

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: silentbreaker on October 04, 2009, 06:19:02 AM
Your city is really inspiring me; you just know how to integrate new buildings like the cinedom or the the glass/steel towers in W2W areas  :thumbsup: (something they could really learn from you here in Berlin; imho most new buildings are just plain ugly or totally misplaced  ()sad())

PS: Do they write from right to left in Leviathan now?  :P
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on October 04, 2009, 07:09:08 AM
Awesome!!! Really, fantastic update!!!  &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on October 04, 2009, 07:28:00 AM
Now, that is some sweets LE work my friend ! I see that many real area inspired you, that is a good thing. I really like the Postdamer tor, nicely done !
Take care,
-Arthur. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on October 04, 2009, 07:30:40 AM
WOW! LE is a fantastic thing $%Grinno$%
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Glowbal on October 04, 2009, 08:59:19 AM
That sure is some nice update!  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on October 05, 2009, 10:40:32 AM
Those lots are very impressive!  :thumbsup:  I think you have a very good sense of space and balance, and that plaza area with the blue sculpture is my favorite.  :thumbsup:  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Badsim on October 05, 2009, 12:40:48 PM
My apologies , Fabian , for having not visited earlier your MD . I know that generally , I don't take enough time for that anymore ...  ::)

I do agree with djvandrake , you've a very good sense of space & balance , indeed . Your own Lots are particularly good , and as I can see clearly my influence , have to say that I feel half honored half proud of you . We have both our source of inspiration and for sure , Berlin is a great place for inspiration too .  :thumbsup:
Furthermore , I appreciate your effort to add life to your Lots , my only advice would be to use the Randomwalk props as they are animated and are essential to mix up the groups done with the static Amill  props , adding realism to the crowd ... and more life in game with sounds of a crowd , for your own pleasure .

Quote from: Fabian93 on October 04, 2009, 04:19:56 AM

... See you soon with Update #9, where I will show you some more of my own Lots  ;).


I'll be there . :)

&apls &apls &apls

Cédric.


Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on October 08, 2009, 11:35:35 AM

Update #9 - Places of Interest: Part 1




I know that I started with my series of "Showing my own Lots" in the last Update. But I guess I will start to show interesting sights of Laon (this includes my own Lots, too, as you will see).
I'll start this new series with 6 pictures. You might have noticed that I changed the way I edit the pictures, yet again. Hope you like it.
In addition to that I would like to mention that the "Empire of Leviathan - dictionary", which can be found on Page 1, will give you more informations of certain sights. (I will add the informations of this Update soon).




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Former embassy of the German Democratic Republic - nowadays a Museum

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The "Josefskirche", the only church that survived World War 2 in that part of the city

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Seat of the National Railway Company (LBAG)

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The Laon City Gate is one of the three historic City Gates that are still standing today

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Friedrichsplatz - this was the most famous shopping area in Laon, before World War 2

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Old National Gallery (in the background) and the Museum of Leviathan History (most of the museum is underground)




Hope you liked Update #9. If I'm not writing another Update before I go to Berlin, would it be okay for you, if the next Update is about my trip to Berlin where I will show you lots of pictures of Berlin (it won't be boring, I promise, since I plan to compare my pictures with historic pictures)?

Fabian




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Sciurus: Thanks a lot, Guillaume. I feel quite honored to hear these words, since your first MD (Oldenburg) actually made me posting on SC4D (if you look on my posting history you will notice that my first post was made in your thread  :thumbsup:).
silentbreaker: Thanks a lot, I'm glad to hear that  :). And yes I agree, most of the newer buildings in Berlin are quite ugly (you can't compare the Berlin of nowadays with the Berlin before World War 2 anyway). I guess you are from Berlin?
Tomas Neto: Thank you Tomas  ;).
art128: Thanks a lot, Arthur, always great to read from you. I'm glad to hear that you like my version of the Potsdamer Tor in Berlin  :).
Bobbi: Thanks a lot  :).
Glowbal: Thank you :).
djvandrake: Thanks a lot. I'm glad to hear that you like my Lot ;). If I'd know how to find out the dependencies for my Lots I would definitively share some of them.
Badsim: Thanks a lot Cedric  :). I feel really honored to hear these words from you, since it was your MD "Antigone" which inspired me to try working with the Lot Editor myself.
Furthermore I will give your suggestion a try with the Randomwalk props soon, so thank you for that tip  :thumbsup:.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: jimbo_jj on October 08, 2009, 01:24:18 PM
It all looks very nice. I like the blue-roofed church, seen it before too but it's in a great context here. That one building at the bottom of the last pic looks pretty interesting. Excellent work Fabien! :thumbsup:

-James
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: BarbarossaS on October 08, 2009, 01:31:08 PM
Wow Fabian, this update is looking really great!  &apls
I love the plaza in the first shot. The textures and props there work really well together.
Furthermore, I like the old European city look that's emanating from these pictures, it looks like this city has a lot of history,
and I really like that in a MD.  :thumbsup:

-Stijn-
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on October 09, 2009, 03:13:07 AM
Beautiful city, very well managed and built!  Fabian, really you know how to place a plaza in the city, awesome update my friend!!!  &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on October 09, 2009, 01:36:07 PM
Excellent update, Fabian, the feel of a real European and that is really good.
The first picture is nice, I like that plaza, the three statues are a nice touch, as the big fountain. Also as the big paved area and the trees paths. The only thing that isn't really good is that curved 1x1 street at right between those roads, it seems a bit out of place, why not making a roundabout there ?
The church picture is nice too, nice work with the W2W, the mix between the Swedish, Polska and old one is really nice. But it'll be nice to see more variety of roads here, always the same road.. maybe the SAM will make the thing ? I can only say the same with the National Railway picture, also that skyscraper look good there alone like the we can see in many different European cities.
The "Tor" is, as in the last technical update, good. Habitually I don't really love to see blank walls of W2W buildings, but this time they seems to be there, built after the construction of those two palaces. The roundabout statue is a good touch to make looking even more realistic.
Friedrichsplatz is nice, even if the roundabout is note really good there and is cut by the sidewalk of the W2W.. Without that little detail, everything seems to fit in well.
Now as the last picture, my favorite of them. It looks like the "Tor" is just at right of the shot eh ? Good work with these Gallery, museum. The modern one is good looking here, and with those trees behind the three parts at the bottom it make it as a little green space in that big urban area that is your city.
  In every update, you managed to make to your pictures an European feeling, that is really really good, I don't know if it's done my the effect you add or simply by your fantastic playing of the game, but good work, every time I come here I see a great European city.
I hope to see a central garden/park like there's in Berlin, like Tiet Garten (not sure of the orthography of it.. ), it will be really awesome to see how you do that.
Take care,
-Arthur.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on October 09, 2009, 07:38:27 PM
I like the third picture the best, with the tall building and the diagonal plaza. Very nice.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: silentbreaker on October 10, 2009, 04:50:51 AM
Wow! You're still getting better; well even better than better  :D

The only thing I have to criticise is the intersection on the first picture, a roundabout would be much better there. Nevertheless the plaza is well done and a nice eye catcher with its red paving! All the other images are just awesome with the great mixture of W2W and open places. I especially like the church - it fits really well there.

And you're absolutely right - I'm from Berlin ()stsfd()
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on October 10, 2009, 05:17:13 AM
Oh, Fabian,

I looked on your fisrt message you posted here, and effectively, you posted on my thread, and it's an honour for me you know!
To come back on your city: I really like what you do on lotting, it's excellent. But (beacause there's a but), I don't like the place front of the Palast der Republik. The stones are more for little houses than for plazas front of BATs like it.I would also know where you found the big fountain on this same place, because I love it and I would have it to put front of a palace.
Thank you ;)
For your trip to Berlin, I hope to see beautiful pics, beacause I went to Berlin in 2008, and we had the chance to see the Palast der Republik!! $%Grinno$%. It's really a beautiful city, and I hope you'll benefit your trip ;)

Amicalment, Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Dreamcat on October 11, 2009, 06:08:31 AM
Whoa.  :thumbsup:

I was blown away.

Spectacular city you have there.  I like the fountain and the church the best.  Seems like you have the European side of SC4 down really well.  Keep it up~!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on October 11, 2009, 07:19:51 AM
Excellent update, Fabian! Your lots are great, I particularly like that plaza with the fountain! Looking forward to more! :thumbsup:
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on October 14, 2009, 03:06:13 PM

Update #10 - From the Museum Of Leviathan History to the Stadtschloss




Hi, today I will present you a last mosaic of my Capital City Laon (at least for now). After that I will switch to more rural cities/towns until my problem is rectified.
I would be glad if somebody can help me since it detains me from working on it  &mmm: Click! (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=9092.0)
Any help would be appreciated :).




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Hope you liked Update #10!
I will be in Berlin from Friday morning till Sunday evening. I might post my pictures here or in the "RL Pictures Of General Interest" - section.
I shall update this thread when I'm back with a little teaser ;).

Fabian




Replies

jimbo_jj: Thanks a lot James (even though I go by the name Fabian :P) - glad you like it :).
BarbarossaS: Thanks Stijn. I'm glad to hear that and I'm even more glad about the fact that you like that Lot in the first picture :).
Tomas Neto: Thank you Tomas :). Glad to see you here once again.
art128: Wow! Thank you for that long answer, Arthur. I fixed that curve and changed it to a roundabout ;). I know what you mean with that monotonous use of roads. But I'm afraid of changing my roads to streets, since this would allow lesser traffic which would be quite bad for my city. But I'm glad that you like it, it's great to have you here as an extensive poster :thumbsup:.
djvandrake: Thanks a lot! Glad you like it ()stsfd().
silentbreaker: Thanks a lot. Glad you like it and it's great to have you here as a frequently poster :thumbsup:. And, just like I've written already in the reply to art128, of course I've fixed that intersection.
Sciurus: Thanks a lot Guillaume. Criticism is always welcome here as it helps me to improve ;). Personally I though that these textures (you mean the red ones, don't you) would fit just right in there. But tastes differ of course. And of course I will benefit from that trip (well at least I hope I will :D).
Dreamcat: Thanks! Glad you like it :).
io_bg: Thank you Ioan. It's great to hear that you like that plaza :).
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: danielcote on October 14, 2009, 03:14:04 PM
Great work! How do you creat such tremendouse detail!? Also love the wall middevil  style huh?
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on October 14, 2009, 11:28:23 PM
Always that excellent feeling. This update is really nice, good combination of W2W, old and new one, with the historical buildings. The city walls are as usual nicely placed. Now for the critics, The train station fits in well very nicely with the general aspect of your city, but why not opening it in the LE and adding some trains in the hall ? It will be more awesome !  Also, if the railway after the station is electrified, why not electrified the sunken railway too ? I think by opening Jrj's walls in the LE (they are probably in the top of the list) and adding some poles, it might be nice !
Take care,
-Arthur. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: joelyboy911 on October 15, 2009, 12:04:54 AM
Nice mosaic. I see you too discovered the magical effects of putting the image in mirror form. Funny, isn't it?

Great update, can't fault it. I love the parks and plazas, as well as the Old World wall-to-walls mixed in with a little modern development. I do hope you find a solution to your problem soon.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: BarbarossaS on October 15, 2009, 12:15:44 AM
Spectacular!  &apls You really captivate that historical city feeling. I love it!  :thumbsup:

-Stijn-
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on October 15, 2009, 06:10:41 AM
I'm happy that my criticism had helped you to improve you city, and to make it more beautiful as well. So, I'll make you another criticism; you see, the railways on the center of the image, a bit upper than the "Gare du Nord", I find it a bit empty, beacause there's no train, no catenaries, it's sad :'( So if you could embellish it, I'll find it better ;)
For the rest, I find it just wonderful, like the work on LE for most of your administrative BATs, or the transition with tram on road-road-tram-tram on avenue (at the bottom of the pic) ;)

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: rooker1 on October 15, 2009, 06:20:35 AM
 :o Fabian.....
Now that is one great job on that mosaic.  I really like the sidewalk mod you are using, it just makes the city look so uniform and actually a little more realistic.  I wish you were able to catch a train on the tracks where the bridge is.  That would have just put the icing on the cake for me.
Fantastic work!  &apls

Robin  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on October 15, 2009, 11:14:46 PM
Another stunning mosaic as usual!  &apls

For your problem, I guess once you've made the Census Repository info available, users like RippleJet can help you out.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on October 16, 2009, 02:04:03 AM
Woww Fabian!!! What a wonderful mosaic, highly realistic and beautiful!!!  &apls &apls &apls
Welcome to the "Best Sellers" my friend!!!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: silentbreaker on October 16, 2009, 11:59:25 AM
Very nice mosaic with its unique european feeling! :thumbsup: However I somehow dislike the rails in the middle cutting right trough the heart of the city; they look somehow dead - a tunnel would be much better imo or at least some trains making the rails more alive for the screenshot ;D Nevertheless your mosaic is truely a masterpiece! Well done!  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: jimbo_jj on October 16, 2009, 08:00:22 PM
I like how you incorporated so many trees in all those empty spaces. The mosaic overall looks pretty awesome, too! Great job Fabian. :P

Oh, and congrats on reaching the best sellers!

-James :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Earth quake on October 17, 2009, 01:06:12 AM
Your city and the mosaic are really superb, bravo.
You really have worries of the detail and your sidwalk gives a more realistic touch, I love.
Your city is really a source of inspiration.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on October 19, 2009, 10:33:39 AM
Wonderful mosaic!  &apls  The large building with the statue plaza near the bottom is very well done.  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on October 22, 2009, 12:48:54 PM
Another couple of superb updates as always!  The mosaic in your latest update looks great, I really like that monster train station! 
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Yan077 on October 23, 2009, 12:26:36 AM
Incredible mosaic, it looks so real, there is a great european feeling, with wonderful plazas, I simply love it  &apls &apls &apls
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on October 23, 2009, 09:13:40 AM

Update #11 - City of Erhaven




First: Wow! 14 replies (and so many new faces in this MD) - that's a new record for me here ;D.
I recently went to Berlin for 3 days and in the last week I had to write two tests (one of it 4 hours long and it doesn't get better in the next weeks), so I didn't have a lot of time to play the game or so.
But ok, here I am with a new update. This update shows you the City of Erhaven. It is a rather small city which is surrounded by farms and fields. I'm not that good at doing those fields and so on - but I'm improving (in my opinion).
Hope you like it anyway and sorry for that rather small Update, but as I said... I had not much time.
And if you want to see a few pictures of my trip you may want to click here:

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Hope you liked this Update (even though it was rather short). Criticism, especially on the farms and the fields are appreciated :thumbsup:,

Fabian




Replies

danielcote: Thanks a lot, Daniel :). New writers in this MD are always welcome.
art128: Arthur, thanks a lot for your constructive criticism - adding some trains to the hall sounds like a fantastic idea. However, I once added those overhead lines but the pack I downloaded only included overhead lines  for one, two, four and five rails, but not for three rails somehow?! I don't know, I might have to look at it once again :thumbsup:.
joelyboy911: Yeah :D. I think a mirrored picture looks way more real; maybe because of the angle. Well, I try to follow the tips given in that other thread. I hope to fix it soon ;).
BarbarossaS: Thank you, Stijn - glad you like it :).
Sciurus: Thanks a lot Guillaume :). To the catenaries: As I've already written to Arthur, I can not find catenaries for three rails, somehow and I somehow have problems placing diagonal catenaries in the center of my city. But I agree with that missing train: I guess (after looking at it again) it would have looked better ;).
rooker1: Thanks a lot, Robin ;). I really appreciate your nice comment and I'm glad that you like it :).
sumwonyuno: Thanks a lot :). I guess I have to try it out - until now I had not time to try it out &mmm.
Tomas Neto: Thanks a lot Tomas :), for being the 100 poster - it is really appreciated.
silentbreaker: Thanks :)! It's always great to read your comments here - I'm glad you like the recent mosaic. Maybe it might look odd (the rails cutting thorugh the city) but I somehow think that it's easier to control and it might add a little bit more detail to the city. However I guess that is just a question of taste :thumbsup:.
jimbo_jj: Thanks a lot James - glad you like it :).
Earth quake: Thank you ;).
djvandrake: Thanks a lot, once again. It's great to hear that you like it :).
Battlecat: Glad you like it, thanks! I recently saw a region picture of yours - I must say, I'm impressed of the way you put those fields together. There's a real "flow" in it (if you can say that). I hope I can learn something from it, since I'm currently working on some rural areas ;).
Yan077: Thanks a lot :). Your comment is really appreciated since you really know what the word "real" means in SC4 :thumbsup:.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Delecto on October 23, 2009, 09:27:26 AM
Superbe update Fabian, you know well what the word realism wants to say! :shocked2:  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on October 23, 2009, 09:38:10 AM
Very good! ??? :o
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on October 23, 2009, 09:43:41 AM
Well your initial farms certainly look great!  Nice update all around here, that's a great park as well.  Looking forward to seeing more.

I've found with rural areas that it helps a lot to avoid huge numbers of perfectly square farms.  A few is fine since they are the prefered shape by farmers and it is very realistic, but there are hundreds of things that cause the edges of farms to be rounded or curved as you've done in your last update!  Lots of trees helps things out as well!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on October 23, 2009, 10:01:28 AM
I really like your first pic with the trains next to the industrial buildings.  Very nice.  &apls

The park in the following pics is well done too.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on October 23, 2009, 10:10:50 AM
Excellent update, Fabian. That small town is really well done. I like that park around the houses, it give to the city a bit more of life and realistically. Also, nice work with the fields, they looks quite nice IMO.. But maybe try to use diagonal fillers to make the edges smother. Anyway, good work ! And don't worry about not updating, school is more important that SC4 (or other games.) !  ;)
Take care,
-Arthur. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Earth quake on October 23, 2009, 10:54:11 AM
Another splendid Update.
The first picture is really splendid,the industrail ambiance is really very well recreates and the second and third pictures are really wonderfull and original, especially with the utilisation of the new bats of MattB325, beside I love this small park in the middle of pictures.  :thumbsup:
The 4th picture is simply beautiful and resemble perfectly in an  European suburbs.
Finally, the  transition of the suburbs and and the campaign is really superb and successful. &apls

Vivien (600th messages)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on October 23, 2009, 05:13:33 PM
Brown, dark green and gray are dominant colors in these pictures.  It's not that I don't like the colors; Erhaven seems more of a sad city.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on October 25, 2009, 07:07:16 AM
Fabian, my friend...   A W E S O M E  update!!! Great!!!  &apls &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on October 25, 2009, 07:24:39 AM
Just a wonderful update you've done it Fabian, I'm still a fan of your city, ans as soon as I see your images, I want to do the same in my region, but not as easy we could think! :D
For the catenaries, just ask me for links: Here (http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?p=files&q=catenary&keyword=plundere&view=all) ;)

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Nardo69 on October 25, 2009, 08:20:40 AM
Hi Fabian!

Sorry that I haven't been around lately but my small one together with the village competition at simforum.de kept me rather busy ...

I do love these pictures. I associate a kind of seventies feeling of the Ruhrgebiet with them.

Nice station on the first picture - and a nice example how to connect freight tracks with side tracks for storing cars!  :thumbsup:

Great park - I am sure I have the same or similar park somewhere on my harddisk(s) but never was able to use it half as nice as you did. And finally the fields and their borders - so basic so great!

Keep on that great work!


Bernhard  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: silentbreaker on October 27, 2009, 11:50:43 AM
Beatuiful little town! &apls I like its suburban feeling - and I'm a fan of the park you used there ;D
Your farms are quite nice looking, although I don't really llike the maxis farms and use them only in combination with custom farms - however adding trees is always a good idea  :thumbsup:, although I would recommend to use a broader variety of trees.  ;)

PS: Did you enjoy the Festival of Lights?
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on October 27, 2009, 12:11:23 PM
Great work on the latest update! The rail yard on the first pic looks wonderful as well as the suburban area! The small park on the second pic fits really well into the surroundings! Looking forward to more! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Glowbal on October 27, 2009, 12:52:00 PM
Looking good! Love the park!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: BarbarossaS on October 28, 2009, 01:10:04 AM
Beautiful update! The railyard looks splendid and I love that catenary in the last shot.
I hope you got a little bit of inspiration from your trip to Berlin (not that you need it much, your MD is fantastic as it is  ;))

-Stijn-
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: threestooges on November 01, 2009, 01:42:35 AM
Welcome to OSITM for the month of November!

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Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on November 01, 2009, 01:55:36 AM
Fabian, my friend, congratulations!!!
Welcome to OSITM for the month of November!!!  &apls &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on November 01, 2009, 03:26:54 AM
Congratulations!   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: TheTeaCat on November 01, 2009, 07:23:02 AM
Sorry for not making a comment earlier but I have lurked here quite a bit :D
But with such magnificent mosaics, great lotting skills, and such realistic city building skills you have put together a truly spectacular MD and its no wonder that you have been selected for OSITM &apls &apls

Enjoy your time in the spotlight - it's most certainly deserved :thumbsup:

regards
Derry
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on November 01, 2009, 07:27:37 AM
Congratulations on being selected for OSTIM!  You've certainly earned it with your superb images.  Looking forward to your next update as always!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: ecoba on November 01, 2009, 07:35:26 AM
Have I not commented here before?

Shame on me, this is an excellent MD you have here, Fabian, and congrats on OSITM for November.

Ethan
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Earth quake on November 01, 2009, 08:48:21 AM
Congratulations fabian for your OSTIM. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: gottago on November 01, 2009, 09:16:23 AM
Congratulations for the OSITM and what a great update--wonderful work!

The farm field in the last photo is just perfect--what is that field or its texture? And the park with the double fountain is perfectly done, and the soccer field as well, and... well I could go on, but really, it is great work and fascinating to look at.  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: dedgren on November 01, 2009, 01:45:34 PM
Good solid work, my friend.  I love Euro-city mosaics, and there's some here to die for.

I'm a fan!


David
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Nardo69 on November 01, 2009, 02:02:11 PM
Congrats on the OSITM!  &apls

And I am looking forward to see what it'll bring us ... ;)

Bernhard  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: rooker1 on November 01, 2009, 03:57:43 PM
Hey Fabian,
Congrats on getting your awesome MD moved into OSITM, it's very well deserved.  I can't wait to see what you have instore for us this month.

Robin  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on November 01, 2009, 06:30:00 PM
Congratulations Fabian! Well deserved.  Your MD is fantastic.  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on November 01, 2009, 08:33:48 PM
Congratulations! &apls &apls &apls And it's wonderful!
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on November 02, 2009, 02:49:26 AM

Update #12 - OSITM




Thank you so much for featuring this MD in this category. I'm feeling really honored :). I'd also like to thank everybody that has written in this MD here so far &apls &apls.
Actually I planned to update this MD already yesterday, but I felt quite bad, due to headaches and a rather strong cold. Luckily everything is getting better know :thumbsup:.
I'm currently working on my capitol city... the progress will be shown here soon ;).




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Hope you liked the first Update in this special category :),

Fabian




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Delecto: Thanks a lot - glad you like it :).
Bobbi (x2): Thank you ;).
Battlecat (x2): Thanks for your kind words - I'm glad that you like my first fields - I'm still improving and hope to get better with it, whenever I try to build them :).
djvandrake (x2): Thanks - glad to see you around here so often :thumbsup:.
art128: Thanks a lot Arthur :). I will try to add diagonal filler in the future to some fields.
Earth quake (x2): Thanks Vivien ;), it's great to hear that you like the transition.
sumwonyuno (x2): You are probably right with that, but actually that was not my aim :D. I tried to get realistic colors, but maybe I made them too grey in that update, that's also why I changed the colors in this update. Did you like it this time?
Tomas Neto (x2): Thanks a lot, Tomas :).
Sciurus: Thanks a lot, Guillaume :), that link is really appreciated, but those mods won't recognize two parallel raillines and will add catenaries over each railline, instead of one wide catenaries over both.
Nardo69 (x2): Thanks a lot Bernhard :) - I'm glad that you liked those fields.
silentbreaker: Thanks a lot (even though I don't exactly know what you mean with maxis farms, since I'm sure that I didn't use them). And yes I enjoyed the Festival of Lights in Berlin :) - thanks for asking. Actually I didn't even know, that the Festival of Lights was around that time - I was rather surprised when I saw the Fernsehturm (I think it was the first building) being illuminated. Pretty cool I must say. The Gendarmenmarkt (especially with illumination) is probably one of the most beautiful places in Berlin.
io_bg: Thanks a lot Ioan ;) - I'm glad that you like it.
Glowbal: Thanks :).
BarbarossaS: Thanks :)- and yes I got inspired by Berlin. I'm currently working on something which might be even "too inspired" by Berlin.
threestooges: As I've already said: Thank you all so much for featuring this MD in the OSITM section :).
TheTeaCat: Thanks a lot Derry. I'm glad that you like this MD so much :).
ecoba: I think you already did :P - but even if not: it's no problem at all, since it's always great to see some new names in this MD. Thanks a lot, Ethan - glad that you like it :).
gottago: Thanks for your kind words :) - glad that you like it :). I don't know if you asked for them, but I'm sure that you can find these fields on the 3RR Exchange: Click here. (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=5603.0)
dedgren: Thanks a lot David. It's great to hear these words from you ;).
rooker1: Thanks a lot, Robin :). I'm glad that the staff decided to move my MD into this special section :) and I'm even more glad that you like it. ;).
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on November 02, 2009, 03:01:40 AM
Fabian, I hope you improve your health fast! And again impressive update, my friend!!! Really awesome!!!  &apls &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Glowbal on November 02, 2009, 04:01:54 AM
Looking good! What I say?? It's rather awesome! :thumbsup:
I fell in love with that water.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: rooker1 on November 02, 2009, 04:10:13 AM
Fabian,
Graet update. 
My favourite picture is of course the train yard.

Robin  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on November 02, 2009, 04:16:24 AM
One more fantastic update, Fabian, I really enjoyed to watch it.

The two first picture of that mansion are splendid, nice work with putting the trees, fences and everything together. The third picture is good too, I like that national road, good work with the infrastructures like gas station, little express shops etc.. The pic of the castle looks amazingly real, the same for the pond !
On the second picture from the bottom, that portion of street along the rail and the police station seems out of place, I think a custom lot with security fences will do the tip much more that the street. Also, I think you have to re-LOT some building to add some fences at the back, along the rail line.
Anyway, excellent work in all the way !  &apls

-Arthur. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: BarbarossaS on November 02, 2009, 11:13:19 AM
Congrats on the OSITM award, you truly deserve it!  &apls &apls
As for the update: lovely work, that castle looks very good in the naturalistic setting.

Can't wait to see the Berlin inspired something  :P

-Stijn-
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Earth quake on November 02, 2009, 12:01:39 PM
Another awesome udpate. &apls
The first and second images is really nice;The castle is really superb as well as its domain and I like well the use of the barriers of RRP, which still accentuates the realistic side. :thumbsup:
Beside, I really like the third pictures,I really have the impression that it is a real air view.
As always, the city is quite nice and really realistic and I love the eighth picture with the railroad which separates the industrial side of the residential side.
Finally, the suburbs is simply wonderfull.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on November 02, 2009, 01:05:31 PM
Beautiful series of pictures here!  That's a lovely meadow around that manor house.  That scene with the stream is particularly appealing although a bit frightening!  I'd be very nervous living below that cliff.   ;)  Anyhow, great set of shots, keep up the great work!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on November 02, 2009, 01:35:49 PM
Heh, I always like your pictures.  ;D I meant that the dark colors fit quite nicely with a railyard-industrial area.  The latest pictures are clear and crisp.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on November 03, 2009, 04:46:10 AM
Ok, I understand for the mod. So, if this isn't what you, want I don't know if you can find any else. ()sad() Maybe from the SFBT, but I think you must plop the LOT a case next to you rail to have catenaries. Sorry, But I know just those.
Now, come back to your update:
I find it just wonderful, but this time, I'll criticize image after image.
Begin by the first image; I find it's very nice, but one piece of advice, don't plop trees on rock, indeed, they don't grow on rock, except some special trees, but I never saw fir trees growing on rock.
On the second image, all is perfect, except I reproached you on the first image.
The third and fourth pics are perfect, nothing to add.
Let's go now to the fifth image, I think your river is nice, but you put too much flowers next to it, and so, it's a bit unrealistic. Put instaed some herbs, or just a bit flowers but too much as you did there.
Now, the sixth image; The castle is very beautiful, and I know IRL the man who made it, so I can't criticize it $%Grinno$%. I'l reproached you the same thing as on the fifth image, to much flowers front of the entance. Put instead minus flowers and much herbs ;)
The seventh and the heighth images are perfect. Maye the field on the latest image is a bit too steep, I think it would be difficult to harvest something with tractors... $%Grinno$%
I think I finished my criticism and I hope it'll serve you to improve your city and to rend it perfect ;)

Guillaume :thumbsup:

PS: congratulations for your entrance to the Of Special Interest this Month &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: silentbreaker on November 03, 2009, 05:01:28 AM
Very nice scenic images; especially the first and second one with the mansion and their great variety of trees.
Actually I meant the farm fields but they do look good with the trees around them  :thumbsup:
And congrats for the OSITM-award!  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Yan077 on November 03, 2009, 05:58:15 AM
Congrats on this well desserved OSITM award !!!

Another wonderful update !!  &apls  (except trees on rock, but it's a little detail. ;D)
And great photoshopping as usual !!

Can't wait to see more...
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on November 03, 2009, 06:20:04 AM
Very beautiful, and I like the picture with a castle. &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: ecoba on November 03, 2009, 09:52:55 AM
Wow, such a nice update.

The pure eyecandy that your pictures present is quite awesome, and the simple photoshopping makes it even better!

Ethan
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on November 04, 2009, 11:06:37 AM

Update #13 - Congratulations!




Thank you so much, yet again for so many replies &apls.
The reason why I update this thread today is the 3 year anniversary of SC4D &apls - Congratulations!
I hope that you like the firework... I tried to make it look quite realistic, but I'm not sure if I succeeded ()what().




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The next update will come soon :). I'm currently a little bit busy with school but I'm almost finished with all tests for this "semester" :).

Fabian




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Tomas Neto: Thanks a lot for your nice comment, Tomas :) - it's really appreciated.
Glowbal: Thanks :). Glad you like that little river ;).
rooker1: Thanks you Robin ;) - great to hear that you like it :).
art128: Thanks a lot, Arthur :). Your extensive replies are always appreciated :thumbsup:. I will try to make something ready in the Lot Editor when I have finished some other projects ;).
BarbarossaS: Thanks a lot Stijn :) - glad you like it.
Earth quake: Thank you :)! It's great to see you writing here so frequently in the last update.
Battlecat: Thanks :). I guess it could be frightening for some :P, but I guess that it is quite safe... at least I hope so (maybe I could integrate this in a future Update :D).
sumwonyuno: Thanks :). Glad you like the recent pictures ;).
Sciurus: Thank you, Guillaume :). You are right, trees actually don't grow on rock, but I totally forgot that, when I was doing those sceneries  &mmm - however I will work on it in the next updates. Thanks for those advices, I'll try to work on it :).
silentbreaker: Thanks a lot :). It's always great to hear, that you like it.
Yan077: Thanks a lot for your comment  :) - as I've already said to Guillaume, I will work on that little problem, even though it might be quite to fix it at some points ;).
Bobbi: Thanks a lot :) - glad you like it.
ecoba: Thank you, Ethan :). It's great to hear that you like it.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on November 04, 2009, 11:19:44 AM
Nice pair of shots, I like the fireworks!  You've got so many details tucked into those mosaics, it all looks great!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: TheTeaCat on November 04, 2009, 11:22:26 AM
Very very nice indeed.  &apls
In fact its more than nice its spectacular  &apls &apls

Always a pleasure to pop in to see what you accomplished.

The fireworks look great also , not too much , not too little, just right :thumbsup:

till the next time

regrads
:satisfied:
TTC
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on November 04, 2009, 11:26:14 AM
Yeah guy, happy birthday to the SC4 Devotion!!!  &apls &apls &apls
Nice fireworks, and awesome mosaics again!!! Really great update!!!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Earth quake on November 04, 2009, 11:28:36 AM
A new awesome udpate  Fabian.  &apls

As usual, the day mosaic is really nice and beautiful. Your city is really perfect, with a good utilisation of the diagonals bats. I recommend you to download other diagonals bats , as those of Krio (available on Simcity Polska) for diversified.
And excellent job in the Lot-editor.

The night mosaic is simply wonderfull and impressive. Bedise, the firework are very well splendid, bravo.
I also recommend you the mod of night of Gizmo (but sorry, I don't have links), for a realistic night view.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on November 04, 2009, 11:30:21 AM
The pictures are well done and detailed as always.  :)  Though, the fireworks in the top left of that mosaic looks a bit too low to the ground.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: tooheys on November 04, 2009, 09:53:03 PM
Fabian, well done on OSITM and I hope you enjoy the month, I know we will. You've made a great start with the two updates and the last mosaic with the fireworks is very nicely done indeed.  :thumbsup:

Dave
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on November 04, 2009, 10:59:18 PM
Congratulations on the award! &apls The newest update is wondeful, as always, and don't worry about the fireworks - they look great!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: joelyboy911 on November 04, 2009, 11:02:30 PM
Great pictures, nice fireworks, and congratulations on a deserved OSITM!

Well done. Very well done indeed!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: BarbarossaS on November 05, 2009, 12:34:33 AM
Wonderful update, as usual. I like the way you use older buildings (like the castle tower) in your city, it gives it character.  &apls
Love the firework, you achieved realism imo! Can't wait for the next update!

-Stijn-
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on November 05, 2009, 07:11:23 AM
Nice update! &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on November 05, 2009, 09:33:26 AM
Happy that my advises had served you ;)
So, congratulations for this update my friend, I find it really good, it's nice of you to wish a happy birthday to SC4D :thumbsup:

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on November 06, 2009, 09:19:15 AM
Hey Fabian,
First of all, congratulations for your selection into the OSITM !

This are some great wishes to the birthday of SC4D there my friend, good work with these two mosaics. Your big boulevard is very nice, and give a good urban feeling to your city. I like, the little place with the old walls look tower, it make to your city the feel it was here a long time before, like we built it during the the middle ages. The others places are always nice to look around, maybe I'll tell my two cents on the place behind the W2W buildings.. The place itself looks good, in this way, but the statue into it is a bit out of place in my opinion. I mean a statue is to be looked at all time, like the one in front of the parliament. So I think you can move it to another plaza. At the place of that statue, why not adding a self made park ? Anyway, good work with that mosaic.

The night mosaic is good too my friend. Don't worry, the fireworks are nicely done, maybe a bit bigger will do the tip. (also, try to copy some part of a fireworks, to make  a trail after the "explosion" to let show from where it comes in the city. ) I'll do another reproach as well, why there aren't any light on the buildings ? Does it was a blackouts ?  :D Anyway, good work again with that mosaic.

To finish, I really enjoyed watching that update, as much as the others one. You're doing a good work with your MD and I wish you a good Of Special Interest This Month month.  ;)
Regards,
-Arthur.  :thumbsup:
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on November 07, 2009, 03:54:25 PM

Update #14 - One last Mosaic of Erhaven




Thank you yet again for so many replies :).
I'm currently working on another rural area. This area will feature several small villages and will be shown in the next update.
Today I will present you a mosaic, which will show you most of Erhaven. I haven't worked on that city tile yet again, so the mosaic itself is a rather old one. Please don't feel offended if I haven't implemented your suggestions yet in this mosaic. I will however implement them in my new rural areas. Hope you like this mosaic, anyway :thumbsup:.




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As I've already said, the next Update will be dedicated to another rural area, which I personally really like ()stsfd().

Fabian




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Battlecat: Thanks a lot :) - it's always great to see you here.
TheTeaCat: Thanks :). I'm glad to see you posting here recently.
Tomas Neto: Thank you, Tomas - glad you like it and it's great to have you as a frequent poster:).
Earth quake: Thanks a lot - it's always a pleasure to see you posting here :). Glad to hear that you like the recent mosaics. I already heard of that mod, but I think that my mosaics would be quite dark then, since, I don't know why, nightlight doesn't work for me &mmm.
sumwonyuno: Thank you :).
tooheys: Thanks a lot, Dave. Glad to see you posting here, too :).
io_bg: Thanks a lot Ioan - glad you like the fireworks ;).
joelyboy911: Thanks a lot :). Glad you like it.
BarbarossaS: Thanks a lot Stijn. It's great to have you posting here so frequent during the last updates ;). Glad you liked the fireworks.
Bobbi: Thank you ;).
Sciurus: Thanks a lot, Guillaume :). Glad you like it. It's always great to see you posting here :).
art128: Wow :o. It's so amazing to see you posting such a long reply to an update, Arthur. I will think about changing that place, even though I personally thought, that the statue would give the surroundings a nice touch ;). But of course one can argue about that. It's always great to read constructive criticism.
Unfortunately I am not able to install the game update. I don't know why... I'm playing with the original SC4 Deluxe CD, but nightlights just won't work &mmm. So until I find out, what to do, I have to play with lightless buildings, unfortunately...
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: TheTeaCat on November 07, 2009, 04:22:45 PM
Excellent mosaic.  &apls
Full of wonderful little details :thumbsup:

More rural next time - yes please ,I'm looking forward to that ;D


Quote from: Fabian93 on November 07, 2009, 03:54:25 PM
but nightlights just won't work &mmm. So until I find out, what to do, I have to play with lightless buildings, unfortunately...

To get the night light to work you need to have the game patched to version 1.1.640.
Luckily you can get this patch by clicking on the EA Support button at the top of the page.

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And follow the link  ;D
Hopefully once applied you will have illuminations

regards
Derry
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on November 07, 2009, 05:17:39 PM
Nice mosaics. &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on November 07, 2009, 07:58:45 PM
Another awesome mosaic!  I always enjoy the quality and the details of them.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Earth quake on November 08, 2009, 01:27:11 AM
Wonderfull mosaic Fabian. &apls
The river is really splendid, the arrangement is beautiful.
The village is really nice and realistic, I really like the town-center and the industrial aera is "superbe". :thumbsup:
Go on your awesome work.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kwakelaar on November 08, 2009, 01:47:31 AM
A really splendid looking mosaic. I especially like the street in front of the church and the railway station.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on November 08, 2009, 02:37:42 AM
Waow, wonderful mosaic you've done there, I love it, it's so... fantastic, this is the word! :o &apls &apls
For trees, same remark as the last time, I've never seen trees growing on rocks $%Grinno$%

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on November 08, 2009, 01:23:17 PM
My friend, your mosaics are really awesome, always!!! Impressive!!!  &apls &apls &apls
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on November 09, 2009, 05:20:10 AM
Just thought I'd give you a little teaser of my current work :):




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What do you think about it?
Another Update will come soon - It still needs some work, but I'm quite happy with it,

Fabian
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kwakelaar on November 09, 2009, 06:01:34 AM
You should be happy with it, it looks very good. It is a quite realistic rural scene.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Delecto on November 09, 2009, 06:19:29 AM
I must say that your MD is superb Fabian, the mix between rural and urban is superbly managed. We want to live there.
I am delighted to discover more.  :thumbsup:

DEL!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on November 09, 2009, 06:26:11 AM
Nice teaser &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: gottago on November 09, 2009, 06:35:27 AM
You should be extremely pleased with it, the region is so unassumingly beautiful and so harmonious that it is a true pleasure to study and admire.

The only thing that caught my eye in your teaser photo are the white rocks edging the river (which meanders so convincingly through the woods, btw)--there are too many of them for what looks like a very calm river in a basically flat area, and you would expect them to be a more subdued grey in keeping with your rock mod--theoretically, both come from the same geological source  ;)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on November 09, 2009, 08:05:03 AM
Fantastic mosaic!  You really do have a lot of nice details tucked into that area!  Also, that teaser looks pretty good, you're really getting the hang of making high quality farms!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on November 09, 2009, 08:44:18 AM
Awesome teaser, Fabian, the farms are looking great! Can't wait for more!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on November 09, 2009, 12:15:05 PM
Heh, it's not a mosaic, but it's still wonderful nevertheless.   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on November 09, 2009, 08:46:00 PM
I agree you should be happy with it.  It's wonderful.   Very nice use of the trees and varying the size and shape of the agricultural lots and zones.   &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on November 10, 2009, 06:14:20 AM
You I'm still a fan of you, and I'll stay it! $%Grinno$%
It's just superb, I love the country you've done there! &apls &apls

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on November 10, 2009, 07:58:49 AM

Update #15 - Another rural area in Leviathan




Thanks a lot for so many great replies, yet again. I'm glad that you are still following this MD so close. It is the most important thing for a MD, to have people following it closely. Your answers are always appreciated &apls.




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I really like that shot, somehow. The river still needs some detailing, though...

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Well...
I hope you liked this Update. I'll be here with another Update, soon ;).

Fabian




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TheTeaCat: Thanks a lot Derry. I'm glad that you like the recent mosaic :). That advise is really appreciated, but I have already tried that and it still doesn't work... &mmm
Bobbi (x2): Thank you, Bobbi ;) - it's great to see you posting here so frequently, I really appreciate it :).
sumwonyuno (x2): Thank you :). I'm glad to hear, that you like it.
Earth quake: Merci beaucoup ;D.
kwakelaar (x2): Thanks a lot for your replies :).
Sciurus (x2): Thank you, Guillaume. I hope that the new area satisfies your expectations ;). I tried to avoid building trees on rocks in this new area... hope I succeeded :D.
Tomas Neto: Thanks a lot, Tomas. I am glad that you like it :).
Delecto: Thanks a lot :). It's great to hear that you would consider living in Leviathan ;).
gottago: Thanks a lot :). Glad you like most of it. Well it's not the first time, that somebody indicated the "overuse" of those rocks to me ;D. I'll try to work on it whenever I build a new river :thumbsup: (I guess you didn't really like the second last picture then :D - but it's ok ;)).
Battlecat: Thanks a lot. That's a big compliment for me :).
io_bg: Thank you, Ioan. Glad you like the farms :).
djvandrake: Thank you ;). It's great to hear, that you like it.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on November 10, 2009, 08:51:52 AM
Great job!  The farms are coming along very nicely, and I really like what you've done with your coastlines and river edges! 
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: BarbarossaS on November 10, 2009, 09:04:41 AM
I agree with Battlecat, and coming from him, that's high praise!
Excellent work Fabian!

-Stijn-
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on November 10, 2009, 10:12:47 AM
Great update!  Really nice work on the farm fields and that steam.  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on November 10, 2009, 12:17:07 PM
Wow my friend...!!! Fabian, you are a master in urban and rural areas!!!  &apls &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Earth quake on November 10, 2009, 12:30:47 PM
Wonderfull Update. &apls
The overview is really impressive.
Your rural aera is really nice, and the villages are really splendid, really realistic.
And the river is just awesome. :o
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on November 11, 2009, 01:46:39 AM
So, Fabian, some explanations... :D
Your update is wonderful, I particullary love the overview, which is very very impressive.
The work you've done on your differents villages is nice, but, I think you should do (as in real life) an industrial area next to the village, and not in the village. Do you undertsand?
For trees on rocks, yes, you've succedded, I didn't see trees &apls
So, one more time, congratulations for this update &apls &apls

Guillaume :thumbsup:

PS: I've forgotten one thing: could we have a region overview please?
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on November 11, 2009, 02:03:37 AM
It looks beautiful! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Delecto on November 11, 2009, 03:34:28 AM
The teaser did not lie, this update is really magnificent. The first picture has a striking effect and yes I would live gladly in Leviathan.  :D
Nice work!  :thumbsup:

DEL!
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on November 11, 2009, 01:40:30 PM

Just another teaser of my current work ;):




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Hope you like it! I'll be posting an Update tomorrow... or Friday, I guess :).

Fabian
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on November 11, 2009, 02:20:42 PM
Nice teaser. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: JBSimio on November 11, 2009, 09:46:24 PM
Fabian, I owe you a very large apology...  I really should have stopped by here much sooner!  Your teaser has done its job and I'm definitely looking forward to your next update.  In the meantime, I really enjoyed the look of update #15.   The style is very interesting to me and something I'm not used to seeing.  The smaller pockets of development among the farms look great, but what I really like is how all those little pockets combine to make the whole "town."  I would expect to see them all centrally combined but the way you've scattered the pieces around the farms works very well and gives a lot to look at.   &apls

JB
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on November 12, 2009, 12:55:25 AM
Fantastic teaser, Fabian!!!  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on November 12, 2009, 05:36:24 AM
Oh, Fabian, it's a really nice little german city! But I don't like the repetition of Middle-age BATs ;)
Oh, Fabian, ist es eine sehr sehr hübsch kleine Deutsche Stadt! Aber, ich mag nicht die Widerhoulng von dem MittleAlters BATs ;)

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Glowbal on November 12, 2009, 07:24:20 AM
I really like it. Your rural areas start me wanting to create some as well..
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Nardo69 on November 12, 2009, 07:30:45 AM
Ah, I can see you made some use of my tutorial!  ()stsfd()

Great pics (even some of them are a tad too dark for my old CRT). That teaser realles teases, looking forward to see more of that small town!

Take care!

Bernhard  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: silentbreaker on November 12, 2009, 08:33:21 AM
Wow! You're still getting better and better!  :thumbsup: IMHO there's absolutely nothing to criticize on your rural shots - they are just stunning as well as your teaser. However some more people on the streets would make it more alive but I know how difficult this is... so that's not a real minus  ;)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on November 12, 2009, 08:37:26 AM
Very nice teaser indeed!  Lovely choice of buildings!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on November 12, 2009, 01:12:24 PM
Another splendid updates there Fabian !

The Mosaic of Erhaven is very nicely done, the farms surrounding the houses are sweets also as the city center. The church plaza is fantastic too, although the place seems a bit empty, but it's not a problem at all, fantastic work.
The general-view-teaser-picture is good too, I don't have any reproach on it, because everything is very well done. But, I'm not that kind of all the streets you used in the farm fields, some seems a bit out of place (for example the diagonal one in the bottom center), I think a tree line will be much more appreciated here. But that's only my holy opinion !  ;D
The update just after the picture mentioned before is awesome too, as I said, the farm fields are well done and the housing estates too. I like how the rail line fit in very well, you've done a good job with it. The only little thing I don't really like is the slope before the bridge (the one that goes in the other side of the Maxis river). I think one slope instead of two is much more better.  ;)
Now, the last picture. Well, it show very well a good example of a medieval town center, with the old church, the old paved street and the old housing. It's very nice the way you put all those buildings, it make it feeling like a real shot of an old German town, nice job ! I can only suggest you to use a bit more of road in your cities, I feel bored of the streets very fast..  :D I think, in that last picture, a road running top-bottom where there's a street at left would be very nice, also as the use of the SAM here, to get an old pavement texture, to make it more looking as an old medieval town center.

Take care,
-Arthur.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: hooha47 on November 12, 2009, 05:15:18 PM
Congrats on OSTIM, it's well deserved.  That mosaic in update 14 was fantastic, and I love your rural areas.

Keep showing us more.  :thumbsup:
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on November 13, 2009, 08:23:33 AM

Update #16 - And even more rural areas




200 replies! Thank you so much for following this MD :) - I feel really honored ;).




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Thanks a lot for watching ()stsfd(). I'll be posting another Update, soon. By the way: Which picture did you like more (speaking of the colors!!) - That teaser picture of my medieval town, or the pictures in this Update (of that medieval town)? I would be glad to hear something from you,

Fabian




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Battlecat (x2): Thanks a lot! Glad you liked the recent Update ;).
BarbarossaS: Thank you, Stijn :).
djvandrake: Thanks! Glad to see you here so often, too :thumbsup:.
Tomas Neto (x2): Thanks, Tomas :). That's really nice to hear :).
Earth quake: Thanks a lot :) - it's always great to hear such comments ()stsfd().
Sciurus (x2): Vielen Dank :P. I understand what you mean, Guillaume. In most cases this would be more realistic, of course - but we have some industry just within our 25.000 inhabitants city, surrounded by normal houses (even though those firms are not really polluting the environment...). I'll post a region shot, soon. But there won't be much to see nevertheless ;). Glad you liked the recent update in general :).
Bobbi (x2): Thanks a lot, Bobbi :).
Delecto: Thanks, glad you like it ;).
JBSimio: Thanks a lot, JB. I'm glad to see you here :) - it's always great to have new posters in this MD. I've been inspired by my own area a lot, too. I live in a rather big city (compared to those little towns, of course :D) and there are quite a few small towns with 20 - 30 houses around my city ;). Great to hear, that you like it.
Glowbal: Thanks a lot :). You should really try it out - it can be a lot of fun, to create these rural areas... probably even more, than a large Metropolis.
Nardo69: Yes, I did ;D. It's a fantastic tutorial and in most cases I am really happy with the result (though they [the forests] could always be better in my areas, but I'm still learning ;)). Thanks a lot for your comment, Bernhard - glad you like it :).
silentbreaker: Thanks a lot for your comments :) - they're always appreciated. I'm glad you like that area so much :).
art128: Thanks a lot for another huge reply, Arthur &apls. I already thought that someone would suggest using the SAM streets. Well... I've got to admit that I don't really know how to perfectly use that add-on. I tried to replace the streets, today. But then most of my streets in that region turn to that pavement texture, even though I just want that texture, to appear in the center of my medieval town.
hooha47: Thank you! Glad you like it :).
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on November 13, 2009, 08:29:15 AM
Nice batch of shots in this update!  I really like the style of your forests there.  In your first shot you've got a small building with a dock I don't recognize, where did you pick that one up? 

I'd have to say both picture styles of your medieval town have good qualities, both with and without the color enhancement.  What really blows my mind is how amazing the perspective shifts look.  Someday I'd love to see a tutorial on how you are pulling this off!  Keep up the great work!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Badsim on November 13, 2009, 08:37:26 AM
Truly awesome work , Fabian ... so lush that I'll have to come back to see these pictures more attentively .  ::)

And your photoshoping is just the perfect touch .

&apls &apls &apls

Cédric.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on November 13, 2009, 08:56:50 AM
How a nice town! &apls

Keep doing! &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on November 13, 2009, 09:08:04 AM
Fantastic work, Fabian! The use of trees next to the farm fields is really great. The river also looks superb, the only thing I don't like so much is the slope on the approach to the rail bridge, I think it's too steep.
Keep it up! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on November 13, 2009, 09:11:15 AM
Fabian, my friend, awesome update again!!! Really is a great pleasure to follow each one of your updates!!!  &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on November 13, 2009, 09:40:57 AM
This time, I'll not critisize your images one after one, because it would be too long, as I answer also in german ;D

So, Fabian, I already said youn that your updates are wonderful, and I find it really good succeded! And, to answer to your question, I like this picture (http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/693/70457264.jpg), beacause colours are nice, I find also green shades nice, but a bit sad too. Also, for the general updates, I find the effect you make on your images is nice, and with this, I feel the atmosphere of north, and especially Deutschland. But after, I don't know if it's we must feel. :D

Ach so, Fabian, ich habe schon dir gesagt, dass deine "Updates" super sind, und ich finde es auch sehr gut gelingen! :o Und, um deine Frage zu antworten, mag ich sehr dieses Bild (http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/693/70457264.jpg), weil ich die Farben schön finde, finde ich die grünen Farbtonen shön, aber auch ein bisschen zu traurig. Auch, für die generalen "updates", ich finde dass der Eindruck du gibst deiner Bilden schön ist, und mit es, empfinde ich die Nords Stimmung. Aber dann, weiß ich nicht, wenn es das wir emfinden müssen :D

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Earth quake on November 13, 2009, 11:01:39 AM
Another wonderfull update Fabian. :thumbsup:
This rural aera is just fantastic. I really like the bridge and the river in the 1st picture.
The old village is really nice, excellent work.
No long comment today, but I'm a bit tired.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on November 13, 2009, 01:30:10 PM
The perspective change in the last two pictures of the latest update is wonderfully done.  It's not just a simple vertical resize, but it look like a realistic perspective!   &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: gottago on November 13, 2009, 02:09:32 PM
Beautiful work and so harmonious--the fachwerk town center is wonderfully done and very evocative &apls

It's such a pleasure to see your updates--and I see where you stopped plopping those white rocks on the riverbank!  ;)

Bravo Fabien!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kwakelaar on November 13, 2009, 04:22:35 PM
What a lovely fachwerk town, and a nice twist with the change of viewpoint in those pictures. Both teaser and update have nice colours. I tend to go with the brighter colours, but for the atmosphere the update colours are nicer.
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on November 15, 2009, 04:22:05 AM

Update #17 - Two Mosaics




Thanks a lot everybody! Today I've got two new mosaics for you. You probably won't notice it, but the last picture is in fact a mosaic, though a rather small one :D.




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Thanks a lot for visiting :). I hope you liked it and your comments would be appreciated, too ;D.

Fabian




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Battlecat: Hey Battlecat, glad you visit this MD here so often, recently :). You can find that building here: Click! (http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=22739) To your other question: Basically you just need to resize the picture only in vertical size (hope you understand what I wanted to say). I always resize the picture by approximately 65% or so.
Badsim: Thanks a lot Cedric :). I'm glad you like the recent Update so much :thumbsup: and it's great to hear, that you like the photoshopping.
Bobbi: Thank you, Bobbi. It's great to see you posting here so frequently :).
io_bg: Thanks a lot, Ioan :) - I tried to fix that mentioned bridge, but I always ruin the whole scene, so I rather keep it like that ;).
Tomas Neto: Thanks for your nice comment, Tomas :).
Sciurus: Danke schön, Guillaume, glad you like the recent Update so much. If I would be able to, I'd answer your replies in french language ;D, but I decided to pick Latin in the 6th grade, instead of French &mmm.
Earth quake: Thank you :). Glad you liked it and it's great to have you as a quite frequent poster, too.
sumwonyuno: Thanks a lot, I really like the last two pictures, too so I'm glad to hear, that you like them as much as I do.
gottago: Thanks a lot. Glad to hear that you like that little town center ;).
kwakelaar: Thank you :). It's hard to find the perfect colors, I guess. Sometimes brighter colors look better, but they tend to look unrealistically oversaturated, if you make it too colorfull.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on November 15, 2009, 04:47:39 AM
Wow! Awesome update, especially the second pic! :o It looks like it's taken from a plane. Looking forward to more! (doesn't matter will it be rural or urban areas, you make both look wonderful ;))
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on November 15, 2009, 04:48:36 AM
Oh, you should take French instead of Latin, it's better :D
So, as your habit, this is wonderful, I just can say that! Just a thing, on the latest pic, we could believe we're in Alsace ::)

Oh, du hättest französich nehmen gesollt, weil es besser ist :D
So, wie gewöhnlich, es ist wunderschön, ich kann nur das sagen! Nur eine Dinge, auf der letzte(m?) Bild, wir können denken, dass wir im Elsaß sind! ::)


Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on November 15, 2009, 06:11:14 AM
Very good! &apls
Sehr gut! &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Nardo69 on November 15, 2009, 07:38:57 AM
Nice mosaic (as always ;) ).  &apls You seem to have learned a nice way how to plant trees and forrests ... ;)  :D

I like how you connected the small harbour (?) with the street by the RRP country lane. Also that mirrored semaphore looks a bit strange to me ... ;)

Take care

Bernhard  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Earth quake on November 15, 2009, 07:54:25 AM
Splendid mosaic. &apls
This village is just beautiful and the river is fantastic.
I really like this small park in middle of the suburbs.
Finaly, the old town center is just nice.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: BarbarossaS on November 15, 2009, 09:45:58 AM
Beautiful mosiacs! The first because it's a nice transition between small urban and rural, the second because I simply LOVE the effect in that one  ;D

Job well done!  &apls &apls

-Stijn-
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: danielcote on November 15, 2009, 10:06:41 AM
You're towns looking fantasticly realistic and I like the amount of custom content!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: SimFox on November 15, 2009, 10:48:32 AM
I love how you've used my trees! Superb landscaping &apls!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: ecoba on November 15, 2009, 06:20:47 PM
Wow, Fabian, I'm sorry I haven't commented.

You have a beautiful MD here, beautiful use of CC.

Ethan

Welcome to page 12!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on November 16, 2009, 08:52:37 AM
Nice pair of updates!  Love the way your towns look, very classic European style!

Interesting how effective just resizing on the vertical is, I might just have to give that a shot some day.  Thanks for sharing the trick. 
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on November 16, 2009, 10:24:20 AM
Looks fantastic Fabian!  Just wonderful.  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: silentbreaker on November 16, 2009, 11:11:18 AM
Great mosaics! It is impressive how your forests improved throughout the CJ!

The village on your mosaics is really lovely, especially the church. :thumbsup:

regards
silentbreaker
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on November 16, 2009, 12:52:12 PM
Fabian, you surprised me again with this wonderful update!!! Awesome!!!  &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Nexis4Jersey on November 16, 2009, 07:00:57 PM
What another Splendid Update,  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kwakelaar on November 17, 2009, 11:55:51 AM
You have been putting different custom content to very good use. The lonely small house with a pier on the river is an example of this. Your rural areas are nicely done, a lot of things to look at.
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on November 17, 2009, 01:46:52 PM

I initially planned an Update for today, but I have been busy with building a city for the SC4D Thematic Contest (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?board=374.0).
Just in case you didn't know... I already opened a thread there and I'll be posting my city, soon.
Just a preview of what you can expect:




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Watch this ->thread (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=9416.0) for more pictures ;).
Well, I hope you like it so far since it is almost finished (still need to fix that resized lot, since the textures from the roads are not appearing &mmm).
Oh and be sure to watch this thread, too :D, as I'll be posting another Update (including replies), soon :thumbsup:.

Fabian
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on November 17, 2009, 07:26:56 PM
I do like it!  Looks fantastic.  Great work.  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on November 18, 2009, 05:43:54 AM
Argh, I can't believe as it's so beautiful, what I say? Wonderful! &apls &apls

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Earth quake on November 18, 2009, 06:13:52 AM
This overview is fantastic. &apls
I really like this river and the rural aera is stunning.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on November 18, 2009, 03:09:32 PM
Woowww guy, really awesome again!!!  &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on November 18, 2009, 03:30:35 PM
Nice preview!  That's beautiful work you've done there!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: BarbarossaS on November 19, 2009, 04:17:53 AM
Extremely beautiful village, though I think the train station is a bit big for so small a town.

-Stijn-
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on November 19, 2009, 08:31:45 AM

Update #18 - And yet more rural areas




Thanks a lot everybody! Today I'll show you another mosaic of my recent rural area, which is almost finished.




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Well that was Update #18 and I hope you liked it ;),

Fabian




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io_bg: Thanks a lot, Ioan. Glad to hear, that you like the recent Update.
Sciurus (x2): Danke sehr, Guillaume :). In retrospective I really should have picked French, since I can not really use Latin for anything (at least at the moment).
Bobbi: Thank you so much, Bobbi ;).
Nardo69: Thanks a lot, Bernhard. I'm glad to hear that you like the recent Update. Well I guess there are some disadvantages when mirroring a picture, but in general I think that it is a rather nice effect ;).
Earth quake (x2): Thanks a lot - it's great to hear that you like :).
BarbarossaS (x2): Thanks :) - glad to hear that you like it so much. The train station is rather huge, I agree, but this has a specific reason: It's almost the only one in a quite large region.
danielcote: Thanks a lot, Daniel ;).
SimFox: Thanks :). I really love your trees :thumbsup:. I have never used them before, but since I saw that great tutorial by Nardo69 (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=793.msg283059#msg283059), I can not even imagine, how I built my forests without them in the past.
ecoba: Thank you very much, Ethan :). Great to see you posting here.
Battlecat (x2): Thank you so much, Battlecat ;) - I'm looking forward to your try at it.
djvandrake (x2): Thanks a lot :).
silentbreaker: Thanks a lot :) - I'm glad you like it. I might release a few of my Lots later.
Tomas Neto (x2): Thank you so much, Tomas ;) - glad you like it.
Nexis4Jersey: Thanks a lot  :) - great to see you here, too :thumbsup:.
kwakelaar: Thanks a lot, glad you like the recent Update :).
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on November 19, 2009, 09:08:45 AM
Nice looking rural area.  You've done a great job putting the details together here!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Orange_o_ on November 19, 2009, 09:19:09 AM
I have great remorse for not taking the time to visit your city, Fabian.  &ops

The quality of your images is really sensational. We really feel to fly a wonderful country.

Continue like that.  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Earth quake on November 19, 2009, 10:58:43 AM
It's a splendid update. &apls
Your rural aera is really impressive and the city is really nice.
The river is really beautiful and the details are  :o.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on November 19, 2009, 06:33:15 PM
Fantastic Mosaic.  &apls  &apls

I love the river and the forests around it.  The pasture with the horses is very nice too.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on November 20, 2009, 01:22:52 AM
Ahh, I've missed a lot!  I really like that zoomed-out small city tile shot.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: BarbarossaS on November 20, 2009, 02:30:12 AM
Lovely rural setting!  :thumbsup:
I like what you did with the river shore, what with all the stones and all.
Thanks for explaining the train station, it makes sense now  :P

-Stijn-
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: gottago on November 20, 2009, 04:07:05 AM
Well, I'm running out of superlatives--the last updates are just great. The way you lay out streets is very natural and pleasing to the eye. What terrain mod are you using?--it blends seamlessly with your lots.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on November 20, 2009, 04:20:20 AM
Looks very great!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Yan077 on November 20, 2009, 04:54:16 AM
The preview is just fantastic  &apls &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on November 20, 2009, 05:38:45 AM
Fabian, my friend, fantastic mosaic again!!!  &apls &apls
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on November 23, 2009, 06:24:55 AM

Update #19 - One last Mosaic (of that area)




Alright, I know that this isn't the biggest Update I have ever done, but I have been busy with finishing my SC4D Thematic Competition Entry. I'm currently working on a new city, which is supposed to be some kind of financial center, but I'm not sure yet.
I guess it's already getting annoying, but it's the last Update from that area ;).




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Hope you liked Update #19. There will be another Update, soon.
Meanwhile you could check out my little village, Brunsdorf, if you haven't done so yet ;):

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Fabian




Replies

Battlecat: Thank you so much for your great comments :).
Orange_o_: No problem - better late than never :P. Thanks a lot for your nice comment - it is really appreciated ;).
Earth quake: Thank you :) - glad to hear that you like it so much.
djvandrake: Thanks, your comments are always appreciated :).
sumwonyuno: Thanks - glad you like it. I hope that I'll have some success with my little entry.
BarbarossaS: Thank you so much, Stijn :) - glad to see you here so often, recently.
gottago: Thanks a lot for that really nice comment ;).
Bobbi: Thanks a lot, Bobbi :thumbsup:.
Yan077: Thanks a lot, Yann. Glad you like my little village :).
Tomas Neto: Thank you so much, Tomas - it's always great to see you here ;).
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Earth quake on November 23, 2009, 09:35:38 AM
It's a fantsatic update.  &apls &apls
This rural aera is simply splendid and the village is just nice.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kwakelaar on November 23, 2009, 01:57:48 PM
Even with only the few Swiss farms, this does not look repetitive at all. There is so much variety in the shapes of fields and the small forests scattered through the landscape, it is still interesting.
Looking forward to your next update
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on November 23, 2009, 02:19:36 PM
Yours mosaics are great, Fabian!!! They are always very realistic and beautiful!!!  &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on November 23, 2009, 09:37:21 PM
Nice job on those farms!  You've done a great job with detailing the edges of them.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: BarbarossaS on November 24, 2009, 02:58:02 AM
When your updates are so beautiful, it's hard to be annoying, isn't it?  :P
I love coming here, it's become a place of inspiration for me. Like that small medieval tower in the right top corner of the mosaic, these little details make it feel so realistic.

Keep up the good work!

-Stijn-
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: swashbuckler on November 24, 2009, 03:00:11 AM
Great work. Looks very realistic.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on November 24, 2009, 06:07:07 AM
I think I just can say one thing about the update I missed, and about this update: WONDERFUL!! &apls &apls
But, I think the field is missplaced, and it's not very realistic, this field in the middle of the village ;)

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on November 24, 2009, 06:52:51 AM
Very beautiful! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: scott1964 on November 24, 2009, 12:51:19 PM
Your town looks good  :D I do like the farm in the middle of town.  :P
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on November 25, 2009, 08:15:37 AM

Just thought, I'd give you a small preview of my current work, which will be featured in the next Update :):




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Initially I hadn't any intention with that avenue. When I returned from Berlin, I thought that this would be quite nice to recreate, of course with my own additions. So it's not that accurate.
But at some point, I thought that it would make sense, to integrate this road into my own, fictional, capitol city: Laon. I'm not sure how to do this, yet - or even if I ever will, it might just become a new city.
Thanks for watching - expect a new Update tommorow ;),

Fabian
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on November 25, 2009, 08:58:36 AM
Wow, everything looks fantastic! And all that lotting... I wish I had the patience to make so many lots!
Looking forward to the next update! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on November 25, 2009, 10:46:57 AM
Fantastic work!  Love that avenue, it really looks great. 
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Earth quake on November 25, 2009, 11:28:44 AM
It's just a splendid teaser. &apls
Fantastic work at the lot  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on November 25, 2009, 12:55:18 PM
Fantastic teaser Fabian!!!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on November 25, 2009, 07:29:42 PM
That's very nice!  I can't wait to see more detail of the avenue and that plaza.  Your very talented with the lot editor.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: silentbreaker on November 26, 2009, 02:15:39 AM
Great teaser! With those additional trees it looks even better than in real life :thumbsup: Well done!
Btw - where did you get the buildings from?
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: BarbarossaS on November 26, 2009, 03:10:03 AM
Oooh  :o :o Very nice teaser! It really looks great. Can't wait for the next update!

-Stijn-
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on November 26, 2009, 06:03:36 AM
Waow, wonderful again Fabian, I love!!
But one question: why do you turn your image (I hope it's understandable $%Grinno$%)

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: dsrwhat316 on November 26, 2009, 08:19:05 AM
That boulevard teaser is fantastic, Fabian! Love the use of all those trees lining the median and sidewalks  :thumbsup:

I see a lot of inspiration from Badsim in your pics; always good to take notes from the LE master ;)

~ Dan
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: shermankim777 on November 26, 2009, 09:46:11 AM
thats an amazing rock texture with the mold for the shore line. where did u get it?
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on November 26, 2009, 10:55:14 AM

Update #20 - A new Capital?




Wow, so many replies and some new faces, too :). Thanks a lot.
Today I'm going to show you two mosaics from my potential, new capital.




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Well... I hope you liked this Update. I'm rather busy at the moment, but I still try to answer :P.

Fabian




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Earth quake (x2): Thanks a lot. Glad you like it :).
kwakelaar: Thanks :). Yeah, there's some repetition, I agree, I need to expand my collection of farms, I guess.
Tomas Neto (x2): Thanks a lot, Tomas ;). Always great to see you here.
Battlecat (x2): Thank you. Great to hear these words form you :thumbsup:.
BarbarossaS (x2): Thank you very much for these very nice words, Stijn :).
swashbuckler: Thanks a lot :).
Sciurus (x2): Thanks a lot, Guillaume ;). I understand your question :P. You mean why I mirror my pictures, right? I do it, because I think it looks quite nice and a little bit better than unmirrored ;).
Bobbi: Thanks a lot. It's great to have you as a frequent poster ;).
scott1964: Thanks, glad you like it :P.
io_bg: Thanks a lot, Ioan :). Glad you like it so much.
djvandrake: Thanks a lot for your kind words :).
silentbreaker: Thanks a lot :). Glad you like it. Which buildings do you mean in specific? Well, anyway I try to list them all:
                    * Deutsche Staatsoper (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2006)
                    * Slottet Palace (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=372)
                    * Meiji Seimei Building (http://yaplog.jp/waldorf/category_15/)
dsrwhat316: Thanks a lot for these words, Dan :). Glad to see you here, too - it is really appreciated.
shermankim777: Thanks a lot :). The rock mod was made by Heblem and I once found it in one of dedgren's posts (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=112.msg217150;topicseen#msg217150) ;).
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on November 26, 2009, 11:32:24 PM
Your capital pictures are well-made!  They look so alive with the pedestrians and cars.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kwakelaar on November 27, 2009, 01:53:50 AM
This is again so well done. Your squares and avenues are looking great, no excessive use of different textures and props. It is rather a dignified and calm feeling about the pictures.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: gottago on November 27, 2009, 02:45:03 AM
Beautifully done and very coherent. Feels like what an idealized Berlin would be like now if it hadn't been destroyed. &apls

What is that simple modern office building in the lower right corner of the first mosaic? Never saw it before and I want it :D
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on November 27, 2009, 06:45:02 AM
Your custom lotting is always awesome, Fabian !
I really enjoyed these two mosaics. The canal fits really well in your city and I love the way you put each lots. W2W developments are nicely putted near museum and government buildings. Also, nice work with the place and the big wide avenue which looks really cool.
Can't wait to see more.

-Arthur. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on November 27, 2009, 09:25:54 AM
Ok, good that you understood my question, and I'm satisfacted of the answer. I think I'll try for my next update (soon... $%Grinno$%)
For the image now, I find it really nice, but I find that you put too many important monuments only on this avenue. I think you should share those monuments out ;)
And a latest thing, the Berliner Dom, the canal behind it, a long avenue which go front of the dom, an important BAT next to it, the Berliner Opera, will you do us a reproduction of Berlin Fabian? ::)

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on November 27, 2009, 10:07:01 AM
That's a classy central corridor for the capital!  Looks great, nice variety of buildings!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Earth quake on November 27, 2009, 11:25:52 AM
Fantastic work at the lot Editor Fabian. &apls
The avenue is just splendid and the I really like the canal (by youcef, no ?)
I really like the Variety of building.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: silentbreaker on November 27, 2009, 01:08:06 PM
First of all thank you for the links. :)
Secondly I'm running out of compliments  :P As always your mosaic is just amazing! It is quite obvious that you have been largely inspired on your stay in Berlin  :thumbsup: Will we see the "Museumsinsel" in the yellow corner?  ;D
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: BarbarossaS on November 27, 2009, 04:11:01 PM
Olala, what a beautiful city. It has this great mix of old and new that I like in your cities, but it has that something more too,
which makes it a great city to be your capital!  &apls &apls

-Stijn-
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on November 27, 2009, 09:00:56 PM
Bravo!  &apls  That cathedral is just beautiful and you gave it a wonderful setting.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: tooheys on November 28, 2009, 12:04:53 AM
Fabian what can I say, still a day or two to go but regardless, what a brilliant month.

I guess I'm doing MD stats for a reason, I'm very sick  $%Grinno$% But you have added over 7 pages and 150 posts to your thread in a little under a month. In anyones terms that's a job well done.  &apls &apls

And with good reason too. Despite the added pressure you have maintained the standard of work we are used to, and have certainly won some new fans along the way.

Great work  :thumbsup:

Dave
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on November 30, 2009, 07:23:56 AM

Update #21 - Working on the new Boulevard




Alright,
my month in this section is over and I'd really like to thank everybody who has posted here. I hope you enjoyed this month :).
Actually I planned to finish the whole section, but I was not able to fill in the last gap, due to time limitations. But since this is the last day in this section, I'd like to show you one last Update, I hope you can forgive me ;).




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So once again: Thanks a lot for following this MD so closely &apls.

Fabian




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sumwonyuno: Thank you so much :).
kwakelaar: Thank you - glad you like it :thumbsup:.
gottago: Thanks a lot ;) and congratulations on uploading your first building to the LEX (it looks awesome &apls &apls). By the way, which building do you mean? There is no building in the lower right corner ()what(). I suppose that you meant the lower left corner :P. Is it that (http://yaplog.jp/waldorf/archive/90) building?
art128: Thanks a lot Arthur :). Glad you liked the recent Update.
Sciurus: Thanks a lot, Guillaume :). No I don't try to reproduce Berlin :D - I just got inspired by it and yes, there are a lot of similarities, I guess. Maybe it is my own vision of "Unter den Linden", I don't know :P.
Battlecat: Thank you very much :).
Earth quake: Thanks a lot ;) - yes that canal was made by Youcef, if I'm not mistaken ;).
silentbreaker: Thanks a lot for your nice comment :). I don't know whether I will recreate the Museuminsel. It would be quite hard, since I don't know a lot of buildings, that could represent the buildings from the real Museumsinsel. But I will give it a try ;).
BarbarossaS: Thanks a lot, Stijn :). Glad you like it.
djvandrake: Thank you very much ;).
tooheys: Thanks a lot, Dave. I didn't even notice that I already got 150 posts in this month. It seems, that this was quite a successful month for my MD :). Glad you liked the Updates of this month :thumbsup:.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kwakelaar on November 30, 2009, 08:02:37 AM
All is forgiven with a MD like this, it has been a very enjoyable month for all us.
Looking forward to see how you will fill in the missing parts.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: rooker1 on November 30, 2009, 08:14:48 AM
Fabian,
Fantastic update and super month.

Robin  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on November 30, 2009, 10:00:46 AM
Nice final update for your OSTIM time!  That extra wide avenue really turned out great, I particularly like the side streets diving into an underpass.  Looking forward to seeing what they go under!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Earth quake on November 30, 2009, 10:25:34 AM
Other fantastic update and fantastic months fabian &apls
Your work at the lot is stunning.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on November 30, 2009, 09:11:17 PM
Congrats Fabian on a great month in OSITM!  &apls

Another quality update.  Your work on that custom avenue section and the lots around it is most impressive.  :thumbsup:  :)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on December 01, 2009, 02:18:41 AM
Another fantastic update, Fabian!!!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: BarbarossaS on December 01, 2009, 02:30:24 AM
There's nothing to forgive, my friend! It's been an amazing month here in the empire of Leviathan. And what a way to close that month off  :o
This is a stunning update!  &apls &apls
Those avenues with the parallel roads, the choice of buildings, the amazing amount of green in the streets,... Really: it's fantastic!

-Stijn-
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: gottago on December 01, 2009, 04:15:56 AM
On dit ici, "t'as terminé en beauté." The avenue is really fantastic, and your cities are as pleasurable to admire as your towns and landscapes. I really like how you compose the blocks--the mix of buildings is very harmonious. Great job.

And thanks for your comment on my BAT, it's really appreciated. And yes, that was the building (same basic layout, so I was intrigued), apparently I was a bit sloppy with my directions, lol. Thanks a lot for the link :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on December 01, 2009, 06:04:50 AM
I agree with Gottago with "T'as fini en beauté" which means "You finshed beautifully" &apls
But now, come back on earth! (if you understand the expression ::)) I find your avnue beautiful, but, on the first pic, we can see a crossroad on the left, but cars which come from the south of the pic, can't go front of they come, and it's the thing I saw. The own thing I saw :D
For the lot of important builfings, there's not to much in Unter den Linden, but if you see it like that ;D Ah, yes there's an important building, the french ambassade in Pariser Platz, the beginning of Unter den Linden! $%Grinno$%
Oh yes, a latest thing I saw, on the second pic, the asphalt stops brutally on the avenue, if you could a texture to avoid it, it'll be nice! ()stsfd()
I finsh now with a sentence in french "C'est parfait!" &apls

Guillaume.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on December 01, 2009, 07:03:18 AM
Fantastic! And the avenue is unusual. &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: silentbreaker on December 01, 2009, 10:25:01 AM
And anothother impressive update! It was a very nice OSITM time so I think everybody "forgives" you for not being able to finish the intersection  ;) Quality needs time... and your city is superior quality  :thumbsup: It has an absolutely unique urban feeling.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: dsrwhat316 on December 01, 2009, 04:55:43 PM
Even without the gap filled, there is more detail in those shots than most people have in their whole MDs!  :thumbsup:

I like the "mad scramble" of cars at the T-intersection of the avenue; a chaotic scene that makes your city come to life. Congrats on getting 150+ comments last month, Fabian!

~ Dan
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on December 04, 2009, 01:47:52 PM
That custom boulevard is giving me inspiration.  ;)
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on December 05, 2009, 12:35:09 PM

Update #22 - Some Tests




Today I'm going to show you, what I personally call my "Test City". It's nothing really special, but I thought that it came out quite nicely. My intention was to improve the way I play the game.
I'm still working on my new Capital... but in the meanwhile I will show you this "Test City" ;).
Since this is a "Test City", you might see some elements, you have already seen.




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Well... I hope you liked this rather short Update :).

Fabian




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kwakelaar: Thanks a lot :).
rooker1: Thank you, Robin ;).
Battlecat: Thanks! Glad you like the new boulevard :).
Earth quake: Thank you very much :thumbsup:.
djvandrake: Thanks a lot. Glad you liked my month in this category ;).
Tomas Neto: Thanks a lot, Tomas :).
Barbarossa: Thank you very much, Stijn :thumbsup:. Glad to hear that you liked the recent Update. It's a big compliment for me.
gottago: Thanks a lot :). I'm glad to hear that I was able to help you.
Sciurus: Well I answered most of your reply by p.m already ;), so I'm just going to say: Thank you very, very much :).
Bobbi: Thanks a lot :), but what do you mean with "unusual"?
silentbreaker: Thanks a lot for that big compliment :).
dsrwhat316: Thanks a lot, Dan :thumbsup:. Yeah, I'm quite surprised myself to see my MD in the Top 5 list.
sumwonyuno: Thanks - I'm glad to hear that and I'm looking forward to what you are going to do ;).
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: danielcote on December 05, 2009, 01:21:14 PM
This city is nice! I see you've added more modern buildings. You will still show you're old city too won't you?
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on December 05, 2009, 08:34:22 PM
Very nice.  I like the use of diagonals you've incorporated.

I have several test cities too.  None of mine look as good as yours though!  :D  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on December 06, 2009, 02:45:46 AM
As always Fabian, as always, and it's evident for you now, it's more than WONDERFUL!!! :o Please give me your secret to do as beautiful cities as it, please!!! $%Grinno$%
The Hong-kong BAT is very good integrated in the european center, it looks excellent!
So, I post this message and I go playing SC4!! ;D Because each time I see your city, it gives me urge to playing SC4, unbelievable, isn't it? :D

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on December 06, 2009, 01:26:26 PM
And this is only a test city! :shocked2: Wonderful custom lotting and use of both straight and diagonal W2Ws!  &apls
Just one note, I think the plaza at the top of the mosaic is a bit too empty, some trees and bushes on the grass would make it look much better ;)
Looking forward to more! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: MTT9 on December 06, 2009, 02:33:47 PM
Awesome mozaic and very nice test city.
Just a question, what happened to the building's sings?
Matt
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Nardo69 on December 06, 2009, 03:43:51 PM
Sorry for not showing up too often but last month had been ... well .. a bit difficult.

But I could see you used your OSITM very nicely.

Had a look over the last two pages (more would have melt my poor (in both meanings! ::) ) DSL connection.

Take care my friend!


Bernhard  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: calibanX on December 06, 2009, 04:07:12 PM
Very nice 'test' city Fabian. The diagonals are a nice touch. It's really a great mosaic.

Take care.

Geoff
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: dsrwhat316 on December 06, 2009, 04:25:31 PM
Nice use of those diagonal buildings. Your city seems very busy and livable  :thumbsup:

I also think that the open plaza at the top of the pic seems a bit empty. Maybe some planter props (such as the ones made by Simgoober) would make the plaza less... dull. Everything else I wouldn't change a bit, though!

~ Dan
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: ManuelR on December 07, 2009, 01:55:20 AM
Just stunning pictures in your MD so far! I really like the realism in your pictures and the big mixture of Bats. Your PlugIn folder must be enormous. :D
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on December 07, 2009, 08:32:13 AM
That's quite the well built test bed there!  Nice mix of building styles!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Schulmanator on December 08, 2009, 01:58:24 PM
Great test city! I am looking forward to seeing  it when it is done :)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: scott1964 on December 08, 2009, 04:04:47 PM
Nice looking city so far.  :P $%Grinno$%
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Gilikov1994 on December 09, 2009, 09:23:17 AM
AMAZING!!!!! &apls &apls :thumbsup:

I realy realy realy LOVE this CJ, reminds me a bit of Vienna and Prague...?
I always like EuroCJ's, esspecialy this one!
PS: visit my cj Eurdonia (on Simtropolis)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on December 10, 2009, 02:03:14 AM
The highrises are in contrast to what we've been usually seen (low-rise).  It really has turned out quite nicely.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Delecto on December 10, 2009, 02:16:38 AM
Fantastik picture Fabian... a real feel of Berlin!  ;)
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on December 12, 2009, 09:18:18 AM

I'm sorry, but I just got a small teaser for you today...
I've been experimenting with transparent textures, diagonal fields and other things.
You were able to see the CBD of a rather big city in the last Update... I decided to continue working on that city and I'm currently trying to build the suburbs ;).




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I hope to post an Update, soon :).

Fabian
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on December 12, 2009, 09:20:42 AM
Great teaser! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Yan077 on December 12, 2009, 09:26:36 AM
Fantastic teaser and fantastic work with the transparent textures  &apls &apls &apls

a minor critical for me, perhaps some filelds are "too clean", but that's just my point of view  ;)

keep us the good work  :thumbsup:

Yann.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on December 12, 2009, 05:59:58 PM
Great teaser.  I'm a big fan of those seasonal trees and they look great in your landscape.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: dsrwhat316 on December 12, 2009, 06:34:53 PM
Your farms look very nice, Fabian! Nice work with the transparent textures  ;). Although I do agree with Yann that the fields do seem a bit too "clean". I know of a prop pack that has some nice, uh... props that may be useful.
They can be found in BSCMegaProps JES Vol01 (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=342) and BSCMegaProps jestarr Vol02 (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=338). The props you'll want to check out are:

jes_Grass-1Clump01
jes_Grass-3Clump01
jes_Weed02

These props are small, so I suggest plopping several of these together to get a more visual effect. You can find them towards the end of the prop list in the Lot Editor.

This is a Maxis prop, but I tend to use this in my lots more often than not: Flora 2x2x2_QuarterShrub_1EDF

Since I know you're a whiz with the LE, I know you'll have no problem with this  :thumbsup:. These are just suggestions, so don't feel obligated to do these. Keep up the splendid work, Fabian!

~ Dan
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Engorn on December 13, 2009, 01:54:17 AM
Wow! This is an incredible MD. Very very good stuff here. Congratulations. &apls &apls &apls &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on December 13, 2009, 04:48:29 AM
Waow, wonderful Fabian!! &apls
I love seasonal trees you use, are there from Hooha47?

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: calibanX on December 13, 2009, 07:41:07 PM
I like your work with the transparent textures. The default grass is quite nice. It can look a little too clean though. You might want to try some plopped grass and undergrowth. It would work well with those textures.

Geoff
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on December 14, 2009, 08:44:20 AM
Fantastic again, Fabian!! Awesome rural area!!! I agree with Yan about some filelds are "too clean", but I think that it is a kind of style, and on this case is the your style of play SC4, Fabian!!! Style that I think very cool!!!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on December 14, 2009, 08:48:33 AM
Great update!  Those farms look excellent, you're putting those new SFBT lots to excellent use! 
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kwakelaar on December 14, 2009, 08:50:18 AM
Great use of the diagonal Swiss farms, they do look splendid in this MD.
Then I would like to ask you how you did the textures for the farm in the first picture. It seems like they are extending beyond the lot, how did you achieve that effect?
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Schulmanator on December 14, 2009, 01:42:25 PM
Loving this. And esp the first pic... the dirt crossing the vehicle tracks... just perfect. Nice, nice work.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: harris14 on December 14, 2009, 03:20:26 PM
wow the quality of these pics are amazing :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on December 16, 2009, 10:49:26 PM
So many cows!  Heh, there's a cow swimming in the water trough in the first picture, and one's escaping over the fence in the second picture!  :D
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on December 16, 2009, 11:25:16 PM
Great teasers! I agree that the field is a bit empty, some grass would make it look even better in my opinion. Looking forward to the full update!
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on December 21, 2009, 07:46:54 AM

Update #23 - Random, Rural Pictures




Thank you so much, everybody - almost 30 replies :o.
Today I'm going to show you a few rural pictures. I tried to improve those little fields, I showed you in the last Update. I hope you like it :).




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Thank you for watching ;).
Oh, and since I'm probably not going to write again before Christmas... I'm just going to wish you all a wonderful Christmas time, now.

Fabian




Replies

danielcote: Thank you very much :). Yes, of course I will - this was just a little test ;).
djvandrake (x2): Thanks a lot :).
Sciurus (x2): Thank you so much, Guillaume. Your words really honor me ;). Concerning the teaser: No, those trees can be found in BadSim's Lot Editor thread ;).
io_bg (x2): Thanks a lot, Ioan. I will try to make it better the next time ;).
emmotic: Thanks a lot :). I'm not sure what you mean with "sings"... I suppose you mean those mirrored signs on the buildings? It's because I mirror the pictures before posting them ;).
Nardo69: Thank you very much, Bernhard ;). I'm always glad to see you here.
calibanX (x2): Thank you ;).
dsrwhat316 (x2): Thanks a lot Dan. Well, as I've already said in Ioan's reply, I will try to improve - thanks a lot for that suggestion :). Furthermore, I'd like to thank you for that other suggestion concerning my teasers. I tried to do something with the Lot Editor, but I wasn't happy with the result, so instead I used the grass from the Major Menu.
ManuelR: Thanks a lot :). Well the size of my Plugin folder is approximately 2,21gb ;).
Battlecat (x2): Thank you very much ;).
Schulmanator (x2): Thanks a lot. Well I'm not sure, whether I will ever finish it ;).
scott1964: Thanks a lot :).
Gilikov1994: Thank you very much ;). Well, how could you not love cities like Prague, Vienna or other European cities :P? I'm inspired by them a lot.
sumwonyuno (x2): Thank you very much ;).
Delecto: Thank you ;). I'm glad you liked my little "Test-City".
Bobbi: Thank you so much :).
Yan077: Thanks a lot, Yann :). Well, I hope you like those fields now ;).
Engorn: Thank you :).
Tomas Neto: Thank you so much, Tomas :) - it is really appreciated.
kwakelaar: Thanks a lot :). Actually, those textures are not expanding. If you are interested, I could show you a picture from the Lot Editor (just let me know), but then again you could also have a look at "Antigone" - since the rural Lots in that MD were my main inspiration ;).
harris14: Thank you very much :) - glad to see another new face in this MD.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: rooker1 on December 21, 2009, 07:54:45 AM
Very nice update, the pictures are great and I love the way the city is setup, very realistic.  I'm not a big farm person but even that area looks great too.

Robin  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on December 21, 2009, 08:22:15 AM
Those are great looking farms!  Those new buildings are an excellent addition to the game, I certainly like what you've done with them!  Those two industrial buildings in shot 5 or 6 are pretty cool as well, where did you locate those ones?
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on December 22, 2009, 08:03:14 PM
Those fields look really fantastic.  Excellent work.  &apls

Is that building with the smoke stacks going through the oil tank?
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: dsrwhat316 on December 23, 2009, 01:27:14 PM
Incredible rural shots! It seems you can do it all: urban, suburban, rural... :thumbsup:

Everything seems to fit into place perfectly. Although, the street roundabout does stick out a bit due to the concrete textures. Perhaps some strategically placed props using the lot resize trick would make the roundabout fit in better? Seeing your past pics, I know you can utilize this technique (if you chose to) with great results!

~ Dan
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on December 23, 2009, 03:07:52 PM
Wowww!!! Awesome update!!!  Rural and urban areas very realistics and beautifuls!!!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on December 24, 2009, 01:38:52 AM
Waow, these mosaics are really wonderful! I love the country, but just a hing, is it normal that there's a cow on the street on the left (http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2601/68500800.jpg)? :P
And thanks for trees, I'll seek it. :thumbsup:

Guillaume
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: wallasey on December 25, 2009, 11:18:31 AM
This is one of those rare MD's where everything looks right. Nothing is out of place or used to the detriment of the appearance of the image. A big well done, you have a great eye for detail!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: calibanX on December 27, 2009, 08:21:15 PM
I like how you've broken up the straight lines with those angled roads and curved rail lines. Very nice looking.

Geoff
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on December 27, 2009, 08:46:21 PM
Great update! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kelis on December 29, 2009, 05:33:12 AM
Great, You're a great inspiration for me.

&apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Frankie B on December 29, 2009, 10:31:47 AM
Absolutely stunning work.

Two things jump out at me, the depth of colour and the superb lot editing skills. Some of the best I've seen in a long time.

Fantastic work, shall be following this on a regular basis :)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on December 29, 2009, 10:36:20 AM
Splendid update, Fabian !
I like how the warehouses are mixed with the houses, it's nicely done. Excellent work with the road (well, street) layout which is well thought. The small block fits really well here, behind the railway. The farms are nicely done too, I like those big empty spaces. Good job with the industrial sector too, fits well with the atmosphere of the city.

Take care,
-Arthur. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Yan077 on December 29, 2009, 10:45:14 AM
The amount of details included in those pictures is amazing   :o
And everything in its right place  :thumbsup:

Splendid update Fabian  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Engorn on December 30, 2009, 03:57:00 AM
Wow! Another bunch of very impressive pics. I really love the ground textures. When I grow up, I wanna be like you. :P
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: strucka on January 06, 2010, 12:15:52 PM
Darn it. This looks like... like... like it's real... =) great great work.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on January 06, 2010, 12:21:01 PM
I don't really know what to say... I'm just staring in awe! The last update is just marvellous! The combination of suburbs, rails, farms and factories is really unique! &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: bat on January 07, 2010, 10:26:52 AM
Welcome to page 18!

Great pictures of that nice "little fields" there! And great shots of the city!
Looking forward to more... You have a great MD! :thumbsup:
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on January 08, 2010, 09:04:10 AM

Update #24 - A first look at Mühlenberg




Thank you again for following this MD :).
Today I will present you a little town called "Mühlenberg". It was named after a mill which is not existing anymore, even though there are plans to re-erect it.
I played around with Photoshop... I'm not sure whether you will like it, but I think it looks more or less okay.
You won't see a lot of the town itself in this Update but rather you will see more rural areas, which surround Mühlenberg. I even created a few Lots (e.g. those diagonal-field-lots :-\).




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Okay, so I'm not sure if you liked this Update.
Anyway... hope to see you here again for Update #25 :thumbsup:.

Fabian




Replies

rooker1: Thank you very much, Robin. I'm glad to hear that you like it :).
Battlecat: Thanks a lot ;). Well I already gave you the links by personal message, so if anybody else would like to have that question answered, don't hesitate to ask me by p.m. ;)
djvandrake: Thank you :). Yes it seems to be :D, but don't ask me why... I am not the creator of that Lot ;).
dsrwhat316: Thanks a lot, Dan :) - it's always great to see you here. Well, thanks for that suggestion, but I think my park-menu would get overloaded if I'd do a resized Lot for every roundabout ;) - so I think I will only use this technique in certain cases :thumbsup:.
Tomas Neto: Thank you very much, Tomas ;).
Sciurus: Thanks a lot, Guillaume :). :D Well, even in Leviathan it is quite strange to see a cow running around on streets :P - I think it's caused by those "cow-generators" &idea.
wallasey: Thank you very much for that big compliment :).
calibanX: Thanks a lot :).
Bobbi: Thank you ;).
kelis: Thanks a lot. It's always great to hear such words ()stsfd().
Frankie B: Thank you ;). I'm glad to hear that you like this MD :thumbsup:.
art128: Thanks a lot, Arthur - glad to see here again :).
Yan077: Thank you so much, Yann. I'm glad you like it ;).
Engorn: :P Thanks a lot :).
strucka: Thank you very much :).
io_bg: Thank you very much, Ioan. Glad you like it ;).
bat: Welcome to Leviathan! I'm glad that you like it, thanks a lot :).
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on January 08, 2010, 09:08:11 AM
Very nice update indeed!  Love your use of the gravel paths and diagonal buildings in this update!  You've got great details all around here.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: rooker1 on January 08, 2010, 09:27:51 AM
This last update of yours is really incredible, very eye catching.  The fields and assortment of trees and grasse all make the pictures look stunning.

Robin  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on January 08, 2010, 09:33:21 AM
Nice update, Fabian !
As Robin said, it's very eye-catching ! I like how you played with the farm fields. The photoshop you add to the pictures is, as usual, very nice, but a bit too dark for my taste.. I really love the effects you've done with the first picture from the top and the third from the bottom, the first looks like a cloud is passing when the photograph took the picture from the plane; And the second looks like the sun is just at the right of the focal of the camera ! Nice work !

Take care,
-Arthur. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on January 08, 2010, 09:55:03 AM
I certainly liked this update! The combination of trees and other ploppable stuff is amazing.
The photoshopping is well done! Maybe only the last pic is a bit too blurried for my taste.
Can't wait for the pics from Mühlenberg! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on January 08, 2010, 12:47:48 PM
Oh wow, diagonal fields!    :)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: calibanX on January 08, 2010, 07:47:49 PM
Beautiful shots of your farms Fabian. Very artistic.  &apls &apls

Geoff
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Nardo69 on January 09, 2010, 08:06:55 AM
I can remember someone who wrote in a Dinosaur's MD that he likes to get imspired from him. Well, seems to be the ol' donkey can steal some ideas get some inspirations from her, too!  :D

Love that lonely building in the first picture. Same with the diagonal farm. Should try that some day, too ....

Take care my friend!

Bernhard  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on January 09, 2010, 09:34:59 AM
Yes I did like your update.  The rural areas look wonderful and very realisitic.  Very nice job with the fields, trees, and roadways.  There's not a diagonal jagged edge in sight and that's an accomplishment!  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: bat on January 09, 2010, 12:22:12 PM
All new pictures are really fantastic! Nice work! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on January 10, 2010, 02:30:18 AM
Ok for the cow :D This latest update is wonderful, I particullary love the pic where we see the bank of the lake. I find them  WONDERFUL!!! But, is it ploppable water or is it "Maxis" water?

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Bobbi on January 10, 2010, 03:03:47 AM
Beautiful pictures :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Girafe on January 10, 2010, 03:12:44 AM
Superb Countryside  &apls &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Yan077 on January 10, 2010, 03:34:08 AM
Superb forests with friendly bears ;D, splendid riverside, fantastic farms, excellent photoshopping, this MD is a feast for the eyes.

Yann  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kwakelaar on January 10, 2010, 10:55:19 AM
I must say the wildlife is doing very well in Leviathan. A great looking update and lots of details to look at.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: dsrwhat316 on January 10, 2010, 04:18:37 PM
Quote from: Fabian93 on January 08, 2010, 09:04:10 AM
dsrwhat316: I think my park-menu would get overloaded if I'd do a resized Lot for every roundabout ;) - so I think I will only use this technique in certain cases :thumbsup:

I hear you on that one; my parks (and other menus) are overloaded with lots themselves  ::)!

This new update is stunning! My favorite pic is the second one, with all the trees lining the shoreline. Plus the cabin and motorboat really make the pic great!

~ Dan
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on January 12, 2010, 12:16:31 PM
Awesome update!!! Fantastic!!!  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Delecto on January 12, 2010, 11:17:27 PM
Great job Fabian  &apls rural land is developing nicely.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: mightygoose on January 13, 2010, 06:28:16 AM
hellfire and brimstone, now i know whose rural areas i should aspire to...
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Engorn on January 23, 2010, 03:42:07 PM
Very nice photos. I like the fact that the first reminds me to a abandoned house near here, in my town. It's lonely and in the middle of the forest, used very often to play paintball.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kelis on January 28, 2010, 02:53:54 PM
your rural cities are incredibly realistic, I love the image of the train, I hope you continue the good work.
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on February 02, 2010, 01:48:26 PM

Update #25 - Finishing Mühlenberg and Starting a new Region




Well the last Update was called "A first look at Mühlenberg". It seems to be a lie $%Grinno$% (I'm sorry :P) - I'll post one last image of Mühlenberg, though (the first mosaic).
At some point I realized that my region was way too big - that's why I decided to start a new region, which will still be in the Empire of Leviathan. That region will consist of rural areas but also of a huge city (I estimate it to be on at least 9 big tiles - hopefully more ::)). Today you'll get to see a first Teaser of the suburbs of that mentioned city ;). Hopefully you will like it...




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Teaser

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Ok, I hope you liked this Update #25 :) and even more that you'll appreciate my new region :-\.
I've got some questions:

#1: Did you like the colours in the second mosaic, or do you think they're too colourful?
#2: I've tested like 4 different mods that claimed to remove those ugly palms... none of them worked - does anyone know how to fix that?
#3: I've got Ennedi's Slopemod installed... it worked fine until recently... does anyone know why?

Any help would be appreciated :).

Fabian




Replies

Battlecat: Thanks a lot :).
rooker1: Thank you very much, Robin, glad you like it ;).
art128: Thank you very much, Arthur - glad to hear that you like the Photoshopping :). I guess you are not the only one that thinks my pictures are too dark - do you like the colours in this Update?
io_bg: Thanks a lot, Ioan :). I personally thought that the effect in the last shot was quite cool, so I decided to post it (it looks like a painting in my opinion ;)).
sumwonyuno: Thanks :). I highly recommend everybody to make their own diagonal field-Lots, it's really worth it, since it adds a lot of realism ;). If you or anyone else would like to have them, don't hesitate to ask in this thread. I'll be attaching them to my next post as soon as possible :thumbsup:.
calibanX: Thank you very much, Geoff :).
Nardo69: Thank you very much, Bernhard :) - I'm happy to hear, that you can get inspired from my MD, too ()stsfd(). Oh, I recently had a look at your thread "My (in)famous Thoughts About The Game". Very preceptive, thanks a lot :thumbsup:!
djvandrake: Thanks a lot, glad you like it :).
bat: Thank you ;).
Sciurus: Thank you very much, Guillaume :) - in that case it was Maxis-water. You can build some nice shorelines with that, too :thumbsup:.
Bobbi: Thanks a lot :).
Girafe: Thank you - glad you like it ;).
Yan077: Thank you very much, Yann :). "Feast for the eyes" is definitively a huge compliment, coming from you - thanks ()stsfd().
kwakelaar: Thanks a lot - glad you like it :).
dsrwhat316: Not just yours :P (but I guess yours is way more than mine). Sometimes I have to scroll like two minutes to find a certain object in my Parks- or Landmarksmenu $%Grinno$%. Glad you like the recent Update ;).
Tomas Neto: Thank you very much, Tomas :).
Delecto: Thanks a lot :). By the way, I recently downloaded your first release from the STEX - fantastic work ;)!
mightygoose: Thanks a lot ;). Congratulations on becoming an OSITM this month (I'll try to leave an reply sooner or later) &apls &apls.
Engorn: Thanks a lot - glad you like it :).
kelis: Thanks a lot :) - I hope so, too $%Grinno$%.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: ShultzCity on February 02, 2010, 02:23:35 PM
Love it! Brilliant showcase of Matt's houses (how do you get so many to build in the one area!?  :o ) and great suburban areas. Loving those rural scenes as well, great use of Chrisadam's fences ;)

Can I ask, have you changed the isometric view in photoshop? Your straight streets look diagonal, and diagonals straight - and it looks real good!

#1: Not to colourful at all - however, the further the mosaic is zoomed out, the less colourful it should be IMO (to create the feeling of depth)
Have no idea about the other two - sorry :D
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: soulchaser on February 02, 2010, 02:25:24 PM
I know the problem with regionsize, that's why I've never finished one yet.

Your way of playing looks really awesome, btw.

for your questions:
#1) I like the colors more saturated as your last pic (I always do this with mine).
#2) & #3) This sounds like mod conflicts. My Palm-removal-mod works fine. I'll take a look, which one I use.

:thumbsup:
Ben

EDIT: I have 2, but I don't know where they are from, as I just keep the dats due to space.
          The names of the dats:
                NoPalmsProps-Pines.dat   (28.10.2004)
                No $$$ Palms.dat            (05.09.2004)
        I hope that helps.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: mightygoose on February 02, 2010, 03:07:25 PM
magnificent work, that second mosaic is soooo tasty, i love what you have done with the railway lines and the lake is also spectacular. do drop by XD
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Utvaw on February 02, 2010, 03:13:24 PM
Been following your MD for a while, great work.   :thumbsup:

I now have 2 questions though.  In the teaser above what is the large residential looking building in the upper left of the picture and what walls are you using for the sunken rail?
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on February 02, 2010, 06:57:37 PM
Fantastic!   &apls

Those rail lines are supurb.  I really like that a lot.

For your questions:

1)  I very much enjoy the colors. I think your mosaic looks wonderful.

2)  My no palms mods don't work either. :(  Sorry I'm no help, but I'll be an interested reader for the comments of the others here.

3)  I use a different slope mod.  Can't remember which.  I'll check.

And I can't wait to see this huge, 9 tile city! Yikes!  ;D 
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: scott1964 on February 02, 2010, 07:42:39 PM
Good job on the pond. I am still trying my hand at that sort of stuff.  ;D
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on February 03, 2010, 02:36:29 AM
Waow waow waow!!! That is really really wonderful! I can't believe it! :o :o
I love the second image &apls And thanks for the water :thumbsup:

Guillaume.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on February 03, 2010, 08:52:46 AM
Awesome mosaics!!! Really fantastic work!!!  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on February 03, 2010, 09:24:53 AM
Fantastic update!  A great pair of mosaics you've created here!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Engorn on February 03, 2010, 11:05:15 AM
Woaaaaaa! I loved the first mosaic. I love when it rains like this in here when I'm staying at home. It only could be improved if I could make a fire on the chimney.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: gottago on February 03, 2010, 12:31:20 PM
Wonderful pics, but they take a long time to load--are they .pngs? Better to post .jpgs. The bottom one is too saturated and dark for my taste, though.

I gave up on no palm mods a while ago--none of them seem to work; they all leave little rump palmettos that look silly. I've used the SFBT tree replacement mod, which does get rid of palms as advertised, but it creates another problem--though it promises to give you control over what tree models appear on your streets, I get conifers mixed in when I want only deciduous. I've never been anywhere other than mountain villages where you see streets lined with towering pine and spruce trees, and find this just as annoying as Maxis palms, but maybe it will work for you. 

In the same way, I've never found a rail ballast removal mod that works, though I've tried them all and moved them literally everywhere in my plugins, and ended up using a compromise one that replaces the ballast with an inoffensive grass texture. It doesn't blend with the terrain but better than nothing. 
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Connor on February 03, 2010, 12:55:53 PM
That second mosaic is spectacular. The railway and the lake is amazing. Great work  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: BuildingUp on February 03, 2010, 01:50:51 PM
Wow, that's one heck of a teaser! I absolutely love the realism in this picture. I love the stormy atmosphere in the first picture. I also like the railways. Very nice!  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Q-Tips on February 04, 2010, 12:01:11 AM
This is simply just wonderful. I love how you put en effort to details. I neven been a huge fan to rainy pictures, but this time i just have surrender to the good atmosphere it gives. Many real good pictures here.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: nedalezz on February 04, 2010, 09:24:39 PM
Two great mosaics in one update, not much more one can ask for! I love the colour scheme in the second one, and my favorite part is the little lake at the end, which seems a world away from the urban area just few hundred meters north.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Yan077 on February 06, 2010, 05:41:46 AM
Always a great pleasure to visit your MD Fabian ! ()stsfd()
These mosaics are really impressive, superb work and incredible details, as always  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on February 07, 2010, 05:05:20 AM
Fantastic update, Fabian! &apls The photoshopping makes these pics so realistic! I particularly like the rail layout as well!
Take care,
Ioan :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: rooker1 on February 08, 2010, 06:51:07 AM
Both mosaics are very good, but I really like the realism of the second one.  The rail line looks perfectly done.  Long slope and nice 90 degree trun through the trees.  &apls

Robin  :thumbsup:
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on March 13, 2010, 03:31:14 AM

Update #26 - Huge Update




I'm really happy to announce that I've won the Thematic Competition (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=10353.0) for a second time :).
Because it took so long for another Update, I decided to post 4 new mosaics of that city as "apology" :P. I hope you enjoy these mosaics.
A real Update will be posted soon, I had no time to work on my new city, yet.




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I really hope you enjoyed watching these 4 mosaics ;).

Fabian




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ShultzCity: Thank you very much - glad you like it :). I always mirror my pictures, this way the streets and buildings look (at least in my opinion) more real ;).
soulchaser: Thanks a lot, Ben :). I was able to fix that little palm-problem... I had to delete the props from the SFBT-folder ;).
mightygoose: Thank you so much ;).
Utvaw: Thanks - you can find that building here (http://yume22.tistory.com/category/:%20%E5%A4%A2%E5%AD%90%27s%20BAT%26LOTs) and those walls here (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=131) ;).
djvandrake: Thanks a lot - glad you like it :).
scott1964: Glad you like that little pond ;) - good luck on building your own pond :thumbsup:.
Sciurus: Thanks a lot, Guillaume. No problem ;).
Tomas Neto: Thanks a lot, Tomas :).
Battlecat: Thank you - glad you liked those 2 mosaics :).
Engorn: Thanks - I will try that for the next rain-picture ;).
gottago: Thanks a lot :) - no these pictures are .jpg of course... I guess it was a problem with Imageshack ;).
Connor: Thanks a lot :).
BuildingUp: Thanks, glad you like it :).
Q-Tips: Thank you very much for that compliment :).
nedalezz: Thanks a lot - glad you like it ;).
Yan077: Thank you very much, Yann, glad you enjoy reading this MD :).
io_bg: Thank you so much, Ioan - glad you like the photoshopping, too ;).
rooker1: Thanks a lot, Robin - always great to see you here :thumbsup: - glad you like the second one so much :).
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on March 13, 2010, 03:50:30 AM
That's outstanding! I love the way the big avenue splits up in front of the cathedral. The canal is pretty interesting, too! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: nedalezz on March 13, 2010, 04:38:00 AM
Wow, apology accepted, all is forgiven after that updated, lol.

Seriously, great stuff. I especially like the first mosaic, with the park around the lake being the favorite. I also LOVE how you did the river, it looks so lifelike.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Yan077 on March 13, 2010, 04:51:11 AM
I don't enjoy your CJ, I LOVE your CJ !

I agree with io_bg, that's totally outstanding....   :o
the last mosaic is certainly one of the best I have ever seen  &apls &apls &apls

keep us the good work !
Yann  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Engorn on March 13, 2010, 05:24:28 AM
Wow! Stunning! This is a lovely MD. I love the square in front of that church. :)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Gilikov1994 on March 13, 2010, 07:42:13 AM
like Yan077, I also love your MD! :)
One off the best European MD/CJ's ever!
B.t.w, how did you maded that roadconnection between the Maxis and the road that you've made by you're one..?

Keep up the good work, I will follow this MD closely! :thumbsup: &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: ecoba on March 13, 2010, 08:30:08 AM
Well, congragulations- again, Fabian.

You really did build a lovely city, but I'll be eager to see your new city as well.

Ethan
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on March 13, 2010, 11:39:09 AM
Wonderful, wonderful, just... WONDERFUL!!! &apls &apls &apls

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on March 13, 2010, 12:35:12 PM
Fabian, you've done a pretty fabulous work on this city so far my friend.

All of what I saw there is fantastic. The town is really well done, I love the buildings you used there. Also, excellent job on that river, it's a  nice idea you had there to use the TPW to make a river. That custom lotted avenue is excellent too, I love how it leads to the church and the column. However, I don't really like that small "building" just in front of a stair in mosaic number 4 (The one just next to the modern glass building.) ..  ::) $%Grinno$%

Arthur. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Utvaw on March 13, 2010, 08:48:58 PM
Fantastic pictures.  The canal is a neat idea, but the edges of the plopped water make it look kinda weird. 

Are those picnic tables by the pond ploppable?  If so where can one get them?


All in all, a set of great pictures.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: calibanX on March 13, 2010, 09:17:09 PM
Wow, fantastic mosaics of your city. Everything 'fits' together perfectly. The cathedral is well placed, congrats on the competition by the way. I find myself drawn to that pond and the picnic tables as well.

Great work.

Geoff
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: nbvc on March 14, 2010, 03:17:19 AM
Great mosaics. I like the canals you made. &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: mightygoose on March 14, 2010, 10:25:28 AM
another superb update my friend.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on March 14, 2010, 07:25:25 PM
Fantasitc mosaics!  &apls  Really top quality work.

Congrats on winning the thematic competition.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: bat on March 15, 2010, 12:39:32 AM
Your updates are really nice! Fantastic work on your city!
Looking forward to more... :)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Zanza on March 15, 2010, 04:26:09 AM
Bravo, great stuff.  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Battlecat on March 15, 2010, 10:01:08 AM
Great to see you back here!  Based on this update, it's worth the wait!  You've got some great buildings in here.  Am I right in thinking that you made that canal using plopable water?  It certainly worked out nicely if that's the case! 
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: DerChrischi on April 15, 2010, 11:51:05 AM
Hey Fabian,
That´s one off the Best Mayor Diary´s i ever have seen. And I am a big Fan off yours.  &hlp I hope it will alwasy grow.  :satisfied:  &apls :thumbsup:


Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: strucka on May 08, 2010, 12:14:01 PM
I must add to all the positive replies given to you. This is out standing. Your MD is my goal and idol while making my own MD. &apls &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kalvar on May 08, 2010, 10:07:19 PM
 :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
WOW, this leaves the capital simcity amateurs, including myself.

This brilliant your region, hairs.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: rooker1 on May 11, 2010, 10:24:51 AM
 I have to agree with the others about your apology, although I wish to see more. ;) and very soon. 
Those pics were amazing.  You seem to have everything very well placed in your city.  Parks are in the right places, I see some parking lots....which many MDers forget about.
The thing that has got me is that building that transitions the trains to underground....where did you get that?  I love it.
Keep updating like this and I'll be moving your MD to The Classics section in no time. ;)

Robin  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on May 17, 2010, 05:01:16 PM
Awesome, really awesome!!! What more to say?   &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: wallasey on May 28, 2010, 08:19:26 AM
These are truly stunning images your giving us here, the mixture of urban and rural just goes to show how diverse and adaptable your skills really are!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: planetechef on June 18, 2010, 07:46:45 AM
My first post here, never too late  ;D, i would say i watch your MD from the beginning today and only one thing to say: awesome  &apls  &apls
your empire is a huge place, a lot of beautifull pictures, clever & clean, i love it, congrat on the last update, i like what you did with the board of your canal, very smart, i will follow your MD from now, like i say, never too late  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on June 18, 2010, 09:04:54 PM
Whoa!  I really like all of those mosaics!  Your urban areas are wonderful.  The white high-rises at the bottom of the last picture of the update look fairly close to a building here in Honolulu.
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on July 14, 2010, 09:02:42 AM

Update #27 - City of Hammerbrook




Wow! No Updates since 4 months - my MD should have been in the Archives already, no? :D Anyway... I do not play this game very often anymore... but sometimes, when I'm bored I still find the time to play a few minutes :). That's why there has been no Update for such a long time  ;).
Well, as you will see, I have been working on a new city: Hammerbrook. I think somebody already called his city like that on this site?! I'm not sure - anyway my city is named after a district of Hamburg in Germany. I hope you like it :).




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That's it already! I've never said that this would be a huge Update - but it's better than nothing... I try to post more soon :P.

Fabian




Replies

Actually, I would always answer every single post. However I'm rather busy at the moment. That's why I will only answer the posts that contain questions. I hope that is okay!?

io_bg, nedalezz, Yan077, Engorn, ecoba, Sciurus, calibanX, nbvc, mightygoose, djvandrake, bat, Zanza, DerChrischi, strucka, kalvar, Tomas Neto, wallasey, planetechef, sumwonyuno: Thank you all so much for your very kind words! It's really appreciated and it also keeps me playing the game... Thank you very much - glad you like it :).
Gilikov1994: Actually it is quite easy - simply transit-enable the last part of the huge avenue and connect the standard roads with the Lot ;). Glad you like it!
art128: Haha, yeah you're right - people are not able to walk down the staircase :D - I should fix that :).
Utvaw: You can get them here: Click! (http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=20916) - Glad you liked the 4 mosaics :).
Battlecat: Yes, you're completely right - the canal was made by using plopable water from the Major Mode Menu :) - thank you for stopping by :thumbsup:.
rooker1: Thank you very much for your nice comment, Robin - which building do you mean? Maybe this Tunnel pack (http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=21165)? Well, I hope so :P.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: DebussyMan on July 14, 2010, 10:02:25 AM
Fantastic progression! but it looked much better in 1922 (as most of the real world did $%Grinno$% )
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Connor on July 14, 2010, 11:12:33 AM
Really nice update  &apls

By the way, what is the tall blue(ish) in the bottom left corner of the 2010 picture?
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: DerChrischi on July 14, 2010, 12:41:46 PM
I LOVE IT!  &apls  &idea
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Gilikov1994 on July 14, 2010, 02:47:26 PM
thanks ;), absolutely great again :D
they've destroyed a lot in all those years, also some nice historical buildings :(

- Giel :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on July 15, 2010, 02:45:11 AM
But, it's still wonderful Fabian!!! &apls &apls

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: RickD on July 15, 2010, 03:51:22 AM
Awesome. Great idea with the pictures from different ages. I love how the rail line cuts through.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kelis on July 16, 2010, 03:33:14 AM
Great update my friend ! i like the historical pic's  &apls &apls
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on July 19, 2010, 03:13:00 PM

Update #28 - Just another Mosaic




Yeah nothing special, but I thought I'd show you some more of my new city "Hammerbrook" ;).




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Thanks for watching :).

Fabian




Replies

DebussyMan: Thanks :)! I totally agree with you. As I know how much you like the historic Berlin (just like me) I can totally understand your words ;).
Connor: Glad you like it ;). Do you mean this building (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1713)?
DerChrischi: Thank you very much :) - nice to hear that ;).
Gilikov1994: Yes. As I've already said in response to DebussyMan: I definitively prefer historic buildings over modern skyscrapers, just like you I guess?! :) Thanks for your comment :thumbsup:.
Sciurus: Thank you Guillaume :). Glad to hear that you still like it ;).
RickD: Thanks a lot :) - glad you like it so much ()stsfd().
kelis: Thank you very much ;).
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: wallasey on July 19, 2010, 04:05:26 PM
Two simply stunning mosaics. I particularly like your waterfront in the bottom left of the latest update.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Connor on July 19, 2010, 04:20:54 PM
Another great mosaic, fantastic work  &apls

Quote from: Fabian93 on July 19, 2010, 03:13:00 PM

Connor: Glad you like it ;). Do you mean this building (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1713)?


Thats the one! Thanks for the help  ;)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Gilikov1994 on July 24, 2010, 02:23:53 PM
B E A utiful  ::) &apls &apls, I can watch this mosaic for hours

- Giel :thumbsup:

Ps: thanks for explaining, and I very like the mix of historic and modern  ;)
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: djvandrake on July 25, 2010, 10:40:24 AM
Very impressive update!  You're certainly very accomplished with the W2W look.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: nedalezz on July 25, 2010, 10:52:49 AM
Simply put, that mosaic is outstanding. The colours you used to photoshop the pictures really bring it to life and make it very realistic. My favorite part is at the end, with the skyscrapers just showing at the tip. Amazing stuff.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kelis on July 25, 2010, 01:30:25 PM
Great job my friend ! I like the canals  &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Simcitler on July 28, 2010, 09:33:54 AM
You are a genius Fabian!  &apls
The way you mix up older buildings with more modern ones is just amazing. :satisfied:
Hope to see more soon.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Schulmanator on July 28, 2010, 01:30:12 PM
Great Euro town. I like the bit at lower left - a cool waterfront area.  :satisfied:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: planetechef on July 28, 2010, 08:46:59 PM
Beautifull mosaic  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on July 30, 2010, 03:11:33 PM
Heh, I really like the timeline of how the area has changed over the years.  I also like the mosaic!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Yan077 on August 05, 2010, 12:06:35 PM
This mosaic is so impressive  :o
I'm glad to see your come back Fabian, and I hope other stunning pictures like that !  &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kbieniu7 on August 14, 2010, 08:45:56 AM
Awesome! Everything fits excellent: rails, avenues, skyscrapers. Nothing more to add!  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: kodlovag on August 16, 2010, 08:23:07 AM
Wow, stunning mosaics
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Aliktren on February 02, 2011, 11:01:14 AM
This thread is utterly inspiring, I also just showed it to my wife and instead of saying "thats nice dear" she was amazed, I can pay you no higher compliment  ;D
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: mayorfabz on February 09, 2011, 01:06:11 PM
Oooooooooooh I can only dream my wife would ever say something like that  :D
Seriously, beautiful job, Fabian. Ich gratuliere.

Fabien
Title: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Fabian93 on July 10, 2011, 10:57:00 AM

Update #29 - Starting all over again




Wow, I can't believe that it has been almost one year without any updates?!
Anyway, after a long break, I decided to give this game another try, as I was actually quite bored with it for some time...
I cleaned up my plugins-folder a little bit and yeah, now I'm trying to grow some nice cities again.
The city which is depicted below is called "Lindenthal" - a city which is only a stone's throw away from Leviathan's capital: Laon.
It serves as a seat of royal power dating back to the mid of the 18th century. Since then, Lindenthal has experienced a huge period of growth and with 178.000 inhabitants nowadays, it is one of Leviathan's many bigger cities.




(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg143.imageshack.us%2Fimg143%2F2599%2F83725764.jpg&hash=72084d77e9ee64885d6dd42d489c14dda3cba5f5)




Thanks for stopping by :). I hope you liked it.

Fabian




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wallasey, Connor, Gilikov1994, djvandrake, nedalezz, kelis, Simcitler, Schulmanator, planetechef, sumwonyuno, Yan077, kbieniu7, kodlovag, Aliktren, mayorfabz: Thank you all so much :). I'm glad to hear that you've liked the "recent" :D update.. Hope you are still following.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: wallasey on July 10, 2011, 11:07:09 AM
Jawdropping scenery there!

My favourite part has to be the bottom where you give the appearance of small hidden streets; almost a medieval like street layout within the city walls. Stunning!

It is good to have you back!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: sumwonyuno on July 10, 2011, 09:34:58 PM
Wow!  The trees and the buildings are a really good combination!  Both are well done!   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: cubby420 on July 11, 2011, 10:36:03 AM
Inactive no more! What a comeback...great use of all the new toys around  ;D  The diversity of trees are a great touch!
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Tomas Neto on July 13, 2011, 04:43:45 PM
Amazing update, a fantastic return of your MD!!!   &apls &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Sciurus on July 14, 2011, 01:53:50 AM
The coming back of Leviathan? Excellent news!!! I still love your city, a fantastic city!! &apls &apls

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: art128 on July 14, 2011, 12:02:33 PM
Wonderful, Fabian !
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Connor on July 18, 2011, 10:22:08 AM
Great to see a new update, and fantastic work as always  &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: Adetsaj on July 20, 2011, 05:36:00 AM
Wonderfull parks, palaces and also the city  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: io_bg on September 01, 2011, 04:16:15 AM
What a comeback :o Lovely mosaic! &apls
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: SeanSC4 on September 01, 2011, 04:53:52 AM
That is an amazing mosaic with beautiful coloring. I can't wait to see more.
Title: Re: Empire of Leviathan
Post by: RickD on September 01, 2011, 05:07:45 AM
Oh no, I had missed the latest update. I don't usually look into the inactive section.  ()sad()

The city looks great. I hope you will continue with it.