Ronin Region - Update 13: West Hammond Coastal Industry and Fishing Harbors

[bat]

Welcome to page 7!

Great work on your city! The last updates are really great!
Looking forward to more great pictures of your city...

And congratulations for the OSITM!

[Tomas Neto]

Yeah my friend!!! Congratulations on the OSITM!!!   

[rooker1]

Congrats on getting your MD into the OSITM, I look forward to spending the month with you.

Robin 

[cubby420]

Wow! Thank you everyone for all of the support and comments.

Oh...and...Happy New Year!!! 

First, the most important news I have to share...I'M ENGAGED!!!         

More on that coming later in the month. Pretty cool, huh? On to some housecleaning though. I've been quite lazy with personal replies lately, so its time we caught everyone up.

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i_love_lamp (2): 

Noah (3): We make what we see right? Well, maybe not all of us, but I do    I've spent so much of my life in Chicago and other Midwestern cities, its kinda just stuck in my head. Plus, I think there is a lot of beauty there, though it might not be the most typical kind of beauty. Thank for stopping by.

Robin (2): Thank you. Glenni's tunnels are perfect for so many situations. They are fast becoming favorites of mine. It should be a good month I think. 

Tomas (3): Thank you my friend. Your comments are always appreciated.

Elias (2): Thank you. I love cities to be green, and from above, most really do. 

bat: Thank you very much. Don't be a stranger.

marsh (3): Thanks. Harrison Park is probably my favorite from that update as well. 7.8 is near the edge of the city, as it becomes a little more green. Good catch. 

Matt (2): I'm still waiting on the right answer! 

Jayster (2): Thanks bud.

eldaldo (2): Thank you. Minneapolis is a great place. I have had some good times there. Come back soon.

Guillaume (3): Thank you very much. I really try to produce realistic looking pics. Your work is an inspiration...just felt like saying. Recently, I was kinda stuck on a coastline that was driving me nuts, and Harmen's great coastal detailing of recent vintage got me going again.  Thanks! Oh, and you should visit America. But not now...its frigidly cold and generally unpleasant in 3/4 of the country.

RickD: Thank you. I'm glad you liked them.

solsystem (2): Thank you.

Manuel (2): The odd Euro bat does slip my careful pruning shears every now and then, but for the most part, everything you see is there because I want it there. In Chicago, you'd be surprised at the odd, out of place building styles you spot every now and then. A little Euro in my Americana adds some variety and breaks up otherwise monotonous images. That's how I'll justify it at least.    Thank you for coming by. Oh, and if you see a building or something that you want, just ask and I can identify it for you. 

malibu_man: Thanks for coming by. Churches and other places of worship seem to slip a lot of people's minds. I see them everywhere. All kinds too. Only seems natural to put lots in my cities. 

Ethan (4): I really enjoy making large historical neighborhoods. In fact, almost all my neighborhoods are historical in the strictest sense of the game.    Thank you for the comments and come back soon.

Arthur: Thank you.

Kwakelaar: Thank you very much. As I said to marsh, Harrison Park is something I'm very proud of. It blends in well with the otherwise urban landscape of Hammond.

TiFlo: Thanks for commenting. I remember an old episode of the Simpsons with an E.R. style scene with tense music in the background. The doctor is called in for emergency surgery...in walks Dr. Nick, who deadpans (for the only time I've ever seen) "hello everybody" in a serious and somber tone. "Hi Dr. Nick" his cautious nurses and assistants carefully answer. Still one of my favorite moments...I was on the floor. It looses something in type but believe me, it rocked.

Aaron (2): Thank you. That Forest Drive pic made it to the HOF by the way. 

Here it is, for your enjoyment:



Jordan (2): Thank you for the compliments. I hear you on the green space, but my infrastructure skills...eesh... 

nbvc (2): Thank you.

Battlecat (2): Thank you. My plop water skills are improving, but I think you might still have the market cornered on those skills.    RIP Leslie Nielsen.

Ioan: Thank you very much.

Bernhard: Well your work certainly is inspirational...just not in the...punctual sense?    Thank you for stopping by my friend.

Girafe: Thank you.

yan077: Praise of realism from you is high praise indeed. Thank you for the flattery my friend.

nedalezz: Thank you. Please come back soon.

Joan: Thank you very much Joan and the rest of the OSITM committee. I'll try my best to take advantage of my time in the spotlight. 

Will: Thank you. More updates are coming. 

Whoa...I think that takes of everybody. Now for an old fashioned update. Its back to Torri with this one...a city I've been anxious to share more of with you.

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[art128]

Beautiful pictures Andrew. The photo-editing really made it. I love the first picture, really I love it ! 

[io_bg]

Congrats on the OSITM and great last update!  

[Badsim]

Congratulations Andrew  ... I do appreciate your city builder skill . Everything looks logical , natural , continuous ... great use of trees & parks , the green part  is  an important one among your deep color's range , very pleasant to look at your work .

I guess Ronin Region isn't promised to only a great month ... 



Cédric

[rooker1]

 A great set of pics.  
I really like the very first one, with all those houses so nicely lined up and all of the same style....perfect pic.

Robin  

[Battlecat]

Congratulations on your OSITM!    

I like your suburbs in this update! 

[bat]

Nice new views of your beautiful city!
Looking forward to the second OSITM special.

[penguin007]

What a beautiful town that is right there. The canals and suburbs round it look amazing!!

Will

[cubby420]

Hello everyone. I've got something a little different for you today. 

First though, I'd like to thank Arthur, Io_bg, Cédric, Robin, Battlecat, bat, and Will for stopping by and leaving a comment.

I've been trying to get better with RHW lately. Show us your intersections is a great place to learn from experts if you're like me and a little confused by the wealth of content available with RHW. If you have not been there, check it out.

So...I'm going to show you a couple of my interchanges here. I do NOT have a lot of experience here, so be gentle.    But, any advice you have would be great. One of the interchanges in particular was inspired by the excellent design of jdenm8, who deserves credit for his excellent full access cloverleaf on page 101 in the above mentioned thread.

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[Nardo69]

Congratulation on being OSITM!  Well deserved, loved the avenues parallel to the canal! 

And concerning the RHW you're definitely ahead of me because I haven't been able to produce something presentable ...

Take care my friend!


Bernhard 

[marsh]

Hmm. I JUST noticed that you edited all your lot's so they have the same side-walk texture. I couldn't have the patience for that. And nice work on the interchanges too. 

,marsh

[bat]

Nice work on these intersections!!

[nbvc]

Great city and intersections.

[noahclem]

Congratulations on your engagement!!!

I like the canals, especially Montrose Island. I'd be interested to see some coastlines from you at some point....

Nice use of the RHW too! It certainly is a bit of a hassle to get familiar with. The cloverleaf is especially well done and I like that you eliminated some of the potential for weaving. I don't really have "advice" per se as your work is great as-is. Personally, I prefer to use merging lanes (using type C, D, or F ramps) for at least a couple tiles, but that's a matter of taste (and not possible on a cloverleaf until ERHW-6 is created).

Looking forward to more  

[serebii666]

Wow That interchange looks so complex. Keep it up!

[Battlecat]

Wow, that's amazing work with the RHW!

[ecoba]

Amazing work of the RHW ! Truly fabulous and very realistic.


Ethan