Simmer's Lotting Lab.

[Andreas]

Those steampunk bus stops are funny, but I guess not really for me.

I love your garbage lots, though, superb detailing, and a welcome addition with lots of rust and dirt in the otherwise often somewhat "too clean" SC4 environment.

[brick_mortimer]

Ah, finally some buildings for the wrong side of the tracks

The steampunk bus stops could also work in a gentrified former industrial neighbourhood as a link to the past, complete with "art" refering to that past

We are spoiled 

Yes we are, yes we are

[mattb325]

Nice, more bus stops are always welcome  . I would just rotate your copper roof texture 90 degrees as the panels more commonly run the other way on curved roofs

[fantozzi]

I adore those little blue men with their yellow helmets - to me they are the Simmer2 task force, the squad sent into my city by Simmer2 to handle the difficult tasks, to manage the construction sites and now - to dispose all the scrap metal my regular sims produce.

[art128]

A bit late, but these Japanese props are very nice... Much better than those i create a while back.

[Simmer2]

@Unconstantean I still play with Syberia once in a while. Fantastic visuals in that game!

@Andreas Thank you!

@brick_mortimer That is exactly my sentiment!

@mattb325 I tried and I don't like the way it looks. I will leave it as is. Thanks for the suggestion Matt

@fantozzi Thanks! 

@art128 Really appreciate the comment!

Continuing the 50's, 60's type of decrepit factories theme, here is another future lot I have been working on....one rust spot at the time 
Detroit is full of these abandoned structures.

Still lots of work to do but its getting there. Therefore WIP alert!!

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[brick_mortimer]

It's not only the rust that grabs my attention, the texture of the asphalt roofing is really impressive 

[PaPa-J]

I like the roof texture as well, looks sharp.  I also like the textures you used on the furnace towers ( I am just assuming they are furnace towers) as well as the textures on the tanks on top of the roof.

Great job! Hope to see it uploaded soon.

[Simmer2]

Really appreciate the comments, thank you!

Rust theme never ends....

Ciechanow, Poland 1972

Hyperbole structure with a toroidal  tank.

This is the Ciechanow Water Tower, its in disuse now.
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[Unconstantean]

man you are spoiling us with those creations, just amazing. one thing. if it's abandoned wouldn't it e more realistic to have it without a fence or with a broken fence?

[mattb325]

Gosh you're quick! 

[fantozzi]

Rust killed my car when I was a poor student. I should hate rust. But, thanks to you, Simmer2, I love rust. You turn rust into art. 

[PaPa-J]

You must have these hidden in a folder somewhere because you are to quick getting these out.   

Tower looks cool but I agree with Unconstantean, there should be a hole in the fence or something like that.

Great work though. 

[Simmer2]

A fence must always be whole around such dangerous structures. Kids would climb it and get hurt.
However I replaced the fence with a better suited one.
I also made a "New" version of it. This is how it looked like back in 1972.

I also made a small pump house to replace the original Maxis one, with better stats.

Oh and btw the tower only took me 2 hours to make, nothing hidden in a folder 

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[Unconstantean]

Kids getting in and climbing? of course, that's all the charm of childhood.... 
Back in my days i was climbing walls, trees, abandoned TV antennas . did i got hurt? of course )) broken hand, bruises all sort of stuff, but this is how u grow up as a man ))



btw i love how you remade the water pump looks 10 times better then the vanilla

[Simmer2]

Well, while I'm in "Utilities" mode, may as well keep going...

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[bravesirkevin]

That water treatment plant is just what I've been looking for!

[Kitsune]

A water treament plant ! Finally. Now we just need a sewage plant.

[fantozzi]

Ah ... sorry ... now I'm running into language problems. There are facilities in germany - but I think they exist all around the world - when it's raining on the streets the water goes into sewerage and becomes foul water which can suddenly rise the amount of foul water much higher than the capacity of water treatment plants. Therefore there are special kinds of retention basins.

Normally every city has this kind of plant to deal with rain going into sewerage. I've been thinking for a while this is something still missing in SC4. But don't know the english word - maybe "rainwater retention plant" - does this make sense? But, well, they don't exist in SC4 but are something quite common in regions with dense settlement and heavy rain.

Just an idear - seeing your latest pictures.

Also the round basins maybe to reduce saturation on the textures, make them looking a little more grey. Just my opinion.

Great stuff, Simmer2. I think, water treatment is one of those interesting areas some interesting lots could be envolved from.

[Unconstantean]

Perfect, a rural water treatment plant 

maybe those pictures could give you more ideas to add some details to it