Farms North of Grasmere () My SC4 MD Scrapbook

[M4346]

This is absolutely incredible! You're doing amazing work, woth great attention to detail and realism!

I, being a stickler for it myself, also love the attention to smooth transition and blending of LOT textures to terrain textures!

I'm definitely keeping an eye on this one!

[Simmer2]

Outstanding!! 

[compdude787]

Wow, amazing update!!

[kbieniu7]

Gorgeous! You've made quite good to bled the castle into trees. Good parking made of MMP and excellent flora work with the grass in open areas! Limestone quarry is well-made, a really nice idea adding something more to the area with great final effect. 

But what I find the best is... the forest. Just simply - how you place trees, what kind of them you choose and how you lay down paths. With gentle, but visible, terrain shape it's almost like a real terrain all in 1:1 scale! Truly, it's one of my most favourite views, I've seen in Sc4! 

[Bipin]

Absolutely fantastic work my friend; your use of MMPs and thoughtful lotting is an inspiration. Likewise, thank you for using so many of my BATs, I really appreciate seeing that! 

[Guest]

It's always amazing to watch if you're doing! The quarry is a great idea! The only drawback, which is not your fault, it is these fir trees around the castle, which does not fit with the rest of the vegetation ...

... But you are forgiven because it is very beautiful, this insprire me a lot!

Thank you for the link!

[e_vivas]

Amazed on the way you use the MMP's! Continue with your great CJ! 

[Vizoria]

Replies:

M4346: Thank you very much!

Simmer2: Cheers! I'll be using some of your railside lots for a new, and rather grungy, city that I will be working on.

compdude787: Thank you.

kbieniu7: The castle trees are part of the BAT so it was a wee bit tricky blending the fortress in. The Augill Forest is simply created with the Arden Tree controller. The rolling hills differentiate the flora and are a testament to the brilliance of the Arden Tree controller. The forest paths are Heblem paths and can be found on Simtropolis.

Bipin: Thanks, I take inspiration from you given that amazing grungy, MMP style you so often deploy in your cities.

000: Thanks for the praise for the quarry, I wasn't too sure about the interior but I did know that I had framed it right- sealing if off with barb wire and making it a tourist attraction. The trees next to the castle are part of the BAT, so yeah it's tricky.

e_vivas: MMPs are art, art is limitless. At any rate with enough MMPs one can do some serious grid-busting.

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Entry 38: The River Faver- B5289 Bridge and Double Meander

This entry starts on the eastern-most point of the River Faver, in the city tile, and goes steadily upstream. Along the way we shall pass by various features in, and beyond, the river. So enjoy another very rural entry!

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A vineyard.


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The B5289 bridge over the River Faver.


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Another vineyard.


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The double meander.


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Bonus:

A teaser picture from another city I have completed Garforth.

[compdude787]

Wow, that river just looks awesome! And I really like the suspension bridge over it.

[Nanami]

Oh well it seems I missed an update here...   

That river work must taking a lot of efforts to done. gonna love it! 

[Guest]

Always so beautiful!

[kbieniu7]

You're a gridbreaker! Really awesome, all the details, roads, routes, paths, tree rows... especially this picture:
http://imageshack.com/a/img907/2016/3ZzT32.jpg

And I think, I recognized tje bridge, you've shown in once... but without river

But, you know...Smooth SAM curves would look nicely here... 
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img907/3351/Hpa0gy.jpg

[Vizoria]

Replies:

compdude787: Thank you!

Nanami: It does take some time making it pretty, but the actual RFR MMPs are rather quick to lay down.

000: Cheers!

kbieniu7: Oh yeah! And yes I did tease the bridge minus the river, as for some smooth SAM curves I was happy with a more sharper angle in that area. Don't ask me why!

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Entry 39: The River Faver- Augill Farm and River Rapids

The journey up the River Faver continues!

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The area being explored today.


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The second set of rapids downstream of the dam.


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Time to explore some fields south of the rapids.


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Augill Farm.


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And now for some pictures of the fields to the south and east of Augill Farm.


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A spot for fisherman.


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The first set of rapids downstream of the dam.


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The next entry will be posted this Friday, it will continue on the tour of the River Faver.

[Themistokles]

Lovely riverine landscape! And pictures 13 and 16 are works of art They really showcase the power of massMMP!

[Simmer2]

A true master piece 

[Swordmaster]

Amazing updates! Takes a while to digest everything here; I may return later with some more remarks.

Please keep going


Cheers
Willy

[c.p.]

Wow   I love the river shots in 31-36.  For a second I almost felt like I was actually there.  Also, I love the pens in 22 and 23.  Is that a lot, or MMPs, or a combination of both?

[kbieniu7]

http://imageshack.com/a/img910/1116/nib5U0.jpg

My favourite picture, haha I thought about saying, that you should show it in the Picture Competition, but after a while I've spotted you've already done that with the similiar one

I love, how you lay down dirt paths. The rapids in the picture 5 seem a bit edgy, but I have the same with this water MMP set. Anyway, looking for more and more and more of this upstream journey!

[Gugu3]

Lovely river and fields!That rapids bit is a touch of class

[Vizoria]

Replies:

Themistokles: Thank you!

Simmer2: 

Swordmaster: Thanks, and I am still going, I have recently completed one city, Garforth, and I am already starting work on another one- Erinberg.

c.p.: The barbed wire fence is a paeng SPAM addon, the cows and dirt are MMPs.

kbieniu7: The rapids are always tricky to use, it's best to hide as much as them as possible with rocks.

Gugu3: Thank you! The RFR rapid water spawns awkward pieces so it takes a lot of rocks to make them look alright.

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Entry 40: The River Faver- Crop Circle and Campsite

The journey up the River Faver continues, in this part the flood plains start to shrink the closer we get to the dam.

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Today's portion of the River Faver journey.


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The crop circle.


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Now it was probably the farmer doing some drunken prank... But really aliens.


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Marshland.


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The stone wall is not so much for the safety of walkers as it is for the herds of sheep which once roamed down this track many dozens of years ago.


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The campsite. The track originates from Augill Farm.


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For the river immediately upstream and downstream of Bassenthwaite Reservoir, I decided to use Diggis pond pieces for a smoother look. As such I picked the RFR river water because the water texture transition is less abrupt.


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In the next part of the River Faver journey we will come to the Bassenthwaite Reservoir, that's coming this Tuesday.

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Bonus:

FA industry, a picture taken from Erinsberg, another city I am developing.