Rural Renewal Project

[dedgren]

Chris- given a particular variety of your flora, I thought you might enjoy these, shot literally out my back door.









Is it real- or is it Memor RRP?

...yeah, yeah- I know yours are bluebonnets, but...

Great stuff!


David

[Andreas]

Ohh, I love lupines! One of my favorites, next to sunflowers, daffodils and poppies.

[Chrisadams3997]

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*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*





^^ yeah I just died...

It gets more and more INSANE everytime I step in here

Yes, we here at the RRP have taken note of the situation and have attached an emergency defibrillator over next to the door.

Alfred.Jones:  thanks alot!

Simpson:  Thank you Simpson, and good luck in the picture competition (Probably shouldn't say that, you've got me by a vote right now )

Marisa:

I was going to suggest something like that. 

I seem to have developed an ability to read minds as of late.  Wonder if it has anything to do with lack of sleep...

Dedgren: Great pictures David, at first I thought they were bluebonnets, till I looked closer(OK, it actally wasn't until you said they weren't.. but don't tell anyone that, just between you and me )

Andreas:  And there I was about to go and ask David what they were

[girlfromverona]

David, those flowers are beautiful! What an amazing colour. There are some really gorgeous orange flowers growing on the cliff behind my house at the moment - I'll take a pic the next sunny day we get. 

Chris, next you'll be exhibiting signs of telekinesis! Oh wait, you already have the power to make me place certain objects (namely, your creations) in my cities... Does that count? 

[GMT]

now that it happened that I tested it myself I'm stunned and stunned and speachless and whatever fits.

you've done an amazing job with the RRP and I really hope you go on doing it!

[Chrisadams3997]

Chris, next you'll be exhibiting signs of telekinesis! Oh wait, you already have the power to make me place certain objects (namely, your creations) in my cities... Does that count? 

I'll have to add that to my resume

GMT: Thanks, I always love to see new people enjoying my work.  Hopefully I'll have plenty more to show as time goes on


I've been messing with colors, and I think I've just about settled on this for the brown.  Kinda a little experiment in making a small duck pond of sorts:



This should also give somewhat of an impression what it will look like in larger bodies of water.

[XiahouDun]

  Just amazing. I'm speechless.

[jacqulina]

awesome chris

[Ennedi]

That's a beautiful pond,very realistic!
This is one of your best pictures!  (I suppose I don't need to say anything about it's content  )

Adam

PS. My 1500th post - a good place for it

[jestarr]

Looks great, Chris!  I really like what you're doing, since I'm not a big city type player.  My towns are relatively small, with a lot of open/pastoral landscape and isolated farms, so your stuff fits my style of game play perfectly.

[threestooges]

The texture tiling doesn't seem as though it will be a problem with larger bodies. It helps that the reeds and whatnot help break up the look too. Good work on it, now we just need some ducks (kidding... they'd be too small).
-Matt

[oth3ll0112]

This is fantastic work without a doubt.Keep it up

[Chrisadams3997]

Xiahoudun:    thanks

Jacky:  thank you

Ennedi:  Thanks a lot.  It really just kinda fell together as I was playing around while testing

Matt:  yea, I'm pretty sure the tiling will be fine at this point.  It produces a fairly convincing ripple effect without being too repeating.  Then if you can fit in other items below(like rocks, or here, marsh), it can break it up visually even more, without breaking the surface.

Oth:  welcome, glad you like it.

Well, I took a break from TPW today.  Having gone for a walk, I took some mental notes on some local plants that I wanted to model, and have spent the rest of the evening fiddling on and off with them, and now have three(did he just say three?) new flora all but ready.  I've got to take some pictures tomorrow to make icons out of, but the rest of the work's done.

There are two 'weeds' common around here, one broadleaf(the darker one), and one fern.  These aren't made as 'clumps', but rather individual plants, 4 models for each ranging from the smallest to the largest, that are made to be easily inserted into tight spaces among rocks or other flora.  they are also great for breaking up the appearance of open fields and pastures where you don't want to overuse flora.

The other one is something I'd wanted for a long time, going back to when I first started playing with grass models.  I'd really wanted grass fields that have the appearance of all leaning the same direction, from wind etc., and that would allow you to 'paint' in tall grass over an area or pasture.  My current grass model was the first step towards that, but doesn't really look great used densely over large areas.

My work with TPW lately though has led me to figuring out a few things to make 'directionally' oriented models, e.i. ripples, grass all leaning same way, etc., actually all move visually in the same direction, despite orientation of the model(I can speak more on this if anyone's interested).  The results IMO speak for themselves.





I'll probably have betas for these up within a few days.

Chris

[JoeST]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*dies AGAIN!!*

this is just too good...

Joe

[Alfred.Jones]

A few days??!!

That is great Chris. Cannot wait

[jacqulina]

just what i need thankyou chris 

[bat]

Beautiful pictures and work on them there, Chris! Looking forward to the betas in a few days...

[pilotdaryl]

Ah, lupine.  Common here in BC!  All this lookin' good!

[CasperVg]

Beta's for the masses... There's someone waiting impatiently here 
By the way, I'll be taking pictures of the rural surroundings I live in during summer break, and they will be posted in this thread. Perhaps they can lead to new ideas 

[girlfromverona]

Awesome work, Chris!!! I especially like the new grass. And that water looks stunning!