Badger Bay - A Work In Progress

[NASCAR_Guy]

Nice.


I'm trying to build a region Just like Badger Bay 

[paroch]

Hi there tkirch,

Thought I'd drop you some specific comments:

GP-3  Like the club house for the golf course.  Is that a modular golf course there??

GP-6  The family houses round the school just so suit that area - very nice.  Just wonder how many windows get smashed on the houses that back onto the football pitch!

GP-7  Junk food heaven - yummmmm

GP3-1  That's a nice plaza you have there.

GP3-2  I hope that bank robber doesn't strike again!  Like the Wendy's there.

GP3-3  That is a very nice small  business park.  Yeah, really like that.

Another great update from you.  Your MD has generated a lot of interest and regular visitors in a short space of time and it's well deserved.  I look forward to the next update.

[Ennedi]

Hello tkirch,

I like Grimes Point very much!

The commercial District looks very nice, I think it's a nice place not only for shopping, but also for afternoon meetings
BTW, what are these lots on GP3-3?
I like also your streets with small homes, not only in this update. It seems Badger Bay is a very good place to living
And your cemetary during Halloween - that's great, I love it! But it seems citizens are quite familiar with such events and walk quietly along the cemetary fence...

[amapper]

I agree with jmouse; your pictures are very bright and clear. Pleasant to look at.

Your cemetery is a nice touch. I used to have that set...I'll have to reinstall it. You put a lot of detail in your region. Very nice job.

[tkirch]

Pat - Glad you liked the pictures.  I thought the cemetary was pretty neat also.  Halloween brings out some strange things.

capo - Thank you for the nice words.  Pegs Lot is great for rural towns.  That plaza I think is a BLAM Plaza.

bat - Thanks again for checking in and the kind works.

jmouse - Joan thank you.  I don't plop much and let the city grow on its own and put in what they ask for.  As for the colors, I love vibrant pictures.  Thank you.

NASCAR_Guy - Thank you for the nice words.  I've been to your MD and like it.

paroch -Once again thanks for checking in.  As for the golf course, I made it in the lot editor.  I have made four or five different courses in the lot editor you will see them pop up along with some modular ones.  I am a golfer so have courses everywhere.  Just like where I live.

Ennedi - Once again thank you for looking in here.  I really appreciate your kind words.  I love seeing replies in here.  That lot on GP3-3 is MattB Mail Distribution Center found here on the lex ... MAIL DISTRIBUTION CENTER

amapper - Thank you so much for the nice words.


HELP NEEDED  I could use some advice from the great minds out there.  I made a mosaic in PhotoShop, the problem I have is when I put it on either photobucket or imageshack.  The image comes out like 80 pixels wide compared to the 800 I have saved it at.  Any suggestions for me?

[Pat]

Tkirch you say when you go to post it, that its only 80 wide??? but you saved it for 800x600?? OK when uploading do you have the tool bar installed or are you going into imageshack to upload the pic??? I'll PM you further - pat

[tkirch]

I wanted to give a special update.  My first mosaic.  This is from North to South in this square I am working in.  We will go through a part of Henderson and just miss Grimes Point but you will get a good idea of what I have done in this area.  Let's give it a try...

[Pat]

Perrrrrrrrrrfect Tkirch that has turned out wonderful.....  It flows real great and what a special update it is - pat

[bat]

Really great mosaic there, tkirch! Wonderful work on that!

[Jmouse]

Wow, that is one huge mosaic, tkirch. Nice work, though. Creating a mosaic isn't as easy as it looks. I always end up with a line across the middle of mine so I have to start over again!

Until next time...
Joan

[paroch]

Mmmmmmmmm nice!

I like it a LOT.

Joan will be able to tell you I've been playing with a mosaic (thanks Joan your input was invaluable).  Not published one yet, 'cos they're harder than they look, so hats off to you.

Is that soccer pitch the home of the Wombats?

Paul

[nedalezz]

Oh mama, that mosiac is something else! That is excellent, excellent work! I loved the rural look of the mosiac with a bit if suburban here and there. You got it down to an artform.

[tkirch]

ADELL

Adell is a nice little unincorporated area just off E-45 spur that leads into Henderson.  It's just a small little area and is only a few blocks in length.  The town is dominated by two churches.  St. Mathias Lutheran and First Methodist.  Both churches are quite busy on Sundays when the local farmers come in and go to church.
Adell is named after Justine Adell, a painter born in this area in the early 1800's.  She is known for her rural artwork which adorns a number of museums around the world.  Her piece piece below was recently purchased for 16,000,000 and given to the Badger Bay National Art Gallery.


A-1 - Adell main intersection


A-2 - Adell off E-45


A-3 - Intersection in Adell


A-4 - St Mathias and First Methodist


A-5 - Overview


A-6 - Adell at Night

[Jmouse]

Very nice update, tkirch. I love the little villages many of the MDers are able to create. Wish I could achieve that kind of atmosphere in a few of my towns.
What size quad is Adell built on? Just wondering because I'm debating about adding a highway in my region but don't want to do so if it isn't needed.
BTW, the painting is lovely and worth every Simoleon!

Until next time...
Joan

[NASCAR_Guy]

I love Interstate Towns!

NASCAR_Guy - Thank you for the nice words.  I've been to your MD and like it.

actually this is a new one that I haven' show anyone

[bat]

Good work on Adell! And also very great pictures of this village!
Great update!

[capo]

That has to be one of the biggest mosaics I've ever seen....I like it!

Adell first picture: I don't know what you did with the colouring in that pic, but it looks awesome. I actually looks like a painting...but Justine Adell had to be in a hot balloon to get such an aerial view to get it like that Hey 16 mil may sound much, but when looking at that picture I'd say it was well worth the prize. How noble of the buyer to grant this masterpiece to the museum, where it belongs!

Everything is just right, the cows wandering of, the tractor parked at the road, the fence work and water bowls for the cows..everything perfect. You outdid yourself..

All the other pics have a nice variation of colours and trees, however the town looks a little empty but perhaps that was meant to be like that. The religious people of Adell must be blessed with 2 churches so close together in the centre of this small town

[tkirch]

Just some more updates from this large square that includes Henderson, Grimes Point, and Adell in it.

Along Potter's Lake you will find a number of summer homes and cabins for rent.  The following pictures show of some of these that line Potter's Lake.

PL-1 Some Cabins for rent


PL-2 More Cabins for rent and a picnic area


PL-3 Summer Homes


PL-4 Summer Homes


PL-5 A little boat ramp for everyone to use. 

[tkirch]

Let's answer some of the replies well I am online.

Pat -Thanks for the words and glad you likeed the mosaic.  And thank you so much for your offer to help.  It is appreciated more than you know.

bat - Thank you so much for the nice words!

jmouse - Joan thank you also.  It took me awhile to figure out the mosaic but it works.  There is a great tutorial on this website for photoshop.  I used some of the ideas and it worked.  As for what size square this is...it is the same large square that has Henderson and Grimes Point.  I only use one size throughout my whole region ... a large square.

NASCAR_Guy Thank you.  And hey what do you think about Jimmie Johnson.  Sure seems his Crew Chief gets caught cheating a lot, not saying anything but just saying.

capo - Yes it is a huge mosaic but I think to get the full effect of what i am achieving it had to be done.  Glad you like it.  Took me awhile to figure out how to put it on here but it worked out now.  I have to agree the town is a little empty, I figure the population at maybe 80 or so with a lot of visitors coming in from the farming areas or stopping for gas off the freeway.

[Jmouse]

Love the cabins, tkirch, and especially like the way you've spread them out.  I'd like to book one for the second week in April, please.
Imagine, a whole week of fishing, snorkeling, beach combing, and ... they DO have high-speed broadband connections, don't they?

Until next time...
Joan