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Angel of the North (HD)  1.0

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Angel of the North, Gateshead, England

 

The Angel of the North is a colossal sculpture situated on a hill overlooking major travel routes into the north east of England. The sculpture was designed by artist Antony Gormley, and completed in 1998.  The structure stands in parkland at 20m tall and with a wingspan of 54m.  The Angel's wings are angled forwards by 3.5 degrees to form a gentle embrace, and serves as a monument and gateway to the North East of England. 

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There are 2 different versions of the model included, an orthogonal and an angled version (22.5degrees).  The angled version is included to increase the flexibility of placement.

 

Easch version has 2 different lot types; a plain grass lot and a transparent base texture lot.  The transparent lots are included to enable the statue to be placed in non-urban parkland (as in real life), such as close to highway interchanges. The transparent lots tolerate the use of draggable paths such as the ones by Chrisadams3997, which can be dragged directly onto the lotspace and under the sculpture's base (as in my images).  These are merely recommended extras.  They are in no way required to make this download work.  Also included are plain grass lots to add flexibility, these also make interesting roundabout fillers.

 

All versions are in 'High Definition'.  This gives a higher resolution at the closest zoom.  HD BATs do not require any further action from the end user.  They are installed and used in exactly the same way as standard definition BATs. HD models do however, increase the file size (by approx 2-4 times), so I am prepared to release an SD version in the future if it's a problem for some.

 

Static landmark

Lot size: 1x1 (overhanging)

Plop cost: 20,000

Monthly cost: 50

 

Dependencies: None

 

Bigger images: DayNight

 

See readme for further details and installation instructions

 

Thankyou for viewing my first ever upload!

More can be seen at my BAT thread

Link to the Angel of the North Wikipedia page

 

PS: I have no idea why the previous upload disappeared, but this is exactly the same version.  No need to re-download if you did so the first time

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Simoly: yes, we can see that, but how is it relevant to, well, anything? Anyway, this is a really unique and fun recreation of a beautiful piece of art. The night lights look especially wonderful I think. Glad to see you finally on the STEX, great work!
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Up close it looks wonderful, pure beauty. From zoom 4 it looks awquard, but fine. Since this is your first one, I'll give it a 5/5. Great work, keep it up...
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Something I always meant to BAT and never got round to ... Thank you.

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The angled version is a great touch. The transparent base version is too, especially used with those paths. I think this is a really well done landmark. :)
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It is 1 of the most moronic things I have ever seen (the real 1) I honestly dont know why they do these things... next theres going to be a 30 meter horse down in Dover. The BAT is good, but I doubt I would want to drive under those wings, looks a bit dangerous to me ;)
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I've driven past this on the A1 in real life so many times, so it'll be great to stick it by a highway in the game! Good job.
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Nice landmark, but by God does it remind me of that sinking feeling you get going North on the M1 ^^

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