AMSTERDAM

[FissileBread 0]

Hello, I’m FissileBread and this is my first CJ, entitled Amsterdam. I’m pretty new here, but I’ve been lurking around for some time and got inspiration to start my own CJ after reading others.

 

First of all, I have never lived, nor travelled to Amsterdam. Thus, my CJ is only a somewhat accurate recreation. I simply had the idea to recreate Amsterdam, and I kept adding more subtle details until I thought about making it into a CJ.

 

My recreation is not to scale, unfortunately. This is because when I first started out, I did not take the project seriously, and afterwards, it was to late to restart. Another problem for me was the layout of Amsterdam itself. Amsterdam is a city filled with vast networks of angled roads and canals as you can see from this real-life Amsterdam overview:

 

Finally, I hope you enjoy reading this CJ. If you have ever been to Amsterdam, or live there, I would greatly appreciate feedback to make my CJ more accurate.

 

Here are some shots of my work so far:

That concludes my first update. Hope you liked it, and please comment.

[manman99 2]

your pics are awesome, very well done!

manman99

[seemurray2 21]

those are some incredible looking shots so far, keep it up!

[SpecialEddie 3]

Your sig definitely caught my attention. This is amazing. The parked cars are a nice touch, too. Region shot, please?

[GreekMan 246]

WOW that is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Woah those pictures are nice! Keep this one up!

Only one thing I noticed was that you're canals ended straight onto the roads without using the bridge pieces.

[Cleaner475 150]

very nice start great pics

can't wait for an update,

Richard

[DarkEldar 6]

damn well done mate

[ribena 18]

Looking good, love to see a region shot

[jacqulina 162]

wow now thats a very nice start and intro my friend,very nice residential,i love the tram,beautifull work and pics

[koekie01 3]

Very good work ! It looks very much Liaane, but that doesn't care, because I like it !

Take care,

Medehollander Koekie

[Lifetec 1]

I have been to Amsterdam many times, because I'm Dutch. Looks really good. Those buildings give a nice view how Amsterdam looks like. Great how you placed the tram and canals

Keep up the good work

[waldner 0]

Very beautiful!

[jayo 44]

Flippin hell!!!That is great.You need to use some more bushes on your grass areas.Try jeronij's tree mod.

[Odd from Sweden 129]

Very nice city and thanks for using my Ananas building!

[Base1212 0]

This city is very nice man. well done. And I could know because I'm cming from Holland

[mayorbk 66]

very cool city!

[mjig_dudy 11]

very nice work. With some many awesome Amsterdam buildings available its about time someone tried an Amsterdam recreation.

I especially like the photoshopping or your pics.... I'm a sucker for some nice photoshopping

[E.J.C 9]

if you'd get rid of all of the speed-boats and replace them for house-boats, it will be looking 1 step closer like Amsterdam..

good luck with the CJ, don't forget the central station and it's massiv railyards!

E

[crazyyaya 4]

Incredible, not exactly like amsterdam, but it's probaly the closest anyone will ever come to. Love the canals

[gshmails 536]

Very nice start.  I am not sure if the real Amsterdam can be made in a CJ at a PG13 site , but it looks great so far!

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

Looks good! I've never been there so I dont know how accurate it is,, but I love the building style & your photo editing is beautiful!

[FissileBread 0]

manman99: Hey manman, thanks for being the first comment! Glad you like it, hope to see you again!

 

seemurray2: Thanks for stopping by!

 

SpecialEddie: Thanks Eddie! Parked cars took quite some time to do in the lot editor. Region shot in this update!

 

GreekMan: Thank you GreekMan! I’m glad you like it!

 

C0ckatoo-210893: Thanks for commenting! The reason the canals end into the roads is because the bridge pieces take up a tile on either side of the canal, and sometimes I need an intersection there. Furthermore, the bridges are a transit-enabled lot, therefore I cannot zone residential there. That space is essential! (I hope I’m not confusing you lol). There are many other Amsterdam configurations with the canals that force me to do weird things, such as intersecting diagonal narrow canals with glr in avenue pieces.

 

cleaner475: Thanks for stopping by Richard, hope to see you again!

 

DarkEldar: Glad you like it man!

 

Syphax: Thanks for commenting, region shot in this update!

 

jacqulina: Thanks a lot for stopping by Jacqulina! I’m glad you like it, hope to see you again!

 

koekie01: lol yes I was inspired by Liaane, it’s a very nice CJ! I’m glad you like mine, and thanks for commenting!

 

Lifetec: Thanks for commenting! It’s nice to hear from someone who has been there. I’m glad it looks similar.

 

waldner: Thanks Waldner! Hope to see you again.

 

jayo: Thanks for commenting! The reason I don’t have that many bushes is because it’s hard place trees and bushes overlapping, because the bushes transform into trees when I’m plopping them, lol. I’ll try to make an effort to get more however. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

Odd from Sweden: Thanks for commenting! I love your buildings! I like the Annanas building, the only problem is that its growing like weeds in my city! It’s ok though, because it looks great, especially at corners when you can see the painting clearly!

 

Base1212: Thanks for stopping by, I’m glad you like my city. Nice to hear from someone from Holland!

 

mayorbk: Thanks a lot! I’m glad you enjoy it.

 

mjig_dudy: Thanks for commenting! Yes, there are a lot of Amsterdam buildings on the STEX, I was surprised too that no one had attempted a recreation. Perhaps it is because of all those mind-boggling canal and road networks! Photoshopping wasn’t too hard, I’m sure you could do it too! Just go to filter->sharpen and you picture will look five times better!

 

E.J.C.: Thanks for stopping by! I would really like to get some houseboats, except none are available on the STEX! I’m also awful at batting. I tried to make some, but failed miserably. I hope someone decides to release some houseboats props, it would be really useful. Until then, I guess I’ll have to use the other default boats.

 

cazyyaya: Thanks! I’m trying to make it closest to Amsterdam as I possibly can, I’m glad you enjoy it!

 

gshmails: Thanks you commenting! Lol, I did do a red light district, but its pretty small, and there is no explicit content. It’s ok though, theres a lot more to Amsterdam then legal prostitution! Btw, I love your glr in avenue station.

 

BlondeTwiggy: Thanks for commenting BlondeTwiggy! I’m glad you like my work so far. 

Update: The Montelbaanstoren

 

 

The Montelbaanstoren is one of the few pieces of Amsterdam's Medieval walls that still stands. It was a sentinel from which guards could look over the plains for attacking armies. This was often necessary, as Amsterdam was a center of wealth and power at the time, and the frequent target of jealous outsiders. It was the sea that made Amsterdam rich, and this tower guards what was once the greatest shipbuilding complex in the world.

 

 

It was also a gathering place for sailors before they would go on their long voyages to far-off lands. The tower is located at a canal called Oude Schans.

 

 

Today things have changed drastically. Ships are still built in the wharves here, but they're much smaller and don't go very far. Still, the Montelbaanstoren retains its historic link to the sea through its use as office space for the Amsterdam water works.

 

 

It now serves as a lonely clock tower, in the heart of the city’s historic centre. It stands much as it was in 1512, when it was constructed, except for the addition of a decorative spire and clock in 1606. Rumor has it that after the clock was added, the tower garnered the nickname “Silly Jack” – Malle Jaap in Dutch – because the clock’s bells were rather unreliable and rang at strange times of the day or wouldn’t ring at all for days on end.

 

And finally, here is the region pic as requested.

 

I restarted the terraforming many times, in order to make it accurate. Idecided to terraform as I expand the city, as this will allow better interaction between the landscape and the urban layout.

That concludes my update. Hope you liked it and please comment!

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Now that's a good quality update! Great use of the GLR pieces, all of the pic's just looks fantastic.

Great work, I really hope you keep this up!

[Odd from Sweden 129]

FissileBread, if You think that the Ananas grows too much then You could change the stats in the Ilive Reader. It is really simple, if You have never used it before You are a Professional stage- and occupant modder in 20 minutes. You could also adjust the figures on some of VDAs buildings, as it seems that some of them seem to take over whole neighbourhoods...

[tomdapom 79]

I saw a preview of this on the Rate One Image thread, and I must say that it is quite impressive! Keep up the great work!

[jayo 44]

Well that update was fantastic don't ya think???Great work!

[koekie01 3]

Very good update as always! I'm looking foreward to de Bijlmer, de ArenA, Schiphol, Amsterdam Oud-Zuid (richneighboorhood), and the the hole port!

Take care and be safe,

Medehollander Koekie

[collgab 10]

Very nice keep up the good work.

[jacqulina 162]

excellent update,the canals look fantastic i think that houseboats would have looked great but i too havnt seen any on the stex,very pretty work and pics my friend,i love the region map,i too do a basic terraform then terraform as i build its fiddly work once you start but i think a great result