Principato di Avierna - The Caribbean Riviera

[oceanmariner 0]

Authors's Note:  Hello.  This is my attempt at a CJ of a nation called Avierna.  My intended result with Avierna is a sort of "Monaco of the New World", blending the luxury and lucrative grandure of Monaco with the tropical environment of the Caribbean.  I have created an official tourism website for Avierna, which you can find here:

avierna.cabanova.com

Before I go on, I'd like to thank my good friend jrhnemo for helping me find some vital modds and such.  This CJ would not be without him.  There may be lots of time between updates, since I'm so busy with school, but without further to do, here it is...

Page 1:

   -Welcome

   -Via Principe Alessandro (Vivina Part 1)

 

Page 2:

   -Vivna Part  2

   -The Lakes, Coral Village, and Summer Cove

   -The Costa Montera

 

Page 3

   - IFN Opening Day!

 

Welcome to the magnificent country of Avierna!  I hope that you will find it truly extraordinary.

Let's start this brief intro with a few teasers.

Avierna has a very tropical breezy climate, as well as beautiful rainforests:

Founded by a very wealthy clan of Italians called the Vivini Family, Avierna still retains much of its heritage in the common architecture:

Tropical beaches make Avierna a premium tourist destination with some of the richest people in the world living here:

Dispite the country's very small size, no taxes makes Avierna an offshore banking hotspot that competes with Swizerland.

Avierna is the site of numerous stately mansions and estates:

I hope you all come back for more!  Please comment!

[jugioh1012 2]

Wow!This is great!I love the water falls! Do you know where you got those colorful buildings(European)?They would be useful for my tropical(Carribean CJ also, not the one on my signature, it is Julianopolis)

[Abc987 3]

Absolutely fantastic start to Avierna! The long wait for the redesign of Vivina and the entire nation was well worth it! Can't wait for more!

Jason

[jacqulina 162]

beautifull start my friend and very nice intro,excellent work and pics.wonderfull beach.

[MrCinatit 30]

Excellent start, oceanmariner. Great effects.

[Amerikaner 42]

That is looking really nice, I like the picture with the waterfall. Great work.

[Mike the Mayor 51]

Wow - lovely start. That's the way to start a cj! I'll be following this one.

[dabadon5 295]

you put a lot of work into your city/region. i am impressed and i dont say that very often. I also checked out your website it was cool !

[suplado! 23]

wow -- another cool tropical area...really cool effects!! hope to see more of the island!!

[oceanmariner 0]

jugioh1012:  Thanks.  I re-lotted all of the buildings you see here, but the props are from SC4Devotion.  Just search for uploads by Mickiebear.

jrhnemo:  Thankyou so much for your support.  I'm glad you're finally getting to see the country in detail instead of the more broad way we do in the UNSC.

jacqulina:  I'm glad you liked the beach.  You'll be seeing a lot more of them here!

MrCinatit:  Thankyou very much.  I'm glad you liked it.

Amerikaner:  Thanks.  You sort of inspired me to try and make Vivina, the main city, chic as well as tropical.  I hope you come back for more!

Mike the Mayor:  Thanks, I'm glad you liked the way I started it.

dabadon5:  Oh wow, thanks so much.  I'm so glad you looked at the site.  It's intended to kind of give you an overview of what's coming.

suplado!:  Thankyou, I'm trying to balance the tropical island aspects with the Mediterranean-style theme.  Hope you come back for more.

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Well, I don't have an update yet, but I do have just one pic of what will be coming in the next update:  The largest city on the island, Vivina!

Thank you all for commenting, and I hope you stay tuned on this CJ!

Please feel free to keep commenting btw.

Oh, and to learn more detail about Avierna, visit the tourism website at:

avierna.cabanova.com

[panthersimcity4 162]

Can't wait to see more!

[waway625 72]

love the images great job there dude

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull teaser looking forward to the rest of the update my friend

[Schulmanator 5,799]

This is looking very nice. You have some of my favorite styles of buildings here. Great work!

[waiyeap90 0]

Nice screenshots!! Love to see more

[Abc987 3]

Awesome teaser! I love those plazas! My one suggestion is to download the One Way Road Arrow Mod, which I can't seem to find on the STEX for you unfortunately. I'm sure if you ask, someone will know where it is. Can't wait to see more of Vivina!

Jason

[bbfan02 23]

Great teaser! I cant wait to see the whole update!

-bbfan02-

[oceanmariner 0]

Originally posted by: jrhnemo Awesome teaser! I love those plazas! My one suggestion is to download the One Way Road Arrow Mod, which I can't seem to find on the STEX for you unfortunately. I'm sure if you ask, someone will know where it is. Can't wait to see more of Vivina!

Jason quote>

 

Thanykou jrhnemo.  I'll find the mod eventually.  For now I edited the pic the get rid of the arrows.  I don't know how I overlooked that before!

[oceanmariner 0]

Thanks for the great comments everyone.  And now we're back with an updat of Avierna.  Today we will be starting a multi-update series of the city of Vivina.  What so important about this city you say?  Vivina makes up for over 75% of Avierna's population.  Plus, it is the capital and cultural epicenter of the little Principality.  So without further to do...


We'll start our tour by stopping for a look at the nation's seaport.  It's not very big, but it imports virtually everything consumed in this little island-nation.



From the port we stop by Avierna's middle-class area.  Since Avierna is an extremely rich little nation, most all of what you will be seeing is the wealth of the island.  But, as all beautiful cities do, Vivina has a place for those not so fortunate citizens.




Here, we pass the Mall Vivina, a hotspot for tourists.




Now we begin on the main subject of this update, Via Principe Alessandro, the main avenue of Vivina.



The avenue is lined with gorgeous shops, restaurants, and other businesses.  The top stories are usually hotels or very expensive townhomes.



Behind these historic buildings are often more recently built condos, as upscale residential demand is always very high in Avierna.


Via Principe Alessandro ends at the Pavillion of Armando & Rosanna, a memorial to the late would-be Crown Prince and Princess.



And in front of the memorial is the National Capital Building.



Across from it is the UNSC Embassy.




And connected to the Capitol by cobblestone plazas is the Mansion di Annetti, a fine peice of Venitian architecture built by Francisco Annetti, the first Prime Minister of Avierna.  The mansion now is the official residence of all Avierna's prime ministers.






That last one isn't an SC4 pic, in case you couldn't tell

Learn more at: avierna.cabanova.com
Please coment!  Thanks for coming!

[panthersimcity4 162]

That looks beautiful, however you may want to crank down the saturation and contrast Otherwise, I love that palace!! It almost looks like Alhambra.

[Algorithm79 0]

It looks like a real paradise!. I wouldnt mind having a vacation house there. It just looks so peaceful and beautiful

[Smarty218 2]

Great work Alex! Nice to see some more of Vivina!

Now back to chat...

[Simtastico 0]

wow, looks great! would be cool to see a region pic, looks like a wonderful island!!

[gjf0829 0]

Wow, these city is amazing.

One quick question, what did you do to the pictures to make them having that fresco painting feel?

[Callbat 8]

Hmm..interesting, the city reminds me of Seville.

I like it!

[Abc987 3]

Great update, Alex! I'm really enjoying learning about Vivina.

[Abc987 3]

Edit: Sorry, double post!

[Sim_Air 2]

Love the editing my friend; excellent work so far. Keep it up with the great pics!

[oceanmariner 0]

panthersimcity4:  Thankyou.  I will try your advise.  I was actually aiming for a more Italian syle, but Alhambra is near the Mediterranean so I guess that's cool too!

Algorithm79:  Thankyou, once we get out of the city, there will be many more houses...very nice ones at that

Smarty218:  Thanks, to bad you aren't on chat right now haha.

Simtastico:  Yep, the map of the island of Avierna is at the top of the thread.  In a little while I'll show a pic of the entire city of Vivina.  Thankyou.

gj0829:  If you mean the painting-like edges, that's from my photo-editing software called Photoimpression.  Otherwise I just sharpen, highlight, and use a little saturation.  Thankyou for commenting!

Callbat:  Thankyou very much!  It's actually themed after Monaco or the Italian Riviera, I just used some Madrid-style buildings because they looked more modern that MBear's stuff (although I will use those in the smaller towns).

jrhnemo:  Thanks!  I wish I could think of more to say haha.

Sim_air:  Thankyou, I'm glad to get another opinion on the photo-editing.

Sorry, everyone, no update right now, but next time, we'll tour the financial district of the little (in population) town of Vivina.  Thankyou for commenting!!!

 

[Cobra_nVidia 30]

Stunning beaches! Absolutely Stunning!