The Callbat Showcase

[panthersimcity4 162]

oooh! purty! *is anxious to see more*

Edit: Welcome to page Deux!!

[Goin2Chicago 4]

nice picture. the story reminds me of Oak Brook, a suburb of Chicago. it has a small population but there are so many office towers and buildings there.

[Tia-may 0]

Nice city... plus great special effects too.

[Simtastico 0]

kent is nice! you did the fog perfect.. too bad I can't see the city so good how about a region pic, I love those like your idea with different themed cities display in one cj, so best of luck to you!

[KingTitan 6]

looks great. I do suggest however, not posting so many CLOUD pics...mix in some clear days. But nontheless, definitely eyecandy.

-KT

[penguin007 27]

Wow that is amazing detail there and I love the choice of buildings there well done

Will

[Schulmanator 5,799]

A very tempting picture. I look forward to seeing more in the next update.

[Benedict 3,119]

FANTASTIC stuff. So glad you're back with something so brilliantly executed.

[?avi? 0]

Your city is looking superb and r

[DoctorJ 0]

I like the cloud cover. It does remind me of london. Great start

[Rictiovarus 1]

Looks great, but I'd like to see it without the fog too...

[Callbat 8]

Kent

 Iv'e redone the city centre, but I was wondering if this strays to far from the "original" British style in Sc4? To me, it really doesn't, but of course this is a combination of both our tastes

oh also as has been requested for quite a while now there are no clouds/fog today

replies with the next update

[penguin007 27]

Looks british to me still although its got a bit of a continental flair to it now. Still looks awesome though

Will

[edmonton_stinks 5]

It depends, what would be the "original" British style? I think it's a good mix of W2W and highrises, as long as a good chunk of W2W residences are good old brown English terraces. The colour almost makes it look more British than anything else.

[jayo 44]

I like to think there isn't really a typical british style

But sadly there is

And you've created it such a way that my eyes pop out of me' sockets when i marvel over your pictures.One thing i would've done though is move the tower blocks away from the Cathedral so as to create you own protected sightlines as they have in London & all over the world.Also if there were some London(ish) sort of midrise Blocks such as ill Tonkso( notably 110 cannon street which he just realesed) has just realesed mixed in with say,some porky's,zero 7's or Gascooker's buildings around the Cathedral in an almost uniform grid(like the Centre of Glasgow for example),it would create a feeling of real density around the core of your city.

https://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc273/jayo_011/2699002057_87e7c0719f_b.jpg

Now,if you look in the foreground of the picture on the above link,you'll see what i mean.If you have a look around the Cannon street area you'll see a real dense area of 4 to 8 or more story buildings and if somehow you could recreate this,it would be the first British CJ that actually had the same High Density of London and captured that kind of Bland Corporate 80's office style area.

Regards.

Jack.

[Za 164]

Bloody 'el, this stuff is good. I like the style.

[GreekMan 246]

Kent is looking awesome!

[nihonkaranws 88]

Great looking city !

[jacqulina 162]

awesome looking city your building wonderfull details looks very realistic my friend

[roboo1 1]

Excellent CJ! You can feel the british climat with that fog and that is really nice

The picture without fog is british stylled too.(as for me)

[Callbat 8]

Update 2

The actual thing!

Kent- City/Square Mile

Well we discussed the city in our last update, the booming centre of commerce in Kent, now we explore deeper into this maze of buildings!

The first thing you are likely to notice when you enter the city, is St. Paul's cathedral. There have been several cathedrals on this site, this being the most recent design, built over the old one which was destroyed in the 18th century. As you walk around inside, you will notice how many of Kent's most famous have been buried in here! Including Sir Paul Johnston himself, architect of the Cathedral and many other great buildings around Kent.

After passing St. Paul's, you will be going down one of Kent's most famous streets, Regiment Street! It is here that long ago, all the great newspapers of Kent were published, today only one remains, and most of the old newspaper headquarters have been filled with offices, practically thousands come here to work during weekdays.

Riding down Regiment Street you will eventually pass the Commonwealth tower, and you will slowly enter the Heart of the City.

A Stark contrast to the busy roads, the quiet side streets where everyone lives....of course, these homes probably cost more than you will make in your entire life! People really really like living here I suppose! I can't imagine living in such a dense noisy area, can you?

Anyway, this is the heart of the city, where all the major corporations have their offices in Kent,

very few people actually live in this part of Kent, but hundreds of thousands work here everyday! As you can imagine it is practically a ghost town on weekends! we would stay longer, but I wanted to show you the countryside, and I purchased some train tickets!

.......................

Hmm.....those clouds look ominous!

Oh dear it has begun to rain! Just as we reached the countryside, what a shame.

Perhaps for our next update we'll go someplace warmer. Yes, I think that would be nice don't you?

Expect something new, next week

penguin007: That's very true it does have a sort of continental "flair" to it! Thank you!

edmonton_stinks: Very true my friend it just wouldn't be quite the same without those would it?

jayo: Awww, you're too kind mate I did take into consideration the density of the area around St. Paul's, and I did attempt to sort of "level" the skyline around it but I found it did not give me the same feeling of density that I was expecting from it, therefore I hade to add some higher buildings, but don't worry I've taken what you said and apllied it to the city already, I'm working on it now Thanks again mate!

Za: Haha thanks

GreekMan: Thanks!

nihonkaranws: Thank you, !

jaqculina: Thank you very much!

roboo1: hehe I had to get used to not having fog, but I'm glad that I did Thanks!

[panthersimcity4 162]

Wow, that was an awesome update. I love the charming London feeling of Kent, very awesome!

[connorc24 2]

Woah! Beautiful update! It's so gray, but yet beautiful! Well done. I look forward to more!

[edmonton_stinks 5]

It is hard to imagine, but that's the price you pay for being close to work.

That's a shame about the rain. At least I got to see the city, and it looks great.

[anarchy0029 2]

Awesome scenery of the city. Very London-like.

[ilikehotdogsalot 311]

Excellent update! I really like the city layout, reminds me of a plate of sphagetti, looks just like London Excellent building choices!

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

Again, exceptional work, each buildings style fits nicely into the city. Hope to see more!

[jayo 44]

In picture 6 St Helens appears much taller than 30 st Mary Axe(The Gherkin),when infact The Gherkin is 62 metres taller.Is that just the way you took the picture or is it actually taller?

Anyway,great work.

Some buildings you might want.

Jen_p's terraces.

emmalb's terraces.

emmalb's georgian terrace.

Although i think you might want to relot the above BAT.

These BATs bring back memories

Once again,great work

[Dsrwhat316 12]

Just noticed this CJ, and you have impressed me. I like how the updates seem to be tour-oriented, which sets it aside from other journals. I'll be back for more!

~ Dan

[penguin007 27]

Wow that is your best update ever well done!!! The choice of buildings is great and the mix of hi rise and small buildings is perfect. I like the rural stuff also and hopefully the warmer place will be mediteranean which when you did it was awesome

Will