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[Fox 1,444]

I just posted a response over in the "Can't find it?" thread..

 

That image was photoshopped, sorry if it caused you so much hope.

 

I wished it had been released as it looks almost perfect.

[felano 90]

fox, ur pics are so stunning! i reall love ur airport in your earlier post, i might try to make my airport inspired by yours, if u dont mind it

[lhrob 213]

I just posted a response over in the "Can't find it?" thread..

 

That image was photoshopped, sorry if it caused you so much hope.

 

I wished it had been released as it looks almost perfect.

 

Ah.  Well, no worries.  I agree, it would have been great if it had been released.  Thanks for the reply. 

[Fox 1,444]

fox, ur pics are so stunning! i reall love ur airport in your earlier post, i might try to make my airport inspired by yours, if u dont mind it

 

Thank you for the great comment, and I can't wait to see what you can create. You have made me very happy to know someone was inspired by what I have done, thank you again and please pm pictures or a link to where I can see your airport once you have made it.

[Fox 1,444]

A Trixie Thank You!

Replies:

Benedict: I appreciate the constant support you've given me, you can have the penthouse on me anytime you need it.

SimCoug: I can't wait to see it .. thanks for making me to be apart of your CJ .. it's been an interesting journey.

lhrob: Thanks for all the comments, It's been a pleasure trying to help you even if I could not.

felano: Thanks, and as I replied I'd love to see your attempt and how it turns out.

 

To say thanks to all those who nominated me for a Trixie .. 7 nominations and 2 wins .. it's extremely appreciated and I am humbled.

 

Because I won a Trixie for Best Newspaper ... I guess I better show one off !!

 

 

Only two pictures this update .. This first picture is from what I thought was going to be the start of the 3rd largest city in Asgard .. Eerikki .. but I ended up just using the area as a testing location for the new lots I've been working on that can been seen in this picture. The highway walls set that can double as just a pathway along a park or as a border to any area really. I've made use of a lot of different peoples creations. Expect to see more of these walls in future updates where I've included tunnels and parking lots in to the mix.

 

This last picture is dedicated to Bigro .. one of my greatest sources of inspiration ..

 

It's a weather research facility near the city of Ys, the southern most city in Asgard.

 

 

Last but not least.. a map I made a while ago that I never showed at ST ..

 

 

Once again thanks to all those that have commented and supported me.. and thanks to everyone who nominated me for a Trixie!!

 

Enjoy!!

[Benedict 3,119]

Congratulations on your Trixies!

 

And thanks for another great update - that weather facility in Ys is absolutely stunning.

[TekindusT 3,809]

Whoa, so impressive pictures!

[Slashback 136]

This CJ is truly a Trixie-worthy one!

[SimCoug 5,972]

Amazing as always!  I forgot to mention that I love that old map too.

[Fox 1,444]

Inspiration needed - Please apply with in!

Replies:

Benedict: Congrats on your win too, I never thought I'd win one let alone two.. there are some very kind people out there, and I'm glad that so many of the people I nominated also won.

SimCoug: Thank you very much, It's always a great joy to read your comments.

lmVhOzzi: Many thanks for your kind words.

Tekindust: I appreciate the constant support and encouragement you always give me.

 

 

Been too long since my last update.. but I've had some inspiration recently from two people I know...

First is dedicated to daTs for pushing me to work on the Illium-Asgard connector.

The first picture is of the Asgard side checkpoint and quarantine area.


Aerial view of the area.


Here you can see part of the above ground section of the highspeed rail line that connects Asgard and Illium.



This next set of pictures is the result of the inspiration I got from Ying who offered a location for an Asgard Hotel in Darsingborough.

Now this is a picture from Yings SC4 .. I've only added some lettering, logos and changed the colour of the building. Special thanks to Ying once again for allowing me this opportunity.




Original picture for those that want to see the difference a little photoshopping can do..

Thanks for viewing, although not my finest work, all comments are more than welcome and appreciated.

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Cool! I like hotels... always good to have someone make your bed and leave you a mint on the pillow.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

No matter where this is, it's a fantastic cj.  Great stuff!

[SimCoug 5,972]

I like the before and after photoshop effects...  cool stuff

[Fox 1,444]

City of Eerikki at Dusk!

Replies:

NMUSpidey: Always too kind with your comments, I appreciate the feedback.

SimCoug: Thanks, It's something I like to do to make my Cities look a little different.

Schulmanator: Mints filled with catnip?    Thanks for the comment.

 

Been awhile .. so lets get straight to the picture spam!! 

The first set of pictures are titled Eerikki at Dusk.

 

 

 

 

Eerikki Dome .. a cultural/concert venue in the heart of Eerikki.

 

 

 

To finish off our trip to Eerikki .. A quick visit to the war memorial.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for viewing, all comments are more than welcome and appreciated.

 

Enjoy!

[Benedict 3,119]

A fabulous return to Asgard!

[freemunchies 124]

Awesome CJ! Just finished reading through it! Love the photoshop and all the custom lots!

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Lovely pictures, I love that one with the highway, I think it's Epic.

[vivapanda 422]

Beautiful trees and colours on that boulevard!

[Fox 1,444]

Eerikki City - The $24million make over!

Replies:
 

Benedict: Thank you, and a fabulous comment to welcome me back.

 

freemunchies: I appreciate that you read through all my CJ, glad you liked it. Check out my old CJ too if you like, all the pictures are still there.

 

 

Aaron Graham: Glad you liked that, it's something I'd been meaning to do for ages.

 

vivapanda: I love the trees and the colours are pretty.

Thanks for the comments everyone .. now a new update finally!

This is version 4 of Eerikki City.. this little lake cost me $24million dollars and such a headache landscaping and making new lots .. but I think it was worth it.

First up .. Eerikki town hall..





A memorial has taken the place of where I originally had the dome from a few updates back.



Live music arena is a popular destination right in the heart of the city ..



Eerikki at night as the fog comes rolling in off the harbour.



Hope you enjoyed this update .. and please ignore all the letter boxes .. stupid things!

[Dazzyls 576]

Awesome update! This deserves a thumb up!

[Fox 1,444]

Eerikki2013 –Bid for AIN City of Culture

Asgard Culture Board, in partnership and with the support of Eerikki City Council and the Nespirah State Government, are pleased to announce

the nomination of Eerriki in the competition to host the prestigious title of AIN City of Culture in 2013.

Eerikki is a city defined by the ocean, its proud history – social, cultural, economic and military – has been played out upon a marine and maritime stage.

Among Its many players have been Ernest Laurentin, who as a French emigrant, emerged from the bustling docks to become the

founder of the Asgard Scientific and Cultural Organization, Captain Jacques Gaétan, an intrepid adventurer, who was the first Asgard to explore the Antarctic frontier, and

Valère Fortier, elected by the people of Eerikki as Asgard’s first female member of Parliament.

Over two centuries ago, Eerikki’s natural harbour, with deep-water river inlets, provided the perfect location for a major trading port and naval base for the French.

Over time, it grew to become the largest port in Asgard, employing at its post-war peak nearly 60,000 people. Today the buildings of a past era peak out from the shadows of the modern

tall glass residential and commercial buildings that tower over the waterways and observe the untouched beauty that surrounds this harbor city.

Galvanized by its visionary master plan to develop as a ‘City of the Future’ with distinctive high-quality 20th century design, everything about

the city – its special ‘sense of place’, its exceptional built and natural environments, its international heritage and the temperament of its citizens – has

been directly or indirectly molded by the sea. That is why today, Eerikki is ‘Asgard’s Ocean City’.

Eerikki’s vision for the AIN City of Culture 2013 is to reconnect the city and the aspirations of its people with the energy and spirit of the ocean, celebrating

the powerful role that the coast and seafaring has played in Asgard’s national character and history.

 

Sport and Music

Home to the Eerikki Demons football club and the Eerikki Wraiths Hockey team, both have unique stadiums that draw huge crowds for sporting events as well as

national and international music and sporting events. During the recent 2013 Simlympics the Men's Hockey team walked away with a Gold medal after winning

the Bronze in 2012. As host of the 2013 World Curling Championships at the Chastain Ice Rink, Eerikki will become the first city in the world to have held the

championships twice, having previously hosted the event in 1996.

The Asgard Solar Challenge race attracts teams from around the world, most of which are fielded by universities or corporations although some

are fielded by high schools. The race has a 20-year history spanning nine races, with the inaugural event taking place in 1987.

Eerikki also hosts a highly successful V8 Supercar race, held on a street circuit through the City and is home to the Classic Rally, a rally of

classic sporting vehicles, through the hills surrounding the city.

With it's parks and gardens around and through the city, Eerikki plays hosts to many outdoor music events in addition to its

own WOMAD festival, Eerikki attracts several touring music festivals, including Big Day Out, Creamfields,

Future Music, Laneway, Parklife, Soundwave, Stereosonic and Summadayze.

Arts and Literature

As the state capital, Eerikki is also home to a great number of cultural institutions. The Art Gallery of Nespirah, with

around 35,000 works, holds Asgard's second largest state-based collection.

Also located in the heart of the city are the Nespirah State Museum and State Library of Nespirah, while the Eerikki Botanic Garden, National Wine

Centre and National Cultural Institute are nearby in the Western suburb of Yolande. In the back of the State Library lies the Migration Museum is

Asgard's oldest museum of its kind. Contemporary art scenes include the Contemporary Art Centre of Nespirah.

Eerikki also plays host to two of Asgard's leading contemporary dance companies. The Eerikki Dance Theatre and Nespirah Dancers contribute

to state festivals and perform nationally and internationally. Free Movement Dance Theatre is also based in Eerikki and is nationally recognised for

working with disabled and non-disabled dancers to use movement as a means of expression.

Over time, the city has expanded it’s events to include the Eerikki Cabaret Festival, Eerikki Film Festival, Nespirah Writers' Week, and WOMAD. Other

festivals include FEAST (a gay culture celebration), Food Week (a biennial food and wine affair), and the Eerikki Show (an annual agricultural show and state fair).

There are also many international cultural fairs, most notably the German Schützenfest and Greek Festival. Eerikki streets are also home

to the Eerikki Christmas Pageant, Asgard’s largest Christmas parade.

 

Thanks for taking the time to view and I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the supporting comments.

 

Feel free to view the AIN Wiki page on the City of Eerikki .. a work in progress and not yet complete.

 

Eerikki - AIN Wiki                   Asgard - AIN Wiki

 

Anyone interested in viewing the rest of the entrants in the AIN City of Culture Competition please visit the AIN forums.

 

AIN Forums

 

AIN 2013 City of Culture Bids

 

Special thanks to Ultimate727.. for your comment on my last update, I very much appreciate the comment.

[crazychickensc12 84]

WoW Fox I absolutely love your coastline with those walls, that looks amazing!! The mosaics from the july 27th update are gorgeous! Can't wait for some more beautiful pictures!

[SimCoug 5,972]

Good luck on your bid - everything looks wonderful, as always. 

[TekindusT 3,809]

You have an special talent when it comes to lot edition... The Millennium Dome picture, facing to the winding river is a 24-karat picture!! Plain epic!

[rewright 804]

An outstanding journal in all asspects. Your presentation is first rate.

[wwetom1 831]

That waterfront with the curved seawalls looks amazing!! 

[Fox 1,444]

Eerikki City - Heart of Culture Tour!

Replies:

 

crazychickensc12: Glad you liked those previous updates too, the mosaics turned out great.

 

SimCoug: Thank you, alas I was not successful, but a great city did win, the participation in the event against other great cities is what made it enjoyable.

 

TekindusT: I appreciate your feedback, thanks so much for taking the time to comment.

 

rewright: Thank you very much, really glad to hear your comments.

 

wwetom1: I'm glad you liked the shapes, took ages to get them right.

 

 

Thanks for the comments everyone .. now a new update finally!

Continuing on with the City of Eerikki.. Here are some of the pictures that never made it in to the bid for Capital of Culture. I hope you enjoy them just as much though.

 

 

Eerikki Dance Academy .. One of the oldest dance companies in Asgard.

 

 

 

 

Theatre Du Marais..

 

The Theatre Du Maralis opened 16^th October 1913, and in its 100 years of operation has hosted many a guest, including the likes of Lauren Bacall, WC Fields, Whoopi Goldberg, Spike Milligan, Rowan Atkinson, Dame Judi Dench, Ronnie Corbett and Angela Lansbury, most of who have left their marking on the theatre's autograph wall. It is claimed that a resident ghost walks the corridors of the building, who is said to be an engineer who fell to his death from a ladder on the opening night of the theatre. In the late 1970s the building was advertised for sale, and for the first time in its history there was serious concern that the building may be demolished and the site reused, due to its prime location in the city, although the Government quickly stepped in and purchased the theatre for $13million dollars.

 

 

 

Eerikki Croisières newly built facilities..      -AIN Wiki Link-

 

 

 

 

Zack Columbia Library..

 

The new $70m Zack Columbia Library officially open in August, is located on the edge of the newly built Eerikki Stadium, home to the Eeriki Demons football club. Designed by Asgard construction company Diomede Holdings, it represents a new generation of library design – full of dynamic spaces for learning, rather than the traditional notion of a library only as a quiet, storage facility for printed materials. The new Library will include Asgard's first automated document storage and retrieval system that will allow the same volume of material to be housed in the new building in about one-seventh of the floor space. Another key design principle is environmental sustainability.

 

 

 

Historic Castle Éric..

 

Named Castle Éric after the original name for the city of Eerikki, Port-aux Éric, the fort is designated as a National Historic Site of Asgard and it currently houses the Asgard Military Museum.

 

Hope you enjoyed this update .. Thanks for all the feedback and comments.

 

Glad to be back and updating Asgard once again!

[tshirt23 75]

Amazing update Fox!  I absolutely love that last shot of the historic castle, the island it is sitting on looks superb!  And the second pic of the Dance Academy is great, it looks especially peaceful with the night lighting.

[rewright 804]

Excellant placement of the castle, and your use of retaining walls really makes everything look super cool.

[Delecto 941]

My first comment on this EPIC MD and... one question. Have you RL activities?

 

Great MD, I can't wait for more!