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Amsterdam / Netherlands "Het Schip". Built from 1919-1920.
Size 15x8. View 1: 1 north
A first impression. But there is still a lot to do. But now I go on vacation. Will take a few more weeks.

[mattb325 28,891]

19 minutes ago, WolfZe said:

Amsterdam / Netherlands "Het Schip".

Wow, that is *huge* 

Starting another from Charterhouse street...the street with every single architectural style known to man all side-by-side.

This time, Prince Charles' favourite, Palladian revival:

 

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9 minutes ago, mattb325 said:

Wow, that is *huge* 

Starting another from Charterhouse street...the street with every single architectural style known to man all side-by-side.

This time, Prince Charles' favourite, Palladian revival:

Yes, really big. These are almost two streets of a district. And it has countless curves and curves. In addition, Diagonal, no idea how I get the TE then ... so still busy.
By the way a very nice house again. Is it then as a set? I want to have them all ....

[Tyberius06 12,267]

2 hours ago, WolfZe said:

Amsterdam / Netherlands "Het Schip". Built from 1919-1920.
Size 15x8. View 1: 1 north
A first impression. But there is still a lot to do. But now I go on vacation. Will take a few more weeks.

 

Oh, that is some very nice building! Yeah it huge. May I ask, that you NOT to BAT/Model any base textures and or trees  into the courtyard?  If you do not want to use dependencies, use just the maxis stuffs. But this building actually could work as an overhanging prop next to diagonal-ortho intersections or next to diagonal network. Making this model is a wonderful achievement.
I love your Parisian building as well (minus BATted base texture, but that's just me... ) 
Keep up the good work! And have a wonderful holiday-time!

@mattb325 Wonderful work! Also the Fox and Anchor you made it so beautiful. Thank you, Man, you are making so many really nice stuffs!

@Simmer2 3-4 unreleased stuff of yours on ONE picture, it's just heartbreaking! Wonderful work. I wish to see some proper citybuilding from you with all your stuffs in a MD or CJ. These teasers are so nice...

And here is what I'm working on currently:
1. Suburbania Central Station Area before a massive reconstruction:

2. The rail network and station connections under replaning and rebuilding.

- Tyberius

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31 minutes ago, Tyberius06 said:

May I ask, that you NOT to BAT/Model any base textures and or trees  into the courtyard?

 You can !  I thought I'd send you that when it's done and you'll do the inner courtyard and the TE stuff ...

[pclark06 12,073]

possibly a set of repair shops that are the same building but different brands. I was thinking Les Schwab, NTB, Tire Discounters, a local version, and possibly a combo parts/repair for Supercheap in Australia

local version, a fictional chain called "Reynolds Tire & Service"

[mattb325 28,891]

7 hours ago, WolfZe said:

Is it then as a set? I want to have them all

Years ago, I released a London W2W Prop Pack Vol 1. I'll do a Vol 2 very soon. This building is the 7th for the pack......

 

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20 minutes ago, mattb325 said:

Years ago, I released a London W2W Prop Pack Vol 1. I'll do a Vol 2 very soon. This building is the 7th for the pack......

 

Fantastic work, as usual. I'm totally thrilled every time, very nice details. You have a lot to look at.

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I just have other problems.
In the middle of the work my Sketchup license expired. So I can no longer export my work in the necessary 3ds format.
I am glad that I go on vacation on Saturday. Since I can reduce my frustration something ......

[Belfastsocrates 1,753]

On 03/07/2019 at 6:43 AM, Simmer2 said:

More possibilities....

 

 

Even as a purely eye-candy lot, I'd love to use these! Wanted maglev in game for many years..

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6 hours ago, WolfZe said:

I just have other problems.
In the middle of the work my Sketchup license expired. So I can no longer export my work in the necessary 3ds format.
I am glad that I go on vacation on Saturday. Since I can reduce my frustration something ......

Maybe this could be useful: https://answers.unity.com/questions/513542/skp-to-3ds.html

In any case, enjoy your vacations!!

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@mattb325

I have long admired HRH's taste in architecture......

And your rendition is equally admired.  I look forward to your efforts -- especially the English ones.

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@Tyberius06 Thanks! I actually expanded my retaining wall set. There are many more pieces not shown yet. Slowly but surely one day soon I will release the set.

@Belfastsocrates I have had many requests for it therefore I might do something about it.

I will be offline traveling Europe for 16 days after July 12th however after I'm back I will seriously consider making an eye candy  Maglev set for SC4.

I already made several pieces anyways.

Simmer2

[pclark06 12,073]

first of hopefully a few of these repair shops.

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Horten Ho 229

[mattb325 28,891]

Making a start on the 8th building in this little pack. Another unusual style for W2W:

 

[Simmer2 23,831]

So I decided to re-design the Maglev system again. New rail and support included..  Still Work in progress. I may change it all yet again.

This is just the ortho section.

Simmer2

[T Wrecks 10,210]

The rail looks great, but I'm not sure about the supports tbh. Maybe that's simply because we still associate MagLev with "modern/future technology", and those massive round concrete colums look like any old bridge support and just don't convey that scifi-esque vibe.

I do think something vaguely in the shape of an H, A, or /\, possibly with rectangular beams and colums, and relatively slender and elegant in overall appearance, might "sell" the modern aspect somewhat better. Of course, 7.5m height would make it even more realistic, but this is supposed to be a direct monorail override, I guess?

 

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3 hours ago, T Wrecks said:

The rail looks great, but I'm not sure about the supports tbh. Maybe that's simply because we still associate MagLev with "modern/future technology", and those massive round concrete colums look like any old bridge support and just don't convey that scifi-esque vibe.

I do think something vaguely in the shape of an H, A, or /\, possibly with rectangular beams and colums, and relatively slender and elegant in overall appearance, might "sell" the modern aspect somewhat better. Of course, 7.5m height would make it even more realistic, but this is supposed to be a direct monorail override, I guess?

 

Hi

I just want to reiterate that this project will not be an override or animated in any way shape or form. Ever since I posted a few pics several months ago I made it clear that it will only be eye candy. Many have PM me happy to have it as is for their maps.

With that out of the way, I will point out the A frame column in the previous pics. They are plain concrete. The round metal clad columns in my latest pics are more streamlined and also take less room.

If we go with the real ones then they are even uglier. They are plain rectangular concrete boxes. Lets see where it takes us.

Reference pics.

 

[pclark06 12,073]

Les Schwab: a west coast tire chain with about 470 locations and known for their customer service

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9 hours ago, T Wrecks said:

and relatively slender

That's the key... they are a bit too thick now. 

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2 hours ago, pclark06 said:

Les Schwab: a west coast tire chain with about 470 locations and known for their customer service

Can’t wait.  There are about 6 of these within 15 minutes of my house 

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With the Kingdom's added landmass, we expect more people, crops, industry and flood protection demands! Presenting...

 

֍ LAKE SAPPHIRE ֎

 

This one's located just upstream of Corvalis, which is already becoming a significant agricultural center:

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

[Barroco Hispano 26,933]

Oldsmobile Toronado

[mattb325 28,891]

Barsmith's is done. I've even added some stringlights to the courtyard. The night image shown is Dark Nite (obviously Maxis Nite will also be available)

[pclark06 12,073]

Meineke and TireDiscoun- whoops

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[Dreadnought 8,231]

@korver

Your shot of the falls is absolutely breathtaking.  The detail and the attention to the terrain authenticity is superb.  (Even the "hairy cows" --   )

I lament that I only visited once -- but I rejoice that I visited such awesome wilderness beauty at all.

The time is coming when global warming will change all of this -- how sad to contemplate......

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23 hours ago, Simmer2 said:

Hi

I just want to reiterate that this project will not be an override or animated in any way shape or form. Ever since I posted a few pics several months ago I made it clear that it will only be eye candy. Many have PM me happy to have it as is for their maps.

With that out of the way, I will point out the A frame column in the previous pics. They are plain concrete. The round metal clad columns in my latest pics are more streamlined and also take less room.

If we go with the real ones then they are even uglier. They are plain rectangular concrete boxes. Lets see where it takes us.

Reference pics.

 

Ah, I didn't read every single post about it over the last months, so I must have missed the eye candy part. I'm not in here as often as I used to, you see.

Well, in any case I merely tried to offer some input because it seemed that you were not quite certain which way to go and what you liked best. No criticism intended.

As for the "real ones", it pretty much depends on what particular system you base your ideas on. Unless you have a particluar one in mind (pardon me if I missed that, too), you can find pretty much any style out there:

Personally, I think one approach (the one I was getting at in my last post) would be to go by effect: What do I want the system to look like, what impression am I going for? Another would be to pick out any of the existing styles and recreating it with any degree of freedom you like. None of these approaches is "more valid" or "better" than the other, of course. There is really not just the one solution, and at the end of the day it all boils down to what you think works best for your creation.

Whatever style you pick, the one thing that's for sure is that it will be good in the end - your modeling and texturing skills will make any kind of rail and support look the part.

 

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On ‎7‎/‎4‎/‎2019 at 12:55 AM, mattb325 said:

Years ago, I released a London W2W Prop Pack Vol 1. I'll do a Vol 2 very soon. This building is the 7th for the pack......

 

Pense is excited about that London Pack Vol. 2  great work Matt