Developing Macedon

[sorchin 18]

crazychickensc12: Thanks my friend. I appreciate it. BTW Lovely rock and water mods

6underground: Thanks my friend. I'm glad you liked..

Ace_F15: Thanks very much. Right now I'm on sick leave so your right in a sense, part of my life I don't have right now.. Take care..

Alfred_Jones: Thank you very much my friend..

jaqulina: Thank you as always my friend. I'm at least back to using my right hand when it comes to the mouse.. Things are getting back to normal.. We'll see. I'm looking forward to you using it (flora) in your cj Take care my good friend..

bat: Thanks as always my friend..

PhilsCafe: I always appreciate your comments Phil. Your one who looks very closely at all the details. I appreciate that. The stump idea was Couchpotato's, she's the one who deserves alot of the credit.. Take care my good friend. I hope you'll get some time to play. RL can be tough sometimes..

patriots_1228: Thanks as always my friend..

Yoman3: Hey buddy. I'm glad you liked.. It's nice to see my flora in other CJ's. It lets me know I'm contributing. The mossy reef rock was made to be used underwater, it looks ok on land, but underwater is where it belongs.. Thanks my friend..

zelgadis: Hey I love bridges too. I guess we're both weird. Thanks my friend..

hamsterTK: Yes it's simgoobers spillway which I believe can be found in this set Hopefully I'm right. It's been a long time sinse I downloaded it... Thanks for your comments my friend..

Nik-nik. Hey mate. I appreciate your comments. My arm is slowly getting better thanks. As far as the rapids go it's always in the experimental statge it seems. Hopefully one day I'll be happy with it.. Take care my friend.. BTW Yes the tree stumps are mine but Couchpotato came up with the idea..

salut221: Thanks as always my friend..

AFTER ROCK MOD UPDATE:

patriots_1228: Thanks I have created a better one I think (see below)..

salut221: Yes I understand. I didn't like it either. It was my first one though.. I have played around with a couple more. One is below in my new update.. Take care..

wouanagaine: Thanks my friend. The RPK pack takes some getting used to but it's invaluable as it combines simgoobers canals and Pegasus' streams. There is (true enough) alot more flora (nature stuff) to choose from now. I think people can create some amazing things with it.. BTW the black rock mod has been scrapped for (I think) a better one.. It looks pretty good too in region view. Take care..

Alfred_Jones: Thanks my friend but I believe I have created a better one. That was just beta stuff.. Take care..

Darmok: Hey mate. I scrapped that rock mod. After looking at it I agree it was too black, besides from certain angles it looked odd, too squarish, not natural looking. But I think I fixed that problem. Thanks for all your comments my friend.. 

bat: Thanks as always bat, I have created a couple of new ones that I think are better..

GMT: Thanks my friend..

asturianu: I'm so glad you liked buddy. I'm looking forward to flora being in your great journal. Take care..

Great Download(s)

St. Bartholomew's Church    

Update 47 Building Westfork's First Church: Dedicated to Darmok 

Today I want to build the first church in Westfork. St. Bartholomew's will do nicely for this community (or soon to be community). It's a beautiful old church created by gascooker.

The first pic shows the area where the church will be placed.. (47.1)

 Lets design the hill where we'll put it: (47.2)

 Lets place the church: (47.3)

Every church needs a parking lot and a nice little relaxing park near it: (47.4)

Lets add some new rock flora (note: this is as of yet unreleased rock flora designed to compliment the rock mod you will see in later pics) (47.5)

Time to add some trees and flowers (47.6)

Lets zoom in shall we: (47.7)

A night pic from another angle: (47.

And finally, the church and the river from a panned out perspective: (47.9)

Enjoy and have a great day:

God bless.

sorchin...

[crazychickensc12 84]

Wonderful!! very well placed church and the surrounding flora really looks nice!! great work and good luck on the rock mod im sure it will turn out great!!

gotta love the ST glitches apparently your BAT thread has been moved to a city journal

[cityhawk 12]

Wow! Great pics, but that last one is my favorite! I have to honestly say that I don't like the rock mod either, but that's just me. I look forward to more!

[owenluby 1]

Nice job, very, very colourful pictures!

[Alfred.Jones 2]

Awesome Sorchin! I really like how you put the parks, car parks and flora mod around the church to add to the realism. Looking forward to more

[bat 6]

Great update! Great details! Another great "two-colours" rock mod (also from you?). (You chance the rock mod often, aren't you?)

bat

[jacqulina 162]

hi steve its great to hear that your arm is mending well and that you can use the mouse,i hope it continues to recover quickly my good friend.

awesome work i do so love that little church too its very pretty,and you have shown a great example on how to compliment it into your flora and rock mod,very beautifull work and pics

[Schulmanator 5,787]

I enjoyed this! The setting is just awesome for this church. Great work!

[GMT 389]

great work here with the castle.

very well planned area.

waiting for more

[asturianu 4]

Hey, Steve, my friend, how are you? Nice use of the churc, i used it a lot of times, but not in Lloyd (i think it is very old to Lloyd).

So, wanna see your flora in my cj, i'm using it in many cities, my friend, and rocks, lots of things.

Nice work, Steve.

[salut221 10]

Wow ! Very nice pics and great choice for the emplacement of the church . Your use of the rocks is very good ! Keep up the awesome work !

[PhilsCafe 8]

You're welcome mate .

Your skills never cease to amaze me Steve... a rock mod, very nice job there. I agree with Darmok, the pattern looks good as far as I can tell from the picture you provided. But you're probably right about the color, I've never seen such a dark Granite, Gabbro maybe... or coal. However, the limestone colored one and the grey granite look awesome my friend. The colors are perfect and I love the textures.

I like the setup for "St. Bartholomew's", especially the link between scenic drive and park trails is a nice attempt.

Take care Steve.

- Phil

[Yoman3 5]

Amazing again my friend! Well I thought you knew it but I guess you dont. My real name is Owen So you can call me that now. Chuch Hill looks very nice. I wouldn't want to fall down it though. That would hurt......bad.  Your use of Cycledog's rocks in the area also looks lovely. Very nice work again. 

If I may make a suggestion I would re-do the power lines in the last picture. The one of the river bank looks awful. Flatten out the tile where the towers will go. It gets ride of the slope thing. Other wise your stream looks amazing. I was never very good at that but with you and dedgren as insperation maybe I will delve into attempting it again. All around very nice again. Though you might want to add some trees to the back side of the church where the road is.

[st louis dude 6]

This thread is really thriving,I see it on the bullatein everyday.

[raul39 0]

Hey that river looks awsome! And so does the church! It blends in with the enviornment!

[jglei701 8]

Great update, I love how your rock mods are combining with CP's!

[Darmok 34]

Hey Steve!

First, thanks for that dedication! Much appreciated my friend.

Now the church, I must say that it's the first time I see those big boulders used in a way I like, the way you've placed them they look like a rocky hill, when placed to much apart, they tend to look like marbles on a flat surface, but this way is more natural looking. (Taking notes....)

The setup is first-rate! I like the choice of parking and the park is also a good addition.

take care!

[tommiej 0]

really nice!!!! I really like the river.. looks like real!! very nice job, keep it up

[spa 968]

Wow. You put a lot into building before you actually lay any buildings down. Those bridges out on the islands are dizzying! You really put the STEX's special stuff to great use. Oh and just so you know, sigs work. I was on another thread and I saw yours and clicked it to end up here

[sorchin 18]

Crazychickensc12: Thanks CC. Concerning the glitch, LOL yeah I have seen that a few times before

cityhawk: Thanks my friend. I have changed around all the Rock Mods. They look better now I think..

Owenluby: Hey mate. Thanks for the compliments..

Alfred.Jones: Thanks my friend. I appreciate it..

bat: Hey bat, unfortunately I had to scrap that rock mod as it looked too tiled from other zoom levels. But I still think the new ones I have made look very good (IMHO). Thanks..

jacqulina: Hey Jacky my good friend. I always appreciate your encouraging words.. Thanks very much..

Schulmanator: Hello and welcome to my cj.. Thanks for the comments...

GMT: Thanks my friend..

asturianu: Hey my friend, I'm glad your finding use for the flora. I'm sure it will look great in your journal.. I appreciate the compliments mate..

salut221: Thanks my friend...

PhilsCafe: Hey my good friend. I have changed around all of the rock mods. They look much better now I think from all zoom levels.. Thanks for the comments conceerning the church. Always appreciated Phil...

Yoman3: Hey Owen (it's nice to know your real name) Well your wish is my command. I never liked those power lines either. I'll change them when I have the time.. Thanks for the suggestion. It's a good one.. Take care..

St. louis dude: Hey mate. Unfortunately it won't be thriving for much longer (see below)

raul39: Thanks as always my friend.

jglei701: Thanks very much. Most of my work lately I have been attempting to compliment cycledoggs stuff. I can't go wrong when I do that because his stuff is great looking..

Darmok: Hey John my friend. Thanks for the compliments.. I actually just threw tose rocks out there to see what I could come up with. I guess luck was on my side this time. Thanks very much..

tommiej: Thanks alot mate..

spa: Hey spa, nicce to see you. I'm glad you liked mate. I am also glad my sigs work That would be embarrasing. Take care..

Just so you all know I have started back to work again which is good and bad news. The good news is.. well I'm working (too boring staying at home on injury leave all the time), the bad news is I have very little time for SC4 at least for now . I am also helping put together a Christmas concert at my church so that takes up most of my free time. It's not like I'm leaving and will never update again. However the updates will be reduced quite a bit for at least a couple of months until things get back to normal..

I'm sure everyone understands. If I don't comment very often in your journals or BAT threads don't take it personally. It's simply because I literally have no time at the moment

Thanks for understanding and like I said updates will still be comming, but not nearly as often (only when I can)..

Take care all and God bless..

[patriots_1228 51]

there goes 1/3 of my auidience LOL np you deserve a break from simtropolis you've done alot lately.

[Gecko_2006 1]

 wow... that... is... beautiful...

There's the rocks, and the flora and the... the church and the garden... such incredible detail!!!! I love it!!!

[asturianu 4]

Your flora is amazing, i love it, and i can't wait to see a new update, my friend!

[salut221 10]

Oh . . . Bad to hear that but I wish you a lot of luck ! Take care too !

++

[Nik-nik 3]

Hi Steve,

Well I guess it is Haloween time (not that we pay a lot of attention to it here in the Netherlends) and I looked at your latest Church update. I guess that church with your rock flora and some dead trees will look quite spooky.

I think if you loose the relaxing park and the wild flowers (not that they are not nice) you already have a great spooky place.

Congrats that your arm is so well that you can start working again. Last week I was 3 days ill of the flu and after 3 days I realy, I mean REALY got boored so it is good that you start out again. It is a pity if that means thatw e will see a lot less of you.

Take care.

Nik-Nik

[asturianu 4]

Oh, back to work. Good luck, and i always will be waiting for updates, buddy!

[jacqulina 162]

hey steve my friend looking forward to more when you have time

hope you are well

take care

[dedgren 830]

Steve- I hate to take advantage of your break, but now I can finally read this whole thing without getting constantly distracted by great new material.  You take care of yourself, your friends here will take good care of DM while you're away.  It'll be clean, in working order and well read...

...very well read...

...whenever you stop in.  You should also find, too, that I will be finally getting around to putting your recent STEX creations to work in 3RR.  They are a big part of my superdetailing plans.

Keep us posted on how you're doing.  That's way more important than any other kind of update right now.

David

[cowcorn 11]

Great work! The river is wonderfull.

[cityhawk 12]

Hello, Steve!

Take your time with SC4. RL is WAY more important, and you deserve a break anyway. See ya around, my friend!