Show us your Nature!

[philforhockey51 4,220]

Riverside Cabin

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

I don't know what this is. Drainage or something?

[nos.17 5,247]

Pure, unadulterated Pyrenean:

Those colors.... 

[TakemeThere 5,834]

@Thin White Duke I don't know what they are but it sure as heck looks good. It's hard to make tiny creeks like that using plopable water mmps instead. Did you set the terrain at the water level there? I swear I can see tiny waves, which helps to give the impressing that it's water and not a just barren land.

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

It is indeed tiny ditches of water. The surrounding terrain is low enough that the grid becomes invisible.

Thanks for the kind comments!

[korver 27,685]

Once the center of a great civilization, nature has overtaken the once mighty walls of Great Zimbabwe.

See the rest of my "Scenes From Africa" update in my CJ True Earth here.

 

[MushyMushy 3,618]

Working on an entry for the Realistic Recreation Challenge...

It's a scene from the island of Hawai'i in the state of Hawaii. I'll have to Photoshop it to show it better, but it's a large hill that has some moderately lush plant life that has survived the many eruptions of Mauna Loa. Other things I'll need to Photoshop in include the small highway and some tourist-related stuff. There are also some old roads that will be in the shot that are partially covered in the cooled lava. Overall it's a very strange and interesting landscape.

 

[_Michael 2,681]

That is some really nice MMP work Mushy. I love the way you have worked with the terrain.

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Mushy, stop korvering. It's enough when one guy makes all the others feel bad.

[philforhockey51 4,220]

Two images from two small city tiles that are next to each other in my region that are part of a valley with a drying up riverbed.

Spy plane running...

and the pair chasing him down.

Here is the valley they are flying in

 

[korver 27,685]

The world's tallest waterfall, stunning Angel Falls.

You can see the rest of my CJ update "The Amazon" here.

 

[MisterBlueStar4 1,004]

On 10/9/2016 at 7:43 PM, korver said:

The world's tallest waterfall, stunning Angel Falls.

You can see the rest of my CJ update "The Amazon" here.

 

Just take my money.TAKE IT ALL!!

[philforhockey51 4,220]

my nature scenes challenge entry, no photo editing, just mmp work

[philforhockey51 4,220]

How about a fishing spot on a river

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

A mosaic across Flander's Hills.

[Toby Ferrian 875]

my first time doing anything like this so criticism is welcomed, as long as it's constructive, of course

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Ok, I'll try.

First of all, I think you got the fundamentals right: Nice rock and terrain mods, the waterfall looks good, and that little lake is actually situated in a depression.

I don't know how the terrain looks further towards the bottom, but that little stub of river I can see looks as if it might flow down what looks like a ramp created for it. If this is the case, then it may look unnatural because the river would effectively flow down alongside the "spine" of a ridge. IMO it would make more sense to have the river flow down a trench, such as the one towards the left.

I also think you could choose a more turbulent kind of ploppable water for the area where the waterfall hits the surface and for the area where the river runs over the esge of that basin.

Finally, one could argue that the fine gravel you used to line the water hints at a very shallow depth, when you could expect the waterfall to have dug a bit of a hole in the ground. So maybe a few big, loose rocks at the bottom of the waterfall may look more convincing and convey a better sense of rough forces of nature at work than the fine gravel, which you could reserve for the calmer zones. I'd also get rid of the few loose rocks in the middle of that mountain lake because they indicate that the lake sits on a perfectly flat and shallow platform, which doesn't seem too realistic in the high mountains.

In any case, it's an impressive first attempt, and I'm pretty sure I'd do much worse myself. Keep it up and thanks for posting, I really enjoyed the picture!

[philforhockey51 4,220]

@Jolteon    Beyond the suggestions from T Wrecks if I may add, the lake would have faster moving water due to the waterfall so it would be unlikely to have lilypads or other greenery in the middle of the water. Next to some of the large boulders you can add some of the smaller rocks so it looks like pieces fell off or fell with it from the mountainside. I would also terraform and flatten little areas on the mountainside so you can plop some more mmp greenery, shrubs, bushes(girafe has some) and trees so it is not so barren. Remember plants will try to grow anywhere they can.    Nice work thanks for sharing.  

[raynev1 1,886]

@Jolteon I couldn't add any more then what Phil and TWrecks did above . It already looks better then any attempt I have made at creating a waterfall . You are heading in the right direction , for sure .

[Toby Ferrian 875]

mountain lake v2

[philforhockey51 4,220]

You Nailed It! 

[JulioC 2,581]

A small bridge over a river near a maize farm...

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

Oh yeah! Nice one juliok92012.

[Bipin 3,403]

17 hours ago, juliok92012 said:

A small bridge over a river near a maize farm...

Yeah, this is fantastic!

Also, that is just... wow @Ln X. Bravo!

[philforhockey51 4,220]

Old Mill and Boat Dock

[raynev1 1,886]

@philforhockey51 Great to see what I was looking for exist . Cool image BTW . I was recently telling my GF about needing a boat ramp for rural areas and here you show one . I found it already , now I can't wait to use it in my game too .

@juliok92012 That image looks real nice , nice job . 

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

Nature scenes from Chunder's Mound and the northeast of the Erinsberg city tile.

 

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

Inspired by the north pacific coast of America.

[philforhockey51 4,220]

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

That tiny wheat field in that strange location doesn't make much sense, I know. I wanted to see how it would work out, though.