Entry 75 -- Hefnall Forest West
Entry 75: Hefnall Forest West
It's been just over five weeks since the last entry, during that time I had another accountancy exam to complete and this was one of the biggest modules of the course. I also had various bits of cleaning and housework to be done, but this week I booked time-off work which is why I'm going back to Cindersville to take further pictures. This entry and the next two explore the north-eastern part of the Cindersville city tile, so expect a lot of greenery, trees and mountains!
Thank you for all of your comments too!
For the wait I've thrown in some extra mosaics too.
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As always with Cindersville we start with an overview of the area being explored- there are at least twenty distinct areas.
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This street is the eastern-most extent of the village of Kingsley.
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Starting from the western ridge of Mount Hefnall we move downwards (north direction) towards Kingsley and the western fringes of Hefnall Forest.
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From the top is the western boundary of Hefnall Forest, we sweep eastwards when scrolling downwards.
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Mount Hefnall, in the top-left, has one prominent ridge which sweeps out westwards.
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Herds of deer are daily seen in Hefnall Forest.
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This entry has a lot of mosaics to help gain a close-up perspective of Hefnall Forest. This one covers Mount Hefnall's western mountain ridge, from the top (east) we move downwards in a roughly western direction. This mountain ridge forms the southern boundary of Hefnall Forest.
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Another sweep from West to East.
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A sweep from South to North. This one starting directly at the top of Mount Hefnall
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Trails... Trails everywhere!
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To the right of this picture are the western parts of Hefnall Forest.
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The rest of this entry will be a selection from various parts of this forest.
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After creating the landscape the first thing which came was using the ARDEN Tree Controller to create the core forest.
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Next was destroying parts of this forest where the terrain was either looking dry or rocky or even muddy. From these gaps I then laid the trails and paths using Heblem's gravel MMPs.
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The paths helped to divide up the MMP work which had to be extensively performed. For the coniferous areas I used a variety of bushes, desert flora and additional coniferous trees to beef up the woodland areas.
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In the lower part of the coniferous woodland there are ferns (or bracken), this had to be created based on both terrain height and the preponderance of the bushy, brighter-green trees embedded in the pines.
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For the upper parts of the coniferous areas this had to include thick shrubs and bushes, rock scree and (when closer to mountain faces) exposed ground (bedrock) with numerous bits of rock strewn over the slopes.
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On the highest mountains the flora density substantially decreases as do the number of trees. It should be noted that all flora seen in these pictures is based on several flora themes determined by: deciduous/coniferous, height, rockiness, ground dryness and proximity to rock faces, crags and/or cliffs.
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An overview with the western part of Hefnall Forest to the left and Mount Hefnall dominating the picture. For the Mount Hefnall entry I will be creating a "square" mosaic with a close zoom for everyone's viewing pleasure!
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Next entry, this Tuesday, will be exploring East Hefnall Forest!
Enjoy the weekend!
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