Mayor Dylan Thomas

The last real city in the trailer is Toronto!

Heya! I joined the forums in 2004 and its been a blast ever since... been on a bit of a hiatus until july last year. I got a quick Q though... where can I find my old CJ? Is there anywhere I can dig up my old work dust it off and show the world how terribble I was? Some sort of an Archive or summat? Any of the members from wayback still come here? Got some stories to share?? Anyone remember the "Peg scandal" when a bunch o' dudes were stealing Peg's work and claiming it as their own over at sim city central prompting him to yank everything of his off of the STEX and form his own site?

Gwendol: an Overview Welcome to Gwendol! A mix of high and rise buildings mixed with the calm of suburbia has drawn many of the wealthy investors and residents of Armagus here to call this place home. Wooded Houses: Up Bridge Street to the main commercial Area: Old Commercial Area: The Busiest Train Station in Gwendol. Sims are constantly coming and going. A major upgrade is being planned currently. Outside many vendors market their wares to the commuters that make their way through here. The West Gwendol Investment Park: Some Medium Density Housing along the East End: Thats all for this update!! I have a few custom lots hidden around the city if anyone desires for one of them to be uploaded to the stex please feel free to ask. Im not going to point them out... think of it as a bit of a game!

Yeah I got no idea what the forum ID is so it looks like Im SOL just wanted to dig it up for old times sake! Not gonna bother getting some mod to dig around for me! Im sure there is way cooler stuff for them to be doing! nice to see a few of the old folks still around here! Seems I lost my old post count too! Oh well, Ill be around for a while!

Im impressed...

Hello! I am alive folks!!! School year is starting to wind down and I've been fiddling around with sim city a little bit... needless to say I got hooked again! Nice to see some views here and there (4300 last count!) and I hope I've inspired some of you to come out of the woodwork and share some of the fantastic work here on the site. Anyways I am planning on starting up a new project soon as this one sort of died on the vine. I'm teraforming and seeding a magnificent landscape that I intend on sharing with all of you very soon. I would like to take this space however to wrap up this journal a little bitt if there is anything you would like to know or see feel free to post and let me know. And here we go! We'll zoom out a bit and Ill show you parts of Gwendol that you may or may not have already seen.... The old town on the north side of the city and the monument to a national wartime hero Alexander Strauss: Alger business park on the east side of town, over 30 000 employees commute to these three blocks every day: Classen research park just north of market square: Hospice canal just south of the downtown core: Flemming Power Center on the east side of town just south of Alger Business Park: Like I said earlier, this project has been tons of fun, but I'd like to move on to something else, if there is anything you would like to see more of let me know, but for the next few weeks I'll be working on something that Im sure will please all of you! I'll do my best to answer each and every one of you!

Rockcut: An Overview Welcome aboard the Armagus Express! We will be making an overnight stop in the town of Rockcut on the way to our final destination!! Please feel free to explore the surrounding countryside and be ready for boarding on the morrow! Enjoy your stay in Rockcut! A covered bridge on the outside of town: The railway runs along the meandering river: The railway turns to a single track as it crosses the tresstles and enters the town: Ill be adding more soon just a teaser for now.... These rural areas take a lot more than just plopping a few trees down...

Travel Today we explore how the 200 000 sims in Gwendol get from work and back every single day.... The Main Thuroghfare linking the residential areas of Gwendol to the eastern Industrial Zone and the South West Business Park. It was built on the bed of the Gwenus River which flows and winds through the city now as a canal as the land has been reclaimed from the bed: Commuters make their way past the opera house and vendors on their way home each day along Marie Street In the east business park: More than Half of all commuters in gwendol have no direct vehichular access to their place of work... and must walk along the winding pedestrian malls: The Busiest Commuter station in Gwendol serves the entire Residential Population of the southeast of the city: A commuter train travels past some secluded houses... suprisingly this is in the center of town: The Express commuter line from the Alexander Wilde Station to the downtown core: The Northern Tram Line connecting Alexander Wilde Station to the surrounding residential areas: Alexander Wilde Station is the center for all National and International Rail travel for the City of Gwendol: The Hilltop Town of D`Allemagne is a popular tourist area due to its proximity to Alexander Wilde Station and its Secluded nature in the heart of a big city: Thanks for Joining me on our travels around Gwendol.... Come back soon and join us for some inter-reigonal railway travel.... On an unrelated note.... Someone decided to erect a automobile sales center along a busy pedestrian route... It is no longer there..

Kinda reminds me of a park near my house. Its called mountsberg: http://www.conservationhalton.on.ca/uploads/Maps/Mountsb%20trail%20map.pdf

First Things First.... 1000 Views!!!!! Thanks For Coming To Explore Heavenshire! Where too next though?? We have covered much of Gwendol... So where should we go next?? Rural? or Coastline? Let me know what you would like to see some of and we shall continue along our way. Thanks to those who leave comments!!!! I will take a moment to answer some here: Framling Thank you for taking an interest in my journal! I will certianly be continuing further through the reigon of Heavenshire but for the time being I will be leaving Gwendol Behind. I also like Vanderaap amsterdam buildings very much but for some reason I haven't had too many pop up in my cities... Here's hoping that will change. DITRO Thank you for the compliment. Ill try to keep it up! Paul5 Thank you! The Building Centermost is Canada Square which can be found on the STEX. The Bus station is somewhat my own creation as are the market stalls. However the Sandstone Plazas can be found on the STEX as well. wallasey Lol thanks for backing me up there. You do raise a good point.. perhaps in the future I can find a way of better integrating it without allowing crowding all inside D'Luca Park on game day. jeffsandychelsea haha glad someone liked the placement of that car dealership Djohaal Thanks for the comment! I aim to please! As to whatever mail you are refering to... I have no clue. TekindusT My Pics from now on will all be converted to .jpeg thanks for pointing that out! Thanks for commenting on the pedestrian commuters! Its something that I think a lot of cities and CJs need to pay more attention to it gives much needed variation to a jumble of streets and roads and its really a shame you don't see it more especially in some of the Euro CJs. evertonforever1 The Euro CJ may be a tall task but it is one I am enjoying immensely! Taking the time to lay out plazas and canals is more fun than I ever imagined it to be. Everyone else thank you for commenting!!! I Hope you come back soon! Now For a mini Gwendol Update Just because I Can't Let it Rest:

The Towns of Rockcut: Today we explore the outlying towns of Rockcut: Major: - Rockcut - Lowville - Riverdale Minor: - Rockcut Heights - Wolfe Junction - Jordan Station - Charleston The small crossroads community of Charleston on the east side of Riverdale: Lowville which lies in the valley between Rockcut and Riverdale: The wind farms which lie atop the Rockcut Plateau: A small community known as Rockcut Heights developing north east Rockcut: The small community of Jordan Station: Houses, farms, small businesses, and rails along the road connecting Lowville and Riverdale: The Railway follows the river from Jordan Station to the town of Wolfe Junction: A crossroads south of Lowville: The Small town of Wolfe Junction: A train arriving at the town of Riverdale: The Railway heads north out of Lowville towards Wolfe Junction: Downtown Riverdale : Ill be away this weekend in the merry town of Tobermory Ontario!! Naturally I won't have my computer with me so we shall continue our journeys around heavenshire next week! Until then please feel free to comment and rate! If you think something should be included here please let me know!! Glad to see a few regulars starting to check this place out too! Sorry I haven't been too active on the rest of the CJs around here on simtropolis. If you have something that you think I should be checking out please let me know! Until Next Week... Mayor Dylan (Armagin) Thomas

lol.. I appreciate your comments. Although I try to be somewhat realistic in this journal and I do realise that the 90* crossing is not what would fall into that category I do like to include a hint of fantasy or "rule breaking" just for a bit of artistic licence. I thought that the rail lines made a nice border around the small commercial zone. I like to use the rail lines, roads, paths etc. as a guide to move the viewers eyes from one section of the picture to the other.

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Whatsup with some of the rail lines??? Nice to see the elevated road pieces getting used in an interesting manner besides over sunken highways :)

Tall bridge is tall.... Where'd you get the castle ?????

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This is gonna be Off DA HOOK! looks good Ill be keepin up.

Most of the houses can be found on the LEX over at www.sc4devotion.com The train is the via rail train found here: www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm

Ill be keeping up with this journal for sure. Although the raillines could use some work the rest is really pumped

Nice work! Can I ask what the street mod is though?? I've been looking everywhere for it but it is nowhere to be found!

I love trains! That commuter staion at the cargo terminal is pretty cool with the steps headed down to it. Flags are impressive too! Can't wait for more.

God Im aging myself here... but damn some of these pics remind me of Ultima Online.