Project Throxton

Looking good so far! I like the idea of the lots being interspersed by the rocks - very reminiscent of Avebury. Good idea!

These lumpy mountains looks really interesting. These were called mogots if I remember corretly.
I'm curious how it'll look when done. :sunglasses:

I think it’s a good idea to start a seperate thread when you’re building two worlds. I love the idea for this one as well (being the Anglophile that I am)!

I am still planning out this new world but I wanted to check I could actually build one of my main features. I will say it is much harder than I thought and you can imagine the air was rather blue. The CAW tool is not the easiest to use and I am not that experienced at terrain sculpting yet. Not very exciting to look at but I took these pics for my records.

https://i.imgur.com/2pFHmYh.png

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A canal? Looking lovely so far!

"MissyHissy;c-17016843" wrote:
A canal? Looking lovely so far!

Thank you :) Modelled on the Kennet and Avon. I won't be adding in the Caem Hill locks though, far too difficult for me to do :D Hope you ohave a good day working on your world.

This last few days RL has been taking over again. In odd moments I keep trying to plan out Throxton. For anyone worried about Fenbury I have done some tidying up and plan to spend some more time today working on it.

https://i.imgur.com/aX65wln.png

The canal feature, as anticipated, is proving the most difficult to sort out at the moment. At some point the road will have to cross the canal and I am really not sure how to achieve it yet. In the meantime I have been adding lots, like canal side houses and an inn. I am considering a footbridge but, again, I am not sure quite how to achieve it.

https://i.imgur.com/nbEaokx.png

This area I am currently calling Church Square. It is usual for a lot of towns and villages to have squares similar to these. It might not look like much but it should be a bustling area when built and decorated, a mixture of community and residential lots.

https://i.imgur.com/bTSllF1.png

Meanwhile back at the area which I am currently calling The Henge I have added a few more trees. These may be reduced in number once the buildings go in. The aim is not to detract from the stone circle. Also I have been playing around with fencing for the edge of the dual carriageway. There is the central reservation to decorate as well. In the distance I have put in a roadside diner.

https://i.imgur.com/2G9S48f.png

The other side of the dual carriageway I have started planning out another major feature. I have decided to site a junk yard here because the town I am basing a lot of my ideas on has one very close to the dual carriageway. In real life it is no where near the village with the standing stones, anymore than the roadside diner is. At the moment it sounds worse than it will actually be when complete. The real life scrap yard is set back from the main road and is surrounded by trees and hedges.

I hope this is not too boring but I am finding the planning just as completing a project is not that visually exciting.

Looking great so far and I love the ideas you've got. <3
If that canal continues to give you grief, I do have an idea. Sandy from Around the Sims has a canal in her Sandy Valley but it's split over three long lots. She wrote a tutorial here using items from her canal lock set, which is here. There's also pictures of the canal here. Finally, this page has further photos, one of which shows a footbridge over the canal. It might not be what you're looking for but it's the only thing I can think of right now that could help. :)

"MissyHissy;c-17024666" wrote:
Looking great so far and I love the ideas you've got. <3
If that canal continues to give you grief, I do have an idea. Sandy from Around the Sims has a canal in her Sandy Valley but it's split over three long lots. She wrote a tutorial here using items from her canal lock set, which is here. There's also pictures of the canal here. Finally, this page has further photos, one of which shows a footbridge over the canal. It might not be what you're looking for but it's the only thing I can think of right now that could help. :)

Thank you :) I will check out the info. What I have in mind is an elevated road bridge but my main problem seems to be masking the terrain in such a way as to protect the canal ditch underneath the bridge.

After all the fun and games with Project Fenbury I fancied a day doing nothing in particular. Seriously I need to check the perspective of Throxton Hill. Thats the name of the largest mound.

https://i.imgur.com/ts28pK2.png

https://i.imgur.com/5mAkOLR.png

The cottage I am basing this on has a huge amount of foliage at the front. I suspect it is to give the residents some privacy from the large number of tourists who visit each year. The odd thing is that villagers in the past were happy to build among the stones while Stonehenge remained in private hands until early in the 19th century and consequently wasn't built on.