Staunton - A Google SketchUp City

[sad face]

I do not know, I am always sad.(joke)
Patrick so is Staunton voted with the best skyline in America now?

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by sad face

How much time do you spend doing all that?

Once a week for a few hours, It looks like I do alotta work on Staunton, but remember Staunton's been around for 2 years, I've had time to make the city, and I'm really only done with a very small section of Staunton, Downtown.

Originally Posted by sad face

I do not know, I am always sad.(joke)
Patrick so is Staunton voted with the best skyline in America now?

Lmao, I remember that, way back when, well I dont know if its in 3rd place anymore, what do you think?



Heres an update on whats going down basically, any suggestions for future plans?



OH && heres a look down Westly Avenue.

[Wrightguy0]

How bout an island for the new ganton bridge?

I would say third, behind New York and Chicago, but still leaps and bounds over L.A.

[Dac150]

I'm really looking foward to seeing all the future development. It appears that it's going to look very fantastic. The bridges are placed very well together. Good job, and thank you for the shot.

[Aleks]

Yeah, a long skinny island would look great for the Ganton Bridge. Maybe a museum, a pre-1920's federal prison, or some kind of WWII refugee camp. Wow, downtown is tiny compared to the rest of the island. I like that you pit small building like on the last shot. You can see a small chapel (?) and s small building next to the tall towers.

Do your textures turn into plain color when you move around the city?

[Tanster]

Originally Posted by Patrick

I love these kinda shots. the ones that show the inside of the city AWESOME

[Peter]

First of all Patrick, I'd like to congratulate you on making such an awesome city. It's shots like the one above that really show just how great Staunton is. It can't be said enough.

And I never noticed your One Liberty Place look-alike before. Very nice

As for suggestions, yes, I have some. New Ganton is the industrial zone, correct? Since you liked the idea of a Queensboro based bridge all the more reason why to agree with the others above for having an island in between New Ganton! Something really old and industrial, like a historical factory of some sort with big tall smokestacks (like Roosevelt island's asylum i think it was?) would look perfect on the island!

Do you have any tunnels yet? Realistically, it would be ideal to have at least one on each side.

Keep it up!!

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Wrightguy0

How bout an island for the new ganton bridge?

Originally Posted by Aleks0o01

Yeah, a long skinny island would look great for the Ganton Bridge. Maybe a museum, a pre-1920's federal prison, or some kind of WWII refugee camp.

Originally Posted by Peter

As for suggestions, yes, I have some. New Ganton is the industrial zone, correct? Since you liked the idea of a Queensboro based bridge all the more reason why to agree with the others above for having an island in between New Ganton! Something really old and industrial, like a historical factory of some sort with big tall smokestacks (like Roosevelt island's asylum i think it was?) would look perfect on the island!

Originally Posted by Aleks0o01

I like that you pit small building like on the last shot. You can see a small chapel (?) and s small building next to the tall towers. Do your textures turn into plain color when you move around the city?

Thanks! That’s the Saint Nicholas Church, a teeny tiny church on Weslty Avenue, I wrote about it a while back:

Saint Nicholas Church
Completed in 1896. Saint Nicholas Chruch is a full service parish church on the edge of the Downtown District. The church, one of the oldest structures remaining in downtown is also home to a historical cemetery. The Church was never in any real danger to be demolished, but skyscrapers and townhomes rise around it from the 30's to 60's. To ensure its safety the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 19th, 1976.

Originally Posted by Peter

And I never noticed your One Liberty Place look-alike before. Very nice

Probably because its not very tall, it’s a small filler building only about 20 stories high.

Originally Posted by Peter

Do you have any tunnels yet? Realistically, it would be ideal to have at least one on each side.

Well in the last version there was the New Ganton Tunnel, which led off after Westly Avenue, It was meant to meet at Presidents Island (artificial island for special uses), then split, one going to the great industrious burough of New Ganton, another going to Starkton Island, an island part of the wonderously large New Ganton landfill.

Basically, I’ll probably put that tunnel back in, as well with some new ones, but that wont be for a while.

Originally Posted by Tanster

I love these kinda shots. the ones that show the inside of the city AWESOME

Your in luck! Heres some more:

Kent Square, home to its fabulous 3 oddly shaped towers (Nexxon Energy (no longer NexxonOIL as of March), the Kent Enterprise Plaza, and the Grant Provident Center.



The Civic Center viewed from Monmouth Circle, Central Avenue & 5th Street. Home to the Statue of John D. Callahan, Staunton's "First True" Hero. (I'm not sure what he did yet!)

[treras93]

WOW! those are so cool. those are my favorite kinds of shot as well. i like the overview of the city too. even without textures your city is awesome! well done Patrick.

[Peter]

Such a stunning view of the city behind the statue. It's so life-like!

The only thing these types of shots are missing is people.

[Wrightguy0]

Hey pat, kent field site 2 would be a better choice, have it framed by the bridges and work a boardwalk into the design, and have the outfield wall face downtown. It becomes a focal point of the area and a great place for skyscraper buffs to see a great american pastime and a great american skyline.

[sad face]

How do you make Staunton so realistic.

[Dac150]

Very nice as always!

[Aleks]

Originally Posted by Wrightguy0

Hey pat, kent field site 2 would be a better choice, have it framed by the bridges and work a boardwalk into the design, and have the outfield wall face downtown. It becomes a focal point of the area and a great place for skyscraper buffs to see a great american pastime and a great american skyline.

What he said. It looks great and the statue look good too. It makes the city look way more realistic than any of us. I would use textures in my city but I like glassy towers and there aren't many of those in Seattle so oh well. Did you render that Civic Center shot then photoshop the sky?It doesn't look like you renderd the buildings but the statue looks realistic, like you rendered it. Looks great.

[Peter]

I would also like to mention how much I love your trees Patrick. It's as if we are looking through the leaves of real trees the way you have them transparent in some spots. All those litle details you do don't go unnoticed. Your work is exceptional Patrick.

[Tanster]

That last pic......

[sad face]

Try making a new island with modern buildings,and try making taller buildings it is hard to see any difference when you only build low rises.

[sad face]

Don't make another island my mistake.

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Wrightguy0

Hey pat, kent field site 2 would be a better choice, have it framed by the bridges and work a boardwalk into the design, and have the outfield wall face downtown. It becomes a focal point of the area and a great place for skyscraper buffs to see a great american pastime and a great american skyline.

Yeah, I was thinking that, the view is incredible, Downtown Staunton with the Jefferson Bridge in front of it, but I was thinking it was too unreal. But hell, I'll give it a shot when I get there!

I always imagined the KENT Field by the Jefferson Bridge, with a tall observation tower (500-700 feet) nearby, good idea, bad idea?

Originally Posted by Aleks0o01

Did you render that Civic Center shot then photoshop the sky?It doesn't look like you renderd the buildings but the statue looks realistic, like you rendered it. Looks great.

Kerkythea is EVIL to textures, EVIL! What a horrid process, so all my pics are 100% photoshopped!

Originally Posted by Peter

I would also like to mention how much I love your trees Patrick. It's as if we are looking through the leaves of real trees the way you have them transparent in some spots. All those litle details you do don't go unnoticed. Your work is exceptional Patrick.

Thanks Peter! Comments like that are really appreciated!

Originally Posted by sad face

Try making a new island with modern buildings,and try making taller buildings it is hard to see any difference when you only build low rises.

Uhm, well yeah, an Island of all tall modern building is not in the forcast, I mean Staunton is going to be a realalistic east coast city, I dont know any east coast USA cities with all skyscrapers. Staunton is only becomeing realalistic because of its lowrises! I mean ahh! Of course it wont be much of a difference, but now with Callahan Village the skyline looks much more filled in from Jefferson!



Oh && I realized I almost never post skyline shots from Jefferson, heres one! Partly the reason I never did is because of Callahan Village, you can see on the bottom right that its filling in!

[Aleks]

Looks awesome. Lloyd is still my favorite high-rise in your city. That late 1980's(?) white building in the middle of the last shot adds difference to the skyline, looks great. You should add ships to the city just so you can take a shot and then erase the ship/boat. It would make the city look way more realistic and add a cool extra to the city.