I thought it was about time I made a thread here for a virtual city I'm currently constructing (in spare time, purely a hobbie), called Chrisheem. I'm using Cinema 4D as the modelling software and Google earth for the original map.
Basically I picked a spot (its actually Gwadar in Pakistan), and started superimposing my own city on top of a real place. I built some existing buildings first, and created approximate terrain. All the buildings facades are a combination of handdrawn and photoshopped textures.
This is a map of the city.
the following renders are how the city looked about 5 months ago.
/\ View from Chrisheem Hill looking north.
/\ Skyscrapers of Midtown. The tall building is the International Finance Tower 238m.
/\ View from International Finance Tower 54th floor observatory.
Looking up the International Finance Tower.
/\ East bay looking at the Midtown cluster.
I will post regular updates