Just a small update on progress:
I haven't heard from Antalex for a while, but I just finished my first year of grad school, so I will be pretty free to work on Hawthorne for at least a bit.
Town
The town is more or less done, but I plan to do an all around quality check/touch up thing once the rest of the project is mostly done.
Mini Projects
Hawthorne Farm 1 is now done, with the help of Majic and BalrogSlayer. Antalex's Farm 4 and qBBQ's Farm 2 are still ongoing. The only mini project not yet started is Hamlet 5, the mining hamlet, with its mines/quarries. If you're looking for a mini project, please consider building here!
Castle
The castle is still ongoing. Most of it is done, but I'm still working on the keep's gradient and interiors, as well as the sept garden.
Lands
Because I've been so kindly granted e-lite perms, I've been working a lot recently on the lands. I'm currently working on the border forest between Bushy, Inchfield, and Hawthorne, and I think it's going well. Since I'm a total noob with WE, if you see anything I'm doing poorly, or if you have suggestions, please tell me! I really want to learn. The area of the borderlands that's currently being worked on is meant to be a rockfield area, ala this:
I also have a more-or-less inspo compilation image map, but it's too big to attach here, sadly. Essentially, picture this turning into forest. Within the forest, I plan to have an area with a few felled trees, as well as some stumps spread out, by the logging hamlet, Hamlet 4. I'm thinking of putting a small ruined tower or foundations of ancient homes in the densest parts because the area is pretty ancient, and the children of the forest used to live there. There will also be the river that Thamus is working on going through it.
After this forest, I'm probably going to work more heavily on touching up the pastures before moving on to the next forest (and the area by the lake). Several people have mentioned that there needs to be more grass and the dirt areas need to be smaller/less dense. I totally agree, and that's something I'll be working on as I also add gates and make the hedges look better/less fake.
Also, a bit of a pipe dream because my WE skills are questionable, but I really don't like how fake the mountain tops look with all of the snow on top. At the very end of the project, if I still want to mess around with things, I'd like to try to make the mountain tops more realistic like what is happening by Redfort (but to a much smaller extent).
I haven't heard from Antalex for a while, but I just finished my first year of grad school, so I will be pretty free to work on Hawthorne for at least a bit.
Town
The town is more or less done, but I plan to do an all around quality check/touch up thing once the rest of the project is mostly done.
Mini Projects
Hawthorne Farm 1 is now done, with the help of Majic and BalrogSlayer. Antalex's Farm 4 and qBBQ's Farm 2 are still ongoing. The only mini project not yet started is Hamlet 5, the mining hamlet, with its mines/quarries. If you're looking for a mini project, please consider building here!
Castle
The castle is still ongoing. Most of it is done, but I'm still working on the keep's gradient and interiors, as well as the sept garden.
Lands
Because I've been so kindly granted e-lite perms, I've been working a lot recently on the lands. I'm currently working on the border forest between Bushy, Inchfield, and Hawthorne, and I think it's going well. Since I'm a total noob with WE, if you see anything I'm doing poorly, or if you have suggestions, please tell me! I really want to learn. The area of the borderlands that's currently being worked on is meant to be a rockfield area, ala this:
I also have a more-or-less inspo compilation image map, but it's too big to attach here, sadly. Essentially, picture this turning into forest. Within the forest, I plan to have an area with a few felled trees, as well as some stumps spread out, by the logging hamlet, Hamlet 4. I'm thinking of putting a small ruined tower or foundations of ancient homes in the densest parts because the area is pretty ancient, and the children of the forest used to live there. There will also be the river that Thamus is working on going through it.
After this forest, I'm probably going to work more heavily on touching up the pastures before moving on to the next forest (and the area by the lake). Several people have mentioned that there needs to be more grass and the dirt areas need to be smaller/less dense. I totally agree, and that's something I'll be working on as I also add gates and make the hedges look better/less fake.
Also, a bit of a pipe dream because my WE skills are questionable, but I really don't like how fake the mountain tops look with all of the snow on top. At the very end of the project, if I still want to mess around with things, I'd like to try to make the mountain tops more realistic like what is happening by Redfort (but to a much smaller extent).