Simmer's Lotting Lab.

[Simmer2]

Thanks AsimPika3172...

Some of you might remember this project that I started a couple of years ago. I decided to add a few pieces to it. A lot more needs to be done.
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[dyoungyn]

Great job.  I love medieval times with castles and such.  I amazes me that later on during the revolution times, how "man" has took the gaps of the castle walls and instead of Archer's firing arrows, they were replaced by cannons. 

[Simmer2]

Thanks dyoungyn

Revamped almost all textures, changed and fake-bump tricked the wall texture. Added several more detail (windows. doors, arch entrances etc)

Still more to do....stairs, connection bridges and a few more things.
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[romualdillo]

I've only showed up to say how much I admire you and your work. Your last models (and the rest of them) look fantastic. 

I'd like to know if you're going to do a modular version of the walls. It would be fantastic having a modular set to complement the fortification.

[Tyberius06]

Hi!

This looks amazing!I love historycal buildings and castles, fortresses! Really nice unique project!
Thanks for making this!

- Tyberius

[fantozzi]

Somewhere I read currently for only EUR 560.000 you can buy one of the castles that was used as a location for the TV series "Game of Thrones".

Thanks to Simmer 2 we won't need to spent our money for that. We can build our own! 

[Simmer2]

Thank you romualdillo, Tibi and fantozzi I really appreciate the comments.

Is it ready? Maybe not yet...
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[PaPa-J]

Love This!!!

[Tyberius06]

Hi!

Nice MMP work! Now it looks pretty awesome! Maybe additinal stables for horses? I don't know if we have models/props for that somewhere on the exchanges. But as a little garrison, it looks really nice. 
Keep them coming  

- Tyberius

Edit: +1 for Simmer2, because with this latest BAT (a whole castle), he has proven again, that he is one of the most diversify custom content and BAT creator in this community. From steam punk to ancient ruins or castles, from railways to spaceships (you still own us with that awesome Rocket ), little bits and huge lots...
Thank you for your hard work on these awesome gems!

[matias93]

I'm pretty sure that Vortext has all the needed props for that.

[Simmer2]

Thank guys! And thank you very much Tibi!

Well I went ahead and upped the ante a bit further. Added several more details and there is still room for more.
Can you spot the differences? (there are quite a few)
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[fantozzi]

Question1: Is the grey ground part of the model? I'm asking because I think, regarding colors, the castle should stand out more from the ground.

Question2: on the very first picture you posted a piece form this wonderfull castle, can it be the tiling of the wall texture was less?

[Tyberius06]

Hehe!
You changed the towers and made a bridge between two of them. Really nice touch.

Fantozzi:
I know the answere to your first question: that's MMP. As I know this version of the model is sitting on a 1x1 overhanging lot, and the rest of the stuffs are MMPs.

- Tyberius

[b22rian]

Simmer,

this is really an extra ordinary Castle Bat by you...

You have taken your already amazing versatile modding skills to even new levels now 

[Andreas]

I agree with fantozzi about the floor and castle wall textures, they look a bit uniform and repetitive. The modelling itself is really great, though, and all the details you keep adding are shaping up a wonderful castle alright.

[FrankU]

The castle is great!
I won't interfere whith the discussion about textures: said enough by others. I have this remark about the cannons. I think there are way too many.
I am not completely certain, but in the end the cannon was the death of all castles. Once cannons had a certain quality every castle would just be destroyed. I think that castles did indeed contain some cannons, but I am quite certain not so many. But don't hesitate to keep to your own opinion, mine is just one!
Frank

[fantozzi]

I agree with fanzozzi about the floor and castle wall textures, they look a bit uniform and repetitive. The modelling itself is really great, though, and all the details you keep adding are shaping up a wonderful castle alright.

The meaning of "zozzi" in italian is a little bit ...hm... difficult?

[Andreas]

Heh, sorry about the typo, the T is just one key away from the Z on a German keyboard...

[noahclem]

So great to see you pick up this project after sending me a couple exciting pics a good while back! Lots of awesome stuff, obviously! However, the cannons really don't fit with the most of rest. Once cannon technology came of age the high, vertical walls were very susceptible to cannon fire and round towers created spaces next to the walls where defenders' cannons couldn't hit. The bastion fort or "star fort" then developed relatively quickly and dominated fortification style for centuries. That style is certainly no "better" than medieval castles--if anything I would say the opposite--but it's beautiful in its way, has a significant influence on the layout of modern cities (Copenhagen's my favorite there), and is almost unexplored in the SC4 world: the base of the statue of liberty and prepo's Karelian castle, converted from medieval form, are the only examples I can think of. I can't wait to get my hands on the models you've been showing off here but I do hope you'll explore and develop gunpowder age fortifications while you're on the topic

[Simmer2]

Thanks for the praises and criticism. Just to make it clear, the base you see is MMP. There is no baked in base.

The castle will be released as is, if you don't like it, do not download it. Simple is it not?

This one I'm currently working on is for the Canadian crowd..eh?

Still lots of work to do. What you see here is from the back perspective..
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