Work in Progress week 8

Once again I am a little late with my Work in Progress Wednesday report. I hope this wont be the trend for the year!
With my return to work at the end of annual leave this week has been a bit busy but remarkably I got quite a bit done.

The roof is on the Roman bath house …

The mill area is named the Old Mill Garden and Gallery and I have not as yet had time to hang my paintings but this week I did that too.

The ground floor is going to become a coffee shop and gallery area. So far as you can see some of my paintings are on the walls. Actually they are photoshop images that I work, but I call them paintings.

This is the second floor. The stairs and landing still needs banisters. I am terrible for leaving little things and jumping in to furnishing.

Finally after much stair climbing this is the top floor. The attic area may become a studio/office space. I am really not to sure yet.

I set myself the challenge to build as much as possible the objects needed for this region. I figured if I was going to be so self indulgent as to have a region I should at least set myself the challenge so building most things on it.   I have drawn on builders resources from sculpt suppliers and texture shops but so far that is it.

So the last things made this week are these sculpty trees. I quite like the twisty gnarled way they turned out!

As you can see I have had quite a productive week and I cant quite believe I have only had the region for not quite two months (the two months mark will fall on the 27th) . Still lots to do, and lots more plants to get out, sounds to create mood then I have to attend to outdoor seating and have stuff for people to do other than just wander about. Lots more stuff to add. Planing a garden maze next… but that wont be for a few weeks yet …

Week in Progress – Week 7

I know I am a fraction late but as usual I have been a bit busy. It is the last week of my annual leave so from now on building type activity will slow a little. Dont worry I will still be making stuff and I still have loads of plans for this place  but progress will be at a more steady rate and what I make will not be quite as large.

I went Roman this week. In the lowest area of the sim I have build a ruin – or started to build a ruin.

The actual bath area needs to be completed as I plan to place a building on top of it. I will also add water etc but at the moment the area is bare. I have also been making all the plants, rocks etc around the sim so its been quite a bit of work.

Seems we have a rooster theme emerging here.

Other news – I became a mentor this week so if you ever decide to check out InWorldz and you spot me on the bridge and I dont say hello first dont hesitate to say hi.

Work in progress Wednesday Week 6

Is it really on 6 weeks since I purchased the Mille region on the new mainland? I checked the calendar and it is so but shook my head as it feels so much more.

Anyway after a busy a holiday period  with family and friends I am back here pottering about and building when I can.

Since people were starting to drop in, I decided to put the place in my picks and announce that folks are welcome if they dont mind the mess.

Sometimes you might encounter something like this.

It is really just me thinking. I guess you could describe it as thinking visually, as if you ever encounter something like this, I am trying to make a decision about what textures to use.

Eventually it turns into something like this. It’s summer in Australia and many people combine the Christmas/New Year period with their annual leave. So working down on the beach area felt natural.

The beach house still needs doors and is unfurnished but the building is done. I usually try and get all the main areas done before adding the extras and I have loads of plans.

I have been creating more plants and many are set to sell. All plants are copy but no trans and no mod. They are No mod because most are single prim sculpt plants and if people re-size them the textures go crazy. So I decided to make everything the same. Eventually I will be a bit more organized about it but at the moment if you see something you like, click on it as it might be for sale.

Anyway I wanted to let people know that they are welcome and I put up a sign to let people the place was still a work in progress. But honestly folks are welcome. If you want to see what I have been making pull up the map. Look for the new mainland and check out Mille.

Oh darn it how did that rooster get there!?!

Work in Progress Wednesday Wk 3

Well there is some more progress at Mille but its a busy time of year. That said I am trying to be disciplined about this and record what I have done this week.

Last week I mentioned I did not like the roof line of this building so I decided to change it. In fact not only did I change the roof line but I added another half floor to the mill.

As you can see I used  a sculpt roof to soften the roof line.

I have also worked on building rockeries which will act as retaining walls as much of the hill side areas are so steep my poor little ave is tripping and falling all the time. So I decided it was necessary to have some level areas.

In fact building rockeries can be addictive. I am still making plants and yet to plant them out which is why things look bare.

However to my utter dismay I already have weeds!

Work in Progress Wednesday Week 1

I have decided to take on a personal challenge to write a series of weekly Work in Progress posts on … wait for it … drum roll … Wednesdays!

I will try to make them interesting but if I am to be honest, Work in Progress posts are a self indulgence, as in time they will end up documenting what I make at InWorldz. I am not sure why other builders don’t do it.

As I said last week I have a new region to play with so I thought I would share a few screen shots.

As you can see I have started to terraform and established a water course, with the stream source being at the top of the hill and then tumbling down towards a dammed area. I still have lots of plants and greenery to add.

From the dam there is a water race that leads to a waterwheel on a mill. This mill is partly built as I got part the way and started to doubt my texture choice.

I spend half the time wandering about the region checking the key viewpoints at sunrise and sunset as I want visitors to discover viewpoints that are aesthetically pleasing.

My old friend the freebie rooster came with me from the S&S Gallery of Fine Arts. (See this humorous post for the back story). The bird brain regularly checks out what is going on. I am going to have to give  him a name as he is such nosy creature yet silly enough to be the but of jokes.

The rooster is by Gregg Legendary of Legendary Pets & Wildlife
Since SLURLs don’t yet work on this new grid if you search under a designers name (in this case Gregg Legendary) and go to either picks or classifieds you can teleport to the designers retail outlet.

I did popover to Legendary Pets & Wildlife to see what else was on offer and he has loads of fantastic animals. Once I have established the main areas of the gardens I will visit again as there really is a lot of fun to be had populating the place with all sorts of animals and birds. I will write more about Legendary Pets & Wildlife then, meanwhile I will save my virtual dollars.