Château du Lac - nice gardens, not many rides!

[Quince99]

One of a few sandbox parks I'm currently working on - more to follow in different threads as relevant - but with what IMHO is a nice little sunken garden.

http://img321.imageshack.us/img321/1797/chteaudulac01hr0.jpg

Comments appreciated, constructive criticism welcomed.

[gamemast75]

Very nice work so far. I can't wait to see more of this. I like the unique name.

[Albert Caine]

That looks nice I like the fountain

[Fisherman]

BEAUTIFUL fountain!!! Great idea with the diagonal path cover thingies!!!

-Derek

[gamemast75]

BEAUTIFUL fountain!!! Great idea with the diagonal path cover thingies!!!

-Derek
Thingies? :haha: Heh, but good idea though. Nice job!

[Quince99]

Thanks for the kind words - the path covers (aka "thingies" :haha: ) are from Aceana's two Pavement Essentials sets. Don't seem to hear much of them but very useful for the novel fountain arrangement.

May not be visible but there is actually supporting stonework in the middle so the dolphins etc. aren't actually floating...

There's a small château on a hill overlooking a lake (hence the less-than-inspired name) and, since my girlfriend's heavily into horse racing, a full-on stables and stud farm range of buildings.

More shots as and when I get around to them. Have been using Alt + PrtScr and dumping into Photoshop... isn't there a key command that will let me do a series and chuck them into a convenient directory?

[niccum_123]

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[Quince99]

A view of the entrance front of the château - small, modest country house-type dwelling rather than extravagant Chambord effort...for the moment!

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/1998/chteaudulac02bh2.th.jpg (http://img235.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chteaudulac02bh2.jpg)

This is the stable/stud farm complex, arranged in a quadrangle with both bell AND clock towers (simply because the way I'd positioned it meant the *&!%$ clock wouldn't sit centrally over the gateway! :mad: ).

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/9908/chteaudulac03km3.th.jpg (http://img160.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chteaudulac03km3.jpg)

This is part of the interior of one of the wings, showing stalls. They are roughly to the scale of Wild!'s horses but I've a feeling I may be rearing Shetlands!

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/8987/chteaudulac04bm7.th.jpg (http://img235.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chteaudulac04bm7.jpg)

A view of the eponymous château and its lac! Conservatory on right of house and notice how much larger the stable complex is than the residence... oops! Still, I think the horses need more room!

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3425/chteaudulac05he0.th.jpg (http://img225.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chteaudulac05he0.jpg)

Another section of garden - more formal/semi-formal to follow - with a mini woodland walk (lit by strings of fairy lights and a couple of lanterns at night) leading up to the floodlit temple folly.

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/2474/chteaudulac06tf4.th.jpg (http://img160.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chteaudulac06tf4.jpg)

More developments as and when I have time. Also look out for the Maritime Museum thread when I start uploading those.

Many thanks for the compliments - whilst I've been used RollerCoaster Tycoon since it first came out, I've only fairly recently got to grips fully with RCT3 and it's down to reading and looking at the magnificent work people have produced here that has inspired me to believe my own stuff is actually reasonable enough to share.