Someone once asked me if any of my 18th century builds were available. This after I shared a photo of an old castle.
So, today, I took the plunge and placed my Hawkins Complex in the Gallery. I will remind everyone that it's a Mega Build. It's not in any sense a small building. Nor was it fully based on a description (since I have none) of my seventh (7X) great-grandfather's farmstead. Location: was olde Frederick County, which was merged into the Shenandoah County, in the Northern Neck of the great Colony of Virginia. I'll post a picture of it a bit later, to further entice you.
I'm in the midst of playing my game at the moment.
I removed the 'mistakes' from imjur and for a little while the pictures remained in my thread. Today, they aren't there so I just removed them from the thread, too. Later on, I hope to add some pictures of the inside.
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http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
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Also, how do you like playing in large builds - does it take sims a long time to simply get from one room to the other? (I'm on the verge of moving mine into a mega build and I kind of regret it already).
It doesn't appear to take my Sims all that long to get to where they're going.
I did have to add to the one CastleKeep another two sets of stairs, though. I had one set tucked into a corner turret and that made them have to walk the entire length of the Keep. Putting two staircases in places them into one side of the upper floor and dumps them into the dining area. The other takes them from the foyer on up to the opposite side of the upstairs floor. The added staircases:
I will see if I can't get some shots of the inside when I play today. It's just hard to get those shots when the walls are all up.
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This is the Reception Room, just to the right of the Foyer:
This is the Ballroom just off of the Foyer to the left:
This is the Kitchen, which would normally be an outlying building:
I'll take a few more screenshots today, hopefully.
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Overview of the second floor:
Looking toward the front door from the Dining Room:
The ground floor corner room just to the right of the Reception Room:
The Dining Room:
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Thanks also for mentioning the situation with the stairs. I'm going to make sure that my build has enough ways to access the second floor.
Thank you. I had very much hoped to capture the flavor of the time.
Best of luck on your build. I have to say I had a blast with mine. I was unhappy with all previous builds for this family. Like I said, I've yet to read of any description of this Complex my seventh great-grandfather owned. It was stated he put up palisades (those fences with the spikes on top) likely during the French and Indian War. He was also about the only one who grew rice in the entire Shenandoah Valley at that time. I saw a house I liked and that inspired this build.
http://www.getfreeebooks.com/star-trek-original-series-fan-fiction-trilogy/
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
http://www.getfreeebooks.com/star-trek-original-series-fan-fiction-trilogy/