Western Themed Park.

I'm building and theming a huge Western and mining themed park - and this is the HKDL inspired mine train coaster based loosely on Big Grizzly Mountain Mine Carts.

The first area coming from the station is a cutting and natural area with rock walls, grass plants and will have decrepit machinery as well - to be added later.
This is just the beginning theming.
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Really enjoying landscaping down the mountain for Calamity Canyon - my HKDL style Grizzly Mountain Train designed coaster.

The train just rolls out of the station and goes down through a precariously balanced mountain town-scape - as it twists and turns its way to the bottom of the canyon, love the Planet Zoo type plants and landscaping things to add to the sliding down the mountain effect
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and sharp drop-off areas along the way.
 
The Restaurants are great - this area of the park, before building Calamity Canyon had no one visiting. I built the restaurant and put two in - one outdoor, the other indoor - and hey presto, the guests came like hungry hippos.

The area still needs tonnes of detailing and aesthetics, but this is what I have done so far.

More to come . . .
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damn! this is looking absolutely gorgeous :D
i love that little hut you built right in the middle of that coaster curving around it. looks so cozy.
ill def be following this one too :)
 
Thanks for the feedback coaster lovers.

The Coaster is inspired by a quarry, land slippage and rock drifts, rotting wood and falling apart structures and piles of debris and clutter.

I love old quarry sites and will try to add associated scenery and theming - along with industrial piping, wooden scaffolds and Steampunk inspirations.

The game has so many positives now and such realism for me now that I find it absolutely inspiring - I mean, how great is this game? There are still glitches for me - but Frontier seem to be doing terrific patches and updates - and things are finally working better - but - We can make coaster trains of our dreams, I think that drives my passion and the recent implementation of my beloved Western Scenery - gosh.

I love plants and will be trying to landscape the areas better, to the standard of other creators here - and also making it have a decrepit and Western/steampunk theme - for I think these themes suit my design aesthetic and passions. I hope we get the Zoo level of plants and detail in those models implemented into this game; that would be heaven!
I hope Frontier adds Grasses - namely dry and yellowed or colourable. That would add such realism for areas such as this.
And epiphytic plants, like orchids, creeping vines with small detailed leaves, bromeliads, hanging Tillandsias (that are realistic looking), Alpine small and medium plants and foliage and aerial flowering specimens - these would really add that decrepit vibe and plants reclaiming the areas - that is ultimately what I would like to achieve in these areas.

But thank you for the interest - it is really appreciated and has spurred me forward! I will also post random other photos of a completely different park to make it less boring for you all, so you are warned - lol.
 
Rock and structure slippage - did some experimenting and love the results - Also love how the guests react to the structures, by ducking as the hurtle past . . . so much fun!

I hope we get more rubble, broken pieces and wood rot now.
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Adding more Rock slide theming - and might change the coaster name too . . .

I made a template with nearly one hundred tiny rocks and I am using that to create the rock collapse effects. I think it looks better.

The shack up the top needs to be smashed too - as if a great tide of rocks has landslided through. And the track might have sleepers - to add for that amazing mine train look.

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And my futuristic prison build - something else I'm tinkering with.

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Interesting how colour changes a whole scene - it was too dark and then added yellows, oranges, more wreckage and smashery - now it looks nice.
Now it looks like there is rock flow from the building down the slope.
So much fun!

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