And We Put it All Together

So, instead of doing something mildly productive, I decided to, instead, go for some 'action shots.'

I took all that I have done with the stadium itself and added what I have done with the Warehouse. Just to see what it would look like and if the whole thing lined up awesomely or not.

I like the look.


Thumbnails to click. Clicky-click!

Also, I have found out some terrible news. The west wall, the one everyone photographs cause it's facing the playing field, and the east wall that's facing the city, are not exactly the same. Who would have thought that? It turns out the lowest level of the warehouse on the east side does not have stone pillars. Something I was not aware of. In fact, that side looks mildly plain. I guess it's something to do with when that side was up against rail, but I'm not sure. It seems documentation before 1992 is hard to come by. So I'm gonna have to remake the lowest level of the east side, but that works for me cause I'll need to redo that one to make it suitable for commercial development in SimCity 4.

What's this you say? Well, let me elaborate some. There has never been any doubt in my mind that I was going to make the entire complex of Oriole Park at Camden Yards. This includes, but is not limited to, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, The Warehouse at Camden Yards, Camden Station, the Camden Light Rail Station and the 'Time Will Not Dim the Glory of Their Deeds' monument. (While Ravens Stadium at Camden Yards is not included up there, it would be pretty nifty to get the whole Camden Yards area done at some point.) The great part of these is there ability to 'stand on their own.'

Take the Warehouse, for instance. With some extra lotting and moding and maybe a few tweaks here and there, I can make it go from Landmark to Commercial to Industrial to Freight Station in addition to it's placement in the larger Camden Yards area. This way I can release portions of the Yards in pieces all leading up to the largest and most spectacular upload of Oriole Park at Camden Yards. And it offers me a reprieve from the tedium of modeling at the same thing for days. When the stadium becomes tedious I can then move to the Warehouse or Camden Station or the Monument without actually stalling on the larger picture.

And finally, two (thumbnail) SimCity4 views. One at night and one during the day. The Warehouse certainly has shifted the center point away from centerfield.