laladiesman
Amateur Golfer
Posts: 267
TGCT Name: David Paul
Tour: Platinum
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Post by laladiesman on Apr 27, 2020 19:42:39 GMT -5
I am working on a countryside theme. The initial sculpting of the property and layout is really going well. I am aiming at creating something in the medium to hard range. I need some help with countryside themes in general. The cleanest ones I find a lot of the time have low lighting and way to green for what I am aiming for. I live about an hour away from the fictional town of Big Whiskey(Unforgiven) and it will be fictionally located between there and Calgary. Which means long grass and yellows and browns. I am going for authentic and it’s always bright where I live and always windy. There are wetlands around the area so I have sunk part of the course to have some water to play with but marshes require lots of grass. Any suggestions on how to work the aesthetics would be greatly appreciated. Or any advice at all. I am more than irate I don’t know how to work my own phone so no pics for now but I expect to be on this one for a while and some will show up. I have some on Twitter if anyone cares. laladiesman laladiesmanI am naming each hole after the movie so there is a lake shaped as a duck. The Duck of Death. But this is not a gimmick course.
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laladiesman
Amateur Golfer
Posts: 267
TGCT Name: David Paul
Tour: Platinum
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Post by laladiesman on May 5, 2020 15:08:51 GMT -5
Hope this worked. I am starting to get blending with the countryside theme. I love the natural look but trying to avoid too much rendering. I have 12 very solid holes with fairways and greens and I think I have 6 more plotted with great potential. Started a little primping and pimping of the holes to get a feel. 1 is almost done, 2 and 6 are halfway there. If the photos don’t show up you can always peruse laladiesman@ laladiesman on Twitter for the pics. This is going to be a great challenge for anyone. Narrow broken back fairways are the norm. F*#!! If anyone knows how to get my pics on this thread feel free to do it. I am on the edge of insanity trying to figure it out. share.icloud.com/photos/0-_4IHJg1ovURtB65NFqheLmgBest I can do if you want to click the cloud link. success thanks to the coruler. Feedback appreciated
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Post by coruler2 on May 5, 2020 17:12:55 GMT -5
I post my images to Imgur, then once there you select link for forum post and then copy.
Here you click on the picture icon and you paste the link, but remove the html tags except the IMG tags and the link, then it should show up.
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laladiesman
Amateur Golfer
Posts: 267
TGCT Name: David Paul
Tour: Platinum
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Post by laladiesman on May 5, 2020 17:21:28 GMT -5
I post my images to Imgur, then once there you select link for forum post and then copy. Here you click on the picture icon and you paste the link, but remove the html tags except the IMG tags and the link, then it should show up. All I had to do was remove the html. Thanks a bunch. Cheers!
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Post by 15eicheltower9 on May 5, 2020 20:44:24 GMT -5
I like the vibe here. The lighting fits the theme and planting well. Your sculpting looks smoother too. Like the look of the approach on 1. One bit of advice lose the planting right in front of this tee. Its a bit distracting and the top of bushes blocks the fairway and some of those bunkers. If you cleared out the middle you'd be directing the player toward the landing area.
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laladiesman
Amateur Golfer
Posts: 267
TGCT Name: David Paul
Tour: Platinum
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Post by laladiesman on May 5, 2020 22:34:46 GMT -5
I like the vibe here. The lighting fits the theme and planting well. Your sculpting looks smoother too. Like the look of the approach on 1. One bit of advice lose the planting right in front of this tee. Its a bit distracting and the top of bushes blocks the fairway and some of those bunkers. If you cleared out the middle you'd be directing the player toward the landing area. Thanks for the feedback. I’ve gone back and forth on the first tee boxes and ended up planting that grass around all 3 tee boxes. But I know exactly what you are saying. I have a lot of grass planted near the greens on the first 3 holes as they all are on or near water. Probably could lose the clusters around those 1st tees. Edit; that style of tee box is popular in the courses near Calgary. And they often limit your view of the fairway for real as well.
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laladiesman
Amateur Golfer
Posts: 267
TGCT Name: David Paul
Tour: Platinum
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Post by laladiesman on May 9, 2020 21:36:19 GMT -5
Calgary weather ugh! But my inspiration for heavy rough blending. The Filly is almost ready for primping. PS is there a way to let people beta your course without publishing it? I see co- designs do I assume yes on PC but I’m on PS 4.
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Post by 15eicheltower9 on May 9, 2020 21:57:52 GMT -5
Publishe it under another name "Filly-Beta" or something like that and post that is published in this thread.
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laladiesman
Amateur Golfer
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TGCT Name: David Paul
Tour: Platinum
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Post by laladiesman on May 9, 2020 23:35:30 GMT -5
Publishe it under another name "Filly-Beta" or something like that and post that is published in this thread. I was hoping to avoid that but maybe. A look from behind the 7th.
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Post by hallzballz6908 on May 13, 2020 14:05:03 GMT -5
Take the bushes out, connect the two greens, and make it a Biarritz-style green with a deep swale in the middle that maybe feeds the ball into some nice deep bunkers 😈
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laladiesman
Amateur Golfer
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TGCT Name: David Paul
Tour: Platinum
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Post by laladiesman on May 13, 2020 15:38:12 GMT -5
Take the bushes out, connect the two greens, and make it a Biarritz-style green with a deep swale in the middle that maybe feeds the ball into some nice deep bunkers 😈 I’d love to make one of those but it’s a medium length par 4 and a gigantic green would look out of place. I’m not against connecting the greens and throwing a hairy bunker in the centre. I don’t know. I like this course, it’s very challenging and I might just end up with a traditional green but I took some liberties elsewhere so maybe something crazy will fit. I have already made 18 the signature hole with 3 islands so maybe I back off on 9. I might replace the 16th green a 240 yard par 3. The green is too small and one of those crazy biaritz greens might work there. Thx for your feedback.
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Post by hallzballz6908 on May 13, 2020 17:26:48 GMT -5
Take the bushes out, connect the two greens, and make it a Biarritz-style green with a deep swale in the middle that maybe feeds the ball into some nice deep bunkers 😈 I’d love to make one of those but it’s a medium length par 4 and a gigantic green would look out of place. I’m not against connecting the greens and throwing a hairy bunker in the centre. I don’t know. I like this course, it’s very challenging and I might just end up with a traditional green but I took some liberties elsewhere so maybe something crazy will fit. I have already made 18 the signature hole with 3 islands so maybe I back off on 9. I might replace the 16th green a 240 yard par 3. The green is too small and one of those crazy biaritz greens might work there. Thx for your feedback. Doesn’t have to be huge to be Biarritz green just needs the swale in the middle. I just thought connecting the two greens but not changing the contours would preserve the “double green “ theme of the hole without having to flop over a hedge row if you miss club lol. Just my two cents though I’m sure whatever you decide will look good
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laladiesman
Amateur Golfer
Posts: 267
TGCT Name: David Paul
Tour: Platinum
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Post by laladiesman on May 13, 2020 19:43:14 GMT -5
I’d love to make one of those but it’s a medium length par 4 and a gigantic green would look out of place. I’m not against connecting the greens and throwing a hairy bunker in the centre. I don’t know. I like this course, it’s very challenging and I might just end up with a traditional green but I took some liberties elsewhere so maybe something crazy will fit. I have already made 18 the signature hole with 3 islands so maybe I back off on 9. I might replace the 16th green a 240 yard par 3. The green is too small and one of those crazy biaritz greens might work there. Thx for your feedback. Doesn’t have to be huge to be Biarritz green just needs the swale in the middle. I just thought connecting the two greens but not changing the contours would preserve the “double green “ theme of the hole without having to flop over a hedge row if you miss club lol. Just my two cents though I’m sure whatever you decide will look good Put in the swale but a bunker too. Spitballing.
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Post by hallzballz6908 on May 13, 2020 21:25:08 GMT -5
Could make it a sideways horseshoe. The problem with two greens for one hole is that if you do happen to end up on the wrong one, your only options, at least in this game, are either chipping from one green to the other(highly frowned upon) or taking an unplayable lie penalty to get off the green so you can chip out of longer grass. Neither one of those options sound like something I’d want to do especially in a competitive round.
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