Well, it's been almost two years since I made a post on this thread. I did not forget about this thread, I've just lost a lot of motivation to build. Progress has been very slow. Anyways, here are some updates about what's happened since last February.
A majority of the area around the entrance has been completed. It may not be completely obvious, but the outlines have been changed a little bit. My outlines in the last update were angled which was a wrong measurement on my part. Those have been corrected. The newest completions are the main entrance (including the gift shop, ticket booths, and restrooms), Polk Penguin Conservation Center, and the old penguinarium. The train station has been mostly completed.
Here is an overhead view of the same area in the old build so all of you can see what changes were made:
Biggest Improvements:
- More detail everywhere
- The paths have been changed to a darker gray color
- Measurements have been improved to be more accurate.
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The Polk Penguin Conservation Center has made some drastic improvements. The triangular architecture is more noticeable than in the last build. The detailing on the exterior was also improved by alternating between quartz and smooth quartz blocks (the color difference between blocks is minuscule but it's enough to add some detail).
The former penguinarium has also had some improvements. The building did increase in size a little bit and the roof has a smoother slope. Now that I'm not using the texture pack I used in the last build, I had to find a replacement for the bricks of the building. I chose to alternate between smooth sandstone and endstone bricks as this was the closest match I could come up with.
What's next:
- Landscaping needs to be done everywhere.
- The train station needs to be completed, including the pond/fountain, and tracks.
- The restroom near the Polk Penguin Conservation Center.
- After those three points are completed I will start moving toward the National Amphibian Conservation Center and the Cotton Family Wetlands.
- The parking lots do need to be completed, but I am debating with myself if I want to do it now or wait until the entire zoo is finished (that was my original plan for the last build).