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Americana , What do we want, What do we need?

StonemasonStonemason Posts: 1,253
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After completing a few Americana inspired environments I'm interested to hear what other similar project ideas you guys may have?

 

https://www.daz3d.com/sunset-motel

https://www.daz3d.com/main-street-usa

https://www.daz3d.com/the-suburbs

https://www.daz3d.com/the-suburbs--across-the-tracks

https://www.daz3d.com/christmas-in-the-suburbs

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,870

    I, as an Australian, find those Shotgun houses I see in American small towns on YouTube driving tour videos fascinating 

    every second one overgrown with kudzu

    its just so unique to the USA

    lots of stuff in the yard is typical too

    everyone always models the big rich houses but from what I have seen on videos such as

    https://www.youtube.com/@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

    these are more common in rural USA 

  • nemesis10nemesis10 Posts: 3,935

    I am too lazy to write this again but!

    Oh, if I could have my druthers, I would love your take on:

    1. An American Amusement Park in the Disneyland vein: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/main-street-dedication-windows
    2. Something in the Frank LLoyd Wright/ Greene and Greene style: https://gamblehouse.org whether optimistic or more Blade Runner like https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/houses/117473970/frank-lloyd-wrights-blade-runner-house-sells-for-28-million
    3. A drive-in the Googie/ Atomic age; your dinner hints at the earliet period but a later version would work well with your suburbs set
    4. Something like Desert Cyc in the desert of california which has been used in loads of photos: https://www.instagram.com/weesespiecesstudio/?hl=en
    5. Something in that exagerated Chrysler Building/ Art Deco style; I dream of a skyscraper in the style of the Hope Memorial Bridge
    6. And, of course, some Maxfield Parrish architecture like the type that inspired the buildings in the Wizard of Oz and Wicked such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxfield_Parrish#/media/File:Dinky_Bird_by_Maxfield_Parrish,_1904.jpg and one of his models: https://sothebys-com.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/80f5286/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1450x1221+0+0/resize/684x576!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdotcom%2F2c%2F58%2Fa57120aa49b683e7e6d26d9f5193%2Fmaxfield-parrish-romance-model.jpg

    Thank you for letting me vent.
     

  • jmucchiellojmucchiello Posts: 1,308

    Actually, if Americana is the theme, hopefully working with a Disney style amusement park, maybe something more rural like a modular state fair: ring tosses, clown water balloon, and similar games of chance. An outdoor low stage for best in show competitions, eating contests, etc, and of course fairground rides.

    Complementary to that would be traveling show rides: rotating swings, tilt-a-whirl, ferris wheel, boat swing, etc. They wouldn't need to include the ability break down to fit in a truck but if there were a truck that looked like it held an amusement part ride, one would also be able to use the set for the traveling show as it travels.

    Tunnel of love, fun house, side show freak tents, etc.

    Food stands, funnel cake, cotton candy, etc. 

    (I'm working on something that has a few amusement park scenes so I've been thinking about this stuff.)

  • furiousstugfuriousstug Posts: 211
    edited 5:14AM

    Drive-in movie theatre, community square with a courthouse/city hall and church, water tower, connection between downtown and suburbs/other side of the tracks (maybe with some tracks...). Bowling alley, movie theatre. Train crossing bridge with a river and swimming hole below. Double vote for the country fair.

    Making me want to drag out my George Tice and Walker Evans books and come up with more suggestions.

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  • MadaMada Posts: 2,060
    edited 5:29AM

    I love going for holidays in secluded spots in the wild staying in a cabin with log fireplace :) Might be a good theme to check out.

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  • youri_zyouri_z Posts: 163

    For Americana...

    An amusement park-style environment would be lovely but I'd prefer maybe something more modest, like a carnival or a fair, with maybe one or two rides, food tents, and especially games. Jack Tomlin made several carnival props back between 2010-2013 that are still in the store but no single environment

    On a larger scale, I'd love to see an enviornment representing the 1939 or 1964 World's Fair.

    I would also love to see an extension to Main Street USA with either a Matinee Cinema, Public Library, Middle School, High School, Sheriff's Office, Greyhound Station, or a small-town baseball diamond for local games. Or perhaps something on the outskirts of town like a modest single-lane bridge over a small river.

  • niksnolemniksnolem Posts: 21
    edited 6:28AM

    I personally love to see scenes featuring stores around 1980-2000s, like the Staten Island Mall in You Get What You Give's MV by New Radicals,

    When most malls at that time still had fountains, food courts and those fancy glass elevators.


    Or maybe something like a local shopping district with a department store or supermarket!

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  • garrett_3dgarrett_3d Posts: 351

    A ghetto tower block, like the old Cabrini Green projects in Chicago, with the wire mesh sceeens on the balconies.

    A house construction site, one that can be built in stages so you can show progression along a story line. You start with groundworks, then framework, then cladding and roof, etc.

    A prison island like Alcatraz, or an asylum island like North Brother Island.

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