@CashewChickenEnjoyer

2 weeks ago

As someone who grew up in midwestern America.. and grew up in a very rural part of the midwest.. I think you should add a few trees along or breaking up the fence line. Either like it was in the way and they didn't want to dig the darn thing up or go around it, or that they're using it as a sort of barrier tree to keep other stuff out or provide shade to parts of the pasture. If you want it too look a little poorly maintained you could have parts of the fence be broken down with some ramshackle patch job (I've literally seen an old broken down truck be used to patch a fence because the farmer couldn't be bothered to fix it, so he parked his old truck out there in front of the hole. Saved him from bothering to fix the fence, and bothering to fix the truck), lay some fence posts and wire somewhere near the barn, and if you want it to look like the farm has been there for a good bit, some stone fence areas in more out of the way sections of the fence wouldn't go amiss (Like in sections where it wouldn't matter to rip out the stone, or where doing so would be too much work to be worth it. Usually they're just cobblestone). Also a church, somewhere would probably sell the look. Not on the farm per-say, but I literally grew up across the street from a dairy farm. My next door neighbor was a pastor, and I shared a drive way with a church. There was no else around for about 4 miles that wasn't cows, wheat, barns, or fencing. People in the midwest put churches.. everywhere. You may be 50 miles from the next town, you are within walking distance of the next church. It does look great, I don't think in any way it looks bad. I'm not saying any of this to critique your work it looks wonderful. I've enjoyed watching this series for a very long time now. it's more that seeing you building up this farm filled me with a good bit of nostalgia for my hometown. Even if you don't take any of this to decorate or build anything, I'll still be here enjoying these episodes. c:

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