The river has now become a lake, I have sorted out the landscape so that the green area has foliage and there are areas with broken pavements giving the impression that nature is taking over, or it's just an old facility.
As you can see I have started to do a blockout of the start area, there is a lot of BSP work, which would normally be a model once I get to grips with 3D Max, probably next year but I am learning that in my spare time.
I have scaled down the foliage back to 1, I tried making it 2 or 4, and yeah it felt like I was in the land of the giant grasses. O_o
