I chose to go with the real location in the movie instead. To put these maps into context, these were made in 2015 long before we had *any* of the mods we do now.
Back then, I took a stab at a book-accurate Minas Tirith and surrounding areas, but making a Minas Tirith hill that would also work with the limitations of buildings and network placement on slopes in the game made it an impossible concept at that time. I started making a Rivendell based on Tolkien's maps and descriptions, but that was turning into a huge undertaking and had the same limitations of trying to figure out a way to build on such a majestic location with only vanilla.
Today, with all the mods we have someone could certainly make an amazing Minas Tirith or Rivendell build, but I'm hoping someone else has the time and desire to make such a map and city build. ;)

What I think would be nice is if you went accurate to the books instead of the films. Then there would be more villages, rivers, mountains and castles. Apart from that great map!

You're welcome!

Master projects, much more important for me than road mods. Thank you so much

Thanks! Happy building!

I'm just starting into C:SL and must say your maps are are truly works of art! Thank you so much for all the efforts you put into your maps and willingness to share!

Well at least we know Rohan survived the apolcolypse of evil...

:D luckily it was half way completed. ;) Enjoy!

Holy shit, thanks! That was unbelievably quick lol

@Timur Khan there you go! Updated with new highway and rail, and the river banks are also up to standard - soft banks rather than unrealistic cliffs

Hi Timur, I certainly think all these older maps should be. This one has an update partially completed. The infrastructure is particularly horrible :D It is not only one of my first maps, but also it was before the game had highways that could snap. So... sure, I'll do finish up this one for you.

Do you think you could make a remade version of this map with better roads?

Thanks @j_nobbs! You have some amazing country down there. That sounds really cool, if you have time, share some images with us!

I really like this map. I live in NZ too, but i'm thinking of using this to create a Kathmandu type City.

Here we go! The European themed version can be found here. I made a few minor improvements

Yup, I agree. The Shire is now done so I can get to this one now. Should be done in 4 hours :)

I would love Rohan in european style, I think it would fit a bit more.

Morning @kitman0804, The Shire is up and available!

Cool. Can't wait to see it :D

Hi @kitman0804. I can definitely do that for you.. By the way, I am now working on the Shire in European version and it looks amazing so far! So it will be a little while because first I'd like to finish the Shire, but no problem. I'll get to it soon.

Is it possible to make a European version?

Cool Thank I did't realize it was that one, I have the old one never updated to the new 2.0 one. Will look forward to more of your good work.

Hi @van_nova, thanks for commenting! Yes, it is a Japanese castle, here's the link: http://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=435793128&searchtext=castle
Normally it's colorued entirely differently, but the colour filter I use (which turns the grass into pretty close to the real life colour) turns the castle pretty dark, almost looking like the Norse-style Rohan style. The next will be one that did turn from natural to an industrial nightmare in the movie ;)

Hay my kind of idea, a what if the world had progressed in culture and Technology, what would they be like? This mostly results in fantasy themed sci-fi like Steampunk and Dieselpunk. This is so cool. keep up the cool work.

Oh!!! What is the building you put on top of the hill in the 3rd image? Japanese castle of some kind?