[Terrain] In need of City Terrainers advice

[MagnaGuard]

I need help in making an epic city. It is going to use born2modificate's high res pack and the city needs to be reasonable sized. So when you terrain, do you first do the:
height variation
tile variation
or doodads

Also should I divide the city into sections? Like market disctrict, housing, etc.
Thanks!

 

[msakni]

I always start with tiles variations.So I set the roads, gardens etc...
Throught, every terrainer has his own style and this is what make terrain fun.You can fill the terrain with all your ideas.

 

[Nenad]

Well i am not a very good terrainer but i do have some advice x)

Keep the Rich-Middle Class-Poor away from each other, usually this is the case.
However, poor people can live on Rich people property as servants.

I would start with tile variation, setting the height and then use the doodads. Make sure they are evenly and realistically spread though, and use different kinds if possible (i.e if you make a library don't use the same kind of bookcase always) and stuff like that ^^

Edit: Also, remember most cities have their gates into the market district, as traveling merchants don't have to go around the city to sell/buy goods.