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[afenstermaker]

As my first post to MinecraftForum, I would just like to say hello all, I am AFenstermaker.

This is my first build, Originally I had a small castle on my spawn point that I used to get started and learn to play the game; however I soon demolished and replaced it with another structure once I got the hang of things, and the ambition to start a bigger project. I used no commands, or mods, just lots and lots of time. Feel free to post comments, criticisms, suggestions, or advice. It would be much appreciated as I am relatively new to Minecraft, and the MinecraftForum Community.



Note: As a whole this build is relatively unfinished, I no longer have the time or patience to put towards mass gathering of materials, so I have started a new world and begun experimentation with SPC/WorldEdit. I will post my first creation with SPC in a later post. And yes, everything was done in Survival, without mods/commands ( with the exception of spawning a few extra villagers when I downloaded SPC, I just needed a few more;) )

Bird's eye view:

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Gate from outside:

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Floating House:

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Floating House inside 01

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Floating House inside 02

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Underwater Room inside

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Tower Main Hall

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Tower Sorcerer's Hall

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Tower bird's eye

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Village bird's eye

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Greenhouse and Barn

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[afenstermaker]

First creation with SPC/WorldEdit:

Tree of Life:

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Tree of Life nighttime:

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[Cornbreade]

I quite like it. My only suggestion would be to search for a texture pack. The basic art is hard to look at, at least for me.

[afenstermaker]

Thanks, I've always been interested in getting a few texture packs just never got around to following through. Any suggestions? I've always been a fan of some of the realism mods just wondered how badly they would affect my frame rate.

[Pixel8ed]

Wow. That is an awesome build. I would love to see the mine where you dug out all the materials for this!

[Drunken77]

You have some mad Minecraft skills!

[afenstermaker]

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Wow. That is an awesome build. I would love to see the mine where you dug out all the materials for this!

I have two mine shafts, the first is through an iron door in my underwater room. The second is accessible from a railway beginning in the lower level of the main tower; it travels a considerable distance to the nearest mountain biome, that way I could get some emeralds to trade with the villagers I kidnapped via minecart from the nearest village.


Though it is difficult to tell from the pictures, these 7 tunnels in the first mine extend several minutes walking distance, and branch every 3 blocks, each branch another several minutes long. This is the smaller of the two, however, being my first I was still learning the do's and don'ts of shaft mining. For example, mining straight down sometimes drops you in to a nice pool of lava burning me and and a full inventory to a crisp...

Mineshaft 01:

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This is the mine connected to my fortress by minecart, I get to/from and up/down via powered rail rather than a tedious spiral staircase. This one is much larger, by this time I had a surplus of enchanted diamond pickaxes and proficiency in shaft mining know-how. It is one long tunnel with branches on both sides every 3 blocks, several minutes long. I would tunnel until I had exited the mountains, then mine over 3 blocks and go back. This was usually enough to fill my inventory

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[MossStoneLover64]

Your powered rails are too close together. Space them 32m apart, and you wont notice the difference, except for having more rails.

[Humululu]

MossStoneLover64, on 24 January 2013 - 08:40 AM, said:

Your powered rails are too close together. Space them 32m apart, and you wont notice the difference, except for having more rails.

The mine is Huge!
I think he have enough materials to spent it

[Drunken77]

So simple and so nice. I love this kind of building style!

[blueshirt123]

this is really good for your first build!

[Emberheart12]

It's an amazing build, especially for your first one!
Keep on building!

[Ariishia]

Looks pretty cool I love the floating house.

[Toms007]

It's nice and spacious. Good for you. A little too "bulky" for me (I prefer smaller builds) but impressive and neatly done. Especially for a rookie

Good job.