I made a spiffy igloo on a frozen lake by placing "molds" of the walls using cobblestone, then pouring many buckets of water into the molds. The water spring blocks that formed would freeze, and when all of the water on a layer froze, I would build the molds up another layer and pour again. Here's an example (seen from above):
After all the ice was in place, I chipped away the cobblestone molds to reveal the final product:
A view from inside (note that ice outside is no longer visible, so I can see under the lake):
Ice is a product of the cold, it only saps heat from whatever touches it, not the atmosphere around it. So, only body parts directly touching it would be cold, really.
It's awkward, masses of snow have very little heat, and are quite dense, so the cold doesn't affect them, making them something of a cold barrier to the cold. The wind is the primary temperature killer, scraping heat off of anything it touches, and the wind can't affect you through snow.
Interesting. I bet that's why a person can dig a burrow into the snow and survive the night in there.
However, notice how I spelled the word 'cold.'
I'm so glad you posted this. You obviously know everything about the game and I bow to your infinite wisdom. Clearly, those of us new to Minecraft should just not post our discoveries/creations since you've already found/invented everything.
Ice is a product of the cold, it only saps heat from whatever touches it, not the atmosphere around it. So, only body parts directly touching it would be cold, really.
uh what? if the air around the ice is warmer then the ice the ice will sap the warmth from the air making it colder. Try standing in an all ice building with nothing except undergarments and test your idea.
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It's awkward, masses of snow have very little heat, and are quite dense, so the cold doesn't affect them, making them something of a cold barrier to the cold. The wind is the primary temperature killer, scraping heat off of anything it touches, and the wind can't affect you through snow.
actually, the atmosphere around it gets cold as well, as the atmosphere can touch it, thus, gets gold itself. its like reverse radiation...
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Second: Very sick igloo! Can't wait to see this idea applied to large structures.
Third: Yes it is cold inside an ice building but not as cold as you'd think, I've hung out in them in sub-freezing temperatures with single layer clothes plenty :] Keeping things dry is the main thing. Put a tarp or stump down and you're golden.
Seeing as though there's an open hole for cold wind, you're always in contact with ice and are wearing only the clothes on your back; all science is irrelivant because it's ****ing cold.
Also, how do clouds move while snow doesn't? Wind moves the clouds, yet snow is unaffected.
Ice is a product of the cold, it only saps heat from whatever touches it, not the atmosphere around it. So, only body parts directly touching it would be cold, really.
uh what? if the air around the ice is warmer then the ice the ice will sap the warmth from the air making it colder. Try standing in an all ice building with nothing except undergarments and test your idea.
The air already has almost no heat in it, there's nothing for ice/snow to take from it, but it still blocks the massively freezing air from the inside. Besides, the air, the very front that caused everything to freeze, can't have more heat than that which is frozen, that doesn't even work.
As for experience with the cold, I go out in 15 F and below in just a short sleeved t-shirt and 1 cm thick polyester pants. It's pretty grand, the snow and ice around don't bother me, it's the wind that kills me. So!
I thought you would have made it out of snow not ice. I dug under my frozen shore to gather sand. I placed some torches underneath for light. At the right place the torch heats up the ice block above but the water does not flow down. This leaves a single block of floating water, which you can enter and then drop out of beneath.
After all the ice was in place, I chipped away the cobblestone molds to reveal the final product:
A view from inside (note that ice outside is no longer visible, so I can see under the lake):
Additional screens:
http://www.halcyonflow.com/media/mc/mc18.png
http://www.halcyonflow.com/media/mc/mc19.png
http://www.halcyonflow.com/media/mc/mc21.png
http://www.halcyonflow.com/media/mc/mc22.png
However, notice how I spelled the word 'cold.'
I'm so glad you posted this. You obviously know everything about the game and I bow to your infinite wisdom. Clearly, those of us new to Minecraft should just not post our discoveries/creations since you've already found/invented everything.
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uh what? if the air around the ice is warmer then the ice the ice will sap the warmth from the air making it colder. Try standing in an all ice building with nothing except undergarments and test your idea.
actually, the atmosphere around it gets cold as well, as the atmosphere can touch it, thus, gets gold itself. its like reverse radiation...
Second: Very sick igloo! Can't wait to see this idea applied to large structures.
Third: Yes it is cold inside an ice building but not as cold as you'd think, I've hung out in them in sub-freezing temperatures with single layer clothes plenty :] Keeping things dry is the main thing. Put a tarp or stump down and you're golden.
Also, how do clouds move while snow doesn't? Wind moves the clouds, yet snow is unaffected.
The air already has almost no heat in it, there's nothing for ice/snow to take from it, but it still blocks the massively freezing air from the inside. Besides, the air, the very front that caused everything to freeze, can't have more heat than that which is frozen, that doesn't even work.
As for experience with the cold, I go out in 15 F and below in just a short sleeved t-shirt and 1 cm thick polyester pants. It's pretty grand, the snow and ice around don't bother me, it's the wind that kills me. So!
1. It doesn't mattter what god you worship.
2. You'll re-spawn anyway.
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lol block
Things would go horribly wrong if a Creeper jumped in with you, though!
This is more like an ice house. It's not spherical like an igloo.
Considering the water physics, yes.