so ive been bored lately working on my main housing for my new world and wanted to build a small outpost town. but im not sure WHERE exactly i should build it. the world was generated with the seed 420.
so i used Brentftws idea and made a "sand castle" =). i guess i was lying when i said i didnt want to build anything extravagant or detailed... updated the pics, its made mostly of sand/sandstone, the dark brown is clay blocks. im still going to add another tower on the opposite side and 1-2 more houses and eventually a little surrounding town of some sort... any ideas for that would be awesome.
updated pics again, finished one of the houses and half the other tower.
if you happen to have any ideas for my main town area, those would be appreciated as well. i have a general idea what im going to do with it but there are a few gaps.
heres basically what i have so far for my main town. still working on the upper floors of the main house and my nether tower. you can see my mine, cactus defense system/farm and reed farm below to the left.
*BEFORE*
front entrance. the hole to the right of the stairs was a cave that collapsed when i was digging so im going to turn it into a few fountains.
finished towers
still looking for ideas for this large area. you can see the two fountains and couple houses ive already put down.
i also made a little cartograph of the area if anyones interested.
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Definitely build in the desert biome. Sandstone/sand structures are under-appreciated and are the best looking blocks in the original textures. Goodluck to you, sir!
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To the second last picture "island divided", and make there wall hanging city.
hmmm, i kind of get the idea of a "wall hanging city" but that sounds both extravagant and detailed =/
the "island divided" or "caves and clouds" are probably my favorite terrain so far tho, so i might go for it.
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Definitely build in the desert biome. Sandstone/sand structures are under-appreciated and are the best looking blocks in the original textures. Goodluck to you, sir!
im actually using the moderncraft texture pack, it just looks a lot like the defaults =P. i used sandstone for the first floor interior walls in my main housing and really like it but hadnt really considered making an entire house using sand as well...
im definitely considering it now tho. like i mentioned, the desert has very practical purposes and is a lot closer to my main base of operations than some of the others(i think the "island divided" or "darkness below" are the farthest away).
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Nice pictures. I suggest that you make little village in the bottom of that mountainish thing.
i was going to do something kind of like that, hollow out part of the column below the castle and put a few little buildings in the hole thats already there.
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Pretty awesome. I had a overhang/cliff building once, but it sucked.
thx! i LOVE working with overhangs and used to furiously regenerate worlds to get good ones near my spawn. the 420 seed looks REALLY good tho so im hoping to just hold onto that one now until notch adds a new lapis lazuli and i have to regen my entire world(i explored enough looking for clay, of which i now have 12 STACKS of BLOCKS,to make the save 110MB).
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I'm sorry, but I think the first picture is well,
absolutely disgusting and atrocious.
That plain box house, with bad materials that don't blend, that's really bad
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I'm sorry, but I think the first picture is well,
absolutely disgusting and atrocious.
That plain box house, with bad materials that don't blend, that's really bad
the lower town is coming along nicely. ideas for the surrounding open areas would be cool, otherwise ill probably just have to fill them with more random stuff...
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This forum has made me decide that I now want kids, so that when they get old enough, I can forbid them from coming here. it's a terrible place.
so i used Brentftws idea and made a "sand castle" =). i guess i was lying when i said i didnt want to build anything extravagant or detailed... updated the pics, its made mostly of sand/sandstone, the dark brown is clay blocks. im still going to add another tower on the opposite side and 1-2 more houses and eventually a little surrounding town of some sort... any ideas for that would be awesome.
updated pics again, finished one of the houses and half the other tower.
if you happen to have any ideas for my main town area, those would be appreciated as well. i have a general idea what im going to do with it but there are a few gaps.
heres basically what i have so far for my main town. still working on the upper floors of the main house and my nether tower. you can see my mine, cactus defense system/farm and reed farm below to the left.
*BEFORE*
front entrance. the hole to the right of the stairs was a cave that collapsed when i was digging so im going to turn it into a few fountains.
finished towers
still looking for ideas for this large area. you can see the two fountains and couple houses ive already put down.
i also made a little cartograph of the area if anyones interested.
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hmmm, i kind of get the idea of a "wall hanging city" but that sounds both extravagant and detailed =/
the "island divided" or "caves and clouds" are probably my favorite terrain so far tho, so i might go for it.
im actually using the moderncraft texture pack, it just looks a lot like the defaults =P. i used sandstone for the first floor interior walls in my main housing and really like it but hadnt really considered making an entire house using sand as well...
im definitely considering it now tho. like i mentioned, the desert has very practical purposes and is a lot closer to my main base of operations than some of the others(i think the "island divided" or "darkness below" are the farthest away).
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i was going to do something kind of like that, hollow out part of the column below the castle and put a few little buildings in the hole thats already there.
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thx! i LOVE working with overhangs and used to furiously regenerate worlds to get good ones near my spawn. the 420 seed looks REALLY good tho so im hoping to just hold onto that one now until notch adds a new lapis lazuli and i have to regen my entire world(i explored enough looking for clay, of which i now have 12 STACKS of BLOCKS,to make the save 110MB).
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absolutely disgusting and atrocious.
That plain box house, with bad materials that don't blend, that's really bad
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I also agree that many people don't appreciate how nice deserts can be to build in.
Looks more like a layer cake than a castle.
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ive also decided to create a massive lake/dam here below/behind the bridge. i started working on a large temple area to the right of that as well.
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the lower town is coming along nicely. ideas for the surrounding open areas would be cool, otherwise ill probably just have to fill them with more random stuff...
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you should, i really like the 420 seed, it has a lot of cool stuff in it.
updated pics and changed the thread title, since my "outpost" is now larger than my main town.
"finished" the two towers on the castle when i hit the height limit. i might still bring the outer wall up 2-3 blocks, it looks kinda small now...
also started a little agricultural area to grow some sugar cane/wheat.
put down a lot of the road around town as well.
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