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This texture pack is designed to help people recreate the world of The Wheel of Time books. To better achieve this, quite a few of the blocks and items vary from what they traditionally look like. For example, Netherrack now resembles the Ways. Mushroom biomes will (someday) look like the Blight. I’m including a few quotes here and there, either to explain what I was trying to show...or because the quotes amused me.
I know of one group who have already started trying to make the world of WoT. You can find info on them here: http://www.minecraft...-wheel-of-time/
More on their project on Planet Minecraft: http://www.planetmin...-wheel-of-time/
Let me know if you have a WoT project underway. I’d particularly love some screenshots that I can post here (though I realize that’s going to be hard with all the blocks I haven’t done yet!).

This is very much a work in progress. I’m hoping for some constructive criticism both artistically and from WoT fans with ideas on how to make the pack more accurate/useful.
I’ve got the most common blocks and also some less common blocks “done” (with quotation marks because they’re subject to revision when I get feedback, new ideas, or second thoughts). You’ll notice, though, that many others are not. I’m just using the default ones in place of those.
There are lists saying what I have completed and what I have planned. Many of those entries have notes on them explaining why I have done things a certain way or what my plans are for them. Some have options that I haven’t decided between yet. I’d particularly love feedback on those.

Bed (it’s in pale golden-tan. I have a prettier dark red version, too, but I thought this would be more versatile - my hope is that it can pass for gold in a palace or tan in a hovel)

Bedrock (it’s the way it is because the comparison amused me. I probably should change it to something more practical, though)

Bricks (also pass for tile roofs, hopefully, such as on the Winespring Inn)

Cactus

Crafting table (has drawers instead of tools dangling off the sides. I’ve seen where that has been done before, and it seemed a nice way to keep it suitable for a crafting table while allowing it to be used as something else, too)

Cloth (all colors. I made pink into a deeper red, as it seemed more likely to be useful. The cloth blocks are meant to pass for tiles as well, so that they can be used as such in the White Tower. Ajah colors will need to remain blank for that to work and black wool should stay blank, too, since obsidian will no longer be black. But I’m thinking of eventually adding patterns to some of the other colors so that they can be used for decorative touches in the architecture. Same goes for the Lapis, Diamond and Gold blocks. I just need to figure what sort of designs. I’d appreciate info on any designs that are specifically mentioned somewhere or suggestions for unmentioned ones that might be useful and/or versatile. Please do leave Graendal’s decorating tastes out if it, though. We’re not going there)

Cobblestone (regular and mossy)

Dirt

Doors (iron and wood)

Flowers (I kept the roses as red roses, just for Elaida. The others are a pale white something-or-other. My goal was to make them match any color scheme and fit equally well around a castle as a cottage. I’m open to a more specifically WoTish idea for those)

Glass (more like a wrought iron frame. Actually makes for pretty good decorative fences, fireplace screens, supports for Glowstone candelabras, legs on stools, etc. Doesn’t work for the Rhuidean column ter’angreal, though, so you’ll have to use ice for that)

Glowstone (meant to look like a lantern. There’s no reason for glowy things in the Ways, so I thought I’d make it useful in palaces, inns, etc. instead. It matches the glass pretty closely to help keep the architecture consistent. You’ll notice elements of the same design on the doors, chests, pistons, etc., as well)

Grass (top, side, and tall grass. Could use some help with the side grass; please see the ‘Feedback’ section. The tall grass has flowers in it because I’m a girl. Deal with it.)

Hatch (has the same texture as smooth stone half-blocks, because I thought that would make it easier to make inconspicuous passageways. I could instead make a version that’s iron-bound wood--similar to the piston’s tops. Let me know what you think)

Ice

Iron bars

Ladder

Leaves (oak and birch)

Logs (oak, birch, and pine. I made birch into a pale tree, but not actually birch. I was thinking of it for Avendesora, though I’m not quite sold on it. I dislike all of them immensely, but thought that I’d just leave them as is for this release. Not sure if I’m going to continue tweaking them, or just start over. : P )

Mushrooms (the small red and brown ones)

Netherrack (and Netherrack bricks. Meant to resemble the Ways)

Pine needles (don’t like them. Think I might just start over. Might do a variation on this texture, though, for the mycelium)

Redstone wires (meant to look like Trolloc graffiti when lit and Ogier script when unlit. Thanks to FuroxMC for the Ogier idea!)

Sand (don’t really like it, but it sort of works for now. Sort of. Almost. *sigh*)

Smooth stone (regular, half-blocks, bricks, cracked bricks, and mossy bricks. Still has a slight repeating pattern, I think, so I’ll probably have to continue tweaking it. I’m just tired of staring at it right now and need to move on for a while)

Soul Sand (I kept faces on it. “Strange oval stones made the fireplace; they looked just like stones…but when he glimpsed them from the corner of his eye they seemed to be faces instead…screaming silently.” EotW, ch. 14. I wonder if that’s where Notch got the idea for his soulsand texture. He’s already admitted that the Nether is based on the Ways, so it’s quite possible)

Spawner (I wish I knew what Stasis boxes were supposed to look like... “’On the other hand,’ he went on, ‘think how awful it would have been to open a box and rouse a nest of cafar, say, or a jumara, or one of Aginor’s other little creations.’” LoC, ch. 23)

Sponge

Torch (haven’t actually altered the fire part yet)

Tracks (standard, detector, powered on, and powered off. They’re now the pale white stripes used in the Ways to find the Guiding nearest a Waygate. I’m sorry, Mervyn Poel, but it was just the more practical option. Standard are a continuous unbroken line, detector have two breaks, powered on have a long diagonal break, and powered off have a single break)

Wooden boards (not sure if I like them or not)

Chests (Nooo! Not the box!)

Default skin (a cutesy little novice! Just so you all will change it. I thought about making it a specific character, like Lews Therin, but...not everyone would bother to change and we all know how inconvenient it is to have a bunch of people running around pretending to be the Dragon. And then those who actually would have wanted to use that skin would feel obligated to change it to not blend in. And besides, I have some WoT skins on my Planet Minecraft account that could always use more downloads... )

Foliage color and grass color.

Particles (aren’t done at all, except that I erased smoke. Trouble is, smoke uses the same particles as redstone and portals, and neither of them should have particles flying around. So it’s all or nothing, and I picked nothing. I think that’s erase mycelium’s particles, too, unfortunately. I’m not sure what else yet)

Sign

Silverfish (as Mashadar tendrils. Because traditional methods of fighting them are ineffective and also because they remind us to be careful when messing around in old ruins. And they’re the right shape)

All the other blocks (see next section for specific plans)

Armor

GUI (I guess eventually. It’s about the last thing I plan to do, though, unless I suddenly become overwhelmingly inspired)

Items

Most Mobs (except Silverfish, which are already done. I’ll be posting a section later with specific plans for the rest)

Paintings (started, none are ready for release yet. I’ll be posting a section later with my current plans and a request for your ideas)

Particles

Probably water and lava, someday

Bow and arrows will be gray (silver!)

Diamond block: some sort of decorative pattern?

The End’s stone: Red polished stone (like the columns around Callandor)

Gold block: Tairen maze pattern

Iron block: usable as a mirror, also as the outside of the Tower of Ghenjei

Lapis Block: some sort of decorative pattern?

Large Red and Brown Mushrooms: sickly trees for the Blight. “Mile by mile the corruption of the Blight became more apparent. Leaves covered the trees in ever greater profusion, stained and spotted yellow and black, with lived red streaks like blood poisoning. Every leaf and creeper seemed bloated, ready to burst at the touch.” EotW, ch. 48. “Ooze slid like pus from bark cracked and split” EotW ch. 49.

Music Disks: cuendillar seals! Collect them all! Or else! Also, after the necessary number, I think I might make any spares into angreal, sa’angreal, or ter’angreal like the Bowl of the Winds, the Horn of Valere, Callandor, twisted stone dreamer rings, Binding/Oath Rod, the Choedan Kal, Foxhead Medallion, etc. It seems particularly fitting if they’re long sought after ones. Nar’baha? *snerk*

Mycelium: the ground in the Blight

Nether warts: Would it be too morbid to make them leftover Trollocs? “Gray and pitted like the stone, the huge bodies were half sunken in the swollen, bubbled surface. Some of the bubbles had burst, revealing more snouted faces, forever snarling with fear.” EotW, ch. 45. =O I’m just not sure what else would grow in the Ways like that.

Obsidian: stone with leafy pattern like Waygates.

Redstone torch: fireworks. Thanks to FuroxMC for the idea!

TNT: fireworks. Aludra’s Dragons? Nightflowers?

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...yeah, I really don’t expect to ever tell someone they can’t use my textures, but I put that in because I want to have the right to if someone starts using it in something I consider offensive or vile. You know, someone makes a version that’s X-rated or a video celebrating genocide or something like that. I just don’t want my hard work (or my reputation) involved in that sort of thing. So as long as you are being a decent person, don’t expect any problems from me. If you’re concerned, just clear it with me ahead of time.