depends on personal prefernace really i base most of my builds on either a solid material so it all looks the same or else use like a cobble floor wooden plank walls and stone roof with logs on the outside so the roof isnt flat
What types of blocks blend well together. I want to build a house, but i don't want it to look like crap.
To me that's actually a good post and something I've always wondered. And yes the cobblestone,oak, and sandstone go very well together. I use stone,mossy cobble,and sandstone myself and sometimes a few bricks thrown in when I can find enough clay(which is hardly ever) Good topic and thread OP I hope more people share their ideas because I am interested as well
I really like stone slabs and moss stone together. Build like the walls for the house with stone slabs and have a row of moss stone at each story of the house where the floor would be. I think that looks pretty sweet. Can even use moss stone as the foundation too if you have enough.
Smooth Stone- (smelted cobble) and Raw Birch Wood. IMO Most any dark wood makes a good contrast for Stone/Brick IMO. Just make sure one type of block is highlighted by whatever YOU feel looks good. Remember opinions are like A--holes. Everyone has one but, if you don't like it..... It's a waste.
i have a road made of brick and furnaces, i know furnaces, but they are the same color (almost) as cobblstone but with a different texture, i also like lapus with stone, very little lapus used. of course oak and also wood planks with cobblestone. iron blocks and lapus looks great together and look very futuristic. also cobblestone and brick looks nice in my opinion, i have a pagoda structure that uses spruce logs for the darkwood and iron blocks for the wax paper walls. i try to use blocks in crazy ways like chests as a chekerboard pattern on the floor. or using pistons as a floor pattern, (note the stone side of a piston is the same as the stone texture on the top of dispencers and furnaces). also something i lke to note i hate the texture and honestly all together look of glowstone but still like to use it for lighting so i hide it in any way possible, one way i found is by putting trapdoors on its exposed sides.
Yeah, chests look great dug into the floor, and they work too. I'm doing that in my farms. Keeps animals from using them as stepping stones over fences and other walls. Pistons are a good idea, if expensive in terms of resources.
Yeah, chests look great dug into the floor, and they work too. I'm doing that in my farms. Keeps animals from using them as stepping stones over fences and other walls. Pistons are a good idea, if expensive in terms of resources.
yea, i dupe though so i have no problem with resources. lol. but a lot of this stuff works without duping, except bricks for me, ive still only found 5 peices of clay.
i notice no one has said obsidian, lol, it doesl look ok with iron and cobblestone but honestly i never want to see it ever again, a friend (who is no longer a friend) came into my world and built a 12x12x12 cube like house entirely out of obsdian. with no research into how t would look, it has a hideous floating obsidian room and a storage area that has 2 block thick walls and a 20x4 staircase that .leads to another 8x16 obsidian structure..... i would be cool if obsidian was removed from the game entirely, lol
I'd settle for being able to mine it in a reasonable amount of time. Now it takes, what, close to 20 seconds per piece? Ridiculous.
I was low on bricks, but then I found more deposits around some shorelines and even under shallow water. Using a boat helps a lot in finding some. But if you're duping, I guess it doesn't matter.
i notice no one has said obsidian, lol, it doesl look ok with iron and cobblestone but honestly i never want to see it ever again (snip)
Actually, I just finished my black and white striped lighthouse made of obsidian and snow blocks (yes, snow blocks!). I had a ton of obsidian from my pickaxe experiment and was going to use iron blocks for the white part; but I used a lot of iron on my railroad and still have more track I want to lay. So, snow blocks were a great solution. Each stripe is 2 blocks tall, so It's only blast resistant on every second section; but it actually looks very "lighthousie." Sorry, I can't show a picture because my XBox isn't online. Other than that, I replaced the living room floor in my house with obsidian. It actually makes a pretty decent looking patterned carpet and you don't make any noise when you walk on it.
Someone touched on it above, but if you are making a workshop, you can use workbenches as walls, and it will look like you have tools hanging on the walls, and if you tile the floor with checker boarded chests, you will have a large amount of storage at hand too!
Actually, I just finished my black and white striped lighthouse made of obsidian and snow blocks (yes, snow blocks!). I had a ton of obsidian from my pickaxe experiment and was going to use iron blocks for the white part; but I used a lot of iron on my railroad and still have more track I want to lay. So, snow blocks were a great solution. Each stripe is 2 blocks tall, so It's only blast resistant on every second section; but it actually looks very "lighthousie." Sorry, I can't show a picture because my XBox isn't online. Other than that, I replaced the living room floor in my house with obsidian. It actually makes a pretty decent looking patterned carpet and you don't make any noise when you walk on it.
i like snow blocks, i like ice blocks too, im starting to try and build with those. thats actually what me an my friend had talked about for our lighthouse on his public server, obsidian and iron. but when somone else took over th project he just made it out of stone. its still pretty cool though hes got the lighthouse shutter mechanism working so it looks like a functional lighthouse. i was seriously considering black and white wool, then i was gonna build the top large enough to protect it from lightning. not sure if that would have worked.
To me that's actually a good post and something I've always wondered. And yes the cobblestone,oak, and sandstone go very well together. I use stone,mossy cobble,and sandstone myself and sometimes a few bricks thrown in when I can find enough clay(which is hardly ever) Good topic and thread OP I hope more people share their ideas because I am interested as well
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yea, i dupe though so i have no problem with resources. lol. but a lot of this stuff works without duping, except bricks for me, ive still only found 5 peices of clay.
i notice no one has said obsidian, lol, it doesl look ok with iron and cobblestone but honestly i never want to see it ever again, a friend (who is no longer a friend) came into my world and built a 12x12x12 cube like house entirely out of obsdian. with no research into how t would look, it has a hideous floating obsidian room and a storage area that has 2 block thick walls and a 20x4 staircase that .leads to another 8x16 obsidian structure..... i would be cool if obsidian was removed from the game entirely, lol
I was low on bricks, but then I found more deposits around some shorelines and even under shallow water. Using a boat helps a lot in finding some. But if you're duping, I guess it doesn't matter.
Pine Wood, Birch Wood & Cobble
Pine Wood, Wood Planks & Cobble
Sand Stone and Wood Planks
Lapiz Blocks with Iron Blocks (makes a good checkered floor)
White Wool and Smooth Stone for a modern look.
Actually, I just finished my black and white striped lighthouse made of obsidian and snow blocks (yes, snow blocks!). I had a ton of obsidian from my pickaxe experiment and was going to use iron blocks for the white part; but I used a lot of iron on my railroad and still have more track I want to lay. So, snow blocks were a great solution. Each stripe is 2 blocks tall, so It's only blast resistant on every second section; but it actually looks very "lighthousie." Sorry, I can't show a picture because my XBox isn't online. Other than that, I replaced the living room floor in my house with obsidian. It actually makes a pretty decent looking patterned carpet and you don't make any noise when you walk on it.
i like snow blocks, i like ice blocks too, im starting to try and build with those. thats actually what me an my friend had talked about for our lighthouse on his public server, obsidian and iron. but when somone else took over th project he just made it out of stone. its still pretty cool though hes got the lighthouse shutter mechanism working so it looks like a functional lighthouse. i was seriously considering black and white wool, then i was gonna build the top large enough to protect it from lightning. not sure if that would have worked.