This is my second thread today. . . kinda feels like I'm spamming. LOL
Anyway, I just searched the forums and found nothing, and surprisingly found nothing useful on Youtube either. However, I'm wondering. . .
Do any of you build your bases out of sand and gravel?
Lately, my builds have looked a bit poor. I usually use cobblestone and/or stone. Sometimes Stone bricks. I find them to be quite bland though.
So I figured, maybe use Sand for the walls, with gravel, and sandstone for corner/support pillars. (Maybe have a cobblestone/stone second inner wall for creeper protection)
Try sandstone and sand ftw. I'm actually going to hijack your idea (Sorry) but this is something no one's really done that I've seen at least. I have a castle in my current world where the castle extends From the swamp biome, to the plains biome, to the desert biome. I'll have to try it in the desert biome.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Please Sub to the YouTube,
Also, I'm soon going to start 'World 4' view my World 3 via my YouTube. Best Survival Map you will EVER See.
I didn't want my build to look like something you'd see a 5 year old building on holiday, but I figured that it'd look a lot nicer than the horrible grey blocks you see ALL the time underground. Figured it would make the build look like it was painted, kinda. Almost like a victorian style build.
I've seen builds made of wooden planks, with oak wood supports, but I find that the wooden planks are even too dark. . Oooh, maybe sand walls with Oak wood supports. Hmmm.
I have done this...... while it is a great project and loads of fun the all sand /sandstone support castle looks as bland as you can imagine I found myself at the end adding in other blocks .....also this is very hard to do when creepers are around because your sand literaly disappears so I ended up building walls 6 blocks thick
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Red sky at night, sailor's delight.Red sky at morning, sailor take warning
I have one home base built of sandstone with wood corners and accents. I quite like it. I've seen a build based on a Anasazi themed sand/sandstone condo-like complex. It was really cool!
Sure it can be done. I did this one a while ago on the PC. The moat goes all the way around and the idea was to keep the bad guys out. Fail. Not only did it not keep the bad guys away, there was always some squid playing around in it. If you do a moat, make sure it's wider than 3 blocks everywhere and more than 1 block deep.
My first serious game of Minecraft (after about an hour of tooling around post-download), my first castle was made of gravel. Honestly because I didn't know how to get cobblestone.
Bad plan. Once any part of the wall takes damage, the walls come a-tumblin'-down.
Gravel is not useful for building structures. In fact, I really havent found a good use for gravel at all, other than making flint.
Sure it can be done. I did this one a while ago on the PC. The moat goes all the way around and the idea was to keep the bad guys out. Fail. Not only did it not keep the bad guys away, there was always some squid playing around in it. If you do a moat, make sure it's wider than 3 blocks everywhere and more than 1 block deep.
that is awesome. the only problem is if he wanted a sand roof. if thats the case all you have to do is place a fence block right under the sand and it will stay in the air. but if you ask me i say floating fences kinda ruin the look of your house
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Do you like Minecraft? Do you like Pokemon? Click here then! ---->
Do you want Pictures to see what it's like? Click here then! ----> GameJolt
If you want information about the game but don't wanna click either links or you just want more information. then go to my profile Bio, Or send me a message.
Heres is a fun idea I just had. Build your sand castle...but with all the blocks "floating" on some kind of support item. Like torches or ladders, then you can break a few blocks and watch it all tumble down. Just save it first
Heres is a fun idea I just had. Build your sand castle...but with all the blocks "floating" on some kind of support item. Like torches or ladders, then you can break a few blocks and watch it all tumble down. Just save it first
or you could just find one naturally. but seeing those sand slides are just super fun to watch sometimes they are the only reason i go in deserts
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Do you like Minecraft? Do you like Pokemon? Click here then! ---->
Do you want Pictures to see what it's like? Click here then! ----> GameJolt
If you want information about the game but don't wanna click either links or you just want more information. then go to my profile Bio, Or send me a message.
Honestly, I've never seen anyone use Sand other than as an accent to Sandstone. As for Gravel, I've never, ever seen anyone use it as a building material.
Honestly, I've never seen anyone use Sand other than as an accent to Sandstone. As for Gravel, I've never, ever seen anyone use it as a building material.
someone must have allot of free time on their hands
Do you like Minecraft? Do you like Pokemon? Click here then! ---->
Do you want Pictures to see what it's like? Click here then! ----> GameJolt
If you want information about the game but don't wanna click either links or you just want more information. then go to my profile Bio, Or send me a message.
I like to spice up stone buildings with cracked or mossy stone, and always the obligatory random vines.. well my castle thing is by a swamp, so maybe that's why It doesn't look out of place...
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Check it out for awesome tutorials and constant content!
I built a medium sized house with sandstone and a huge glass dome. I did'nt use any sand or gravel. It was in a forest biome, and the color contrast was different than you usually see. It was one of my first creative builds and still one of my favorite. I have not posted any pics of it yet, need to figure that out. I made a huge man cave basement underneath it, complete with an underground cavern housing my escape blimp.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
Anyway, I just searched the forums and found nothing, and surprisingly found nothing useful on Youtube either. However, I'm wondering. . .
Do any of you build your bases out of sand and gravel?
Lately, my builds have looked a bit poor. I usually use cobblestone and/or stone. Sometimes Stone bricks. I find them to be quite bland though.
So I figured, maybe use Sand for the walls, with gravel, and sandstone for corner/support pillars. (Maybe have a cobblestone/stone second inner wall for creeper protection)
Have anyone of you done this? Any pics?
I didn't want my build to look like something you'd see a 5 year old building on holiday, but I figured that it'd look a lot nicer than the horrible grey blocks you see ALL the time underground. Figured it would make the build look like it was painted, kinda. Almost like a victorian style build.
I've seen builds made of wooden planks, with oak wood supports, but I find that the wooden planks are even too dark. . Oooh, maybe sand walls with Oak wood supports. Hmmm.
Bad plan. Once any part of the wall takes damage, the walls come a-tumblin'-down.
Gravel is not useful for building structures. In fact, I really havent found a good use for gravel at all, other than making flint.
If I were to make the hole thing out of sand though, I'd put a fence right round it. Keep those creepers out! LOL
Honestly, I've never seen anyone use Sand other than as an accent to Sandstone. As for Gravel, I've never, ever seen anyone use it as a building material.
Just searched for Minecraft Sandstone Builds.
I'm betting whoever built them did it fairly fast. All of those except the 3rd one are from the PC, not the Xbox 360 Edition.