I need Help with my base

[sammee]

So i need help with how i could make this base look better, so i thought that id ask the vintage story community

[Echo Weaver]

I dunno. I think your base looks awesome.

[7embre]

Looks good. I'd suggest to raise the roof by one block in order for it to hang above the 2nd floor's walls, like the second floor does above the first one (example from a different post, not mine).

Also, can we have a room tour?

[Arsenik Milk]

The overall build looks good. I like that you have the second floor using plaster above a mudbrick first floor. I also like how you used wood beams to connect the second floor to the first floor. The quarter logs jutting out at each corner is also a good addition (the quarter log corners do that to a lesser extent, if you're interested). That water well is also fantastic; is that a Hydrate or Diedrate addition, or did you chisel that?

Some questions/suggestions:

I'm curious why you didn't extend the overhang to all sides, but just on one face of the house. Did you try extending it all around? Perhaps that would help the build look more cohesive.

I'd recommend extending the window frames a little bit outwards, so there's a bit more depth to the build. You slap a layer of slabs on the outside, then basically chisel them down to single nubs the same thickness as the rest of the window frame (looks like 4 voxels thick, but not sure).

Additionally, the flat white plaster could use some detailing. I'd suggest looking at how this guy uses wood beams as detailing, similar to how you have the beams extend the first floor to the second: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XygAxSJBzSs, or what I like to do: add little cracks in the plaster with the chisel, exposing cobblestone underneath. Plaster is usually just a whitewashed layer on top, so showing the cobble/adobe underneath is cool.

The second floor is also about twice as tall as the first floor, which makes it look a little lopsided. Perhaps shortening the second floor would make it look more appropriately-proportioned.

The last suggestion I have is the roof, which looks a bit flat since it sits right on top of the walls and has no added depth to them. This video can help, as well as the one linked earlier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8OmgelFFHQ

One last thing I thought about is that chimney. Adding a chimney is very cool; you could make it a bit bigger and more defined by adding a real chimney (item using mortar, so it may be a bit later game) on top, or rounding the edges of the block sort of similar to the well.

Edited September 22, 2025 by Arsenik Milk
Adding link made adding text weird...

[sammee]

@7embre thanks for the reply heres how my base looks i did some tweaks to it before your reply but its kinda the same thing and yes here the base tour, the cellar is located in the kitchen area and i have a side door for the forging area (the base is not finished btw)

[sammee]

@Arsenik Milk Woah thanks for the crazy tips i will definetly be extending the window frames and i will definetly add the chimney thingy, also the water well is completely chiseled using oak planks and cobblestone with plaster for the rope thing

Thanks dude

[Bruno Willis]

7 hours ago, sammee said:

thanks for the reply heres how my base looks i did some tweaks to it before your reply but its kinda the same thing and yes here the base tour, the cellar is located in the kitchen area and i have a side door for the forging area (the base is not finished btw)

This interior is really nice! I love seeing support beams and subtle chiseled details, and wallpaper! I'd say a base is never finished, just sometimes abandoned.