The_Old_Relic

Concept is basically a floating watchtower that serves as an early warning of impending threats. Or a floating player house. Several of these will be around the server spawn.

Thank you very much Vratislav. Here is a close up of my hanging home.

In these pictures you can see my server spawn nearing completion along with my server home hanging off the cliff in the foreground. Pics taken at night. The build has taken a while, didn't really count the days or hours. Was built in creative because I don't have the time to build something like this in survival. Now to set about building the remaining spawn structures.

I am of the belief that if you are proud of your build, you should show it off at night as much as during the day therefore lighting is an important aspect of any build for me. The below pics show the view internal and external of the castle walls, to show how effective lighting placement can be.

Finally finished the Watch Towers for one corner of the forward wall. Lessons learned will hopefully make the remaining towers easier.

I really like your house. As a beginner house there is little that i can offer to improve. One thing that did come to mind was to put an annex where your firewood is located outside. Basically a roof and wall then put a door inside that allows you to access the firewood from inside. Perhaps consider a cellar under your house where food will last longer. I love the firepit, never thought of building one sunken into the floor like that. Good job.....

Another progress shot. Extending the walls out from the Gatehouse. These walls have a roof structure over the top and at each corner there will be suspended Watch Towers. The first of which is underway as seen in the pics. I have suspended time on the server at dawn as I love the red hue of the sky.

Yeah, it very much resembles how I build in TOBG, the chisel component was obviously new to me. I thought I was quite clever using the chisel to make my stairs, before realising midway through this build that stairs were in the game already lol. Such a noob, haha. i have never played terraria, sounds interesting. This chisel thing has enormous potential, I am big on detail and the smaller the better. I feel once I complete this castle build I might go and revisit some of the blocks I use and see what I can do. thanks for your comment, it meant a lot.

Quite enjoying the build process using (creative mode) and learning World Edit (WE) as I go. As a builder in that other block game, I have found the build process in VS to be very rewarding and rather meditative. As an older gent (54) I have quite a bit of time on my hands therefore I tend to create buildings of significant size. My intent is to design a series of schematics (once I learn how to take a schematic of course) for others to enjoy and give inspiration to those that may not venture beyond flat walls and a roof in Survival. These designs will eventually exist in a server that I intend to host for like-minded builders who simply like to build Medieval/Mystical builds. The first building is this Gatehouse that will form the entry point into a large walled Castle complex. From here I will build walls, corner watch towers, various support buildings and of course a rather significant Castle Keep. If there is interest, I might start to build on one of the Discord VS streaming channels but not going to blow my own trumpet. If there is no interest, I am fine with that also. I live in Australia so time differences may put an end to that idea. This build was commenced in 1.19 and finished in 1.20.1 (stable). Even though I have used Creative mode the build has taken about 5 days as I prefer to lay each block individually as opposed to copy and paste using WE simply because I find building a form of therapy, being able to lose oneself in one's imagination whilst placing blocks, listening to music. This is a great game and is now my preferred sandbox game for building. Thank you to the hard-working team of developers. Would love to hear any feedback on what doesn't work for you and what does. Kind regards, The Old Relic.....