04-11-2017, 07:39 PM
As a general note, I like to make little theme builds in my favorite biomes, and then move on to the next. When I started on the server, I made a quick place to live that pretty much serves as my base now (all my items and stuff are there, you know how it goes). It was a small cabin in a roofed forest biome, by a sort of horseshoe-shaped lake:
https://i.imgtc.com/bnqXdmh9xA.png
I made the "inside curve" of the river into a small, mostly decorative manual farm that I grab stuff from real quick if needed (grabbed pumpkins for snow golems):
https://i.imgtc.com/xEfRIXeK1z.png
I also decided that I wanted every type of animal I could get, and built a footpath through the entire forest with many animal corrals and areas along it, all the way to the forest's end:
https://i.imgtc.com/ISw7dCuDdp.png
https://i.imgtc.com/F0o2RzfiVl.png
https://i.imgtc.com/ySWfRgnlES.png
Here are some extra views of the cabin and the surrounding footpaths, along with a lava pool that I "decoratively neutralized" as well as a pool:
https://i.imgtc.com/ruEJsUnm66.png
https://i.imgtc.com/F8yUX6H8nZ.png
https://i.imgtc.com/Da1JVpVwTd.png
https://i.imgtc.com/Q8rhMInQ6w.png
The next biome I wanted to build in was a mesa, and I was surprised that I was able to find my very own corner of one to start a ranch. I built enough stables for, and collected, every single possible horse color variant in the game (35 of them), and built a ranch house. First is the house, with a sort of Western style foyer and kitchen:
https://i.imgtc.com/Aj82dN5DdL.png
https://i.imgtc.com/hjUXdQmecC.png
Now take a look at the stables, which halfway circle the house, and are built into the surrounding canyon walls:
https://i.imgtc.com/vh0hvJ8NsO.png
https://i.imgtc.com/sEMqeoEDEC.png
I had my sights set next on the Cold Taiga biome. I created (myself, it's non-natural) a frozen lake, covered just about every piece of grass within my little area with snow, and built a "lodge" out of an artificial cliff face, making it look sort of like an ice cave or something, from the outside. I called this place "Winter Wonderland Lodge:"
https://i.imgtc.com/QGJr6ZE0YI.png
https://i.imgtc.com/Z9jqXXXXmR.png
The Cold Taiga build and the Mesa build are theoretically open to the public, but I won't release the warp names until I've built up enough claim blocks to grab the entire areas.
https://i.imgtc.com/bnqXdmh9xA.png
I made the "inside curve" of the river into a small, mostly decorative manual farm that I grab stuff from real quick if needed (grabbed pumpkins for snow golems):
https://i.imgtc.com/xEfRIXeK1z.png
I also decided that I wanted every type of animal I could get, and built a footpath through the entire forest with many animal corrals and areas along it, all the way to the forest's end:
https://i.imgtc.com/ISw7dCuDdp.png
https://i.imgtc.com/F0o2RzfiVl.png
https://i.imgtc.com/ySWfRgnlES.png
Here are some extra views of the cabin and the surrounding footpaths, along with a lava pool that I "decoratively neutralized" as well as a pool:
https://i.imgtc.com/ruEJsUnm66.png
https://i.imgtc.com/F8yUX6H8nZ.png
https://i.imgtc.com/Da1JVpVwTd.png
https://i.imgtc.com/Q8rhMInQ6w.png
The next biome I wanted to build in was a mesa, and I was surprised that I was able to find my very own corner of one to start a ranch. I built enough stables for, and collected, every single possible horse color variant in the game (35 of them), and built a ranch house. First is the house, with a sort of Western style foyer and kitchen:
https://i.imgtc.com/Aj82dN5DdL.png
https://i.imgtc.com/hjUXdQmecC.png
Now take a look at the stables, which halfway circle the house, and are built into the surrounding canyon walls:
https://i.imgtc.com/vh0hvJ8NsO.png
https://i.imgtc.com/sEMqeoEDEC.png
I had my sights set next on the Cold Taiga biome. I created (myself, it's non-natural) a frozen lake, covered just about every piece of grass within my little area with snow, and built a "lodge" out of an artificial cliff face, making it look sort of like an ice cave or something, from the outside. I called this place "Winter Wonderland Lodge:"
https://i.imgtc.com/QGJr6ZE0YI.png
https://i.imgtc.com/Z9jqXXXXmR.png
The Cold Taiga build and the Mesa build are theoretically open to the public, but I won't release the warp names until I've built up enough claim blocks to grab the entire areas.