Build Autumn Village

Rexshell · May 8, 2017

My friend and I create Minecraft maps (like our recreation of Riddle School) and are working on another new one. I won't give away much about the map itself here, but part of it does include a large area (about 500x300 blocks, but I'll check again when we add barriers) that has a village, fields, a forest, mansion, and other buildings scattered around the land. I built 99% of this, including terrain, trees, buildings, etc. (my friend does redstone/command blocks). It's not totally done yet, but it almost is. I started this project shortly before deciding to use it in a map since I really haven't seen many autumn themed builds without mods and was curious to see if I could pull it off and make it look good. Anyway, enough boring info, here's the screenshots:

Hope you like it :)

HappyMcDoodle · May 8, 2017

It's so pretty :O
I really like this! Good job

Procrast · May 8, 2017

Why do you have only two likes
You need more likes
+1

Yuno F Gasai · May 8, 2017

That's so pretty!

PonaeIsAwkward · May 8, 2017

amazinggg it looks like the autumn that doesn't exist in Australia xD but ye it's bootiful ;3;

Rexshell · May 9, 2017

Thanks guys :)

PonaeIsAwkward said: ↑

amazinggg it looks like the autumn that doesn't exist in Australia xD but ye it's bootiful ;3;
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Don't you guys get autumn like this in southern Australia? Kinda like in the US, but we get it in the north, not so much in the south, haha.

Grantdrew · May 10, 2017

This is honestly a very nice build! I love the trees and the atmosphere. Your builds definitely add to that season, but I hope you can add more vegetation for the ground. Bushes, autumn flowers, etc. It's a very nice project.

PonaeIsAwkward · May 12, 2017

Rexshell said: ↑

Thanks guys :)

Don't you guys get autumn like this in southern Australia? Kinda like in the US, but we get it in the north, not so much in the south, haha.
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Not rlly im in Queensland it's so freakin hot down here like 16C at night but 30C at dayyyyy

and 17 others · May 13, 2017

Awesome! :D

Goati · May 19, 2017

Maybe you could add some scarecrows in the farms for decoration. You should also try and smooth out the beach transition, it looks kinda weird as it is (beach/land border). Maybe you could add rocks? or something to else to break it up better. You could also add another material to the beach, as it looks rather plain. Another problem is the fact that the boat actually has a taller mast than the bridge behind it, so how exactly did it get there? The river ends up at the ocean, but starts by coming down a mountain and through a watermill.. so did the boat magically appear at the top of the mountain and managed to phase through the watermill? Perhaps adding another river that connects to that one and another part of the ocean could make it more realistic? You could also change the path material in the 8th pic (the fountain one with spruce leaves) to stonebrick/podzol/coarsedirt, and that might make it look more like a path and less like random stonebrick. You should also consider rebuilding a new fountain for there, as its the same as the one in the middle of the village.

Other than that, I love the watermill o-o <3

Also, I built a different version of your boat that I like more (even though it has a taller mast .-.)

I removed the sail because ships don't actually sail down such small rivers - they either row or just do nothing and let the current bring them down.

Jbip · May 20, 2017

1.12 wool, right?
That's pretty good! :D

Blockamatic542 · May 20, 2017

very cool reminds me of samurai jack

Rexshell · May 20, 2017

Goati said: ↑

Maybe you could add some scarecrows in the farms for decoration. You should also try and smooth out the beach transition, it looks kinda weird as it is (beach/land border). Maybe you could add rocks? or something to else to break it up better. You could also add another material to the beach, as it looks rather plain. Another problem is the fact that the boat actually has a taller mast than the bridge behind it, so how exactly did it get there? The river ends up at the ocean, but starts by coming down a mountain and through a watermill.. so did the boat magically appear at the top of the mountain and managed to phase through the watermill? Perhaps adding another river that connects to that one and another part of the ocean could make it more realistic? You could also change the path material in the 8th pic (the fountain one with spruce leaves) to stonebrick/podzol/coarsedirt, and that might make it look more like a path and less like random stonebrick. You should also consider rebuilding a new fountain for there, as its the same as the one in the middle of the village.

Other than that, I love the watermill o-o <3

Also, I built a different version of your boat that I like more (even though it has a taller mast .-.)
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Thanks for the suggestions! I like the idea of scarecrows a lot. Might try adding some rocks along the beach as well (there are large rocks in the forest that I didn't post here, so I think the transition should work pretty well). Beaches are a bit tough to texture since not a lot of blocks look good as sand. I used sand/sandstone here which are really tough to see since the colors are so similar. End stone is the only alternative I can think of which imo doesn't look the greatest in every beach build. Good point on the path by the mansion, the path technically should've been the same as the ground terrain only adding the various stone bricks, but that one must've gotten messed up with the block percentages. And about the fountain - there's a reason in the map why it's the same. ;) I wondered if anyone would notice that.

Goati said: ↑

Another problem is the fact that the boat actually has a taller mast than the bridge behind it, so how exactly did it get there?
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Magic

Seriously though, given the size of the river, it was either make it unrealistic or leave out that extra detail. If it's too obvious I could always move the boat to the ocean. Given what the story is behind the map, some unrealistic bits aren't going to hurt it at all... :)

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1.12 wool, right?
That's pretty good! :D
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Definitely! :D 1.12 wool helps a lot.

Goati · May 20, 2017

Rexshell said: ↑

Beaches are a bit tough to texture since not a lot of blocks look good as sand. I used sand/sandstone here which are really tough to see since the colors are so similar. End stone is the only alternative I can think of which imo doesn't look the greatest in every beach build.
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If you can't texture the actual sand, maybe consider putting something on it? Idk what would be on a beach in your setting, but maybe like a lighthouse or something?

BMW · May 20, 2017

I've broken my palms applausing, this is perfect

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