Author Topic: How to Build - A Tutorial (Image Heavy)  (Read 4176 times)

First off:  The title is purely to spark your interest. 

  • This is not saying "This is how to do (Thing), your way is wrong". 
    It is, however, a good baseline preceding an upload of your build to the gallery on the Blockland forums.
  • Is this saying "Don't upload"?  No.  But it is asking you if you think your build is ready to be called "Finished".
  • Why did I make this?  Boredom.  Also, I'm critical with life.  Also also, it's technically a build and I made it, even if it's all red bricks and/or a house with detailing.

Let's Begin, shall we!?

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I am Jerkface.  Read my text with awe.



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This is a basic red wall made out of decent sized bricks, and shaped evenly.  It is still, however, no where near done.  Don't submit this as finished, "obviously".



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This is the same wall built with 1x1x5s.  DO NOT DO THIS.  You all do it, so stop.  It irritates people, causes men to have periods, and women to grow mustaches.  ...just stop it.



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Remember this?  It's a red wall of course.  THE red wall of course.  Yes, from the above picture.  This one, however, has been upgraded.  I added a door (le gasp!) and two, count 'em... TWO windows.  The things below the windows show that your "wall" can have depth.  Go crazy, be creative.  It's a cool thing to do, bro.



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Look.  I colored it.  Your cool house can, believe it or not, have multiple colors.  Don't be a loser and have the only red house on the block.  The neighbors don't like it.



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After coloring it, you should think about adding more to it.  After all, a wall can be walked around, hung from, and pushed over.  Consider adding a few more walls.  Expand it.




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"Woah!"  One guy might say, "Hold on there champ!  That is totally different from the last picture!"  Can you guess why?  It's simple really, the step most people forget!  You can DECORATE your build!  That's right, you can add things to the front of the build to tell everyone "This is a HOUSE for LIVING in, and is NOT a BATHROOM.  A box can be anything.  It can even be another box.  Make a house, not a box.  Use color variations, add details, add extras, add bushes.



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This part is the hardest for people to understand.  You can add decoration to the inside as well as the outside of your build.  A house is not a home without a bed to have love on.  The truth is truthful.  Go wild, go crazy, go insane, kill others... but most of all, decorate your living room.




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After all is said and done... make sure you FINISH your build.  It's simple.  Not hard.  Do what you've done, except close the walls, finish the design, build it up.  A building shouldn't be bland and reflect your home life... make it interesting like the life you wish you had!



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It sucks, but people check the whole build.  Add some crud to the back of it so they won't bitch at you.  Look! a dumpster!



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I'll stress this point.  FINISH THE INTERIOR.



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This has been Jerkface.  Thanks for reading all of this!  ...holy crap, wait, you read all of this.  Nice job.  My attention span isn't even that good.





"You may hate me, cuss me out and call me a noob, but this is free advice.  Take it or leave it!"  Jerkface, 2011

« Last Edit: September 06, 2011, 07:44:10 PM by Jerkface »

-Don't get the first post.  Don't-



It's alright. Good for some newbs, I guess. Also, nice house.
« Last Edit: September 06, 2011, 06:49:50 PM by King Leo »

Fyi:
1. Quoting yourself makes you look unintelligent.
2. Those "things under windows" are called window boxes and are for plants not depth.
« Last Edit: September 06, 2011, 09:51:13 PM by indyjones »

Not bad, not bad at all
But on the other hand, it's not great.

Everything could use a lot of work, but it's a start.

Fiy:
1. Quoting yourself makes you look unintelligent.
2. Those "things under windows" are called window boxes and are for plants not depth.

Fyi, typos make you look unintelligent as well.

...also, I didn't not make them for plants.  I made them for the exact reason I said, not for the reason you said.  Thus why I said it.
« Last Edit: September 06, 2011, 07:46:34 PM by Jerkface »

Fiy:
1. Quoting yourself makes you look unintelligent.
2. Those "things under windows" are called window boxes and are for plants not depth.

You're not making yourself look any more intelligent either..

..For Information Your...

A few obvious points, but nice build anyway


sticky please.


I believe this can help stop spam in the forums, and this should be a rule.



Great Job!

I learn so much in so little time... i like your idea for noobs to learn to build without single bricks. NICE :cookie:


Fyi, typos make you look unintelligent as well.

...also, I didn't not make them for plants.  I made them for the exact reason I said, not for the reason you said.  Thus why I said it.
Posted on my ipod and it tends to do that.

Find my topic on the "n" issue if you don't believe me.

Very nice. I would like to see you add stuff in time.
Throwing in a detailed section on "Interior ideas" and such.
It looks like very neat tutorial.
Build on to it and I would defiantly want this for sticky.