Author Topic: Frostish House  (Read 1741 times)

I made this really cool house! This is my first build so don't be mean please :(


Day 1: The house


Cozy! Snow incoming!


Nice view Snow is closer


DOF screenshot?!



You may rate x/10. But remember I'm NEW to blockland please don't criticize about the build. I know I have spammy  trees :(.
Thanks!
« Last Edit: March 08, 2013, 02:40:20 PM by Blockhead41117 »

Welcome to Blockland!

I'd love to see your build, but it says that the image isn't publicly available...?

Welcome to Blockland!

I'd love to see your build, but it says that the image isn't publicly available...?
Fixed attachments work now :)

Why is my 4th photo DOF? Weird.

minibump: Updated with snow :)


Try to not make shapes with 1x1 bricks. It makes the game run more slowly for some users as they have to load each brick face. You should always try to simplify brick usage to use the least amount of bricks possible.

Keep on building.
Good work.

Some tips, please dont take these as insults!

Try to use larger bricks when building things, it will lower brick count and will make the game run faster when building huge projects!

Tree locations look a bit... unnatural. Try selecting the tree brick, then click random spots in the ground while holding enter and walking around aimlessly.

Looks alright, but you are also new.

Here are some tips!

Use larger bricks!
Try not to use small bricks for the walls, use larger bricks to your advantage!

Try Unique Shapes
Instead of square buildings, try adding some shape, even its its multiple squares!

New Roof
Instead of bricks for roofing, I like to use ramps, or make my roof flat for buildings like offices, skyscrappers, and modern houses

Interior!
Add interior, and I'm not just talking about furniture. Add interior walls to add new colors to your builds, makes it look very nice when its done!

Anyways continue to work and have fun! Hope to see some more of your builds!

8/10 Awesome. Just use bigger bricks next time. :)

Pretty good for a new player!
No sweat bud, we all went through it. :)

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i didnt even type anything yet!


7/10

its good but like the others are saying you cuda used larger bricks, and the roofcould be at more of an angel, and tree's really  need to be more random. (as far as tree's go: aligned to a grid: spam, Completely random: Forist ;))

Very nice for a new builder!
10/10

i'm gonna be honest here: this pretty much sucks. Your positive attitude, though, is extremely applaudable and I don't think I've seen many users with such enthusiasm.
I don't want to bash you hard but I think too many of the above posters are condescending towards you due to your enthusiasm. I also don't want to discourage you from getting better; please don't take this as a personal attack, just a non-sugarcoated critique aimed to help you build better.

There's not much "defining" this build as a "frost" home beyond the colors. I know you're new and lacking building skills, so i'll be general. Look towards defining structures that are ice/snow related, like icicles or snowdrifts or crystalline structures that aren't perfect. Ramps would definitely help in this.

As for design, as others have said, cut down on using primarily small bricks. I know its more convenient to do so, but in the end a defining factor in how builds look is how many bricks you use. With your current design, the roof walling looks tiled and chunky, without a linear, support/lateral beam kind of feel that makes roofs able to stay up. If you want to keep it like that, try lining the edges with ramps to smoothen out the roof a bit more. Something to keep it from being less edgy and more smooth, like ice. I'm not asking for you to go do an immediate change in your building style (though if you could that would expedite your learning process), but take some time to practice building with larger and a wider palette of bricks.

I'll leave it at that; hopefully you won't take this as a scathing critique.
We've all built like this when we were new. Mostly.

tl;dr: just keep practicing, try using bigger bricks, and keep that enthusiasm!
« Last Edit: March 09, 2013, 02:30:21 AM by Conan »

Try to use more colours and funiture, too, but for a new player, this alright. We've all built like this when we were new. Mostly.