This series shows my builds over the past eight years of playing Blockland. Even though they're unfinished, who knows if I will ever finish them. Even if I never do, I believe they deserve to be shown to the public - as I would not forgive myself if they drifted away into the cyber-void - were lost forever - and the only remembrance of them anybody had was only in my own head.
A blimp is - in layman's terms - a small cabin slung to a giant balloon.
An airship is multiple times larger, and has an internal structure.
This airship was the first one I had ever made. I started with a section of large rings, which I gradually filled with traversable ship decks.
The more I worked on it, the more I realized both the shape and design was unpractical, unrealistic, and way too large.
TIMEFRAME: SPRING 2018 - CURRENT
Exterior view of ship from rear port
Gangway leading to side entrance of ship
Interior entryway of ship
Ticket offices and ship check-in
Main elevator lobby - 6 servicing the upper 2/3 of area and 2 for lower 1/3 of area.
Information desk in main elevator lobby.
Lost and Found, Security offices.
Tech lounge - starboard side of ship. Originally was supposed to be library but that seemed silly.
View of atrium from main level.
View of on-board cinema facade and box office
Cinema concessions area
Theater - blackout curtains and seats can be removed to create additional banquet / recreational space
24 Hour fast food (Below decks)
24 Hour convenience store (Below decks)
Interior cabin (below decks)
Starboard cabin (below decks)
Port cabins - each equipped with an open-air balcony usable at low wind speeds.
Vending machines on an upper deck.
Ship's main restaurant
Small banquet area overlooking main deck.
Airline offices
Casino and bar area - beneath main restaurant.
Sitting area - Beneath casino
Crew cabin
Fine dining restaurant area
Rear roosterpit located in lower vertical stabilizer - not to replace roosterpit never built in front of ship.
Exterior of lower vertical stabilizer - inspired by one of the U.S. Navy's airships.
Cross-section of ship decks.
After the final vision of that ship slowly became completed I realized a couple things;
- The long, perfectly cylindrical shape was neither realistic nor resemblant of the mighty airships of the early 20th century.
- This was a broad-strokes creation. I did not feel as if I had put as much detail into it as I could have.
This prompted me to create a smaller airship, whose added attention to detail would outweigh the sheer size of my previous creation.
TIMEFRAME: FEBRUARY 2020 - CURRENT
Side profiles of ship - unfinished.
Glass observation window in bar area - unfinished.
Lower dining area and atrium - for larger groups.
Upper dining area and atrium - for smaller groups.
View of lower and upper dining areas from atrium.
Passenger loading / unloading stairway when grounded.
Elevator bank (1/4).
Bottom vending machine / stairs landing.
Large passenger cabins.
Large suite (1/2) located at the front of gondola.
Smaller passenger cabins - unfinished.
Bridge - Embarrassingly unfinished.
Juliette balconies of large rooms and unfinished exterior.
I apologize for the large images.
Feel free to comment.
Thank
