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Coming form a pixel artist background, I would recommend that you use planks for the skin, then keep dirt for the mouth and then logs for the hair/hands/really dark bits. Keep obsidian in the eyes though.

Also, don't forget about Brick blocks. They are red, although they do have white in them...
 
Twist86 said:
All right I need some opinions and advice. My nephew wanted me to make "the man" and my issue is colors are limited on Alpha. How accurate does he look and what are some ideas you can give?
Mind you I am making his sword and adding a shield to "hide" the glass. Also the "mouth" area is not yet determined. I am thinking of turning it into a water fall / lava fall as there is no red blocks other then tnt. I am also going to do a more "fine tuned" detail of his armor colors once I figure out the colors to use.

Here is a picture (both comparison and current dude)



I based this off Iron Armor set. I am using Clay/Snow/Iron Blocks. I am thinking though that using Rock vs Clay might make it look better. What do you think?

This is just a first draft solider so be honest. I wont have my feelings hurt :P


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When I get some free time tonight I will post a picture of the clay blocks as rock...to give some more information for you.
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You did that on the Alpha? NIiiice!
 
Egon said:
Coming form a pixel artist background, I would recommend that you use planks for the skin, then keep dirt for the mouth and then logs for the hair/hands/really dark bits. Keep obsidian in the eyes though.

Also, don't forget about Brick blocks. They are red, although they do have white in them...
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I see...will try it and see how it goes :) Will build a new one using a few ideas I had during dinner and see if we can't improve :)

ScottALot said:
You did that on the Alpha? NIiiice!
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Appreciate it...yes Alpha...if this was classic he would have looked better for a first draft :)
 
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We found 2 dungeons...right next to each other...next to a volcano :D

Oh and you would not believe how many hours I've just spent on my castle. Egon, if we get griefed again tonight and I lose it again, I'm out mate :P
 
I played a bit of minecraft on a buddies server(don't have the game myself), ended up building like a 10 story high castle with about 4 or 5 basement levels, and found a few dungeons before i quit playing. Doesn't interest me enough to actually want the game though. Not like i really have a ton of time for games these days anyhow.
 
bomberboysk said:
I played a bit of minecraft on a buddies server(don't have the game myself), ended up building like a 10 story high castle with about 4 or 5 basement levels, and found a few dungeons before i quit playing. Doesn't interest me enough to actually want the game though. Not like i really have a ton of time for games these days anyhow.
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Each block is a 1mx1mx1m cube

I'm not 100% sure of the dimensions of my castle, but each wall is 111 blocks long (including the towers at the end), 3 blocks wide, and about 50-60 blocks high. All walls are solid, and most of the towers are solid. It is ~ 17500 blocks per wall section, with the extra of the tower, so pertty damn big :P ~740000 m^3
 
Aastii said:
Each block is a 1mx1mx1m cube

I'm not 100% sure of the dimensions of my castle, but each wall is 111 blocks long (including the towers at the end), 3 blocks wide, and about 50-60 blocks high. All walls are solid, and most of the towers are solid. It is ~ 17500 blocks per wall section, with the extra of the tower, so pertty damn big :P ~740000 m^3
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Yeah, mine like dwarfed the surrounding landscape. Plus it was built on an island, so it had a sweet bridge going to it. And then i used like 2 thousand torches between the bridges and the building,along with a lava fall and waterfall on one side of the building, was quite...visible, haha.
 
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I'm stood on one of the walls, looking at the others. That is a mountain stuck in the middle that, eventually, will not be there
 
Man your going to hate your life soon Aasatii. They are talking about letting torches "expire" after 3 game days. Imagine the upkeep if that actually happens ^-^
 
Twist86 said:
Man your going to hate your life soon Aasatii. They are talking about letting torches "expire" after 3 game days. Imagine the upkeep if that actually happens ^-^
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my castle will be in complete darkness if that happens... :P

There will be:

98 torches per wall
56 per corner tower
72 per entrance tower

For a total of 904 for the outside

Each tower has about 30 inside, with the entrance towers having roughly double that, the walls have, in tunnels inside them, about 10 torches. The entrances will be lit up pretty well, with maybe 50 or so per entrance. Comes to about another 540 torches.

So, without any buildings in there, just the castle walls + towers, there will be roughly 1444 torches...
 
My opinions...
Coal torches should never burn out.
Lanterns should be put in the game like this.
Glass Glass Glass
Glass Coal Glass
Glass Glass Glass
They should illuminate from the hand, shine more than torches, be place-able in the same places torches can go + ceilings.
Flaming Sticks should have the 3 day burnout... they'd just be
Stick
Stick
and be weaker than standard torches.
 
standard torches are already pretty weak. But I agree with lanterns. They should give of alot more light. Maybe depending on what you put in the middle would determine how bright it would burn.
 
Personally I just hope they make "Minecraft Classic" a standalone like Alpha so I can just build. I think the torch idea is retarded and pointless honestly. It will be a pain and I like to use torches to "pop" my creations and to give me a basic idea where stuff is in the dark.

The only way it wouldn't be as bad is if they made days/nights 10 times longer.
 
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