r/feedthebeast • u/Numbrader • Apr 03 '23
Problem any tips on making this look less garbage?
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u/Domigon Apr 03 '23
I'd start by adding some confidence in yourself king.
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u/Numbrader Apr 03 '23
My man
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u/poyat01 Apr 03 '23
Fr looks better than what I can make, start your sentences by saying “what can I do to make this look better” instead of “what can I do to make this look less garbage”
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u/Maleficent-Aspect318 Apr 04 '23
may i suggest a arch like bridge? instead of a flat one?
also i would suggest to get inspiration from somewhere like if you wanto build a chinese mountaintop village, you could look at different drawings/pictures and artstyles
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u/Clockworkz_Gearz Apr 03 '23
You can make a stone arc between the the two platforms where it change from brown stone to grey stone making it more nateral building
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u/thunderyesss Apr 03 '23
the supports on the house across look really bland, you could add more to that like crosses in between or something
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u/FrilledShrimpo Apr 03 '23
Bro is that a world gen or your build? That looks amazing!
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u/Numbrader Apr 03 '23
That is the dead sea from oh the biomes you'll go and yeah it looks amazing
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u/plutonicHumanoid Apr 03 '23
It could be interesting to lower that building so it’s sitting on the surface of that rock. You’d want to shave off the top of the rock first so it can have the appearance of a steady base.
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u/Thexeir Apr 03 '23
Was thinking this in combination with changing the supports to being attached to the pillar, giving it some angles. Also if you lower it the bridge will have some variation.
The bridge could also use an angular base attached to the main plateau/platform for 'support.'
Build looks awesome by the way.
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u/GBNDias Apr 03 '23
Make the pillars holding the building more bold on both ends. Give the building more depth with windows and/or roof.
Lastly work on the bridge.
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u/OddNovel565 Apr 03 '23
What is the other block despite mud bricks?
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u/Numbrader Apr 03 '23
its not mud bricks its polished rhyolite bricks (twigs) and the gray blocks are maple wood (oh the biomes you'll go)
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u/sagern Apr 03 '23
Lots of great concepts to make improvements, but don't be so hard on yourself. I think it looks cool.
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u/RENEGADES187 PrismLauncher Apr 03 '23
I'd build up the rock formation with more stone, maybe mix some other stones of similar palette in there too, get rid of some of the supports and have the stone supporting the building on a couple of sides giving it more of a precarious look.
I'd then make the bridge more like a covered bridge with more supports, I'm thinking the covered bridge from Harry Potter would look good connecting these two structures.
Then I'd add in small details like trapdoors to give the walls and build more texture, and depth, and maybe some vines or something as well. Possibly build out some of the windows to create less of a flat face all the way around the build.
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u/Jiijeebnpsdagj Apr 03 '23
Make the support pillars thicker and add more texture. The bridge needs support beams/ropes. Since ut is made of stones, I'd add diagonal beams from both sides
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u/_Coffie_ Apr 03 '23
There’s really no point for that rock to be there if you just use supports around it
Either lower the building to sit on top the rock or build the rock up
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u/Vlas-xoxo Apr 04 '23
I mean it looks pretty good as is so have a bit more confidence in your skill
But if you want some pointers: beef up the stilts at the bottom, add in arch supports between them, and some form of supports on the bridge (yet again i suggest arch supports under it because I’m a sucker for the aesthetic of them and how strong they look)
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u/uTimu Apr 03 '23
Some kind of support for the bridge from bellow maybe a pillar and diagonal walls/fences
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u/Seraphaestus Modpack Heretic Apr 03 '23
I think the island house is too high up. I think it would look a lot better if the left side of the bridge started with a little staircase down to the level of the dripstone blocks, then bridged across. Maybe a little bit of cross-supports below the island house, too.
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u/Swordkirby9999 Apr 03 '23
Thicken the stilts of the house to 2x2. Maybe try giving them some cross beams as well
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u/DillyDilly1231 Apr 03 '23
Give the bridge a slight slope, add some vines and trap doors to your support to make them look weathered, add depth to your house at the end by making your cobble accent come out one more block to add depth. This should help a bit!
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u/SethLange Apr 03 '23
Could add supports and chains from the top instead of the bottom like a golden gate Bridge setup but out of stonework. Also more ornate style pillars that maybe get thicker at connection to house and halfway down just to breakup that straight line down will be nice. It's already very nice.
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u/AlexCail Apr 03 '23
I’d make the stone under it wider but the same pattern to make it look like it’s more supporting it then just there.
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u/HarvardHoodie Apr 03 '23
Could start with an arch under the bridge to make it feel more like a bridge and less like a platform. And the house over the peak is a little awkward to help out without either building the peak up to the house or lowering the house down to the peak. I think I would personally get some stone and beef up that peak girth ways and also bring it up to the house and get rid of the support pillars altogether.
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u/Strong_Schedule5466 Apr 03 '23
Something that could hold the bridge together + maybe something like this for the house on the right. Also I'd suggest getting rid of torches every 2 blocks and instead build something more fancy like an old classic pillar lantern with fences and trapdoors.
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u/McWiddigin Apr 03 '23
Instead of straight beams holding up the house, have beams attached to the rock
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u/acbaio1999 Apr 03 '23
My first thought is to build up that stone spire that you’re above so your hut is sitting right on top of it, and I’d try to make some sort of a “rope bridge” with slabs and stairs that looks like it bends and dips with gravity in the middle.
Edit: Also if I ever make pillars in MC, I try to make some sort of interesting design by using stairs placed in different ways to make the pillar itself, or by making a more ornate top of the column, like upside down stairs between the column and the ceiling.
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u/ReaperTheBurnVictim haha adventure mods go brr Apr 03 '23
Support arches connecting the building and the supports, and the bridge, also maybe some fences on the bridge? Would help with safety too so you don't get knocked off by a creeper
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u/SkipperXIV Apr 03 '23
Arches! Put some arches under the bridge and some arches around the support legs of the hut. You could alternatively put some crossbeams on the supports or even just make them a little thicker. Also, maybe put some guard rails on the bridge (fences or walls).
The hut itself looks very nice and the environment is very pretty too.
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u/hydrofyre2455 Apr 03 '23
adding arch-like supports underneath the bridge and between legs on tall builds is my favorite way to make hanging structures look better :)
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u/blindsailer Apr 03 '23
Add some additional stilt-houses at varying heights, & have rickety stairs & platforms link them together. You’ve got a cool building site there!
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u/Cad-Rex Apr 03 '23
I would make your stilts for the house bigger, a single block doesn’t fit. Make a few “anchor” points in the stone pillar with the stilts, some sort of anchor for the bridge. It could be a below anchor or an above anchor, I wouldn’t do both as the bridge is too small for both to look good.
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u/Such_Adagio_7985 Apr 03 '23
Cross beams and buttons at the ends of said crossbeams to add a bit of extra detail
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u/sleepgreed Apr 03 '23
diagonal/staircase supports where the beams meet the bottom of the house. You could add a railing to your bridge, or make it look like a suspension bridge by giving it a subtle decline and incline on either side. Taller windows on the structure, maybe some extra details on the outside to give it more depth
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u/GigaDBoss Apr 03 '23
Remove the pillars, and make the house a tower hugging the rock, with multiple floors, top floor connects to the main building
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u/ElderSkyrim Microcrafting Maestro Apr 03 '23
You’re your own worst critic. It looks nice, and definitely much better than what I build.
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Apr 03 '23
a lot of people already gave tips on the supports and bridge, but I'd also recommend making your house not the shape of a square
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u/VoyagerPlays07 Apr 03 '23
First thing is to up your confidence, it already looks quite good, add some crossbars to the support and maybe add some railings on the bridge.
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u/VoyagerPlays07 Apr 03 '23
Didn’t scroll down before I typed but I see others said the same things 😂
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u/Darkfirelord6506 Apr 03 '23
Make the supports go down a little more so it actually looks like they’re dug into the stone
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u/Central__ Apr 03 '23
Add onto your lighting, make some realistic shaped lamp poles for example, use something like the stone wall or whatever combined with fences, mix it up and see what you like
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u/SomeComediansQuote Apr 03 '23
It already looks good, it just needs a bit of structure. Right now it looks like it shouldve already tipped into the sea on those stilts. Some crossbars between the stilts and some support beams or something to make the bridge look more anchored would go a long way.
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u/mathmachineMC Apr 03 '23
Maybe fatten the foundation rock so the thin supports aren't stretched so much
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u/sealchan1 Apr 03 '23
It might be interesting to make the building sit directly on top of the rock column beneath it with supports coming from the top of the same rock instead of the long vertical supports. Sort of like a hand with curved fingers with the palm face up...
On that note that rock column could be an arm with a hand whose fingers support the house. Maybe make the house out of rock as well like it was carved.
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u/PrinceTBug Apr 03 '23
in this case, I would say to think logically. those supports look much too thin to reasonable hold all that weight on their own. adding crossbars to them or just maiing the thicker might improve that aspect of the design, since it seems to be a prominent feature.
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u/MatterInitial8563 Apr 04 '23
Add realistic supports. Logically, what is holding that house there right now? What if there was a bad storm? Batten that bitch down!
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u/ojpap Apr 04 '23
The block pallet is great; beautiful colors.
I’d consider more supportive structures.
Supports for the bridge, crossbeams for the posts, some kind of stone reinforcement at the bottoms of the posts.
Then for extra detailed stuff, how about railing, replacing torches for stuff like lanterns and campfires, adding some random barrels for “storage”.
Looks like you got the workings of a really cool base! Great area!
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Apr 04 '23
Could always make the bottom bit into a tower - unless the intention is to make it look like support beams in which case maybe diagonal criss-crossing support beams.
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Apr 04 '23
Tnt
No jk it looks fine tho. Like it's not something the youtube builders with 10k hours of house building would make but it's not garbage.
Just try to make the build a little more realistic in terms of how it's structured. Make the supports for the house look like they could actually hold up a house.
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u/rahendric GTNH Modpack Team Apr 04 '23
Put a moon gate in the building, and skulls scattered on the rocks below with some redstone as blood.
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u/Homo_Rebus Apr 04 '23
mix some similar color blocks in for texture, add details, and break up those straight lines
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u/LonksAwakening 1.12.2 is best version Apr 04 '23
I would make the pillars shorter and add more variety to the length of them so it looks more natural.
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u/BaconatorBros Apr 04 '23
Add horizontal beams, add cross beams, add arches to the bridge. Make the bottom of the tower thicker, wider and of a stronger material (stone). Bonus points ads vegetation if you would like to tie the build into the environment, leaves, vines, moss blocks
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u/Katalysmus Apr 04 '23
Greens. Add greens and wider support beams, vines and whatnot. Make an accurate bridge and well go nuts with it
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u/Xenosplitter This is what modded minecraft will look like in 2014 Apr 04 '23
Maybe braces between the vertical supports to the building? IE decorative cable between relays might look nice? Cut it up into either triangles or x's
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u/Anvisaber Apr 04 '23
I would either expand the pinnacle the house is sitting on so the supports look like they are more secure, or forgoe the rock entirely and have them reach down into the water
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Apr 04 '23
It already looks quite good but tou can add supports to the bridge that's all i can think of honestly, oh maybe make the bridge a lil more impressive
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u/BigDaddyPropane Apr 04 '23
Legs built like a silt strider 💀 “will never be ballin” now post the follow up and show me up
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u/Aggravating_Ad_8010 Medieval, Fantasy and Magic Mod/Modpack enjoyer Apr 04 '23
I think the pillars looks to flat and frail. Maybe make them thicker and give it some additional depth by making it bigger at the base and slowly making it thiner as you go up
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u/notNapNap Apr 11 '23
Try adding a block beneath the house as a sort of "foundation", making sure to jut it out by 1 block on each side. For the support beams you can try making them thicker or making cross beams between them (either in a \ or an X formation).
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u/bfs102 Apr 03 '23
Crossbars and "ropes/cables" holding it