Hey Cyrus,
Thank you for the application!
Your house seems like a very good start, you seem to have a pretty solid grasp on our style already. There are a number of issues I have to give feedback on, though most of them will be pickier things (so don't be discouraged if it seems long!). Here we go:
- Don't use
terrainsets for actual buildings; the terrainsets are reserved for "natural" uses and typically don't look very good in manmade structures.
- I would use a little bit of the "plain brown daub" block to simplify the daub & wattle slightly- you can see examples of this around KL or other builds. It's typically framed by the normal daub & wattle blocks.
- I wouldn't use oak and spruce wood right next to each other (i.e. in the roof) just because the light and dark contrast a lot. A better combo would be jungle + oak, or spruce + jungle.
- The stone pillars
on the front here are a bit unecessary; usually we try to avoid adding detail for the sake of detail like that. Try to add detail through planning & layout, and if you still feel like it looks boring after, try playing around with more immersive/realistic details (e.g. firewood shed, clothesline, etc.) or natural features (e.g. foliage).
- Avoid making "bubble yards": that is, a yard where the walls don't really have a well-defined shape and are just arranged in a blob. Instead, try to make the walls of your yard straight or diagonal. Also, for such a small yard you probably don't need stone walls. Maybe try doing a wattle fence border instead.
- Another thing is that you should avoid using specifically wheat in house gardens. Due to how wheat is harvested, it's kind of pointless to grow it in small amounts rather than large fields. Instead, use vegetables (radish, carrot, cabbage, etc.) in your house garden.
- Some of the interiors are way too empty, for instance
this room. Also, they wouldn't have that much food just hanging around. Most of the food would be in storage somewhere (cabinet, root cellar, etc.). When planning interiors, I highly recommend you plan out rooms, stairs, etc.
before even adding details and furniture. Make sure you have an interesting and proportional (i.e. no super large rooms) floorplan first of all. Then give each room a purpose, and think of what the average medieval peasant's life would be like and what kind of furnishings they would need/use. Place furniture in a way which is realistic and/or aesthetically pleasing, but never just to fill space.
- Make sure to have rafters under your ceilings as well, for support and avoiding flat ceilings. Usually this is done with rows of halfslabs and/or upside-down stairs and/or wood plank wall blocks. You can find plenty of examples of this all over.
- I recommend using dark thatch instead of light thatch
here, just because the light thatch contrasts a lot. Also, similarly to what I said in a previous point, try to avoid what we call "crate spam", i.e. using crate blocks just to fill up space. An attic would probably be at least somewhat organized, and if it's large enough could probably even have a bed or beds for some of the family members. Otherwise, it's best to leave an attic "tastefully empty"; having some sparse storage, some thatch on the floor, a cobweb here and there.
Again, sorry for swamping you with feedback! Overall your house is a great start. Feel free to ask if you have any questions on what I wrote above. Make sure to visit resources on our server such as /warp furnish and /warp gradient as well, and just study /warp kingslanding and other recent builds as much as you can. Once you're ready, for a challenge build please make a middle-class house in the style of /warp woodwright. Good luck!
-Emote
