Sai Chin Builder Application

[Sai Chin]

What is your Minecraft username?
GreyCoast9

What is your age?
17-20

In what country are you living?
Russia

Where did you first hear about WesterosCraft?
Instagram

What do you like the most about GoT/ASoIaF?
I love the fullness of the world of Ice and Fire. I love the diversity of races living in the territories of Westeros and Essos. The beauty and variety of locations, and castles with a long history.

What is your favorite build on our server?
I love Highgarden and Starfall Castle

Why do you want to join our server?
I want to participate in the creation of this beautiful world, and become part of your team



Did you follow the application rules?
I think so

 

[Sai Chin]

Please forgive me for what I did not do according to the tutorial
I made a fisherman's house

 

[Azulejo]

Hey GreyCoast! I saw you deleted several attempts before this one, don't worry it's okay if you missed something. I recommend you checking again the application rules, I think you've missed some stuff hahahaha (hint: look at other builder apps, you may find it). It looks like you used the shell of the app house at /warp apphouse, but not the ints. For your first challenge we want you to copy it 1:1, so you get an idea of how an average build here goes. So check the app rules once again and upload here your version of the app house and we can continue. Good luck and have fun!​

 

[Azulejo]

PS: Upload a couple more pictures of interiors and exteriors so I can judge them, and preferably take them at day or with a night vision potion on. Our forums have an uploading cap of 10 images per post, if you want you can use an image hosting website like imgur.com to upload more.​

 

[Sai Chin]

Built everything from 1 to 1, as it was shown on the server. for some reason, the textures near the bed are not connected, I hope this is not a problem. I hope you enjoy it

 

[BobWat]

Built everything from 1 to 1, as it was shown on the server. for some reason, the textures near the bed are not connected, I hope this is not a problem. I hope you enjoy it

That's the same problem I had, if you have optifine, make sure connected textures is turned on.

 

[Sai Chin]

Thank you very much, I will definitely try!

That's the same problem I had, if you have optifine, make sure connected textures is turned on.

 

[Azulejo]

You are indeed missing OptiFine (or activating some of its features). You are already on it, so I won't go further into it. Overall nice job! I don't see any issues with your starter house. With this build we hope you catched some of the techniques and ways we have of building here. Now your task will be to build other houses in the style of different locations in our server, but this time instead of copying you will have to come up with a design of your own based on the characteristics of the area we tell you.

For your next challenge go to /warp Sapphoshire and build a house with a yard in its style. Good luck and have fun!

 

[Sai Chin]

Good evening, I tried to repeat the style of this village as much as possible. I hope you enjoy it!

 

[Sai Chin]

Now I quickly sketched the 2nd floor

 

[Azulejo]

Nice work! You did a very cute little house. For the record, if you ever want to upload more than 10 pics (as that is the cap in our forums) you can use an image hosting website like imgur.com. Create an album there and drop the link here, it will appeared embeded on the post. You can look at other build apps to see them using it.

Another small comment, it's far from an issue but it is best if you upload your build pictures once everything is finish, instead of doing it by sections. In this case it wasn't an issue, and it rarely will be since I don't reply super fast, but it is more confortable if I can gaze at everything at once.

Also it seems like you are still having some issues with OptiFine, do you have it properly installed? Perhaps you aren't using the correct version. OptiFine, at least for now, is needed for our modpack to work as intended, specially for biome shading of certain blocks, textures properly connecting with eachtother and certain blocks that have variations. I don't know which launcher you are using to access our server but in our Getting Started guides you can find how to properly install OptiFine under any of the recommended launcher options. It's pretty easy, just be careful with the skechy links and pop-up windows that may appear when you click the download link.

Having said all that let's go back to the build itself. Now I will give you my feedback about it:​

• Try laying the ceiling rafters (upside down stairs) on the shorter side of a building. It is more stable and also cheaper (shorter logs needed). Here's a (crappy) pic, the red lines show the direction the rafters should follow:​

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• Your house sits alone in a pasture, (no issue with that) but the type you are recreating is meant to have buildings most likely at either side. That creats a constrained buildable area, the reason behind why the top floor is bigger than the bottom floor. When the top floor jets out we call it jettying. You don't need to have jetties at the four sides of the house. Again, nothing wrong with what you did, just so you have it in mind.​
• The chimney is a bit wobbly and looks unstable, try making it more straight. Also the stones used on it aren't the ones of the area, Here's a pic of a good chimney stone gradient for Sapphoshire/Varner (f you have issues with OptiFine you may not see the extact same colours ingame):​

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The blocks used are River Cobble, Cobblestone and Small Stone Bricks. You lacked the last two and added Reach Light Brick (the light one in your build), which contrasts too much with the rest of the stones.​

It is a lot of text, I know, but just 3 comments, so you did pretty well! For your next challenge go to /warp GhostHill and build a house with a profession and a yard. Good luck and have fun!

 

[Sai Chin]

Thank you so much for your advice, I will take everything into account and I will not fall for my mistakes again. By tomorrow I will try to do the work efficiently and beautifully. I hope you like it!