So this is the second round of Minecraft builds in the same world as the last time. I built a highway from the original mine, then thanks to a decision to build a "skyway" over a pretty flowered glen ended up hovering over the water. Rather than keep going I ended up building a hovering platform, and from there kept adding to it. At this point I think it is pretty much done.
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| The Northern Outpost (Probably more intricate than Home Base is right now) |
So thanks to the marvel that is gravel, I've added some "legs" to give the illusion of support. I've built a second level where the "workshop" stuff is. And the third level is a Solar Cathedral.
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| Dawn in the Solar Cathedral |
The other thing I've been playing with is the idea for a dam made of glass. I have managed to build a prototype using sand and gravel. To be honest, the idea for this arose when I started mining a very shallow beach for sand using a gravel wall that I started progressively pushing outwards. I figured if I put up a gravel wall, then put glass up against that, I could pull the gravel out from the bottom and end up with water against the glass.
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| How's that for a view |
This particular one is limited because immediately underneith this "floor" is a cavern that would have to be dealt with if we wanted to drop things lower, and we are pretty much at the edge of the sand bar that I was mining. But the technique is probably sound.
It might be neat to try to use this technique to build a house entirely out of glass under water. If the top layer of the gravel stays under the water except where the door is, I probably wouldn't get the same edge dropping that I am getting here.
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| Small dam made of glass |
So maybe I'll try to find a place to build a prototype under-water house next.
