[Zz] An Even BIGGER Castle (Well, No, a Citadel)!

[Zz] An Even BIGGER Castle (Well, No, a Citadel)!

Postby PulsaterII » Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:33 am

Last year, I made Castle Zedwork from an idea, to a success. So now, I'm calling all of you to help me once more (and to actually help this time) to build the greatest and tallest Citadel Zedwork has ever seen!

The Details

- For those who rather donate than build, you're help is also not to mention appreciated! We need mostly stone bricks, but also a good plenty of spruce wood, some emerald blocks for the shrine to Zedwick, a bit of iron for bars and such, some glass for the few windows in it (desirably red and white)*, and as odd as it is a bit of glowstone for decorative and much needed light, and maybe also decorative yet strong color blocks like [granite and diorite, as well as red and white concrete]*. I may also call for some furnishing things like paintings if I cannot provide them.

-As for the builders, this may get a bit tricky considering a few of us are on at different times, yet I have a solution! Starting Wednesday, April 4th (tomorrow as of when this post was written), with an invite from me, we can gather with some materials in my region (until I get a name for it) and prepare. Although a tiny bit of terraforming, deforestation, and grass removal may be neccessary, a have a good amount of slightly hilly yet free land available. Just bring some materials and place a claim sign and if applicable a banner, so we know it's yours. Once you're stuff is there, you may help me begin and then continue building whenever you are on.

The Design

- Probably a delight to all, this design is hill friendly, as per to the fact of little to no needed terraformation. It is a very, VERY circular building. No square parts to it whatsoever. The base and main rampart of it will be one huge cylinder, I want it to reach a diameter of 100 blocks/meters. Facing south (towards my warp post) will be the gate. The stairs will be integrated into the base, and rather than lead onto it, it will connect to the main tower building, along with walls to prevent going onto the rampart from the stairs. The building atop the base is going to be one of those strongholds where a bunch of cylindrical towers are all mushed into one big building rather than spread around and connected by courtyards like traditional castles, with one bigger central tower that is taller than the rest. The central tower probably wont quite reach the build limit, but I'm hoping we can make it touch about 20 - 30 blocks short of it. The top of the central tower is going to stretch taller with a quadripal spire that all are identical, evenly spaced around it, and reach an even height. All the other little details on the walls and such I will show you as we go, and the interior will be mostly up to the rest of you guys, however I will provide basic things we may want. And maybe even an extra shop for more visitors!

It's so good to be back! :D
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Re: An Even BIGGER Castle (Well, No, a Citadel)!

Postby PulsaterII » Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:38 am

Oops, forgot to add:

* Red and white are my banner colors as customary to add because of the build being hosted by me, and because it's a server project, other colors are welcome on certain parts of the Citadel that some of us may want control of, for instance, the windows in a room or banners hung from a wall.
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Needs more cobble.

Postby Mellorian » Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:01 pm

Might wanna put [Zz] in the title, but good post!

I'll be sure to drop a chest of stone or two round, but don't think I can help much with the build with all the Zen stuff and my own regions to work on. I wish you luck though!
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Re: [Zz] An Even BIGGER Castle (Well, No, a Citadel)!

Postby PulsaterII » Thu Apr 05, 2018 8:32 pm

Great! Hopefully more people are willing to help as well, as all donations are appreciated!!
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Re: [Zz] An Even BIGGER Castle (Well, No, a Citadel)!

Postby iiWolfyyy » Fri Apr 06, 2018 12:21 pm

I would love to help with building and I am gonna head onto Zz now and dig out some smooth stone with my lovely silk pickaxe Mell gave me
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Re: [Zz] An Even BIGGER Castle (Well, No, a Citadel)!

Postby hypehuman » Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:23 am

Puls was asking for a redstone gate that's 5 wide. I said I could get it 4 high. Here's what I came up with as a demo; do we like it?

Schematic: https://ufile.io/1v04j (link expires in 30 days).

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Color code:
- Purpur: Purely cosmetic - replace with whatever (probably stone brick). Covers redstone and fills in gaps to make it look like a wall.
- Blue concrete and stuff on it: Example of how we could hide the input wiring in the wall. Could go on either side.
- Everything else: Required for the mechanism to work.

Advantages
- Can be expanded to be as wide as you want
Disadvantages
- Gate moves from above and below; would be nice if it were only from above
- Piston parts are visible when the gate is closed

Source for bottom (upward) double extender array design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ZkPKLhPiA

Source for top (downward) double extender array design: https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/m ... -downwards
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Re: [Zz] An Even BIGGER Castle (Well, No, a Citadel)!

Postby hypehuman » Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:11 am

Outer wall circle:

Created in paint.net using the shapes tool, ellipse, 2 pixels thick, anti-aliasing off. Inner circle is approximately where the current inner wall is (the N, S, E, and W blocks are correct; the others are approximate).

If this is good, I'll make a spreadsheet with the blocks at the correct world coordinates.

EDIT: here's the actual image! http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c326/ ... 20wall.png
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