Quartz Estate
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Haroldwp
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Yeah that Mansion map in Hide and Seek seriously needs to be replaced. This is a wonderful replacement for it! Ally added A LOT of reasons (that's ok) so I don't really have anything to say. However, the fence could be spruced up with more modern blocks IMO.
Haroldwp
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I always love a smooth sandstone block. You could do stripped wood for the fence post and smooth sandstone for the middle of the posts. Maybe between the smooth sandstone add like fenceposts. Hedges are wonderful too.
(also I like this better than the mansion map because this looks much more professional xD)
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hmm its kinda hard to explain what i mean by the chatau-style roof u could try to google it and see if u like itokay so i made a list of the things i need to change from what you and @NeBuLa said. so if i got it all right hopefully this is it-- (sorry i will ask a lot of questions xd)
1. add more quartz to the outside so the diorite has a pattern, do you mean on the sidewalk thingy/the flooring near the entrance?
2. roof needs one more layer (another layer higher or another layer like out so its wider and the roof comes over the build?
3. get rid of HS blocks if it's going to be a MM submission, but honestly, at this point, I'm probably going to have it as a HS submission because there are so many MM maps being submitted mine would just get pushed to the bottom. not saying it wouldn't for HS, I just think I have a better chance there.
4. vertical stripes in some rooms for walls, like wallpaper. Do you mean the downstairs rooms need wallpaper? Because I have every room upstairs with different walls & flooring, but only one has stripes so I can change that if it would look better for them all to.
5. Change the Redstone torch thingy in office, maybe cover it up with something. Yeah, I apologize for that & I don't really want it there it's just the only way that the iron trapdoors would stay up on the chairsI can change the trapdoor type, but it might not look as good, or I can try to cover it up but I'm not sure how well I will do with that without making a mess.
6. Change the dark oak in the stairs to quartz. I can do that, I just thought that was going to look weird and too much of one color so I didn't have it all quartz. But, you know better than I when it comes to these things.
7. Take purple and yellow banners out, which I totally agree with. It was a weird 1am thing. I didn't know what to put there so I went with a bad option.
8. You said something about insetting the roof? I'm not really sure what that means, but I'm totally open to learning!
9. Fountain and trees need more shape.
-The fountain I agree with. All fountain designs I know have one block in the center and things building off of it, but my fountain is shaped so it has to have two blocks in the center or be uneven. That's just the way the house & garden are shaped. I'm not sure if I want to move everything over one block for a fountain, though I can try to find new fountain designs as I have been unsuccessful so far finding one for two-block centers.
-I thought the trees looked okay. I spent a long time on those to make sure they looked original and not just planted. I can always change them, of course, it just might take a while to get to them. What about the trees need more shape so I don't have to destroy and rebuild them all, like the leaves maybe?
10. The roof needs a more chateau-style (dark-colored blocks) but I'm not quite sure what you mean by that. Like which dark blocks, and would you like the whole roof to be replaced or just certain blocks like a pattern? (I think the roof took longer than the house so this might also take a while but I can get it done, I think.)
11. Fencing looks like a jail, how do you suggest fixing it? I agree it isn't the best fence, but I didn't want to just do quartz because I thought I had too much of it already.
Truly, I appreciate the feedback on all of these things. I will fix them as soon as possible, though, it might be late August-into September as I work alone and have school + cross country now.
Thank you
Now for the fence i have no idea whtsoever.I do agree for not quartz as it would be too much but yea.I could try to show u how i imagine the roof but i would need the map file.It kinda like a trapezoid shape.And lasttly i higly suggest getting world edit as it makes building 10x faster
Haroldwp
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Lol those are hard xD
Quieen
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hmm, map file? Would that mean I have to download the world cause I don't think I can do that on PE. And idk how to get world edit on a world, I'm not that good with commands xD I know how to do it on my server but I already built it on a world.
Haroldwp
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Well actually, it has been added
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Okay- so I was half asleep when I looked at this map.okay so i made a list of the things i need to change from what you and @NeBuLa said. so if i got it all right hopefully this is it-- (sorry i will ask a lot of questions xd)
1. add more quartz to the outside so the diorite has a pattern, do you mean on the sidewalk thingy/the flooring near the entrance?
2. roof needs one more layer (another layer higher or another layer like out so its wider and the roof comes over the build?
3. get rid of HS blocks if it's going to be a MM submission, but honestly, at this point, I'm probably going to have it as a HS submission because there are so many MM maps being submitted mine would just get pushed to the bottom. not saying it wouldn't for HS, I just think I have a better chance there.
4. vertical stripes in some rooms for walls, like wallpaper. Do you mean the downstairs rooms need wallpaper? Because I have every room upstairs with different walls & flooring, but only one has stripes so I can change that if it would look better for them all to.
5. Change the Redstone torch thingy in office, maybe cover it up with something. Yeah, I apologize for that & I don't really want it there it's just the only way that the iron trapdoors would stay up on the chairs
6. Change the dark oak in the stairs to quartz. I can do that, I just thought that was going to look weird and too much of one color so I didn't have it all quartz. But, you know better than I when it comes to these things.
7. Take purple and yellow banners out, which I totally agree with. It was a weird 1am thing. I didn't know what to put there so I went with a bad option.
8. You said something about insetting the roof? I'm not really sure what that means, but I'm totally open to learning!
9. Fountain and trees need more shape.
-The fountain I agree with. All fountain designs I know have one block in the center and things building off of it, but my fountain is shaped so it has to have two blocks in the center or be uneven. That's just the way the house & garden are shaped. I'm not sure if I want to move everything over one block for a fountain, though I can try to find new fountain designs as I have been unsuccessful so far finding one for two-block centers.
-I thought the trees looked okay. I spent a long time on those to make sure they looked original and not just planted. I can always change them, of course, it just might take a while to get to them. What about the trees need more shape so I don't have to destroy and rebuild them all, like the leaves maybe?
10. The roof needs a more chateau-style (dark-colored blocks) but I'm not quite sure what you mean by that. Like which dark blocks, and would you like the whole roof to be replaced or just certain blocks like a pattern? (I think the roof took longer than the house so this might also take a while but I can get it done, I think.)
11. Fencing looks like a jail, how do you suggest fixing it? I agree it isn't the best fence, but I didn't want to just do quartz because I thought I had too much of it already.
Truly, I appreciate the feedback on all of these things. I will fix them as soon as possible, though, it might be late August-into September as I work alone and have school + cross country now.
Thank you
1. Yes I meant a quartz pattern in the big diorite expanse between entrance and fountain. Walkways are fine.
2&8. Another layer out was what I meant- like I said I had just woken up. I am not sure if the roof is stepped in (inset) or lined up exactly with the walls if that makes sense.
3. I agree that you should submit as HS.
4. The walls I had noticed were white in library and the walls in the workout room. Now that I look again you could do stripes or leave the library plain white. I see the exercise room has an accent wall so leave it I guess.
5. If you can't put carpet over it and make a table I think u might want to scrap it. There is a way to get them the way you want with world exit but if you are doing it all by hand.......
6. The stairs in my opinion would look better in quartz. The more I look at them the harder time I am having with them. I see the effect you were trying to get with them. See how they look all quartz if they look odd maybe try having steps up then a landing turn 90° and do the rest of the stairs up.
Like this:
(I always reference real builds when I'm having problems on a build)
7. Agreed
8. Mentioned with #2
9. Fountain/Trees I'm not going to go back and read what someone said b/c this is taking me forever. I think the leaves on the trees look good but the trunks are hella thicc. Try slimming down the trunks on inside and outside trees. Usually irl trees that are that thick would be 3x as tall. My personal preference is to cover all "raw" wood with same colored (wooden plank) slabs or stairs. For the fountains you could either switch it to two fountains one on either side of the garden or make it 4 blocks in the middle.
10. Again roof being darker wasn't my comment but to comment on that- you could try a small section with dark nether bricks or dark prismarine maybe? If it doesn't look good leave it stone. Here is the closest mansion I could find to yours- they have two fountains and roof darker.
11. Fencing- again not my critique but here is my opinion.
Try making it fancy by making bars two high and using quartz pillars and a quartz slab on top of the pillar to separate the sections.
Like this but replace the sandstone with quartz pillars.
I hope this helps! Happy building!
Quieen
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Okay- so I was half asleep when I looked at this map.
1. Yes I meant a quartz pattern in the big diorite expanse between entrance and fountain. Walkways are fine.
2&8. Another layer out was what I meant- like I said I had just woken up. I am not sure if the roof is stepped in (inset) or lined up exactly with the walls if that makes sense.
3. I agree that you should submit as HS.
4. The walls I had noticed were white in library and the walls in the workout room. Now that I look again you could do stripes or leave the library plain white. I see the exercise room has an accent wall so leave it I guess.
5. If you can't put carpet over it and make a table I think u might want to scrap it. There is a way to get them the way you want with world exit but if you are doing it all by hand.......
6. The stairs in my opinion would look better in quartz. The more I look at them the harder time I am having with them. I see the effect you were trying to get with them. See how they look all quartz if they look odd maybe try having steps up then a landing turn 90° and do the rest of the stairs up.
Like this:
View attachment 190272
(I always reference real builds when I'm having problems on a build)
7. Agreed
8. Mentioned with #2
9. Fountain/Trees I'm not going to go back and read what someone said b/c this is taking me forever. I think the leaves on the trees look good but the trunks are hella thicc. Try slimming down the trunks on inside and outside trees. Usually irl trees that are that thick would be 3x as tall. My personal preference is to cover all "raw" wood with same colored (wooden plank) slabs or stairs. For the fountains you could either switch it to two fountains one on either side of the garden or make it 4 blocks in the middle.
10. Again roof being darker wasn't my comment but to comment on that- you could try a small section with dark nether bricks or dark prismarine maybe? If it doesn't look good leave it stone. Here is the closest mansion I could find to yours- they have two fountains and roof darker. View attachment 190276
11. Fencing- again not my critique but here is my opinion.
Try making it fancy by making bars two high and using quartz pillars and a quartz slab on top of the pillar to separate the sections.
Like this but replace the sandstone with quartz pillars.
View attachment 190277
I hope this helps! Happy building!
this helps so much, thank you. some of the smaller things like striped walls I can get to in the next week or so, but the rest could take about a month. the only thing is the restone torches, which I am doing it by hand so I can just scrap the iron trapdoors or make them both regular doors like I did on the other side of the table, it just felt more like an office as opposed to a dining table when one chair was taller and the rest shorter. I'll probably change the exercise room's walls as well to make it look better. thank you!!
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You're welcome! Glad to help
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Uhhmm the roof looks really weird, I kind want to add some details or add a overhang on it, I agree with ally for having such overuse use of certain blocks. Add texture. And also I kinda want to suggest to make height in the fields. And also add textures to the fields, like grass mixed with green concrete powder, or green concrete and green terracotta in stripes for the ground. It looks really large tho. I kinda like it. Nice job
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How to get night vision without bubbles:
(Make sure commands are on)
/effect @p night_vision 9999 1 true
(Make sure commands are on)
/effect @p night_vision 9999 1 true