Skorponok's Minecraft builds

i always ALWAYS back up my saves. i have like 4 back up saves because im crazy like that. good ting too i messed my game up the other day.

in the save you gave me is the base there? i mean it might be a week old save but its still better then nothing. i am very very sorry.

It's no big deal, Jez. I have began an Ice Temple. One layer of ice on the outside, one layer of Obsidian for near-indestructibility, and a layer of snow on the inside. A winter sanctuary, sort of. Here is a screenshot of the building in it's very early stages:

Finally getting a little caught up.

Fascinating work, TON. I really like your buildings they are very unusual.

Thanks, Nak. Now you see why some of my architecture projects were eyebrow-raisers amongst my teachers in Architecture. The game has been like doing a bunch of Architecture projects at the same time, and I quite like it, as a matter of fact.

The picture with the waterfall was with the Metalcraft texture pack. The second was with the Retro Ridge pack. I switch texture packs every now and then.

Next project? I did a Temple of Ice, so what's next? A Temple of Fire, of course! And then a Temple of Air, and then a Temple of Earth. Yup, I am doing 4 Elemental builds in a row.

Great, I look forward to seeing them.

Elemental temples were put on hold, I now am doing my take on the Tomb of VARN. The outer structure is done, now remains the interior. Triple layer walls with a slowly shrinking space eats up a lot of materials.

Sounds nice, I'm looking forward to seeing this.

Yes, sounds very interesting. Awaiting some pictures.

Pics you asked for, pics you shall get. This build is FAR from over, though! I haven't yet been to the Nether to gather the other materials I need! Consider this an early look at the build!

That's a nice start. How long does it take to come up with something like this?

About 30 hours so far. There is a large tall shaft at the bottom which I have not shown yet, this was the most time consuming part. The structure was also built underwater so I had to take special care so water doesn't flood in. Then I had to excavate the shaft to clear all the rock dirt etc... The exterior is to my liking, I didn't want to go overboard with glowstone. A pyramid with alien/futuristic elements was my goal.

And here is a look at the bottom section. That was an obsidian roof I completely covered in glowstone.

THIS IS PHASE I OF A MUCH BIGGER PROJECT!

Very nice, TON, I really like it.

I didn't realize it would take so much time to do that. Pretty cool.

It is a labor of love and a project I really want to see through. I also plan on building a town around (surrounded by a fortress of course), and I am also adding a rail system to my mining complex. Thankfully I have spawned in a desert biome so I have no lack of sand to craft crapload of sandstone.

That sounds like some project. Looking forward to the pictures.

WOW! i cant wait to see more! i myself have been working on my castle.

Radical changes ahead for this project. I have stuck to the Metroid texture pack, and the pyramid's sandstone walls are being torn down and replaced with gold blocks. With the Metroid TP they look like the blocks in the lower part of Brinstar before getting to Norfair and it quite happens I prefer the look of these blocks to the sandstone. The town around is slowly being built as well, the recycled sandstone from the pyramid will end up on top of the Obsidian base layer. I want to finish the gold block covering of the pyramid before posting more screenshots.

Hope you get some pics up soon. This sounds great.

Promising, looks like the real thing. Need some dragons.

Wow! I love it, TON.