#minecraft castle

Since I've been going backwards this is from a few years ago, but I still wanted to share. Since growth is an important part of every artistic process. Now this one has lot, so I am going to try and break it into sections. (Oh yeah, this also has some old art I did for a painting texture pack... cause lore)

Starting with the exterior of the main castle.

Moving to the throne room and what lies underneath it.

The old queens study and the hidden storage that connects the lost mage room

The old priestess and queens living quarters, along with the priestess' study.

Library, Kitchen, and Guard Facilities

Introducing... my new project. It doesn't have a name yet...

This project will be a whole new world, built block by block, in a fantasy Japanese style. The current plan is to have the project separated by provinces which will be geographically distinct and feature different industries and styles, but all these provinces will be part of a collective Kingdom? Empire? Confederation? IDK yet. The world will have a roughly late medieval technology level but will include Minecraft's more magical components like enchanting, alchemy, and monsters. There will also be hot air balloons/air ships and a focus on wind and water powered technology. Think Grand Cathay from Warhammer, but not Grimdark.

Each province is governed by a local Lord? Daimyo? Governor? Time will tell, I'm a working man, I can't spend all my time planning out a fictional world, there are arts and crafts to do too. But I do know that each Province has a town hall/government building, which is shown in this post on a commanding spot between two big waterfalls. It does not really have an interior, not many of the buildings ever will, but I plan to have the town halls be my bases to keep track of each regions lore (not pictured is the sign room where all this nerd stuff is documented).

Starting with a breakdown of the Mountain Province. This region is mountainous and covered with dense forests of towering spruce trees that are broken up by deep lakes, rivers, and ponds. The main industries are mining and lumber, and the population relies on fishing, foraging, and small farming communities for it's food. While not a densely populated region, the mountains are home to hardy folk who provide the necessary raw materials for other regions to fuel their industries.

This world is being built entirely by me. That means all the terrain. Every tree, every bush, every river is being done with world edit, commands, and right clicks. My plan is to do small segments at a time. This post is built around the lake and waterfalls. The next one will probably be expanding the river that flows into the lake and the mountains and valleys around it. I want the world to feel real and make sense, because I am a mega nerd who needs something to do in my free time, so stay tuned, and hopefully my soul sucking job will not cause a premature end to this project.

---Technical Information---

This project is being built in a modded version of Minecraft 1.21.1.

I am using Sodium/Fabric/Iris for optimization and graphical boosts. Mods installed (so far) are world edit and Farmers Delight, both were sourced from CurseForge.

Texture pack is just vanilla Minecraft because Mizuno's is not being updated :( and I almost got a virus trying to find something else.

Why does nobody wanna minecraft with me??... I have a cat café 😭😭😭😭🤣