#minecraft tools

Someone suggested the anvil recipe, which got me looking at the job blocks and realizing those were equally goofy. So in addition to food I think I’ll do the job blocks too (plus anvil)

We all know villagers typically need help from iron golems. But there's actually a tradition of villagers giving out a wooden sword to their young adult children.

It's an honorary job; weapon smiths spend hours and hours making this wooden sword, engraving it with the initials of the user, the patterns based off their personality, from swirls for the dreamy ones to fire for more feisty villagers, it's all hand engraved. When a teen villager turns 16, they get this weapon.

Most don't actually use it. They have iron golems after all! Why would anyone need to know how to fight? But some enjoy this. They train, they learn to dodge, attack, flee when needed. They may not need to use these skills often, but even the one time they could save another villager from a zombie when an iron golem was busy, is enough to keep them motivated.

Here is a collection of Minecraft sites I like and want to share!

https://www.chunkbase.com/apps/biome-finder A very handy tool for helping you find biomes and structures in your world.

https://www.digminecraft.com/lists/item_id_list_pc_1_12.php A list of item ids. Useful for creating commands.

https://www.digminecraft.com/generators/give_fireworks_rocket_1_12.php A tool for making custom fireworks!

https://minecraft-heads.com/ A collection of Minecraft head commands you can use for decoration or just to play dress up!

https://minecraft.novaskin.me/resourcepacks A tool to help you make texture packs.

https://www.digminecraft.com/generators/give_enchanted_book.php A tool that lets you make Minecraft books as commands.

https://minecraft.tools/en/book.php Another book command generator.

https://rebane2001.com/mapartcraft/ A tool for making Minecraft map art.

https://www.digminecraft.com/generators/status_effects.php A tool making custom status effects.

Have you ever wanted to make an animation but have no drawing or animating skill?

Do you want a good, free and easy reference maker or poser for Minecraft skins, blocks, even worlds?

Do you want custom hats, accessories, blocks, items and much more?

You have stumbled upon Luigra's reccomendation list of Minecraft fan content tools!

All of these are free and have plenty of tutorials! They have been around for a while, and while you may have heard of all of these already, I haven't really noticed that many people in the community make Minecraft content for MCYTs.

Mine-imator

It's a program that allows you to make wallpapers, animations, renders, almost anything you'd like! It has very intuitive interface, and you can pose a skin in any way you'd like, add tons of props, background, and animate everything! While a good 3D animation still takes effort, you may perhaps find it easier if you struggle with 2D animations!

I've also seen a lot of people use Blender, which provides more general 3D options but may also be harder to learn. I haven't used it, but I'm putting this here as a reccomendation as well!

Blockbench

It's a program designed perfect for Minecraft modeling! It has tons of plug-ins, extensive tutorials and easy to use UI. This is where you can make custom resource packs, hats, skins, weapons, any model you want!

It has animation features as well, although those are more geared towards in-game animations! You can also use a plugin to import your models from Blockbench into Mine-imator!

PMC3D/Planet Minecraft Skin Editor

There are plenty of skin editors out there, but in my experience PMC has been the most comfortable and easy one (and it also lets you edit textures of various mobs). I am actually surprised by how few mcyt fanskin makers I see out there, and I think it's a very underrated medium!

If you have an AU or a design for an mcyt, you should definitely make a skin out of that. Especially if you think their skin could use some improvements.

Bonus:

For pixel art, there are plenty of really good programs out there, but if you want a free browser one, what I personally use is Pixilart. Mine-imator doesn't let you export videos as gifs, so for that I use Ezgif. For modeling and improved Mine-imator rigs, you can also use Modelbench. Also they have forums that you can get sooo much helpful resources from!

As well as that, you should also try to create machinimas within Minecraft itself, for which I reccomend getting Blockbuster with FutureMC, and maybe even Emoticons if you'd like!

Concepts for various Zinc tools in Minecraft. The standard tools and armor are on equal footing to gold. The Inverted Pressure Plate sends out a signal unless pressed. The Depth Reader shows your current Y Level. The Downsender sends any signal from the side or top directly down.

I made an attempt awhile ago to come up with a personal Minecraft OC I could use as a skin and for inspiration for roleplay or building. This was one such result.

1: A full reference sheet for the character. She's a lava demon of some sort, somewhere related to Blazes and Striders. She grew up around Piglins. She was partially inspired by my knack for manually finding Netherite, which still shocks my gamer friends. I like drawing horns. Despite being a nether creature, I love the thought of her living in a giant ice castle (or like, a frozen over volcano), so all of her tools are similarly inspired. She enjoys writing and alchemy. The time stamp I have written down is incorrect.

2: An asset I originally made for streaming, but it's just her chilling with my cat Bobby, who has a MC style nametag. 31st May, 2021.

The names are all stupid art style puns (except their first sword, excalibur)