(ooc) Daily Halfling Build #11 (I guess)

[NotEvilAtAll 10906]

Ayo, I finished up a build today! I started this a month ago, and I think it's turned out pretty good!

 

In this build, I tried to recreate some of the older block palettes and styles of Willow Hollow and Reedsborough burrow building (the ones using lots of spruce and dark oak, to be exact). Of course, like all of my builds, I end up changing it a lot to fit my style and thus the burrow looks absolutely like a burrow made by me and not anyone else. Still, it's a different aesthetic than what I'm used to so it was fun to build.

 

Creating the layout for this burrow. I built the dining table before I even did the floors or walls, such was its importance in the build.

 

Finishing up the kitchen and dining room furnishings!

 

The fully furnished burrow!

 

Now with a complete ceiling so you don't get wet when it rains!

 

Covering the burrow in dirt, crude first cover to be smoothed out later.

 

Giving the burrow a bit more natural form. I really love how this turned out. The slight height change across the hill really sells it as a natural formation.
 

I wanted to build a cottage on top of this burrow, so I did. This is the most compact cottage I have ever built. In this tiny space I managed to cram a table for one, fireplace, chest, and bed. There's also a window and a good looking chimney coming out the top. All you'll ever need in life (although a crafting table and furnace might also be useful).

 

With everything else finished, here's the final look of the entrance. Yes, those leaves on the path actually block it and you have to step over them. Sometimes practicality has to be sacrificed for the aesthetic and the overgrown look I'm going for.

 

Side view so you can get a better look at the cottage and trees. I just did the quick and easy Willow Hollow/Reedsborough style of making trees. They're just vanilla fancy oak trees with some blocks and mushrooms added around the trunk as well as a bit of leaf modification. Looks pretty good given the amount of effort I had to put in for it.

 

The backside of the burrow. I love the look of these big ol' burrow chimneys. Nice and stout, a contrast to the spindly li'l thing that acts as the cottage's chimney.

 

Entrance room. I love how this looks. Right as you enter, you're looking down into the dining room and fireplace all in a straight line. Feels very comfy to be going down into the earth rather than up into it.

 

Of course, it's not just a dining room here in this burrow! There's also a kitchen, with a second fireplace just for cooking to boot! You can also see the entrance to the pantry in this screenshot.

 

The kitchen itself. It seems that someone has been baking cake. There's also a window to the outside world.

 

This is the dining room. It's going to have a wine cellar underneath it as well, but I haven't built that yet. I'll get to that soon. Anyways, this dining table seats 12 people, and another table behind the camerahalfling in this screenshot seats 2 extra people for a total of 14 maximum guest capacity. You can practically fit the whole village in here, and it's not even that large!

 

The pantry. Nothing too special here, just a regular ol' pantry connected to the dining room for when you need more food for guests!

 

On the other side of the entrance room (away from the kitchen and dining room) is this parlor room. There are barrels for alcohol and a plant in the middle.

 

A small transition room between the parlor and bedrooms. It has a secondary purpose as a miniature library. There's also a pumpkin in it for some reason.

 

Children/guest bedroom. Not much to see here, just a room with two beds in it.

 

The master bedroom, with a larger bed, closet, extra storage, and some fancy paintings.

 

That's all for this burrow! Hope y'all thought it was cool! I sure did spend a fair bit of time building all this!

[VonAulus 2082]

Very interesting to see your method and thought process. Thank you for sharing!