The Transcredible Exploits of Seth Barden
Nador: West District Complete
I have completed all the new buildings in the West District! I also succeeded in removing all the ancient torch lighting from the rest of the city and replaced it with lanterns.
Nador: Greenhouse & Barn
My original plans for this Phase included adding another greenhouse to the city. They gotta grow their food somewhere! But after I finished the outer wall, I had the perfect bits of land to expand the existing greenhouse.
I expanded it on two sides, and then removed the old livestock pasture (it was far too small) and added more greenhouse.
Then, since I had removed the livestock, I added a large barn on the eastern point of the city!
Nador Endgame: Walls are done!
I stayed up far too late last night, but I got the outer walls completed. I got creative around the back, and made it more of a retaining wall. The ground back there was super uneven, and this just looks pretty nice.
Nador Endgame: Wall Construction
Construction has begun on the wall! I ended up tweaking the design a bit more, as the original model didn’t do diagonals well.
I’ve made it a quarter of the way around the city, from the West Gate to the North Gate. The gates are still under construction, but the first one is has a fully functional 4×4 gate!
Nador Endgame: Wall Design
Spent some time tweaking my wall design today. Here’s what I’ve come up with so far.
Nador Endgame: The wall has fallen.
Work has actually begun on Phase VI. I have removed the old outer wall to prepare for the new one that I have yet to design. The outer wall was very simple, as I knew it was going to get replaced when I built it. I kept the inner wall around the central part of the city, it gives it character.
I also punched a tunnel through under the castle to give more access to one of the two new areas. Its very simple so far, but I plan to design it up a little fancy.
Arthur’s Crossing: The Endgame
Planning has begun for Phase VI of Arthur’s Crossing, the capital of the Frozen Land of Nador. I started this project back in July of 2015, and have finished a phase each year since.
The time has come to work on the final phase! Its been over a year since I completed Phase V, and I need something to get me back into Minecraft. This seems like a good place to start!
For starters, I need to tear down the current outer wall and pick a design for the final, glorious, new outer wall. Its going to go right up against the river, so the city will essentially have a frozen moat.
I’ll have more information to post soon, as I’m still figuring out what needs to get done in what order.
If anyone would like to follow the progress thus far, here are the links to the archives.
Minecraft: Pelagrir Updates
I did quite a bit of updates a few weeks ago in Pelagrir, and never got around to posting about it.
I went with the option to just upgrade the downtown area, along with some lighting overhauls across the city.
The Pelagrir Conundrum
I’ve spent some time looking around at some of my older builds, looking for things to update.  I ended up in Pelagrir, one of the oldest cities. I checked my notes, and I built back in late 2012, with a small expansion done in 2015, and then mostly nothing since. Seems like a good place to start.
Well, I looked around for awhile and quickly came to realize that I need to upgrade pretty much…. everything.  Its bad. Majority of the buildings are super tiny, and have ladders instead of stairs. LADDERS. This is supposed to be one of the more important cities in my empire (its where they build the airships), and its honestly a bit of a disgrace by my modern standards.
Here’s what the city currently looks like:
I started identifying a handful of building that either needed upgrading, expansion, or complete leveling. Before I knew it, I’d marked every building in one entire section.
I had to stop myself, as this was quite obviously going to get out of hand fast. I do NOT want to level this whole city. I like this city!
Now I’m stuck. I feel like I have two options, and I’m looking for everyone’s thoughts.
OPTION #1
I leave things alone, and let this city stand as a remembrance of simpler times, in the long-long-ago.
CHOICE B
I just overhaul the section marked above in the picture. Its the heart of the city, oldest buildings and what-not. I think I can focus the upgrade just here in the city-center and do some decent work.
Thoughts anyone?
