Friday, May 11, 2012

Elven Mansion - Minecraft

Today I present my review of the Elven Mansion build by fretz on planetminecraft.

Elven Mansion -Now with Download-
View Elven Mansion -Now with Download-


I followed the directions on the planetminecraft page to connect to the server where the build exists and view it for myself, but there is also a download available on the planetminecraft page of the world. Since the world comes from the server, I believe it probably contains many other builds and would be hard to find this particular mansion.

The first thing you notice on approach is that the mansion itself is almost entirely made of wood, and raw wood for the most part instead of more refined planks. The other striking feature is that this mansion is gigantic. It's so big that my view distance doesn't allow me to see the back side of it from the front. The other nice external feature is the purple roofs, which I very much enjoy and were what made me want to review this creation in the first place.

When you enter, the internal decorations are a number of different wood types and quite a lot of glowstone. The floor of the main room is a pond with some ice and glowstone at the bottom to illuminate it. There are also a number of flames somehow burning at the bottom of the pond. The ceiling of this main room has a similar glass structure with water and glowstone above it. There are two side exits from the building in the main room that looks exactly like the main entrance.

At the back of the main room, there is a doorway to the tower. The tower is quite tall with no real way up, but there are windows half way up to let some light in to the building. There is also a hold going down that leads to a secret underground tunnel. The tunnel is lined with wooden supports and leads to a dock in a cove. Overall I enjoy this build because of its grandiose scale. I also enjoy the purple roofs and their contrast with the wooden structure.

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