101 Awesome Builds: Minecraft®™ Secrets from the World's Greatest Crafters

101 Awesome Builds: Minecraft®™ Secrets from the World's Greatest Crafters

Minecraft®™ is so much more than a video game, taking your own creativity and turning it into impressive art and unbelievable builds- not to mention adding in minigames and powerful Redstone creations!   In 101 Awesome Builds you will be introduced to the most incredible structures from the world's greatest creators. There's something for every building style inlcuidng Science Fiction, Fantasy and Ancient, Modern, Pop Culture, Redstone, and more! Prepare to be awed and inspired, whether you're a brand new 'Crafter or a master builder in your own right.   Remember- what you can do in Minecraft®™ and other building games is only limited by your imagination. So let these builds kickstart your ideas, or just marvel at the amazing creations that can come out of the human mind, a video game, and a little bit of free time.   This book is not authorized, sponsored, endorsed or licensed by Mojang AB. The trademark Minecraft is owned by Mojang AB; and other company names and/or trademarks mentioned in this book are the property of their respective companies and are used for identification purposes only.  Triumph Books is a leader in quality and innovation in sports publishing and also publishes pop culture and current events books. They are based in Chicago. 101 Awesome Builds Minecraft Secrets from the World's Greatest 'Crafters By Trevor Talley, Barry Macdonald, Jackson Fast, Joe Funk Triumph Books Copyright © 2015 Triumph Books LLC All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-62937-181-8 Contents Introduction, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Ancient, Modern, Pop Culture, Competitions, Games, and Adventuring, Natural, Redstone, Unique Builds, CHAPTER 1 Science Fiction ASGARD HYBRID BATTLE CARRIER By: Rossky This absolutely massive spaceship is meant to be in the vanguard of an attack and bristles with weapons, but what's interesting is that it started out as a small support ship. As Crafter Rossky continued to work on it, it just kept getting bigger, and the end result is the behemoth you see here. This is an excellent example of how a project can evolve organically, and a good reason to just go with whatever creative impulses take you when building! The Asgard Hybrid Battle Carrier is 1,084 blocks long, 253 wide, and 116 tall for a total of 1,145,695 blocks, which took Rossky four weeks to build. THE CHARITY By: ImACow There ain't much that's cooler than a futuristic sky city, and one with a full-on fantasy castle hanging from it? That's just about the coolest it gets. Built for a contest, ImACow and friends initially were going for an Arabic-inspired build, and then added on the idea of the future sky city to make it even cooler. The concept here is that Steve (the main character of Minecraft) decided to rescue the city of Arcadia by attaching a big ole space city to it and carrying it off into the sky (though he had to knock down most of the main tower to do so). The story goes quite a bit farther than that, and in fact you can actually read it in its entirety at the link for The Charity on Planet Minecraft. This extreme attention to detail goes even farther with this build, extending to the creators slaving over every facet of the inside and outside of the build, and they say that players should press every button they see in here, as they almost all perform some kind of cool effect. To give you an idea of how hard these guys worked on The Charity, ImACow says, "[I] even remembered my group and I spending 15 minutes debating between putting a birch or oak sapling on a pot in a secluded area." Now that's commitment! CONXUNTO DE VENTO – THE HANGING CITY By: Huggers A fantastically inventive city from another time, or perhaps another planet, Conxunto features livable pods hung by chains from a large central spire. According to the builder Huggers, the 56 houses and 16 shops were left empty for players to fill up with their own decorations and items, and there is a Wheat farm and 9 parks for people to enjoy. Of particular note here in terms of building is the attention to detail on chains; Huggers even went so far as to include weights at the end of them, which while not needed in Minecraft (as there is no wind to move the blocks), lends a sense of reality to the whole build. FUTURISTIC CITY By: MCFRArchitect Recreating realistic-looking buildings is an impressive feat, but culling forth a new, fresh style of architecture and then implementing it on a huge scale is something else altogether. Throw in a complete concept like Futuristic City's five districts across as many islands, and you've got a build that truly stands out. The sweeping, cutout filled designs of these buildings are quite inventive, and the whole thing has a very organized and thought-through aesthetic that makes it a treat to explore. And with a city center, residential area, stadium, university, and even a spaceport, it'll be a while before you see all of this enormous build! HYDROS By: MicroMega Some bui