Minecraft: Hyperion Construction 4
Yeah, so I've been trying to do these on a once a week basis... so much for that, eh?
I realized shortly after I began construction that I wasn't going to be able to fit this thing in the amount of space I had available (vertically). But I was pretty excited and wanted to start construction anyway, so I figured I'd get going on it first then shift the parts I had built around in a map editor when necessary.
A little while after I built the wing outlines, I decided it was time to make that change. So I loaded it up in a map editor and took a big chunk out of the ground right beneath the ship. That done, I lowered it about 15 blocks, which would give me enough space to do the engine block section.
This first image makes it look like the hole is deeper than it is. There was a bug in Minecraft at the time that made it look like the edge of your vision was like the landscape you were looking at nearby. Here you can see the outline of the starboard wing along with the beginnings of the nacelles. You can also see that I've begun to flesh out some more of the pylon between the nose and the engine/wing section.
By this point, the space underneath the ship was starting to become a serious hostile mob spawning location, so you can see I tried to lay out some torches to alleviate the situation a bit. Eventually I just gave up and decided it was going to be too much.
At some point between my last set of pictures and this set I finished covering up the nose section and put in the cavity for the Yamato cannon. At this point in the process I had also filled in the bottom of the port wing and put in the nacelle stubs (filled with water, and some glowstone to light them up). The glowstone was spawned at this point.
A slightly better view from the side of the ship. You can see I also filled in the flooring of the main engine section.
This one's from the rear, giving you a better view of the width of the ship.
And this one's from the edge of the crater behind, trying to give you a view of the different levels used in setting up the back of the ship. Unfortunately it's too dark to really be able to see well.
And this one is from the side of the crater to give you a view of the observation deck windows I put in at the front-bottom of the engine section. It's too far to see with great detail, but I didn't want to go down there and get mobbed by creepers.
I realized shortly after I began construction that I wasn't going to be able to fit this thing in the amount of space I had available (vertically). But I was pretty excited and wanted to start construction anyway, so I figured I'd get going on it first then shift the parts I had built around in a map editor when necessary.
A little while after I built the wing outlines, I decided it was time to make that change. So I loaded it up in a map editor and took a big chunk out of the ground right beneath the ship. That done, I lowered it about 15 blocks, which would give me enough space to do the engine block section.
This first image makes it look like the hole is deeper than it is. There was a bug in Minecraft at the time that made it look like the edge of your vision was like the landscape you were looking at nearby. Here you can see the outline of the starboard wing along with the beginnings of the nacelles. You can also see that I've begun to flesh out some more of the pylon between the nose and the engine/wing section.
By this point, the space underneath the ship was starting to become a serious hostile mob spawning location, so you can see I tried to lay out some torches to alleviate the situation a bit. Eventually I just gave up and decided it was going to be too much.
At some point between my last set of pictures and this set I finished covering up the nose section and put in the cavity for the Yamato cannon. At this point in the process I had also filled in the bottom of the port wing and put in the nacelle stubs (filled with water, and some glowstone to light them up). The glowstone was spawned at this point.
A slightly better view from the side of the ship. You can see I also filled in the flooring of the main engine section.
This one's from the rear, giving you a better view of the width of the ship.
And this one's from the edge of the crater behind, trying to give you a view of the different levels used in setting up the back of the ship. Unfortunately it's too dark to really be able to see well.
And this one is from the side of the crater to give you a view of the observation deck windows I put in at the front-bottom of the engine section. It's too far to see with great detail, but I didn't want to go down there and get mobbed by creepers.