terraria-creations

[mint imp]

How tf can that function as an all items world lmao. That's like less than half at this point

[proper ivy]

Yeah it’s outdated lol

[mint imp]

Missing over half the ore bricks, lizhard everything, 8 dozen furniture sets

[proper ivy]

I could probably expand on it up to 1.4.5 if I really wanted too

[rugged wedge]

hi jones

[proper ivy]

My world is from 1.1 days on PS3 so that’s pretty much why. Many builds are pretty recent though

My world originally didn’t have a Lihzard temple

[spare gulch]

So many materials

[proper ivy]

World was also much smaller back then but when I made the transfer to PC I used TEdit to move all of my builds to an extra large world that was generated in 1.4

[mossy maple]

You are one of creators or smth

[raven prism]

@manic tide wondering for what kind of wood blocks are used in this

Idrk which specifically

[quasi crane]

pearlwood painted brown

[raven prism]

That's what I was thinking yeah

[near mango]

that is pearlwood with brown paint yes

[manic tide]

ok thanks

[rugged wedge]

anyone have an idea how to make it look like a pencil or dagger holding hair up?

something a little like this

[wooden sigil]

Maybe lizard ears if painted

Or the seashell hairpin

[rugged wedge]

ill try that but i had an idea for like this and i dont hate it

[rugged wedge]

def a little simple

[wooden sigil]

What is

[rugged wedge]

this one

[wooden sigil]

Ah

As for vanity items, I think any of the hairpins would be your best bet

[rugged wedge]

yeah

[wooden sigil]

But maybe there’s an accessory we’re not thinking of

[lament briar]

Hi.

[rugged wedge]

hi

i could see this working decently with something else to make a headband

i know we already have some

[plucky zealot]

thats certainly a roof

[rugged wedge]

lol

looking back and trying to make sense of it...

i got nothing

the base ideas arent bad but they kinda just threw them together somewhat randomly

[sand kindle]

I'm building a version of this floating studio, and I'm not sure what to do for the window bars. Would iron fences between glass wall do? Or should it be smooth marble wall intersecting?

[rugged wedge]

#terraria-creations message
idk how it was done but this could help

nvm

not vanilla

should looked before i sent it

grrr

[lament briar]

A casino boat?

[rugged wedge]

you could maybe just place glass in a checkerboard

[sand kindle]

It's actually a recording studio used by Pink Floyd, IIRC.

[rugged wedge]

in tedit but you get the idea i think

its not perfect tho

i wish we had better things for windows like that

either that or maybe like streamers could give a similar effect

just kinda looks like a cage

ehh, not great either

i think grates would be the best call actually

i need to learn how to make texture packs so i could make one that removes the border

and one that removes the lines from shadewood

[rugged wedge]

shouldve pinged before sorry

[sand kindle]

It's cool, I've seen. Ta 🙂

[desert crest]

Finally

Grates

[upper blade]

https://imgur.com/a/NR4yX31

[ashen birch]

i have a great idea
should i recreate my base from when i was a kid, like when i first played terraria on an ipad like 10 years ago i still disctinctly remember it

maybe i can make like a from memory one and a refurbished one to make it look nicer

[lament briar]

Yeah... That makes sense.

The other 80% are probably used for gambling and casinos...

And I guess they're called paddleboat steamers?

[sand kindle]

No idea. I'm just using it as inspiration anyway. Current W.I.P. I may just make the windows larger and intersect it with the frames.

[rugged wedge]

if i did that it would be a massive stone tower

[tropic stone]

wip ofc but should i recolor the spines/spikes to a more whiteish? (theyre supposed to kinda look like stars)

[rugged wedge]

tbh i dont fully know what im looking at

like a totem?

are you going for something like this for the like details/coloring?

[tropic stone]

oh i forgot to say anything about what it is 😭

its supposed to be a big space worm and the body is like empty space and the spikes/spines are supposed to look like stars

thats the body part of the worm

[rugged wedge]

ahhhh

[tropic stone]

im just tryna get the coloring right

[rugged wedge]

so smth like devourer of gods

[tropic stone]

kinda yeah lmao, its a sprite for devourer of universes (the removed future boss of devourer of gods)

so technically yes 😭

[tropic stone]

peak

[tropic stone]

anywho is there anything i should change to this? other than the obvious lack of shading

like color wise change i mean

[rugged wedge]

now that i know what it is, it reads as a segment

but also

its pretty dark

[tropic stone]

thats the point, gimick of the fight is that almost the only thing u can see are the stars moving

[rugged wedge]

i would maybe change the stars to like a lighter color and more blue probably

[tropic stone]

kk

so more of a blue than orange, and brighter

[rugged wedge]

maybe you could make them just like 1 pixel and use like particles for the trail they would leave

[tropic stone]

ooh yeah maybe, im tryna make them the color of stars but the shape of like

spikes thatd be on the big worm dude

[rugged wedge]

hmmm

[tropic stone]

but particles would def be sick on it

[rugged wedge]

then id say when it gets higher up it needs to get brighter

[tropic stone]

so make it so the higher up parts of the spikes are brighter instead of how i made the very front of the spike the brightest?

should i change the base spacey color to more black/grayish instead of blueish or would that make it look too much like eldieon or whatever his name was

[rugged wedge]

using tedit bc my internet is really slow 😭
this is what i imagine the side view would kinda look like for the spike

[tropic stone]

kinda hard to make a big black worm without it looking like other big black worms

[tropic stone]

yeah that was the general idea

with one of the spikes somewhat tilted

the other ones were topdown spikes

kinda mainly added those 2 ones just to show that theyre spikes and not lights 😭

[rugged wedge]

at least with these ones, if you want the front of the spike to be highlighted, youd need to make it more like that instead of 1 highlighted pixel

but also i would assume, if you do the particles out the back of the spikes, thats where the light would be coming from so you would fs need the light to me more on the back/top instead of the front

[tropic stone]

hm yeah ill do that then

so light in the back of the spikes, change the color of the spikes to brighter and more blueish and set the particles on the back of the spikes?

[rugged wedge]

none are like the solution tho, so its possible these wont fix it

im also not a spriter or an artist

just someone who can kinda build

[tropic stone]

ykw close enough ❤️‍🩹

shadings the main thing that SHOULD make it look best

i just wanna get the like

base of the thing done

before i shade it

to see if the general build even looks good while ingame in general yk

[rugged wedge]

i feel like terraria building is kinda the easiest building out of all the games

[tropic stone]

sumn like this?

imo the brightest part being at the tip of the spikes def makes it feel more spike like

the 2 side spikes i might wanna make sharper looking imo

[rugged wedge]

maybe a darker dark to differentiate a little more

[tropic stone]

oh yeah true considering itd be a faster moving boss

plus itd be a bit tiny

[rugged wedge]

i also kinda wonder what it would look like if its a yellow now

[tropic stone]

oh yeah fair

should i move the uh

spikes up or no?

this is what itd look like in a worm shape

like w multiple

ofc more bendy n stuff but yeah

this is it back to the old color scheme

i dunno which one i like more

spikes def feel better in general though icl

compared to what they looked like before

ill send 4 pics, blue with the darker bits, blue with what it was like normally, yellow normally and yellow with darker yellow bits

[rugged wedge]

i feel like it kinda just needs a darker dark so you can see the difference easier

strangely, the older pic kinda looks like warmer than the new one (?)

[tropic stone]

shadings not perfect ofc

but whats better darker color or not, and which color

[tropic stone]

i didnt use the same darkness of the old pic for the darkest color

also i think it was more orange

this ones yellowish

[rugged wedge]

this is def up to you but my opinion is that the bottom 2 look a little better and also the orange gives more of a contrast than the blue

[tropic stone]

yeah fair honestly i thought so too

ill go with yellow with deeper colors

should i do orange or yellow tho

like for warmness

[rugged wedge]

for which part

the spikes?

[tropic stone]

yeah

man thats what we've BEEN talking about 😭

[rugged wedge]

im slow okay

[tropic stone]

its okay twin ❤️‍🩹

[rugged wedge]

the slightly purple tint makes it so yellow would contrast more than orange by a slight amount

[tropic stone]

so go with yellowy instead of orange?

idk if contrast is good or not ❤️‍🩹

[strange barn]

https://imgur.com/a/IBLzUjc

[rugged wedge]

your call, its a small bit of color theory, just the complementary colors

[tropic stone]

eh considering its just the spikes, i can recolor them whenever way more easily than the body or sumn

ill just see how the yellow spikes look on the uh

[strange barn]

Minecraft Desert Temple in Terraria

[tropic stone]

shaded body

[tropic stone]

peak

[strange barn]

I made a way better one a while back with a fishing pond but I don't have the world anymore

[tropic stone]

dang sad 😔

[tropic stone]

should i change the side spikes shape or nah?

they kinda feel short but idk

[rugged wedge]

smth i noticed on the old one is there was almost a base for the bottommost spike

[tropic stone]

oh yeah like this sort of outline for it?

[rugged wedge]

and for the slanted ones, a little nitpick but the tip of the spike would kinda block some light from going on the bottom

[crude pagoda]

@vagrant steeple how do i deal with this man, my blade staff is targeting the bats and not the mobs on the floor

[tropic stone]

oh yeah fair

[rugged wedge]

more talking about this

[tropic stone]

ohh

[crude pagoda]

Lwky middle finger

[tropic stone]

ikr

[tropic stone]

lemme send a pic of what that was supposed to be

[rugged wedge]

then also the shading here

using snip and sketch markup

[tropic stone]

closest image i could find to what im talkibng about

that 3 part wide area was supposed to be the spike getting thicker

then the tip was thin

[rugged wedge]

ahhh

[tropic stone]

ill def try to fix the side spikes n stuff

might switch up the length cause they still look short to me imo

[rugged wedge]

i feel like i could be a decent artist but i just dont have any dedication

[tropic stone]

same but i refuse to watch any video actually teaching how to do stuff properly

cough cough like shading cough

if u couldnt tell from the jumble of pixels here

oh also another thing

what should i do for all the small 2 by 1 or 3 by 1 spikes?

should i change anything about them to make them more spikelike

[vagrant steeple]

its just weird summon ai, they will target the ones further away from the player for some reason

[crude pagoda]

Buh

[vagrant steeple]

just place lava

[rugged wedge]

you could be more lenient on the perespective maybe

[crude pagoda]

Banners and lava pockets i trust i dont wanna deal with bats

[rugged wedge]

i feel like the ones i added to are at enough of an angle in my head to where you could see more of the side of them

[tropic stone]

ooh yeah def

[vagrant steeple]

u could place sentries

[tropic stone]

also i made the side spikes longer

[crude pagoda]

Nah

[tropic stone]

way better imo

[vagrant steeple]

big reason why I dont like hoikless designs

[vagrant steeple]

loss in efficiency and bats are annoying to deal with

[rugged wedge]

but also here, these spikes would connect with the other ones if you show more of the side

[tropic stone]

the thumbsdown was 100% needed

[rugged wedge]

yes

[tropic stone]

hm

i dont wanna move it 1 over

[rugged wedge]

gotta refine my art skills with a mouse

[tropic stone]

cause then thats 2 spikes

by that i mean

theyre like

staired down

or sumn

[crude pagoda]

I wanna try to be unique on the design but i guess I'll have to deal with the consequences of my actions

[tropic stone]

sentenced to either hoiks or no loot 😔

[crude pagoda]

Shit

[tropic stone]

ooh ik sumn

sumn like this maybe?

sec ima move those 2 straight middle spikes up by like 1

actually i might remove those 2 middle spikes honestly

and find smth for the sides

that way i dont have 3 pixels attempting to be a spike 😭

[rugged wedge]

the og DoG sprite has like a kinda core in the middle of each segment

[tropic stone]

ooh maybe yeah

alr yeah ill add a core kinda

what color should i make it?

a darker orange?

that way its able to be able to be told as a not spike

[vagrant steeple]

purple

or indigo

[tropic stone]

ooh yeah

[tropic stone]

i am just noticing i am genuienly making the garg levi atp:pe

😔

[tropic stone]

ill make those middle spikes just a tad longer at the front

then a core thing in the middle

this is going along fire icl

man this looks like a netherportal 😭

[rugged wedge]

gems are not my strongsuit

[tropic stone]

nothings my strong suit 😔😔

should i change the middle bit to something else?

[tropic stone]

cause it does feel empty thhere

[rugged wedge]

this is AFTER i changed it

[tropic stone]

no offense but it looks like you fully randomly placed stuff 😭

[rugged wedge]

yeah

its supposed to be a topaz

[tropic stone]

is this good?

[rugged wedge]

probably

[tropic stone]

looks decent to me

[tropic stone]

ykw close enough

[rugged wedge]

it is gonna be moving so

[tropic stone]

yeah fair

[rugged wedge]

you arent gonna get a good look at it

[tropic stone]

ignore the dog gem in the corner i used it as reference

the uh

body shape is wrong

lemme send a picture to show what its like

gonna look like shading

sume like this will be all the high spots

is the gem too big tho

it might be a bit big

heres gonna be the shading graph or whatever

blues the gem, whites the brighter higher up parts, dark grays the lower darker spots

[rugged wedge]

theres already kinda lines for the higher parts already

[tropic stone]

yeah but most of its all willy nilly 😔

[rugged wedge]

refined it a bit so you can... see it

[tropic stone]

thank you twin ❤️‍🩹

[rugged wedge]

makes sense to me

[tropic stone]

ima remake the gem to be slightly smaller

this shape good?

or this one

[rugged wedge]

i feel like the outline kinda lends itself to the latter

[tropic stone]

the only thing changing are if theres a pixel in the black T and upsidedown T

[tropic stone]

so the 2nd one?

[rugged wedge]

yeah

[tropic stone]

i always forget which one is latter

kk

this is it so far

ill move the gem up by one actually

i feel like it looks a tad better just for not touching the bottom middle spike

anything i should change before i shade the main body?

wait a sec i got a fire idea

yall are the side spikes a yay or nay

[rugged wedge]

i like it

adds some more flair

[tropic stone]

yeah fair

ill keep em

time for shading? or should i change anyhting

looks pretty good as a worm

def feel like shadings throwing it down a few notches tho 😭

[vagrant steeple]

it honestly looks cool

if u say, make it like ftw golem where it turns the screen darker

u wouldnt be able to see its whole body

only the gem and spikes

and teeth probably

[tropic stone]

honestly i just planned on having it make the back screen fully black with like meteor shower

i might just do that too thought icl

new gem shading someone gave me

ty dawson ❤️‍🩹 (the dude who gave me the gem shading NOT the other dude)

now i just need to do the main body shading

cause i havent touched that in ages and its outdated compared to gem and spike

[vagrant steeple]

those black spots on the left and right is probably whats throwing u off

[tropic stone]

these?

[vagrant steeple]

ye

[tropic stone]

those are supposed to be like

[vagrant steeple]

and the ones below it too

[tropic stone]

webbing ig?

just like fleshy deepest part

[vagrant steeple]

they combine and make a much larger black spot when pieced together

[vagrant steeple]

kinda likes whats happening here

[tropic stone]

yeah fair

ill send the "finished" more shadered one later when i finish it

then ima gts cause its late

then day after or sumn ill work on head or tail

color pallet for the body is way too diverse imo

compared to something like eldion wyrm

which is ts

[vagrant steeple]

malnourished worm

[tropic stone]

ikr they should feed wyrm more 😔

i wonder if id be able to make the head snap when close to the player like DoG does

thatd be sick asf

[tropic stone]

question for shading, would i have the highest points be where the spikes are?

or sumn like this

[fathom ether]

If the get glows kinda do like a combination

[fathom ether]

Let it flow from the center, then on the outer parts do the shading on this part assuming the source of light is above

[tropic stone]

alright alrighty

ill cook trust trust

[fathom ether]

Also does anyone have any ideas on what this entrance should look like?

https://imgur.com/a/oWuzF10

[tropic stone]

ima be so honest i thought that was a bow

😭

[fathom ether]

Lemme show the full build so far (not even closed to finished, I’m adding a lot more

https://imgur.com/a/IJKq0Nf

[tropic stone]

hmm is it space themed?

[fathom ether]

But if it WAS a bow it would be the coolest bow ever because I’m flawless at building right?

It’s more star themed

[tropic stone]

yes yes ❤️‍🩹

[tropic stone]

yeah yeah pal thats in space 😔

anyways uhh

maybe like an airlock or sumn

idek lowk i suck at doors

😭

[tropic yew]

hmm what's a good "rotten wood" looking block

[fathom ether]

Like these are my npc houses (ADORE THESE BTW) https://imgur.com/a/sEUt7Mt

[tropic yew]

something a bit like the minecraft mangrove roots

[tropic stone]

alr but imagine actually living there and u slide into one of the bottom 2 corners

[fathom ether]

Idek about doors they kinda ugly and not that grand of an entrance

[tropic stone]

theres always gates

[tropic stone]

lemme see if i can find anything

[fathom ether]

Sucks for them then I get my big fancy house

[tropic yew]

thankss <33

[fathom ether]

I’ll check this out ty

[tropic stone]

theyre like 5 tall gates that also dont open to their side

[fathom ether]

Ehh maybe not, does match the thing I’m going for

But Ty for the suggestion!!

[tropic stone]

maybe living wood/living mahogany might work?

not too good of a builder so i wouldnt know

[tropic yew]

ohh completely forgot them since they arent block items

[tropic stone]

same honestly

[tropic yew]

nonoo you helped a lot already thanksss <33

[tropic stone]

yipee yw twin

[tropic stone]

so something kinda like this? (the brigher means the yk, brighter it is)

[fathom ether]

I sort of see that you’re getting at

I’m not really certain what your vision is but yeah maybe try that out, looks great

What are you making tho? Just curious

[tropic stone]

its a body part of a big space worm (original ik)

[fathom ether]

Are you making a mod??

[tropic stone]

ya

[fathom ether]

Also don’t know what you’re talking about I’m pre Hardmode 😓

[fathom ether]

I’m scared now actually, but I think that design will look absolutely great

[tropic stone]

"original ik" is cause a ton of mods add big worms

[tropic stone]

its gonna be fire trust me

[fathom ether]

Is your mod just the worm? Or other cool things?

[tropic stone]

its mainly just adding back all the stuff that was removed from calamity

remaking the sprite of this dude

[fathom ether]

What’s calamity? 😥

[tropic stone]

cause hes a bit white

[fathom ether]

THE HELL IS THAT?!?

[tropic stone]

evil worm from a mod ❤️‍🩹

[fathom ether]

IM NEVER BEATING THIS GAME OH MY GOD 😭

[tropic stone]

a different hella popular mod

[tropic stone]

dw dw thats not in the base game ❤️‍🩹

only modded

[rugged wedge]

what do we think of this

i wanted to add in the moon but i couldnt get it to show

[tropic stone]

traumatizing the prehardmode player atp 😔

[tropic stone]

maybe light up the hangy bits on the tree? like how the trees lit up

other than that looks sick

[rugged wedge]

i tried

[fathom ether]

Ooh the red is very pretty

[rugged wedge]

ill try some more

[tropic stone]

illuminant paint maybe?

[rugged wedge]

i just spammed torches

[tropic stone]

then again might be too glowy compared ot the rest

[tropic stone]

good enough 😭

[rugged wedge]

might change the torches on the tree to be darker

[tropic stone]

yeah maybe

[fathom ether]

Can I get this stuff in pre hard mode? It looks pretty

[rugged wedge]

what stuff

[tropic stone]

the top part just looks not glowy enough compared to the bottom

[rugged wedge]

the red?

[fathom ether]

Like the red stuff

Yes!!

[rugged wedge]

its echo coated red torches

so yes

just need rubies and echo coating

[tropic stone]

actually no i think

echo coating is hardmode?

[rugged wedge]

as of 1.4.5 they made echo coating phm

[tropic stone]

nvm

[fathom ether]

Oh

[rugged wedge]

its sold as long as the mechanic is present now

[tropic stone]

i was about to type unless 1.4.5 changed it

[tropic stone]

ah so post skele then

[fathom ether]

Well I need conveyors and I’m bored so I’m just gonna go beat wall now

[tropic stone]

the leafs also need mechanic too cause by the look of it theyre actuated

[fathom ether]

Haven’t beat Skeletron but we ball 😳

[tropic stone]

anywho im slacking i gotta go do my sprite

[tropic stone]

its okay u got ts twin

just dont get licked 😔

[fathom ether]

Wait what

What is that

[tropic stone]

🤫

theres an actual death message from wall called "[player] was licked"

and its peak

[fathom ether]

https://imgur.com/a/dSDJGqX

[tropic stone]

ooh yeah that looks better

[fathom ether]

I’ll dm you to tell you how it goes

Don’t know why, why not?

[rugged wedge]

no clue where the vingette is coming from

not how you spell it but idc

[vagrant steeple]

just afk until u get a lot

[fathom ether]

What?

[vagrant steeple]

from slimes

conveyor slimes

drops conveyors

[rugged wedge]

i wish water fountains showed in capture mode

[fathom ether]

I’ve never got a conveyor from a slime, probably in hard mode

[vagrant steeple]

its the reason why I had this in phm

[rugged wedge]

i already submitted to activities but this wouldve been better from just win shift s

[vagrant steeple]

too bad lightning only spawns near the players screen

[rugged wedge]

i also couldve edited the pic maybe too

[tropic stone]

should i change up the spikes coloring at all? or are they shaded good

[tropic yew]

hmm maybe add some yellowing at their bottom too

/the inside

and I'd make the white a little less bright, and add some highlights on the oudside

but take that with a grain of salt I'm not that much of an artist myself <//3

all I ever really did pixel art wise was 2 sprites for pokemon infinite fusion

[tropic stone]

by bottom do u mean bottom of the spike?

like the tip parts

[tropic yew]

noono not the tip

the sides facing the body

not the whole length tho

just a bit further down

[tropic stone]

i already kinda did that

i gotta make the colors better tho icl

cause its either orange or bright yellow

[tropic yew]

yeahh but tbh shading's half the work already

once you got the shades you can just replace the colors easily

[near mango]

quick small piece over like 20m or so

[tropic stone]

fair nuf changing the colors shouldnt be too hard

[tropic stone]

ooh fancy, whatd you do for the sparkly thing floating?

[tropic yew]

yeah, there should be a bucket tool that colors all of the same color even if not connected

or masks, depending on the program

[tropic stone]

in aseprite there is

[near mango]

Void Vault, echo coated the base of it

assuming you mean the portal like decor piece

[tropic stone]

if u use magic wand, then turn off continuous it selects everything of a color

other apps tho idk

[tropic yew]

that's SUCH a neat little trick, I'll copy that 🤭

[tropic stone]

yeah

[tropic stone]

never thought of that honestly

does the same work for stuff like relics? 🤔

[tropic yew]

yeah

really useful actually

[rugged wedge]

i didnt submit this but this is an edited version of the build i made for the activity

[near mango]

nice

[rugged wedge]

moved the moon and changed water color

[near mango]

correct, echo coating can do quite a lot

[tropic yew]

man y'all in here so cracked ;-;

this is so good <33

[tropic stone]

in one of my builds i used echo coating on a bird statue to make lil birds

[near mango]

ah right water colour in camera mode is a bit messy sometimes

[rugged wedge]

a really good thing for this is just to use a bird banner

[rugged wedge]

i learned (but havent used) how good banners are for decoration from toasty

[tropic stone]

these look like bats vro 😔😔

[tropic yew]

omgg thats so cuteeee

[rugged wedge]

thats a nice use tho

[tropic stone]

oh wait

[tropic yew]

I'll SO copy this for making custom lil bird marble statues

[rugged wedge]

i think it was resprited in 1.4.5 maybe

[tropic stone]

u mean like the top part of the banner gets echo coated?

[tropic stone]

ah

[near mango]

relatively solid & common trick

[tropic stone]

yeah it was this

[near mango]

correct

[tropic stone]

idk why they changed it to just the white bird

[near mango]

they didn't

[rugged wedge]

it is that now

it was the white bird

[near mango]

they changed it to what you showed

you are likely in tmodloader

which isn't 1.4.5

[tropic stone]

oh yeah

😭

man i forgot i was in tmod lowk

[rugged wedge]

i also repurposed a different tree i made prior for my build 🤫

[near mango]

forgot blood moon water fountain doesn't work so setting to crimson for water colour works at least

anywho that is more than enough effort with this than i want to do too much with

good enough short practice piece

[rugged wedge]

i put in some decent effort for mine

past me made the tree so it was a lot easier

not too happy with the tree but i couldnt be bothered

here it is in full

def could be worse

i took a technique from yavors big willow tree and tried it here

#terraria-creations message

theres so much going on in his tree and it all just works i dont get it

i think this is like a lead brick next to a mudstone brick

[near mango]

correct

To dissect their tree a bit more; a lot of why it works so well & looks so good comes down to a lot of the colour & texture composition coming together cohesively

[rugged wedge]

theres some plating over here

[near mango]

that is obsidian brick

[rugged wedge]

how did you get that so quick omg

[near mango]

For example, middle left & upper middle right for example, you have a lot of textures with a "tangling" effect, which also have more muddied & darker limes

[rugged wedge]

i obviously thought it was a plating

i wouldve never thought it was obsidian brick tho

[near mango]

Additionally obsidian brick is a block I use a fair bit in pixel arts too, so I've come to memorise the texture quite well. Albeit I know basically almost every if not every block in the game, even with 1.4.5

[rugged wedge]

i guess the face on the right gives it away

[near mango]

Well not just that

but also just how dark it is

not many blocks are that dark

especially when painted a deep paint colour

obviously blocks can be dark with like black paint, shadow paint, etc

[rugged wedge]

i assumed it was actuated... but that was a bad assumption because theres a plant on it

[near mango]

would be darker if actuated

[rugged wedge]

like a plating actuated

[near mango]

none of the platings really would come close

additionally too texturally different

[rugged wedge]

if you move that .1 to the left side im close

this is from 2020 on bc i didnt have this account before that tho

[near mango]

to include other platforms for my terraria playtime, 250 on ps4 from before i built my pc march last year (after my laptop broke down sept 2024) & then hundreds on xbox 360 & wii u far back in the day. unsure how many, but definitely enough to add to my combined hour count to push me over 14k

[rugged wedge]

i def have more than 3k, idk how much more tho

bc there was like 250 from tmod before it synced with terraria

and also a bunch from mobile

who knows how much i had on there

[near mango]

only like 500 or so hours of mine from terraria's full count are towards tmodloader before steam, then i have this many past that

so more accurately my tmodloder count would be about 1000

[rugged wedge]

id say anywhere from like 250-1k

[near mango]

anyways to loop back to the tree, when creating organics like it, texture & colour composition (especially if you can blend the two together) is quite vital

another example that works really well in the tree is the green stucco entangled with the living mahogany rather than using regular living wood. the texture as well as the colour (with orange paint) comes together cohesively very very well

[rugged wedge]

i could see how they came up with the stucco but i would love to hear how anything else was decided
your dissection made it seem more crazy that anyone came up with any of that

[near mango]

like anything creative as a medium; pieces have a purpose

& those pieces can mean a lot of things to different creatives, which leads to them refining how they use said pieces & why they work so well. To use Khaios' style as an example, prior to 1.4.5 he was quite attached to sandstone painted gray as a block for cave builds

& of course as creatives in general do things more, they'll find more pieces they like for different purposes. But quite often there can be some middle ground with a way to blend them together into a cohesive piece under a different purpose than most may expect

This is just my perspective of it though, creatives behind their respective pieces can obviously talk a lot better about why they used certain details. But this is just some ways I look at it

[rugged wedge]

i guess it is pretty similar to music writing

really just and creative process tbf

i dont know how to put it into words but like different writers have their own styles kinda

[near mango]

Precisely ties to the example I listed with Khaios; each creative has their own pieces they specifically like a lot & it becomes a part of their core style. But said style is naturally, still open to change & to further develop

[rugged wedge]

i also havent seen anyone write music but im sure each person would be different with how they go about doing so

[near mango]

Different builders excel at different kinds of builds. Some are much better with specifically structures, others excel at organics, etc. So naturally those more experienced in specific styles will have more knowledge for what else they could possibly blend into a cohesive piece

But with "advanced" building does just come a lot of general knowledge, which helps with understanding pieces involved in the blend a bit more

[rugged wedge]

the more i get into like anything i do the more nothing seems catered to me
probably an excuse but like learning more about building and such, i feel like i have to have like 6 different ideas at once just kinda in my head when my aphantasia cripples that heavily for me (excuse)

idk, i cant really put this idea into words that well, im also pretty tired and should probably sleep soon

[lethal ivy]

"I'm so green 💚"

[tropic yew]

how the hell do I portray old wood in terraria 😭

need something for a bit of an aged/abandoned look

TwT

[vagrant steeple]

brown boulder blocks perhaps

[tropic yew]

ohh thats a good idea for logs actually

but no I mean for a building ToT

mb ;-;

[lean wyvern]

i am in need of a good roof design to somewhat safe this build

[tropic yew]

really like these slanted roofs

wanted this one to look decrepit

but you can do it with shingles for example and style it a bit to get a japanese kinda thingy going on

[vagrant steeple]

rich mahogany painted brown and boulder blocks painted brown are the only 2 I know that looks decrepit and worn

[spare gulch]

That looks nice idea

[tropic yew]

any idea for the houses body then?

because idkk what to do xd

[vagrant steeple]

Idk, Im not a builder

I just know which blocks looks cool

[spare gulch]

I olso need help but i can't send a picture idk why'

[vagrant steeple]

#terrarian-role-info

[spring kiln]

Spooky wood

[vagrant steeple]

Im more of a technical player so I build farms, contraptions, and doo hickeys

[spring kiln]

Ash wood

Hickeys..?

[tropic yew]

ohh good idea
this is before I've beaten my first boss tho TwT

[vagrant steeple]

ayo, a fellow hunter

[spring kiln]

You can try ash wood

Or your evil biome's wood

I like shadewood for the structure or the house

[tropic yew]

hmm a bit flat but the best one so far

[spring kiln]

Try to mix match it with other wood types

[tropic yew]

ohhh good idea

[vagrant steeple]

oh right, sandstone also looks like a decrepit old wood

[spring kiln]

How is there a flower growing

[tropic yew]

ohh thats a mod

adds more layers to the game

using it to slightly layer paintings and stuff behind furniture

which should be a vanilla thing ngl!!

[spring kiln]

That would be amazing tbh

I don't really use mods except for shaders and rtx

[spare gulch]

https://imgur.com/a/GMmIOvJ

am looking for what kind of torches is better

I olso gona like any idea for the basement

[vagrant steeple]

bone torches or the torches from the dungeon

[spare gulch]

theres any kind of modern light

[lean wyvern]

This is what i have made

Now i want to make the wall with holes in it

like fences as wall

i dont really know what its called

Its like a a row of Diagonal \ and / making an X with a gap that allow light

[vagrant steeple]

roof looks a bit too heavy for the load bearing structure beneath

[lean wyvern]

Im gonna add walla to make it more stronger

I think im done with this looks good enough to me. im gonna buff some of the supporting pillar tho

Is there a chair liek stool but with smth for your back to rest on

[vagrant steeple]

reclining chair?

Idk

[lean wyvern]

those are called reclining chairs?

[vagrant steeple]

no

[lean wyvern]

Like a 1 legged chair witha back rest

[near mango]

Closest chairs to what you are thinking of would be Balloon, Forbidden & Office

[lean wyvern]

Chair this shaped

[near mango]

hallowed as well

[lean wyvern]

yeah laik that

[near mango]

oh wait nvm office has 2 wheels

ignore that suggestion, it was relatively close but not quite

anywho for what you asked for specifically, balloon, forbidden & hallowed are the only ones

however for an ocean build like that, i'd be more akin to suggest something like ash wood or green dungeon with brown or orange paint. assuming they would be in place of where the stools are facing the ocean

[near mango]

actually forgot meteor & mushroom too

reef is similarish too, depends on how you count it

[lean wyvern]

Im not searching exotic material just for a chair. this is the final result i guess

IM gonna add the crazy pirate man in ahrdmode too so its like a bar he selling ale but the Old one army guys isnt there cuz the kid hat ehim

[fiery roost]

How convenient.

https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Chairs

[midnight barn]

pretty solid

[plucky zealot]

You could try replacing the fences for bamboo fences

Regular wood fences are pretty mid

Also large bamboo support beams and Ashwood support beams would go nicely

[timid tiger]

ah reminds me of the earliest Terrarian pixel art, without any gemspark we had to compensate with torch holes, that or if the art has orange in it we fill it with lava

[spark rose]

https://imgur.com/a/ijBd5xr any tips or what you guys would change?

[midnight barn]

add some texture ot the walls in the backround

[spark rose]

how would you do it?

like different kinds of walls?

[midnight barn]

yes different kinf of wood walls to give it shape, paint them brown, i can send some examples in a bit of my own builds

[spark rose]

yea

[lean wyvern]

I heit paints. Even tho i wont be replacing a good looking build i just hait it

[plucky zealot]

if ya hate paint i wouldnt recomend building, you cant really improve alot without using paint

paint is extremely fundamental for building

[young bridge]

That's not necessarily true, but it does enable a LOT more to be done with blocks

If you're not gonna be using paint you're just limiting yourself by way more than you think

[plucky zealot]

fym paint isnt a fundemental of building, it enables most of the advanced building techniques or even the basics like texturing

[young bridge]

You don't NEED paint to build something that looks good, its not fundamental
Building blocks are fundamental

Paint just unlocks an unfathomable amount of potential with every block

[plucky zealot]

even extremely basic structures like this would look ALOT less interesting without paint

[plucky zealot]

yeah sure, you can make a wooden box or the 10 millionth shit castle made purely out of gray bricks, but those builds wont be better than like a 4-5/10. and yes im aware good builders have made stuff without paint before but thats after hundereds of hours of practice

[young bridge]

That's my fucking point dimwit

[lean wyvern]

I still love building i just dont like needing to buy paint even if its cheap...

[lean wyvern]

Me using paint is only for paladiun pillars

[plucky zealot]

well lemme reword it for you smartass, paint is fundamental for good builds

[young bridge]

There we go

If you're gonna make a point, make it correctly

[midnight barn]

Chat why are we so angry over paint

[lean wyvern]

What does fundamental mean

[unkempt quarry]

peak

[young bridge]

Because paint is really good
Like, really really good

[plucky zealot]

essential, something so basic its required for everything

[midnight barn]

i agree but why are getting angry over it, it is NOT that deep

[young bridge]

Don't ask me

[lean wyvern]

Paint

[young bridge]

I mean, paint IS deep if you craft deep paint

But idk why they made the beef over it that deep

[plucky zealot]

you are the one that started name calling lmao

[young bridge]

Im not gonna deny that but you started getting heated over it so like
What do you want me to do about it

[lean wyvern]

Chill guys its just an opinion

You cant expect everyone to feel the same about stuffs

[spark rose]

what are those walls?

[lean wyvern]

I think those are bamboo walls that are colored

[plucky zealot]

yeah but saying you hate paint but love building is saying you like running but hate shoes

[lean wyvern]

That is true.. i do love running but i prefer sandals

[midnight barn]

ebonwood walls, bamboo walls (thick), rich mahogany and dynasty walls, all painted brown expect the dynasty ones

[spark rose]

man building is too much

[lean wyvern]

I prefer unpainted block more than painted ones

[midnight barn]

💀

once you get some practice you can make stuff like this:

[spark rose]

ah hell nah

[lean wyvern]

We all start somewhere

[young bridge]

You get used to it when you start enjoying cramming details everywhere then flexing it as if you know how to build or something #terraria-creations message

[plucky zealot]

without texturepack it would be better imo

[spark rose]

https://imgur.com/a/IxVFNDA you don't even understand how much effort it took me to build this lmao

[midnight barn]

i disagree

[lean wyvern]

Thats with texturr packs?

[midnight barn]

you can also do things a bit simpler like:

[plucky zealot]

example of no texturepacks

[midnight barn]

yeah its calamity texture pack

[plucky zealot]

or this

[spark rose]

man

[lean wyvern]

That tree straight up looking like a place able decoration

[midnight barn]

nice use of strange plants

[plucky zealot]

thx, ever since i learned how to use them i cant leave them out of builds anymore lol

[young bridge]

I need to learn how to do that ngl

[plucky zealot]

wall looks kinda boring? just add a few strange plants

[spark rose]

where are the strange plants

[plucky zealot]

empty space? add some hanging plants

[young bridge]

That reminds me though, i should be using ash wood fences and rubblemaker for my trees more

[midnight barn]

they are painted with lime paint

[lean wyvern]

Thats pretty strange..

[signal dawn]

Anyone recommend any improvements?

[plucky zealot]

add an accent color, something to break the brown and gray

[signal dawn]

What colour you thinking? Purple?

[plucky zealot]

anything you like really, i'd recomend green since its in the jungle

[signal dawn]

That’s fair, tyvm 💚

[vagrant steeple]

Im very sorry for breathing the same air as you...

[midnight barn]

would change the rood to green/lime green with leaves since you in the jungle

[lean wyvern]

Roof idea for houses that look like these? (Only adding the roof for the top house

2 Blood moon back to back when i want to build

this cant be more terraria

[midnight barn]

something like if you want, but longer

[lean wyvern]

oooooooooo

[lean wyvern]

Is there a block like a lighter wood that isnt palm? somethin similar doesnt need to be woods

[midnight barn]

lighter wood that isnt palm... may iask the purpose of the block

such as what you are using it in

[lean wyvern]

For the roof

I mean someting similar to palm wood in color

[midnight barn]

hay block

[lean wyvern]

i could use that

let me try

[lament briar]

Good morning everybody!

[lean wyvern]

good morning to you

[wise bane]

good morning

[lean wyvern]

Oh umm atleast its not the worst?

Do you have other example of roof that doesnt include baclground walls?

something liket his

[midnight barn]

looks pretty good overall, you could add a bit of detail like this:

its an example but you get the idea

[lean wyvern]

Ehh i dont really these types of walls

i meant roof

[wise bane]

you dont like em?

[lean wyvern]

no

I like the no wall roofs

[vagrant steeple]

yall should make a mob switch so u can build in peace

[wise bane]

oh no walls

what about leaf or full shingle roof like these

this too i guess

[wise bane]

ion really like this one tho

[vagrant steeple]

how do u do the separation?

[wise bane]

on the shingles?

[vagrant steeple]

ye

[wise bane]

blue and red shingles dont mix

[vagrant steeple]

ah

cool

very nice

[wise bane]

truly

you can paint them the same to get

really cool splits

they aint even painted the same here bruhhh

[lean wyvern]

emmm noo. I like it like if it were to be an actual roof for 2d houses.

[lean wyvern]

This is just a monster

[wise bane]

the leaf one is a 2d roof

and takes basically no effort

[lean wyvern]

mmnoooo i like it an actual roof with bricks or wood or stuff. leaf is for like woodhouse stuff

[wise bane]

maybe just a row of red bricks with platforms hammered on top then

[lean wyvern]

Like this build of mine

But i want it to be a /\ not / now

[wise bane]

i think youll need walls for those

[lean wyvern]

its hard to think of one because its a super wide space

aw

[wise bane]

or wait

[lean wyvern]

Im just gonna make a ) curve as a house i guess

[wise bane]

wait

[lean wyvern]

what

[wise bane]

you could make

it like

one side is / and then the other side is \ while being slightly taller

[wise bane]

so like this but

[lean wyvern]

ohhh

[wise bane]

one half is \

[lean wyvern]

i see taht

[wise bane]

and the other half is /

yeah

[plucky zealot]

wha-

[lean wyvern]

How can i get the mahogany variant of living leaf wand

can i shimmer smth for it

[wise bane]

you can fish for it

[midnight barn]

underground jungle chests or fishing

[lean wyvern]

Not even sure about what im doing.

[midnight barn]

tree fell on the house

[lean wyvern]

And the house owner doesnt take it kindly

[glossy sail]

dont worry bro i see the vision

[lean wyvern]

?

i dont have a red colored brick like platform rn

Wood for temporary

[young bridge]

You could always just use stone platforms painted red

[wise bane]

yeah thats good

you could also

make the right part taller

[lean wyvern]

NEVER in my life i will use paints except for pillars

[wise bane]

so its seperated

[lean wyvern]

hmm

[young bridge]

Your loss

[lean wyvern]

?

These types of roof just feels right to me

[sand kindle]

It's finished at last. Fancy Shimmer Lake House (with extra viewing platform).

[modest mountain]

why cant i post pictures?

https://imgur.com/a/BH4txSV

https://imgur.com/a/hQw45xZ

[radiant loom]

i would try using actuated brown painted jellyfish platform instead of rails

just an idea

[radiant loom]

💀

[radiant loom]

FRR

[queen belfry]

This looks sick man!!

[proper ivy]

Looks good on the map, do you have a picture up close?

[modest mountain]

Wait

[spring kiln]

With ship

[modest mountain]

wait what i cant send

https://imgur.com/a/gpuMuMF

https://imgur.com/a/u2EZ0AQ

https://imgur.com/a/3LLkwg6

up next
https://imgur.com/a/ReaacNg

[chrome abyss]

does anyone know what the sails are made of?

[timid tiger]

yarr harr ye purchase it from the captain
(stop a Pirate Invasion)

[chrome abyss]

oh

[chrome abyss]

do u know any alternative for pre hardmode?

[timid tiger]

best I can think of are painted cloud walls

[chrome abyss]

k ty

[cinder vortex]

Yeah I just used sails. sails for sails lol

[prisma meadow]

white dynasty wall seems similiar

[timid tiger]

color-wise yes

but its outline is too straight

[chrome abyss]

to u know where i can send pics if i dont have the required lvl

?

[timid tiger]

post your screenshot in imgur

send its link

that, or you can DM someone to send the screenshot on your behalf

[chrome abyss]

https://imgur.com/a/nGSydOm

do u have any ideas how to make it less bad

[timid tiger]

strange the preview didnt show

[chrome abyss]

ty

[timid tiger]

for a starter ship it's quite good

add the rudder so the ship can steer

you may want to paint your mahogany walls brown so it matches the color of the hull

[chrome abyss]

i dont have the painter yet

but i will once i get him

[chrome abyss]

👍

[cinder vortex]

I didn't think about doing a interior to my ship. Well done 👍🏼

Ofc it was my first and probably won't be my last.

Learning all the building mechanics/blocks/sets, paint and wiring is quite a bit but well worth it in the end

[left plinth]

Is there anyone I could send my build to for tips? It’s taking forever to level up

[rugged wedge]

you can use imgur, or you can send it to me and ill repost here

[left plinth]

Ok gimme a minute I’ll send it to you

[rugged wedge]

@left plinth

[left plinth]

Thank you

[rugged wedge]

the top looks really nice, you could maybe actuate the orange parts to make them darker or use walls.
im not a big fan of boreal wood in mass like this, usually mushrooms have a white stem so something like white painted living wood works nicely

maybe white dynasty walls could work for the walls

[left plinth]

The orange parts as in the bottom of the cap?

[rugged wedge]

yeah

[left plinth]

I’ll try that

[rugged wedge]

something i like for the bottom of the cap would be like ebonwood walls painted

[left plinth]

My friend also suggested a white stem, but I made a pixel art version with a white stem and I personally can’t see it looking good

[rugged wedge]

you dont have to use a white stem

its more that boreal wood isnt great because of the hard lines on it

[left plinth]

Yeah I do agree with that

It’s just really close in color to what I’m looking for

Even closer when painted brown

I’ll just have to test a few things

[left plinth]

Yeah but wouldn’t walls stick out from the rest?

[rugged wedge]

if it helps, this is every block painted brown

[left plinth]

Like since they take up more space

[left plinth]

Woah

That definitely helps

Thank you

[rugged wedge]

possibly, you could use echo walls to cut them off

[timid tiger]

all sepia

[rugged wedge]

not the latest version, ignore the top one

[rugged wedge]

TECHNICALLY its missing magical ice blocks

and poo is in the wrong spot

[left plinth]

I don’t understand the photo you sent at all, but you mean like the echo paint?

And just put it on the edges?

[rugged wedge]

echo walls are their own thing apart from echo coating

[left plinth]

Ah

[rugged wedge]

in the picture, with echo walls, they cut off the sprite of the nearby walls as if there was a wall there

[left plinth]

Oh I see what you mean

[mint jasper]

https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Echo_Chamber
Not the correct result? Use </wiki:1004152648179654696> title:page echo walls for a direct link or </wiki:1004152648179654696> title:search echo walls for a list of all hits.

Terraria Wiki

Echo Chamber

The Echo Chamber is a furniture item. It can be activated and deactivated similarly to a monolith. When active, it grants the ability to see Echo Blocks, Echo Platforms, Echo Walls, Ghostly Stinkbug Blockers…

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Statistics

Type

FurnitureMechanismAccessoryVanity

Placeable

✔️ (2 wide × 3 high)

Use time

15 (Very fast)

[rugged wedge]

wiki bot work please

https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Echo_Wall

i give up

[left plinth]

Ugh I have to make a graveyard again

But I will do it

For the build

I might do the dynasty walls painted brown, I could see that looking really nice

Maybe even keep em white

[rugged wedge]

heres an example of a mushroom i did, you can see the white living wood and the ebonwood walls

[left plinth]

Is this walls or blocks?

It looks like walls to me

[near mango]

every block

[rugged wedge]

everything is blocks besides the ebonwood

its just actuated

[left plinth]

I like the ebonwood there, but idk if it would work on my build

Like

I think I’d have to paint it white or orange or something

[rugged wedge]

i would love to add magical ice blocks but they delete when you save the world on tedit and im not
placing, painting, taking picture, placing painting, taking picture....

[left plinth]

And I also can’t smooth out edges on walls

[near mango]

not really worth the effort of adding them there because of saving yeah

plus they aren't for typical use

[rugged wedge]

the unpainted image has the ice

[left plinth]

What’d you use for the spots here? They look really nice

[rugged wedge]

they are silly balloon painted white

and actuated

[left plinth]

Ah

Ohh I see you have walls behind

[rugged wedge]

i havent tried it but maybe the new feywood could be nice?

[left plinth]

That’s very cool

[rugged wedge]

its more of a rough texture so idk

[near mango]

examples i have on hand with feywood block & wall used throughout

[left plinth]

Woah that’s sick

[rugged wedge]

imagine if the mushroom biome wasnt glowing mushrooms

[near mango]

feywood imo is the best new furniture set added by 1.4.5

[rugged wedge]

i feel like it would be really nice

not a fan of glowing mushroom like at all

its so just meh

[near mango]

glowing mushroom is best used when not the default colour

you can get a lot more creative with how you use the grass & furniture set with how you can paint them for a different glow

[left plinth]

Wait do you think the underside of the cap could work with just ebonwood blocks?

[rugged wedge]

the color pallatte doesnt hand itself to much

i do like the furniture actually

yeah

[near mango]

simple example on hand turning a default crimson cave generation into this

[rugged wedge]

good thing they made it so it changes color when painted

[near mango]

precisely, makes it much better

[rugged wedge]

does every block do that

[near mango]

glow changing colour? no

that would be an issue for gemsparks & fragment blocks

it is a property pretty unique to glowing mushroom & mushroom grass, which takes it from being like B tier to S tier pieces imo

[rugged wedge]

maybe its less i dont like blocks and more that im not creative enough to use them

[near mango]

with experience using different pieces, opinions change

[left plinth]

I think ebonwood painted yellow is gonna work for the underside of my mushroom

[rugged wedge]

i feel like because ive been playing terraria for close to a decade, i feel like i should be better at building. though i also have only been building for like maybe 9 months

[near mango]

Don't put that much pressure on yourself about it. How long someone has been playing Terraria for shouldn't quantify how good of a builder they are. It's a medium that players interact with under their own accord, creativity, motivation. Not something that everyone should just be good at. Take it at a pace that is most enjoyable & one you feel you are progressing, even if small steps towards further developing as a builder

[timid tiger]

we all start off as a novice

[rugged wedge]

its more that i kinda think of my time in terraria as time i spent building when i def havent been building that long

im also not that great at terraria i feel like

like def better than the average player but not like a decade of terraria level

this is the earliest build i can find from february 2021 😭

[glossy sail]

whats so bad about it?

[rugged wedge]

i was pretty proud of using a lamp for the monitor

[timid tiger]

T has had tens of thousands of hours though, Ive also played for a decade in Terraria (since 2016), but only have 4k hours, and I only begun building seriously since 2020

it's really about experience, and as what T said, something only on your accord with creativity and the motivation to continue

[plucky zealot]

basic outline done

[timid tiger]

you love casting spells

[rugged wedge]

also love that design for the roof

im a fan

[plucky zealot]

thx

[rugged wedge]

feels very like fantasy almost

[plucky zealot]

will have to see how well my roof design will work with wood, so far only tried it with stone

[timid tiger]

found a use for the imbuing station

my autonomous DJ

[plucky zealot]

planning to do something like this roof on the side except wood based

[plucky zealot]

pretty neat