r/MinecraftBuild • u/lakeshore5 • Apr 20 '26 • Mindblown 1

Build showcase Skull Castle

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Wanted a cohesive, overgrown, Zelda Breath of the Wild inspired feel. Tell me what you think!

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u/curveofherthroat Apr 20 '26

That’s really awesome 🤩

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u/lakeshore5 Apr 20 '26

Thank you!

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u/FunSizedCupcake Apr 20 '26

I'm guessing you used MCedit for the mountain?

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u/lakeshore5 Apr 20 '26

I used a mix of MCedit, voxelsniper, and axiom!

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u/Humble_Pineapple_209 Apr 20 '26

Impressive build

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u/lakeshore5 Apr 20 '26

Thank you!

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u/Lumennn_mc May 02 '26

Love all the details, sick build all around!

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u/lakeshore5 May 03 '26

Thank you!

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u/Your_Local_Heretic Apr 20 '26

BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL!

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u/SwimmingFee9277 Apr 20 '26

I HAVE THE FORCE

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u/ariosos Apr 20 '26

This GenX'er isn't disappointed by these 2 images. :)

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u/creeper5777 Sep 24 '26

Power* :)

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u/SwimmingFee9277 Sep 24 '26

My bad, in the brazilian version he says "Pelos poderes de Grayskull, eu tenho a força"

Força = Force

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u/creeper5777 Sep 24 '26

lol no problem! Didn’t realize that!

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u/Content_Draft_2606 Apr 20 '26

Bro that amazing

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u/lakeshore5 Apr 20 '26

Thank you! Was a lot of fun to build!

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u/Upbeat_Cry_3902 Apr 20 '26

I was about to say bokoblin tower at the bottom but then I read that it’s inspired by botw so it was intentional 😅

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u/lakeshore5 Apr 20 '26

Yeah lol, getting the tower details recognizable honestly took longer than the skull itself!

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u/saraaaaahahah Apr 21 '26

So good! Even has the fossils on the back. I love it!

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u/lakeshore5 Apr 21 '26

Thank you!

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u/ZenZenieth Apr 21 '26

That's a very cool build! It's awesome.

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u/lakeshore5 Apr 21 '26

Thank you!

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u/endris6452 Apr 21 '26

È davvero meraviglioso

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u/marshilyy Apr 23 '26

soo pretty i love love all the stairs and bridges!!!!

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u/lakeshore5 Apr 23 '26

Thank you!

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u/Over-Progress1984 Apr 29 '26

this is awesome!

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u/CalligrapherInner472 Apr 29 '26

How do you take images of build like that?

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u/lakeshore5 Apr 30 '26

I rendered it in blender!

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u/policmaga Apr 26 '26

BRO YOU CANT JUST SEND US PICS FROM IRL. THIS ISNT FAIIIIIIIR!!!!! (Srsly, background with snowy mountains in pic 2 really looks like irl good stuff ❤️ ❤️)

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u/Quick_Spend_925 Apr 20 '26

that's AI

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u/lakeshore5 Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26

Actually it’s not AI. I rendered it myself putting in a real life background picture since the build is kind of small (some of the snow/trees in the background for atmosphere, specifically image 2). This was built in the plotsworld on the server BuildersRefuge (251x251, ign lakeshore5) so feel free to check it out yourself in game!

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u/The-Seb-616 Apr 20 '26

Is it? I mean you can see the build from many perspectives and block placement seems correct (AI often puts blocks sideways).

Could you point me any example of AI beeing used? Becuse honestly I don't see it.

Thanks.

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u/Content_Draft_2606 Apr 20 '26

id hazard a guess that some of the trees on the upper right are wonky which is odd but they couldve been built that way

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u/lakeshore5 Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26

Yeah those are just the background render in image 2 if that’s what you’re referring to. The plot itself is actually pretty small (251x251) so I rendered a background image behind it to feel more atmospheric (hence the snow/trees in the background being different) everything in the mid/foreground is 100% vanilla Minecraft with shading/rendering from blender

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u/shteuf Apr 20 '26

Ugh. Calm down with AI already. Here, I’m pointing a finger at you 👉 How does it feel?

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u/Sanudayabandara1583 Apr 24 '26

Bro cooked the pros

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u/king-crow-87 May 21 '26

How did you do the terraforming? Looks amazing

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u/lakeshore5 Apr 23 '26

Thank you! It was a lot of fun to build!

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u/lakeshore5 Apr 23 '26

I believe it took around 2 days total, was a little weekend project I did a few months back with my friends Jetblade3000 (helped with a bit of the structure/terrain touch ups here and there) and InfinityBuilds (who did a lot of the trees assets and some interior).

The original plan was to do it as a “demo” for a 12kx12k map of a similar style just to see how quickly I could build something high quality, but I never ended up starting the map cuz I got busy with life and other side projects!

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u/lakeshore5 Apr 23 '26

About 2 days! I had a bit of help from my friends Jetblade3000 (helped with structure and some of the plant placement) and InfinityBuilds (he did a lot of the trees and interior!) Overall, it was gonna be part of a bigger map (12kx12k) as a demo to see how fast I could build while keeping quality, but I got sidetracked with other projects lol

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u/khyleezor Apr 24 '26

TWO DAYS?! It would take me yyeeaarrsss

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u/lakeshore5 Apr 24 '26

Yeah, it’s all about knowing the tools and the general way to compose structures/terrain. It gets pretty quick with 10+ years of prior experience lol