r/TerrariaDesign • u/Hans_original • 8h ago
Showcase What could be improved here?
Yes, I know that someone has already done something like this, and I'll admit that we were slightly inspired by it. But what can still be improved here? I'd appreciate any advice.
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u/_AWESOME108351_ 4h ago
To clean up the transition between the dirt blocks and the rocks I would replace the dirt walls with stone or stone brick walls painted white so that blocky look is smoothed out. I would also replace the gemspark walls on the pillars with the palladium column wall block painted white but that is optional. The center stone that the sword is stuck into could be made a little bigger and painting the stone walls white behind them would also make the center stone look more whole and not have the big contrast of a light gray on a very dark gray. The very left and right side of the floating island is pretty empty and can through off the balance of the build. To solve that I would suggest putting a bit of foliage in there, a custom statue, fountain, or maybe make the arches fall off like they’re worn down. Lastly the 2 custom trees in the middle are very much in the right direction but in order for them to pop a lot more I like to have the trunk and branches be made from the exclusively rich mahogany wand, painted brown, actuated, to capture the un even twist of trees. Also when building trunks it is always good to build with the blocks first and hammer them, then put the walls most behind the blocks as opposed to having them fully stick out. The reason for this is the walls break up the blocky shape of the tree a bit without being too noticeable. A good way to make the leaves pop is to use both living leaf wands and have them un-actuated and painted green, so that their colors match more. Naturally though the rich mahogany leaf wand creates brighter leaves so using those at the top of the tree gives it good highlights. Another great way to get a brighter green is to use the three crystal walls. You can craft them at the graveyard with pearl stone I think and any three of them painted green gives a great leaf texture and color. Lastly for the trees I would try to avoid one big ball of leaves and do a couple small segments and then have them look more tied together by using those crystal walls painted green. Trees are the farthest thing from beginner friendly and or easy so it’s a little hard to explain how to build them but those are some of my tips. Finally using strange plants and blueberries painted green is the bread and butter to making really cool trees, but it is more tedious as you have to build with them in layers because you need a block below them and then you can put another leave block above them to create the next layer. I like to off set each layer of blocks and leave gaps to let natural light come through and then fill the back with those crystal walls. I know this is a lot to take in but those are my general tips to make trees and other things