Follow My Build: Kensington

[andrew61]

Follow my Build: Kingdom Kensington

What to except:

1. 5 Towns (Names yet to come for all)

• - Miners Village
• - Lumberjacks Village
• - Tent Village
• - Capitol City
• - Port Hub

2. Over and underground rail making a border of the land claim
3. Branches off the border railway to the towns

What has been complete:

1. Not even half way done with tunnels and land clearing for the border rail.
2. Capitol City farm

Town Description (Names yet to come)

1. Miners Village:
   
   a. Some cobblestone building above ground but mainly underwater near a ravine.
   b. Name yet to come.
   c. Will have a strip mine
   d. Minecart system from the strip mine to the surface using Minecarts with chests
   
2. Lumberjacks Village:
   
   a. Wood buildings above ground
   b. NO tree farm! Just a lot of trees scattered around.
   
3. Tent Village:
   
   a. Will include about 10 to 15 tents in a swamp biome
   b. There will be outdoor fires in the center of 4 tents
   c. Not minecart station there but it is close to the border so I will put a stop on th e border.
   
4. Port Hub:
   
   a. Will include a port with 2 or 3 boats.
   b. Better buildings made out of cobblestone and wood along with brick blocks.
   c. Will have a big port with docks made out of wood planks and logs.
   d. Some buildings may be on the water and some in the water
   e. Most buildings will be on the shore
   
5. Capitol City:
   
   a. Will include a large town hall
   b. Buildings will have less cobblestone and wood and more smooth stone and smoo thstone bricks.
   c. Buildings won’t be that big, I still want to keep it old fashioned.
   d. Will include the town farm

Timeline: (Rough timeline changes will happen as we reach each place to build)

1. 1 Month of the border minecart track.
   a. Month of January
   
2. 1 Month for Miners Village
   a. Month of February
   
3. 3. 1 Month for Lumberjack Village
   a. Month of March
   
4. 2-3 weeks for Tent village
   a. April 1st to April 15th
   
5. 2 Months for the Port Hub
   a. May and June (Possibly in the middle of June)
   
6. 3 Months for Capitol City
   a. July to September (Hopefully open before 2 years of Minecraft Addicts)

When I will post:

1. Will post every Saturday for a week recap
2. Sunday there will be a “What to except for the week” type post.

Some information:

Region: Aquaria (s13 e19)
Don’t ask to see the build

Previous Builds (Portfolio):

1. All my previous builds from before 1.0.0 have been deleted and or greifed but th ey include the International Space Station (ISS) and a large F.B.I building.


Donations:

Donations of minecart rail along will powered minecart rail will be greatly appreciated.

Pictures:

On every Saturday expect at least 5 pictures if not more. There will also be one live map screenshot on every Saturday. On the Sunday post don’t expect pictures unless I have drawn a plan.

**Next Post**

Design of the Border minetrack railway

 

[andrew61]

**Update**

Not that much progress from now thought February 17th because I am supervising at work then.


Next Post:

Progress on the digging for the border rail way. Screenshots included.

 

[andrew61]

Bridge on one side of the border. This is on the only bridge. Will add support later



Beginning of the bridge coming out of the ocean.



One of the four turns.



Underwater tunnel. Probably replace everything with smooth stone.



Tunnel intersecting with caves. I did a cobblestone line for the rails but glass on the sides (same as the bridge).



Another one of the intersections that runs into a ravine. Will decide later whether or not to leave the torches or take them out and leave it or put lava.



Wood bridge on the tent town part. Probably will add supports and some logs and fence for some aesthetics.



This is the place when the wood bridge goes under the river. Debating on whether or not to keep the sand.

 

[andrew61]

**Next Post**

Forgot to add this in the previous post:

Design of the railway. I will make three designs and show you them and also show the breakdown process of which one I eventually choose.

 

[andrew61]

Railway Designs and Choice:



This is what you call a control. Just a plain railway to compare to the other two. I didn't choose this one because there had to be something in the railway to make just a little busy.



This is the Mineshaft design. I choose this one because it adds to the kingdom theme that I wanted to go for.



This is the smooth brick stone. This is not as busy as I wanted it to be because it is smooth and flows easily. I was looking for a more rigid look in the railway.



I Choose:




**Next Post**

It will be with the wood bridge by tent town as seen a previous reply. Please don't expect it to come out today.

I am not following the Saturday, Sunday posts as said in my first post because I am off from work today and probably will get a lot done. Will continue the Saturday recap posts and Sunday what to expect posts next week. I hope you enjoy this!

 

[andrew61]

Wood Bridge Designs



This is the bridge that is near Tent Town. I made it wood just to leave a kingdom type feel and the Tent town it not the sophisticated so I didn't want to do a whole heavy and busy design so I.



This is a small bridge over a little river that I ran into while digging. Instead of going under like a usually do I went over.



Same bridge as previous.

Update

All the tracks have been put down. I will probably put the redstone torch underneath the powered rail and then put a wood plank on it and then put the rail on the wood plank.

**Donations**

Thank you to Kn0wn11 for donating some powered rail! That is greatly appreciated!

**Next Post**

Will be in a while unfortunately. I am busy at work until mid-February. Little to possibly no work then. Will post on Sunday for an update though. Thanks for following my build! Happy New Year to all!

 

[andrew61]

Busy at work... just wanted to say that this is my 100th post!

 

[andrew61]

Well, I am looking for a name for all the cities and a better name for the Kingdom itself. PM me if you have any ideas. Thanks!

 

[andrew61]

The Bridge over the Ocean Design:

I went for a arch every 8 blocks because I put a powered rail every 8 blocks.


This is the view coming out from the water:



View from the inside of the arch:



Better view of the arch:




**Next Post**

Will be the 100% Completed version of the border rail. A little ahead of schedule.

Thanks for following!

 

[andrew61]

Bridge is Complete!!


Looking down through the posts:



Looks straight down side 1:



Looking up on one of the hills that the mine track goes up:



One of the times where the track is above ground. Seems like every animal is attracted to tracks so I made a fence:



Looking straight down side 2:



Yet again side 2:



Under the river:



Looking down at turn 3 right over a ravine. My favorite:



Straight down side 3:



- No side 4 because it is the bridge that I already posted.

**Next Post**

Will be Tent City! Finally Building Begins! I will make the train stop and all the tents for my next post! Looks like we are ahead of schedule.

- For those who want to ride just /msg when I am online.

Thanks for all the support! We are at over 200 views!

 

[andrew61]

**UPDATE**

Tent City is almost complete! I have made the tents and one very large tent. I have intertwined some farmland and made it a farming village as well.

The train stop is working. I have made an awning over the stop. You can hit a button to either go forward of go to tent city.

I also want to make it as realistic as possible so there is a sewage drain and a sewage line for every thing of water.

I will post more screenshots of everything probably soon. Thanks for the support!

**Next Post**

Screenshots and screenshots.

 

[andrew61]

Screenshots of Tent City

Note: About 75% Complete

The Train stop and intersection:



On the railway next to the stop:



The small the bridge that goes to Tent city:



A view of the farm with incomplete train stop at Tent city;



The incomplete train stop:



The largest tent in Tent city. Kind of like a town hall:



A view of all 11 (I may be wrong) tents:



Look at a sewage drain connection between all the water sources in the farm. Will make a deeper better one that is darker and has redstone torches. The deeper sewage line will connect all the cities:



Closer view of the tents. I tried to make a fire place but fire is disabled in build. I have to rework the lava thing though:



Another view of some of the tents. I made a table in the middle. Still need to re-work that and look at the remains of a chicken swimming in the lava thing that I need to remake because it looks terrible:



**Next Post**

Complete Tent City with an actual name . I am a month ahead of schedule it looks like. Thanks for all the support guys.

 

[andrew61]

**Update**

As February is arriving I believe that I would something else to the kingdom. I am going to make a gigantic tree. The big trees a pretty popular so I thought I may go for one. I will begin construction after the sewage system is set and running in tent city. Still need to figure out a location probably will be combined with the Lumber City.

 

[andrew61]

**Update**

I am going to wait until the jungle tree saplings come out before I start the tree and since it is a jungle tree I am going to put it near the tent city.

 

[andrew61]

**UPDATE**

So I took a break from taking a break and decided to work on the train station at Capitol City (Still looking for a better name). So this is the very disgusting entrance but I had to do something just to go off of. I also made the front wall. I am using brick and sandstone to see how it works. There is always time to change it.



The terrible entrance yet again:



Working on the floor design for the lobby:



I outlined the area for the information desk at the train station:



I added some glass to show the large strip mine underneath:



The grass area is where the actual mine carts will be:



Thought I would show the mine. I am thinking of making some underground park/garden there:



**Next Time**

Finished tent city. Little behind schedule so I have to start the next town soon. Thanks for the support!

I'm back from long hours at work and have everything situated for a while now will go back to regular posts.

 

[andrew61]

**Update**

Made a new design for the buildings in Capitol City. I dropped the sandstone brick idea as those two did not contrast well.

The new design: Decided to use iron doors and some redstone that will be connected to one lever in the information booth inside. The inside has not been made but that is the new design:



Another picture:



**Next Post**

The actual train station walls and roof should be done.

Thanks for the support!

 

[andrew61]

Updates and Names

New List of Towns with names:



The area in Black: Those are the tent areas. There are two areas as one is going to be blue tents and the other red tents. The name of both of them is Kargeth. Each one of the two may have a specific name later.

The area in Grey: That looks small but it behind a mountain and mainly in a big ravine underground but that is the miners community now called Oreville.

The area in Dark Red: That is on the top of very lard mountain. That is where some very nice mansions will be and that is where Wayward will be.

The area in Red: That is the side of the mountain. It seems cool to have some buildings and add some supports to them so that small town will be called Leeward.

The area in Orange: That is an island that I thought would be cool to make my house on. So that island is called Eleanor Island.

The area in Turquoise: That is where the shipping town/hub will be. There will 3 boats and 3 docks (makes sense?). That area is called Beringia.

The area in Indigo: That is where the lumberjack village is going to be and that area will now be known as Pinecrest.

The area in Yellow: That is where capitol city is going to be. All the information about this was posted previously. This city will be called Pasadena.

The area in Green: That is where a house with a lighthouse is going to be made. That little land mass is called Duxbury.

Thank you all for your support! More updates to come soon!

 

[andrew61]

Work...Work...Work... Haven't done much Minecraft due to ridiculous work hours. Am very behind schedule and will catch up sooner of later. Expect some screenshots of Oreville soon.

 

[andrew61]

Due to the size of this project and amount of time I need to show up for work, I have finally decided to end this. Close this thread if yo want. Thanks for the support all of you.