coffeejunky
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Hi all,
Marine's Hanging Gardens of Babylon got me thinking. What if we had all 7 wonders of the ancient world on out Creative world. I think it would be a pretty cool project to undertake. I can't actually start work on the project till I get back from holiday, but if you'd like to be involved let me know by posting in this thread. One thing people can start work on would be to explore the world and find suitable locations for each thing.
What we need to build -
The Great Pyramid of Giza - Built for Pharaoh Khufu, the largest of the three extant pyramids at Giza. We already have this built (as well as the two smaller ones) it seems from the dynmap.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon - A wonder of engineering and agriculture, it existed in what is now Iraq. @Marine0r31 has this built already.
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus - Built by the Greeks in what is now Turkey, a very large traditional Greek style temple, funnily enough it was burnt down by Herostratos, a man who wanted to be remembered for destroying something great, in many ways this makes him histories first recorded Griefer (unless you count the devil
) -
Should be a moderately easy build, thinking maybe oliverw92 for this one thanks to his temple in Games world. Anyone else is welcome to apply.
Each column should be 19 blocks high in our Minecraft world. If to scale it should be 115x55 blocks.
Statue of Zeus at Olympia - Built by the Greeks at Olympia, the site of the Ancient olympic games, this is a large statue of Zeus.
Only 12m tall in real life, this is likely too small to replicate to scale. I think Wombatus could be a good match for this building thanks to it's similarities with his statue of Crom. I am thinking about the same size as Crom so it's nice and impressive.
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus - A Persian building built to house the body of Mausolus, a governor in the Persian Empire. If built to scale (not neccesary) it should be around 45 blocks high.
@Marine0r31 would be a good match for this one, though almost anyone could build it, myself included if need be. Would be nice to try to match the detailing in this picture.
Colossus of Rhodes - A statue of the Greek Titan Helios, it was built on the Greek island of Rhodes. It was built using brass plates attatched to an iron structure. Copper plate texture would probably be an ideal facing material.
I think a burning torch in his hand would be nice. If built to scale it should be 45 blocks high, though to get appropriate detailing it could be adjusted to be higher if need be. I think this will be by far the hardest building to complete, getting a humanoid form this complex with just blocks is hard. I am thinking maybe @RAT418 thanks to his work on Angel Tempere, but anyone is welcome to give it a go. We may need to give him some pants or a fig leaf depending on the Artists impression you use!
Lighthouse of Alexandria - The final structure was built on the island of Pharos at Alexandria in Egypt, our version should also be on a small-ish island (natural or terraformed in). In real life it is estimated as being over 120m tall, so if to scale it would be too tall to fit in the sky limit. We could reduce it by 50-60% or just build it by eye.
Our island would obviously need to look less fake. I think I would like to build this one, but if someone else really would like to do it then feel free to ask.
Well that's it!
Hope people will be interested in helping me with these projects, I think we could possibly get some good publicity out of this on Youtube if we do it well enough!
Marine's Hanging Gardens of Babylon got me thinking. What if we had all 7 wonders of the ancient world on out Creative world. I think it would be a pretty cool project to undertake. I can't actually start work on the project till I get back from holiday, but if you'd like to be involved let me know by posting in this thread. One thing people can start work on would be to explore the world and find suitable locations for each thing.
What we need to build -
The Great Pyramid of Giza - Built for Pharaoh Khufu, the largest of the three extant pyramids at Giza. We already have this built (as well as the two smaller ones) it seems from the dynmap.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon - A wonder of engineering and agriculture, it existed in what is now Iraq. @Marine0r31 has this built already.
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus - Built by the Greeks in what is now Turkey, a very large traditional Greek style temple, funnily enough it was burnt down by Herostratos, a man who wanted to be remembered for destroying something great, in many ways this makes him histories first recorded Griefer (unless you count the devil
) -
Should be a moderately easy build, thinking maybe oliverw92 for this one thanks to his temple in Games world. Anyone else is welcome to apply.
Each column should be 19 blocks high in our Minecraft world. If to scale it should be 115x55 blocks.
Statue of Zeus at Olympia - Built by the Greeks at Olympia, the site of the Ancient olympic games, this is a large statue of Zeus.
Only 12m tall in real life, this is likely too small to replicate to scale. I think Wombatus could be a good match for this building thanks to it's similarities with his statue of Crom. I am thinking about the same size as Crom so it's nice and impressive.
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus - A Persian building built to house the body of Mausolus, a governor in the Persian Empire. If built to scale (not neccesary) it should be around 45 blocks high.
@Marine0r31 would be a good match for this one, though almost anyone could build it, myself included if need be. Would be nice to try to match the detailing in this picture.
Colossus of Rhodes - A statue of the Greek Titan Helios, it was built on the Greek island of Rhodes. It was built using brass plates attatched to an iron structure. Copper plate texture would probably be an ideal facing material.
I think a burning torch in his hand would be nice. If built to scale it should be 45 blocks high, though to get appropriate detailing it could be adjusted to be higher if need be. I think this will be by far the hardest building to complete, getting a humanoid form this complex with just blocks is hard. I am thinking maybe @RAT418 thanks to his work on Angel Tempere, but anyone is welcome to give it a go. We may need to give him some pants or a fig leaf depending on the Artists impression you use!
Lighthouse of Alexandria - The final structure was built on the island of Pharos at Alexandria in Egypt, our version should also be on a small-ish island (natural or terraformed in). In real life it is estimated as being over 120m tall, so if to scale it would be too tall to fit in the sky limit. We could reduce it by 50-60% or just build it by eye.
Our island would obviously need to look less fake. I think I would like to build this one, but if someone else really would like to do it then feel free to ask.
Well that's it!
Hope people will be interested in helping me with these projects, I think we could possibly get some good publicity out of this on Youtube if we do it well enough!
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