Pictures from the November VGHVI Minecraft session:
First, the usual wandering around deciding what I want to do next.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/surveying-the-landscape-435x244.png)
Looking at my mountain and Dan’s castle.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/stairs-start-coming-down-435x244.png)
Dan is building some stairs down to the ground.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/the-next-place-to-build-435x244.png)
I think I’ll do something inside the mountain next.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/view-from-the-other-side-435x244.png)
Here’s the other side of the pool.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/looking-up-the-waterfall-435x245.png)
And a view of the waterfall and stairs, just for context.
I’d initially been thinking that I’d put some shops in this area, and I still might do that for part of the area, but for the next bit I decided to be inspired by the water and dirt and make the area around the water feel a little bit like a beach.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/adding-a-second-row-of-sand-435x246.png)
Putting some sand near the water.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sand-on-the-other-side-too-435x245.png)
Sand next to the water on the other side, too; what do I want to do about the stone?
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dirt-and-grass-435x243.png)
Let’s put in some dirt and tall grass. (Which can’t grow in sand, it turns out.)
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/top-down-view-of-pool-435x242.png)
Here’s a top down view of the whole pool area.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sand-and-stairs-435x243.png)
And here’s how the water, sand, and stairs fit together.
So that’s me. Meanwhile, Dan was building a wide set of stairs down to a plaza; I’ll have to talk to him next time about how he wants to integrate that with my mountain.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/the-stairs-have-landed-435x245.png)
The stairs have landed!
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/the-builder-gazes-up-at-his-work-435x241.png)
The builder gazes up at his work.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/down-the-stairs-435x244.png)
Looking down the stairs.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/the-platform-at-the-base-in-context-435x245.png)
How do we want to relate the platform at the base to the nearby construction?
Miranda was chipping away at her buried tomb:
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/a-glowing-box-435x241.png)
A glowing box in the water.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/turtles-and-fish-swim-435x243.png)
Turtles and fish swim above the box.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/white-and-glass-through-a-doorway-435x240.png)
One of the adjacent rooms is now white instead of gold.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/view-from-above-435x244.png)
A view of the white pedestal from above.
And, finally, I caught Pat when he had finished the shell of a building but was working on finishing it.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/mostly-empty-building-435x243.png)
The outside of the building.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/looking-at-the-inside-435x247.png)
Nothing yet inside.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/lights-435x243.png)
Adding some lights certainly helps.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/installing-some-grass-435x244.png)
Adding some grass to the back balcony.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/grass-on-the-back-balcony-435x242.png)
Grass and sunset.
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Furnishing the interior.