The best blocks, aesthetically, for building a factory?
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It depends on what you're trying to make it look like. if you want it to look like an industrial-era factory, go with bricks, stone bricks, etc. if you want it to look more like a modern/semi-futuristic factory, go with basalt, smoothstone, wool (or other colored blocks, maybe colored construction foam) for your building.
for lighting, I'd suggest RP2 lights as they look more high-tech than torches and wrathlamps, even if they don't have quire the same lighting range as wrathlamps do.
for lighting, I'd suggest RP2 lights as they look more high-tech than torches and wrathlamps, even if they don't have quire the same lighting range as wrathlamps do.
Sandstone has a smooth, seamless surface that will make your whole factory seem brighter if you use it for flooring. I tend to do that, and cracked sand on the walls. It's all preference, though.
Bricks or basalt bricks. Either look awesome. Regular bricks are harder to get, but you can make a stack of clay with 4 stacks of gravel via the minium stone.
For lighting, the RP caged lamps look pretty sweet, and they come in any color of the rainbow you want.
Looking at google images for old fashioned factories, brick, more brick, lots of brick, huge windows, and massive stone chimneys. Inside, loads of metal strutus, supports and pillars.
Agreed. Too bad the machine block doesn't have covers/etc, but it isn't too expensive.
I like Marble Bricks, with Inverted White Redstone Lamps or whatever they're called in the corners and a Wrath Lamp in the middle of the ceiling.
stone brick pillars. (2x2 size)
use clay bricks for the inset walls, then have large windows that are rounded on the top. you can use brick covers instead of the full block to save on matts. that is actually how they did it in reality too. the made the walls hollow, then filled the gap with a filler material. (cement and rocks mostly. for it's strength) bricks were expensive, and are not actually a good structural material on it's own, so doing it this way looks rather realistic.
use clay bricks for the inset walls, then have large windows that are rounded on the top. you can use brick covers instead of the full block to save on matts. that is actually how they did it in reality too. the made the walls hollow, then filled the gap with a filler material. (cement and rocks mostly. for it's strength) bricks were expensive, and are not actually a good structural material on it's own, so doing it this way looks rather realistic.
Is that an Obsidian roof, or is it Basalt? My void age nexus room has an obsidian floor and roof, although I cheated and used panels for the roof. Gold pillars for the bling though.
That is exactly what i was thinking. you mind reader you.
Love that clock over the entrance. nice touch there.
I really like the excecutive office you made. especially with the red carpet and the boss chair. I love that chair.
I really love the brain-inna-jar on the table. Put some fear into the employees, eh?That is exactly what i was thinking. you mind reader you.
Love that clock over the entrance. nice touch there.
I really like the excecutive office you made. especially with the red carpet and the boss chair. I love that chair.
I went full aesthetic retard on that build. There's a guardhouse, front office, lobby, semi-functional elevators (meaning they work, but will kill you if you use 'em), janitors closet, I still need to finish the buffet though
. Heh. Will have to rework the whole work hall too. Move the boilers underground, rework and enlarge the magma crucible battery - etc. The whole working area has been growing very haphazardly and really needs tiding up.elevators on the executive flooor
Work area.
Front office
Work area.
Front office