Hearst Castle Update 1

  It's been a while since I have posted anything to PMC, however I have still been actively building. This is a project that I started years ago, and is currently on the third iteration. Here are some exterior shots:




  Hearst Castle is a real-life estate located on the coast of central California, owned by newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, and designed by architect Julia Morgan. Construction started in 1919, but the estate was never formally completed. The portion that I am building, referred to as "the hilltop," consists of four houses (the largest of which exceeding 60,000 sqft in area), two swimming pools, and many gardens and overlooks to the surrounding hills and ocean.

  I have only finished the basic outline of two houses, the facade of the main house, and a small portion of the grounds. I plan to model the entire hilltop complex, including all interiors. Here are some more screenshots:

Assembly room (main house reception room):

Library (directly above assembly room):

Casa Del Monte sitting room (sitting room in the smallest guest house):


  I hope to be able to post more updates in the near future. However the is the largest and most challenging build I have ever done. Please accept my thanks for reading until the end of this post, I realize it's a long one :) . Stay safe everyone.

- Ratty

Marina update #2: (All yachts imported, boats and slips created, roads created, but not finalized, jetties and sea walls finished)

I scrapped my old marina project. It was feeling too small and unrealistic, so I started work on a new one. This will be a long-term project. I even did some new yachts just for this map!

Here are some yachts projects that were never completed for one reason or another. I'm starting college next week, so I'll probably have very little time for minecraft. I'll probably post my marina project as a final project for the summer.



If anyone wants to complete any of these on their own, then PM me.

I decided to put a little more time into the screenshot with this one. Do you guys think the effort is worth it? Or are normal screenshots (like the one below) preferable? The interior isn't yet finished, so it'll be a little while before it's released.

Just thought this shot looked kinda cool. It's the sun behind a lighthouse (part of my marina project).

My latest project:

This is a yacht marina I built to showcase my yacht projects. It also acts as a sandbox for building (hence the junk in the background). This is a WIP project (so I don't know when/if I'll finish this one).

Here's a sneak peek of my latest yacht. The window placement on the bottom deck still needs work, and furniture is needed on interior and exterior decks.



The design of this one is a little more modern than what I usually build, so please tell me if it looks awful.

Almost there...

A preview of what I've been working on lately: (colonial mansion)



This should be done in a week or so, as I haven't yet furnished it or completed the landscaping.