Thread:RyderofArios/@comment-28016283-20170119112446

Well, here I am! ;)

If you want to build in an arnorian style you can use different examples. One possbility is the "early arnorian" style. The other is the "rural arnorian" style. I just gave them these names to seperate the different styles. The early arnorian style is mostly based on stone. Buildings build in this style mostly come from the second age. So you'll find this style in big citys. If you want to build in this style you should use a style like you use in gondorian buildings but less open and less gentle. Arnor was further north so don't use too much balconys and open gallerys. Try to build a medival like shape out of arnor bricks and fill in the gaps with cobblestone. For the windows use fences or as I prefer iron bars. The roof can be made out of grey clay tilings or spruce wood. Don't make the houses too round.

to detail arnorian houses you should use small arches (the standtart 3 block wide with upside down stairs) or scelet shape (as you can see in the lowest level of my fortress on thew building in creative page)

For the rural style which you should mainly use when you build small villages or outposts, you should use woodenbeams for the shapes and woodplanks or cobblestone as a filling material. Do not build multiple layers in every building. In the wide lands of eriador they had enough space to build their farmsteads. Only some iportant buildings should have to layers. Build somehow simple. The roofs should be made out of thatch or any kind of wooden planks. stables and working areas can be more open and vary from the closed style.

I like to organize my buildings aorund a court or  a village square. Also try to show how the farmers try to protect theirselfs. Include a small wall, a hatch or a fence around your village.

If you want, I can give you some screenshots of my arnorian buildings on the "Helden von Mittelerde" server. Most of them are unfinished yet but you can see what I mean.

As a last tip I recomend you to install the carpenters blocks and the chisel mod. Some of the chiseld cobblestone blocks fit very well with the arnorian style and they give you the possibility to vary your background materials. The iron bars of the chissle mod work great with that style as well. The carpenter's mod gives you the opportunity to create beam stairs and different doors which fit the buildings a lot better.

I hope I could help you a bit. Arnorian sytle seems easy but it's way more complicated than it looks like. Especially the detailing is difficult because if you use too many arches and to thin structures it looks to elegant but if you use less it looks boring, so you have to try may things. It really needs some practice.

lg

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