Diorite is hated as a building block by a fair amount of the player base, so I thought I'd try my part at building something with a good amount of diorite in it. Do keep in mind I'm an "okay" level builder.
I started off with a 10x5x1 wall of polished diorite.
A border of polished andesite was added, to make it more visually appealing and to hopefully darken the build.
I added some unpolished diorite and tried out some pillars to break up the wall. I planned on using iron trapdoors, but that looked too white in my opinion.
I ended up using black stained glass instead of the pane form. I also had to shorten the wall by one block, simply because it was bothering me. I also added the nether brick stairs to add a little more depth and to add some color other than black or white.
To add even more depth, I added some cobblestone stair pillars peaking out from the sides, with white glass panes coming out of the sides.
And to end it off, I added some glowstone underneath the cobblestone stairs as a form of hidden lighting, with several exposed redstone lamps to break up the wall even further. I then added a simple terracotta and concrete path.
The wall I designed could be used fairly decently in some kind of an underground tunnel.
Hopefully, this helps inspire you to use diorite in some of your own builds. If you have any diorite tips of your own, feel free to share them.
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Thanks! I am a terrible builder in MC. Not sure whether or not that's related to my tastes, but I actually rather LIKE diorite for building -- for the very quality of its brightness. Maybe that's because at the beginning, I liked being able to build structures that I would be able to spot from a fair distance as I explored my worlds. This was prior to discovering mapping mods, I admit it.
Anyway, I appreciate the helpful images and ideas!
Diorite is hated as a building block by a fair amount of the player base...
Is it really a fair amount of the player base, or mainly the Mindcrack, Hermitcraft gang (and their fanboys trying to look cool)?
My main gripe about diorite is the same gripe I have about several other blocks, there are no stairs/slabs. I wish the devs would stop making more useless blocks and fix that long-standing oversight. I would've rather had stairs/slabs for earlier blocks than concrete, and especially terracotta (🤢).
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Who hates diorite? Like TheRealFanatic, I like the brightness of polished diorite. I use it a lot for the main streets in large (non-desert) villages (with spruce or dark oak stairs); i've also done polished diorite floors with scattered obsidian accents, and diorite/obsidian checkerboard. Polished diorite ceilings with sea lanterns have a sort of acoustic-tile-with-flourescent-panels look, which can work in the right sort of build - i like it for potions labs in modern houses, but it was completely wrong for my woodland mansion. And the ice village which is still in the early planning phase will almost certainly feature a large diorite/quartz/glass igloo.
Like any other building material, it can look really nice when used well, and really awful when used badly.
My main gripe about diorite is the same gripe I have about several other blocks, there are no stairs/slabs.
YES. I love diorite as a building block (using the City texture pack on console). I find the combination of clean white walls, medium-dark patterned ceilings, and patterned wood floors makes for a striking base. But we definitely need stairs and slabs for all stone types.
Granite is my least favorite of the three decorative stone types.
Is it really a fair amount of the player base, or mainly the Mindcrack, Hermitcraft gang (and their fanboys trying to look cool)?
I'm fairly familiar with the Hermitcraft crew (and by that I mean Mumbo and Xisuma, mostly for their helpful Survival tutorials) but I'm not basing my guess off of that server. Or whatever Mindcrack is.
A fair amount is a noticeable amount, but not enough to throw off everyone else, as the way I meant to put it. Roughly 35-45%, I'd say.
I say that a fair amount of people hate it because of all the texture packs. A quick Google search and I found that over 10,000 texture packs directly mention improving Diorite. That's not even mentioning all the texture packs changing everything and typically keeping everything similar to the base game, but making the 1.8 stones look completely different. Take for example Herrsomer. It's a texture pack a friend of mine uses. It keeps most items—wooden planks, cobblestone—similar enough so that you know what they are, but they changed Andesite to be a lighter black, diorite to me a near-monochrome color similar to that of vanilla wool, and I can't seem to find anything that remotely looks like granite.
I hate it. I still hate it despite VolcanoBomber458's noble effort in the OP LOL The speckles are too loud and messy, and there's no other block in the palette that balances it out to my satisfaction.
It was worth a shot. Thanks, anyways. I still don't know why, but as I mentioned in the OP it was near impossible for me to build a cave house without diorite. Here are two screenshots to show what I mean.
That said, my basemate on SMP did this simple checkerboard pattern and I almost don't hate it here
I suppose the coal's darkness is tying into the "speckles" and creating some degree of unification. VolcanoBomber458's black glass design is doing something similar. Would obsidian work too or is that too purple? hmm...
From what I know, contrasting colors that still are similar work best. The coal blocks contrast not only with the white of the diorite, but also partially with the grey and make it look fairly nice.
As for if obsidian is dark enough, I'll let you be the judge of that.
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Just Cause series
Come to think of it, I mainly play fighting-based games.
I did a checkerboard with polished diorite and granite in my slime farm (with andesite around the border). Originally it was just to use up some of those blocks, but it ended up looking okay. I actually liked the way it turned out.
I even used the same color scheme on some other farms.
I also used diorite when building my iron farm, with the plan of replacing the it with iron blocks when I had enough. But the look grew on me and I started accenting it with granite and andesite, and that's how it remains to this day.
When I added the creeper/gunpowder farm I built the base out of iron blocks, but it looked odd. It didn't match the rest of the farm, so when 1.12 came out I decided to do a renovation. I replaced the wool facade with concrete and the base with polished diorite. I'm not really fond of the smooth (lack of) texture on concrete, but at least I don't have to worry lightning setting it on fire. I also don't like the new 1.12 colors. I originally chose wool because I liked the bright colors, but now it's too bright and the greens have an ugly yellowish hue.
However, I run a double-resolution resource pack (Faithful 32), so that makes a difference.
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I actually like diorite, its light coloured and makes an area seem much more open and lit up.
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Diorite is hated as a building block by a fair amount of the player base, so I thought I'd try my part at building something with a good amount of diorite in it. Do keep in mind I'm an "okay" level builder.
I started off with a 10x5x1 wall of polished diorite.
A border of polished andesite was added, to make it more visually appealing and to hopefully darken the build.
I added some unpolished diorite and tried out some pillars to break up the wall. I planned on using iron trapdoors, but that looked too white in my opinion.
I ended up using black stained glass instead of the pane form. I also had to shorten the wall by one block, simply because it was bothering me. I also added the nether brick stairs to add a little more depth and to add some color other than black or white.
To add even more depth, I added some cobblestone stair pillars peaking out from the sides, with white glass panes coming out of the sides.
And to end it off, I added some glowstone underneath the cobblestone stairs as a form of hidden lighting, with several exposed redstone lamps to break up the wall even further. I then added a simple terracotta and concrete path.
The wall I designed could be used fairly decently in some kind of an underground tunnel.
Hopefully, this helps inspire you to use diorite in some of your own builds. If you have any diorite tips of your own, feel free to share them.
Watch out for the crabocalypse. Some say the day will never come. But it will.
Feel free to drop by for a chat whenever.
If you'd like to talk with me about other games, here are a few I play.
Team Fortress 2
Borderlands series (Borderlands 2 is my favorite game, ever. TPS combat is a lot of fun and makes up for the lower-quality story, in my opinion)
Elder Scrolls series
Warframe (IGN is something like That_One_Flesh_Atronach)
Pokémon series (HGSS forever)
Rocket League
Fallout series
Left 4 Dead 2 (Boomer files always corrupt though)
SUPERHOT (SUPERHOT is the most innovative shooter I've played in years!)
Dead Rising series (Dead Rising 2 is one of my favorite games, and the 3rd was a lot of fun. 1st has poor survivor AI and the 4th is bad)
Just Cause series
Come to think of it, I mainly play fighting-based games.
Thanks! I am a terrible builder in MC. Not sure whether or not that's related to my tastes, but I actually rather LIKE diorite for building -- for the very quality of its brightness. Maybe that's because at the beginning, I liked being able to build structures that I would be able to spot from a fair distance as I explored my worlds. This was prior to discovering mapping mods, I admit it.
Anyway, I appreciate the helpful images and ideas!
Is it really a fair amount of the player base, or mainly the Mindcrack, Hermitcraft gang (and their fanboys trying to look cool)?
My main gripe about diorite is the same gripe I have about several other blocks, there are no stairs/slabs. I wish the devs would stop making more useless blocks and fix that long-standing oversight. I would've rather had stairs/slabs for earlier blocks than concrete, and especially terracotta (🤢).
Who hates diorite? Like TheRealFanatic, I like the brightness of polished diorite. I use it a lot for the main streets in large (non-desert) villages (with spruce or dark oak stairs); i've also done polished diorite floors with scattered obsidian accents, and diorite/obsidian checkerboard. Polished diorite ceilings with sea lanterns have a sort of acoustic-tile-with-flourescent-panels look, which can work in the right sort of build - i like it for potions labs in modern houses, but it was completely wrong for my woodland mansion. And the ice village which is still in the early planning phase will almost certainly feature a large diorite/quartz/glass igloo.
Like any other building material, it can look really nice when used well, and really awful when used badly.
YES. I love diorite as a building block (using the City texture pack on console). I find the combination of clean white walls, medium-dark patterned ceilings, and patterned wood floors makes for a striking base. But we definitely need stairs and slabs for all stone types.
Granite is my least favorite of the three decorative stone types.
I love diorite. But then again, I use the Soartex Fanver texture pack. I pretty much hate all the textures in the default pack.
you could try to remaster "The Temple Of Notch with polished Diorite.
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I'm fairly familiar with the Hermitcraft crew (and by that I mean Mumbo and Xisuma, mostly for their helpful Survival tutorials) but I'm not basing my guess off of that server. Or whatever Mindcrack is.
It was worth a shot. Thanks, anyways. I still don't know why, but as I mentioned in the OP it was near impossible for me to build a cave house without diorite. Here are two screenshots to show what I mean.
From what I know, contrasting colors that still are similar work best. The coal blocks contrast not only with the white of the diorite, but also partially with the grey and make it look fairly nice.
As for if obsidian is dark enough, I'll let you be the judge of that.
Watch out for the crabocalypse. Some say the day will never come. But it will.
Feel free to drop by for a chat whenever.
If you'd like to talk with me about other games, here are a few I play.
Team Fortress 2
Borderlands series (Borderlands 2 is my favorite game, ever. TPS combat is a lot of fun and makes up for the lower-quality story, in my opinion)
Elder Scrolls series
Warframe (IGN is something like That_One_Flesh_Atronach)
Pokémon series (HGSS forever)
Rocket League
Fallout series
Left 4 Dead 2 (Boomer files always corrupt though)
SUPERHOT (SUPERHOT is the most innovative shooter I've played in years!)
Dead Rising series (Dead Rising 2 is one of my favorite games, and the 3rd was a lot of fun. 1st has poor survivor AI and the 4th is bad)
Just Cause series
Come to think of it, I mainly play fighting-based games.
I did a checkerboard with polished diorite and granite in my slime farm (with andesite around the border). Originally it was just to use up some of those blocks, but it ended up looking okay. I actually liked the way it turned out.
I even used the same color scheme on some other farms.
I also used diorite when building my iron farm, with the plan of replacing the it with iron blocks when I had enough. But the look grew on me and I started accenting it with granite and andesite, and that's how it remains to this day.
When I added the creeper/gunpowder farm I built the base out of iron blocks, but it looked odd. It didn't match the rest of the farm, so when 1.12 came out I decided to do a renovation. I replaced the wool facade with concrete and the base with polished diorite. I'm not really fond of the smooth (lack of) texture on concrete, but at least I don't have to worry lightning setting it on fire. I also don't like the new 1.12 colors. I originally chose wool because I liked the bright colors, but now it's too bright and the greens have an ugly yellowish hue.
However, I run a double-resolution resource pack (Faithful 32), so that makes a difference.
I actually like diorite, its light coloured and makes an area seem much more open and lit up.
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