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2:06 am
August 19, 2012
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Hello everyone. Quite a few of you have probably seen me around by now, but I
am relatively new to VeteranCraft, and also new to SMP with VeteranCraft being
my first public server experience.
I have decided to leave my mark on this wonderful server with an epic city build.
Welcome to Gilead!
Gilead will be a multi-level city sprawling up a mountain and down into a ravine, with the main
design revolving around towers and spires for the mountain portion, and close urban quarters
for the ravine portion.
Note: Dont mind all of the stone. I have only just begun this build, only having put 1 full day into it
so far. In time the decorations and detail will come. Also, I will be inviting residents to help give
Gilead the details that really bring the place to life. For now I am just fleshing out the main starting
structures with cheap materials.
The Welcoming Sign
View from near the sign, with the main tower at top, and a secondary base tower at left.
View from a different side of the mountain. Bridge at left will lead to the farming district.
The ravine is located under this bridge.
The current temporary farming district. I really havent put much into it yet, just what
I need to survive while I build. The permanent farming district will occupy this area.
A shot of the ravine. The ravine is undeveloped as of yet.
Lots of interior space inside the mountain for residences and shops!
A small harbor that naturally extends into the mountain (will be developed to make it slightly larger).
Future portal ship(s) will be located here.
More rolling hills biome for possible future developement!
Plains biome on another side of the mountain.
Desert biome also next door, with a forest following the coastline to the left.
As you can probably guess, this is going to be an expensive project, both in terms of residency costs and
material costs. I am inviting anyone to donate shillings or materials toward this project. Donors will recieve
a plaque in the main tower immortalizing their contribution into the very stone that Gilead is made of!
Donors Hall of Fame. This area will look much nicer once the main tower is complete.
So, give me your feedback and let me know what you think! I personally think this location will provide a very
awesome and unique location for a city. Also, as the sign in the picture states, if you would like to donate shillings
or materials, please contact me, StevoP80.
Current list of accepted materials:
Cobble
Stone
Iron block
Glass block
Wood/Logs
Emerald block*
Lapiz block*
Diamond block*
Wool (all colors)
Gold block*
Rail pieces
Coal
*These materials are for aesthetic purposes only, and wont be required for a while.
2:44 am
Staff Alumni
June 3, 2012
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Love your concept. Where does the name "Gilead" come from? Also I appreciate it much that you're not just flattening land and using the natural landscape to create your city. Sounds like you should be Highmoor's sister city 
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7:34 am
Could it be based off Gil'ead from the Eragon series? Anyways next time I see you on I will donate some shillings and materials
7:48 am
Staff Alumni
July 12, 2011
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Could be this.
In the Bible, Gilead means hill of testimony or mound of witness, a mountainous region east of the Jordan River, situated in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
or like Infect said from Eragon.
9:30 am
Viceroy
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June 1, 2012
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It could also be Gilead from Stephen King's Dark Tower cycle. In any case, it looks impressive! Naturally, I do agree that building with the terrain is awesome.
Where is this all located? It's hard to pin-point with DynMap down.
10:14 am
August 19, 2012
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Thanks for the replies guys!
Lightwarrior has it right. The name Gilead comes from Stephen Kings The Dark Tower Series.
I am a huge Stephen King fan, and The Dark Tower is by far my favorite story ever.
@Rikkido - I didnt know about that but tht seems almost a fitting descrition as well lol.
@ Dan - Yes the whole idea is to conform the city to the landscape as much as possible.
Obviously some land will have to be developed, but certainly as little as possible.
@ Infectable - Thanks it is MUCH appreciated. The residency cost is going to be huge. I priced
the farming district through the main tower and the cost was over 30,000 shillings, and this doesnt
include much interior of the mountain, and none of the ravine. I am considering upgrading to
Viceroy to help fund this part as well.
@ Light - Its hard for me to say where it is located without DynMap as well. My original res was NW of
Spent (atleast one of his settlements) and this place is a decent boat ride NW of my original settlement.
I havent seen any neighbors yet in atleast a 100-200 block radius around me.
4:05 pm
May 21, 2012
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That is awesome. I was thinking of building figlonia where I think u are but I moved to a forest because it has a closer supply of wood and I needed a flat space and a wall. But I can give u an embassy in my city when yours is more complete
11:10 pm
September 17, 2011
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love the idea! im curious though, how are you going to incorperate the ravines into it?
if you need any supplies, i would be more than happy to help supply
8:55 am
August 19, 2012
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Hey guys, I made a quick video tour to show some more of the progress so far.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....vKUk01LzvA
@ Gunnerling - The ravine is located under the bridge leading to the farming district. The city will literally just
descend down into it by way of stairs and such. Each wall of the ravine will be developed to contain shops,
residences, and any other cool features I or others can dream up. I envision it looking similar to a Dwarven
city from a R. A. Salvatore novel.
Let me know what you think of the video tour so far.
Also, I did more work last night after shooting the video, so it doesnt contain any footage of the glass diamond
or the giant tree that is currently being built. I'll post some screenshots of those in the next post.
9:31 am
August 19, 2012
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Ok so here are some screenshots of the glass diamond and the tree. Multiple angles of each
so I wont bother to label each of them.
Entrance, interior, and exterior shot of the diamond.
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And now for the tree. Still a work in progress. I currently need and am farming tons and tons of jungle leaves.
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And there is the full updated progress so far.
Not too shabby for 2 days work I think!
7:18 pm
August 2, 2012
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Is this city near yertopia? If so, I built a road leading to my settlement. Um please don't destroy it. If you need it removed I can rebuild it around your city. Or it could stay where it is and be a link between yertopia, Gilead, and WindBorro (my sky settlement) and to an extention, Scotland. This could greatly increase tourism between our towns. But this is all speculation. I'm not 100% positive that your town is near Yertopia.
11:37 am
August 19, 2012
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UnOrthodox99 said
Is this city near yertopia? If so, I built a road leading to my settlement. Um please don't destroy it. If you need it removed I can rebuild it around your city. Or it could stay where it is and be a link between yertopia, Gilead, and WindBorro (my sky settlement) and to an extention, Scotland. This could greatly increase tourism between our towns. But this is all speculation. I'm not 100% positive that your town is near Yertopia.
Without Dynamap I cant be 100% sure where Gilead is, but I do not think it is near Yertopia, and really not
near any other towns or cities.
11:50 am
Viceroy
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June 1, 2012
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Even without Dynmap, you all can still compare coordinates. If you're a couple hundred of in either or both axes, you're probably "close."
12:34 pm
August 19, 2012
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Been a lot of updates to the city since my last post.
For ease of sharing pictures I have created a slideshow on photobucket.
http://s8.photobucket.com/albu.....=slideshow
Comments, concerns, suggestions?
Post 'em here!
2:52 pm
August 16, 2011
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Very nice, I'm excited to see where this goes. 
3:15 pm
Staff Alumni
October 23, 2011
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That's a pretty unique-looking place Steve. Digging it so far! (not literally digging there, because that'd be griefing) 
1:13 am
Staff Alumni
May 27, 2012
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Very nice Stevo. The tower looks epic.
3:58 am
August 19, 2012
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A lot of work has been done recently.
Jonthepope was commissioned to build the vault, which looks wonderful. Thanks Jon.
Lots of work has gone into Gileads entrance, portal ship, harbor, and lots of detail work on each.
Here is the latest picture showing as much of the new work as possible.
I must say, the city is really starting to take shape and look more and more like the vision
I had for it. As always, leave some feedback and let me know what you think!
9:06 am
June 20, 2011
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Very cool. You should add a page for your town in the Lore Wiki
11:36 am
August 19, 2012
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meatbawllz said
Very cool. You should add a page for your town in the Lore Wiki
Oh I plan to Meat, I just have to finish creating a city history.
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