Minecraft Barad-dûr

The Dark Tower home to the Eye of Sauron

I had a dilemma over what material to use. First thought was obsidian but that'd probably look terrible and take forever. I considered combining hellstone, gravel, cobblestone, and smoothstone to make a really cool realistic one complete with like the side buildings but didnt want to put that much effort into it. Ended up using just slow sand, I like the visual effect upclose and far away that slowsand had on the building.

I'm not particularly happy with how it came out overall. Doesnt look very good. Maybe if I add more features to the tower itself so it doesnt look so plain. I think I'll go back and add different blocks in, add a spiral up the side, generally make it look cooler.

I couldnt find a better placement for it though, between the crests of the valley was awesome; especially with the volcano in the foreground from far away is a powerful visual.

A texture pack with better transparent glass would probably help too.

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Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Minecraft
• Barad-dûr
• Eye of Sauron
• The Dark Tower
• LOTR
• Lord of the Rings

[XsurrogateX]

is he blind? he has no pupil lol

[PliktSaga]

@XsurrogateX

Might as well be, doesnt see two hobbits traipsing through Mordor causing a racket.

[Gargamel348]

nice

[CoconutLIVE3]

Hahaha!!



[MrPallanza]

Psssh... One does not simply create Mordor in Minecraft..

[barfjavelin]

no citadel beneath it?

[Ov3Rd00z3]

Thats cool good job

[TheHellsarcher]

thats not barad-dur it is just a part of barad- dur its only the tower

[PolarBearsRcool]

Mt doom looks abit small....

[LordVili]

@PliktSaga You could do the pupil out of Obsidian

[TheSykarjon]

Nice job! Check out my tower too:)

[XsurrogateX]

@PliktSaga hahaha oh yea