LAST WEEK'S THEME: MODERN HOUSE

Gold

King Kowen Link 1 and Link 2

We say that big isn't always better because the bigger you build, the harder it is to make everything look good. However, this build shows us a way that going big was perfect. There's no points on this build that look close to being unfinished. The exterior looks elegant and modern and the interior is cool, especially the spots where he added some nature to his build (ferns, leaves). Great build!

Silver

dAdanedhel

Another great build! This one here added a balcony area that just looks great. That whole side of the building is very well done and block choice is very good as all the colour go together. We also really liked how this build really went with the terrain, something that not all people take in mind. However, the other side of the building, without the balcony, with the greenwall and the helipad seemed a little out of place (block choice wise). The back of the greenwall felt a little plain as it was all nether brick. If it had been a little smaller, as in only a section of that wall, it might have seemed a bit better, but being the entire wall, it took away a tiny bit from the rest of the build, which had used some other blocks (quartz and dark oak). As for the helipad, same thing as the base of your helipad was entirely made of andesite and although you used andesite a bit in the rest of your build, it wasn't too much. The bottom of the helipad just needed a bit more variation for me. However, besides that small detail, good build!

Bronze

PuffinPuncher

This build has really made me want to build with concrete blocks. They were used perfectly inside the house for the interior work as beams or on walls. The interior was great in this build, with there being depth in some rooms too, which helps. It isn't all flat surfaces. Some rooms had windows, where although it's only a small thing, they still add a lot to the room. The outside felt a bit chaotic though. There was too much going on in some cases and although it still looked cool, at first glance it felt like there were way too many elements to it. Very good build though!

Honourable mentions

Rei_00

Haurebay

Introduction

The jungle is a dangerous place to live, with creatures hiding in the ferns, leaves and overgrown plants…

Where can we hide? Oh I know!! In the trees!

That's where we're going this week in this challenge! We're going to be building treehouses in the leaves of jungle trees but also connecting them as well! So here we go, to the trees!

Also we got news! We got another judge!

For those that didn't know, myself, /u/Tilnit and /u/KrinonGaming have been the judges since the beginning. Well, we were thinking recently of adding another judge to help and /u/Akaed has been kind enough to join our team!

For new people to the challenge, Akaed has really impressed us in the past with his building skills, placing in many of the past challenges. He blew us away sometimes with the fantastic builds he did so after the Temple challenge, we asked him if he'd like to become a judge, as he is very qualified to do so.

This means that the four of us will now be judging and in the chat Akaed will be able to answer any questions that people may have. Also, as he is a judge now, he will no longer be participating in any of the challenges (obviously).

Inspiration

Use this to find jungle seeds or jungles in your seeds

Jungle village

Similar to what we're looking for

Ewok village

Challenge

The trees used in this challenge must be "jungle". So, you can use the default jungle trees, the 2×2 jungle ones or a custom jungle tree to build in. However, they all must be in a jungle biome, for looks.

Easy Mode: Three trees must be connected by some system of bridges. In/On one of these trees must be a house. The other trees have to have something else on them but it doesn't have to be a house (platform, ladder system, etc).

Hard Mode: At least six trees must be connected by bridges. On two of these must be a house with interior, one must be a lookout tower (for invaders in the jungle below, of course) and the other three must have something else on them (Platform, etc. You decide!)

Rules

1. Submitting an entry To submit an entry, you must comment on this post and format your comment like this:

Title of submission

Easy or hard mode

Link to submission photos or video (preferably youtube or Imgur)

Comments

2. Vanilla only No mods that add new blocks or items are allowed. No resource packs are allowed. Any minecraft version is allowed and you may build with custom terrain, creative mode, world edit or etc as long as it doesn't add any new blocks to the game.

3. Any version of minecraft i.e. PS3, Xbox 360, Pocket Edition.

4. No preexisting builds We're going with the honour system here but if anything had already been built before the start of the contest, don't submit it.

5. Build teams are allowed There may be more that one person building for a challenge but only one person may submit their entry with their account

Points and leaderboards

Link to sheet. The leaderboards are on the 2nd page

For points and judging:

There is only 3 winners each week. Each participant will get 1 point for submitting their entry if in easy mode. In hard mode, they will get 2. There are honourable mentions but they do not get any extra points.

Anybody that places Bronze with an easy submission gets 3 points and if they do a hard challenge, they get 4 points

Anybody that places Silver with an easy submission gets 5 points and if they do a hard challenge, they get 6 points

Anybody that places Gold with an easy submission gets 7 points and if they do a hard challenge, they get 8 points

Schedule (AST)

Sunday, May 14th 2017: Challenge begins!

Saturday morning, May 27th 2017: Contest is closed. No other submissions will be allowed.

Sunday morning, May 28th 2017 A new challenge and winners are announced in that post!