Getting back to working on the town. We need to start making some more services available. We're not yet able to really "open" the colony as a trade post or anything, but we can take steps to getting there. So I looked around for potential areas of development, and found the spot far across from the farms.
A little further up there and there is actually a little "valley" like area. It doesn't dip much, but that's good, it means I have less landscaping to do. There are some trees here though, and those will have to go. There was also a tiny pond in a small cave, and that too was done away with.
Next I wanted to try something new. I have seen that other people tend to fill in an area instead of excavate it. It IS quicker, and thanks to all the digging I did for the new Town Hall, I had plenty of fill material. I decided to do it roughly now to get a flat surface, and detail it out later after the buildings were done.
I marked the street width with some torches so that I knew where i wanted the doors to be on the new buildings. I also decided that Jim was going to have his hands full with whatever else the villagers needed him to make since he now has a full carpentry shop, so I am going to do the next couple of buildings myself. It is always useful to have as many people know as many extra jobs as they can so that a colony can survive any sort of catastrophe.
I started with a dirt outline and to make sure my dimensions were generally how I wanted them. Next I started placing the blocks. This building consists of a stone back room with a smaller wooden room attached to the front, where the door will be.
After I built the walls a bit, I got to working on the flooring. Cobblestone begins to blend in too well with itself, so in the back room I fashioned some stone bricks for the flooring. This broke up the lines and really helped with the visual style.
Generally I am not a fan of the roofing I put on the wooden portion, but it is done in the style from the home country. Both James and Jim used this style, so I thought I should make the area look a bit more like it belonged in the colony instead of standing out. Next I made a large chimney. Does it look like anything yet?
On the inside I place a couple of furnaces at the base of the chimney. I do not have any windows back here, so I create vents in the ceiling for any sort of smoke or gases to rise out before getting to the wooden room in front.
Couple of doors, a few bits of trim to make it look more in the colony style, and a sign complete our brand new Blacksmith building.
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