Oh, um. I actually made this tutorial with the intention that it could be constructed at any size and with any materials. Partially so I could avoid having to make a materials list, but also because I didn't want to put a limiter on your creativity and dictate what blocks and size you could or could not build build with. Most of the blocks I chose here were to provide contrast so it would be easy to see what I was doing and I used polished andesite so you could count the blocks as I built with them. All this to say that I'm going to be lazy and not give you a materials list. Sorry. If it helps, here's my basic materials plan: Choose a block type for your pillars and ribs. Then choose a block for your filler for the vault. They do not have to be different blocks, but it helps. Gather a crap ton of both. Happy building!

I do apologize for my abysmal upload rate. It turns out that trying to find time to build, record, and edit videos while being the primary caretaker and food source for a squirmy, noisy baby has proven difficult. I assure you that there are videos in the works, but I can't guarantee that they will be finished and released in a timely manner. TLDR I'm trying my best, man!

it's okay shells, take your time. It's good knowing that you are still uploading that's all. Hope you are doing great!

@@Itofuentes yeah, I'll admit that getting the crossing right is tough. I think in my forest cathedral tour I admitted that I had to use some fake windows around the crossing (where there are windows on the inside but not on the outside) because I was having the issue where they were running into each other. That is one of the biggest drawbacks I've found to using the fog windows is the crossing gets messy and you kind of have to make stuff up. I wish I had a better answer for you, but that's unfortunately how it is.

@@shells124 Thanks! I'm getting there - kind of regretting putting the whole thing together before fixing these things ! But its coming together! I'll check out the forest cathedral tour and take a closer look. I think part of my issue is that I made the walls on the floor above my fog windows too thin - which is giving me "Roof Issues" around the crossing. However it has resulted in a nice kind of halo of roof around my lantern that I actually kind of like. I also managed to do a circle of the black glass bricks you recommended with the copper trap doors and it works great with daylight in the lantern. Thanks for the tips - v much appreciated !

Some of it comes from adding thickness to your walls. A lot of cathedrals had very thick walls, so I don't see why you can't do the same in Minecraft. If you create a bit of a gap between the inner room and the exterior, you could fit the archivolt in that gap.

@@sh1r013 oh boy. I don't know if I could do that at this point haha! I've always been an advocate for more blocks, not less. I do have a friend that regularly plays in the older versions of Minecraft, so I'm sure she would be thrilled if I joined her for that, but I'm not convinced that I want to. 😅

@@shells124 See the thing is, the limited block pallet makes every build look good, so a professional such as yourself ought to make some stunning things! World edit is still available, however creative mode doesn't exist. I recently came back to your cathedral guide videos to plan some buildings for an adventure map im working on for legacy minecraft, and it made me wonder what kind of awesome builds you might do if you were in the beta version!

@@repipDATME good! That's always my goal is to give you the tools you need to make your own styled builds. Glad I could help!

@@littlerobotfairy9710 thank you! Wood elf cathedral is a great way to put it! I love fantasy and try to incorporate some sort of fantastical element into all of my builds! While this may be intimidating, I find that breaking builds down into basic shapes helps make it less intimidating. You also don't have to build something quite this ginormous. Give it a go and you may surprise yourself! I think getting the interior vaults down and the apse and ambulatory are the trickiest parts. Best of luck with your cathedral! Also, if you're new to my channel, I do have some tutorials that may help with your cathedral making endeavors. Hopefully they will help things be less intimidating.

@@PrivateLZG Nope. Should I?

@@shells124 Not a necessity of course, but look him up on KZbin, there's some incredible color theory and Minecraft content there!

⁠not necessarily, they just also happened to make a video about Minecraft block colours recently, it's nice that both of you have made videos about colours in the game 👍

@@shells124 Apparently, my reply didn't send so here: No necessity, but he makes really cool color theory visualisations with Minecraft

ayyy fellow Bloodborne fan!

@@JerickoKeithCastillo-hs3ci yeah, the ambulatory is definitely the most difficult thing to build. Thanks for sticking with it!

@@samscrib8719 oof. Yeah. Sorry, I'm slow.

Oof, does my voice really sound that slurred? I don't drink, so rest assured I'm not drunk in any of my videos.

@@shells124 I would say it’s not so much that you sound drunk but more blocked-nose sounding. Could be something with the translation in their comment too. Either way, I don’t mind it :)

Thank you! While I don't have a tutorial for the forest cathedral itself, I do have tutorials talking about the elements of a cathedral and how to build them if you haven't checked them out already. The song I used for this video is Church Bell Celebration by Doug Maxwell.

@@shells124 i build a lot myself but i have to admit stuff like this has always messed a lot with me because of all the swirls and such. I use more straight and cleaner lines. ( Eventho i would love to be able to build like what you showcased here more) But ive always struggled alot with things like domes etc and circular/ curved thingd

@@diagonstudios15 that's fair. I personally struggle with organic, freeform builds and tend to stick with symmetrical designs and geometric shapes. Even my swirls are based off the Golden Ratio Fibonacci spiral. So I always worry that my builds tend to come out a bit stoic. I think the best way is to practice with things outside your comfort zone until you start to become more comfortable with it. Easier said than done, I know. But that was part of why I made this particular build more swirly in the hopes of expanding my abilities.

@@shells124 i relatr heavily. Id say i show you some of my builds but unfortunately i cant add images :( , but very similar problem always sticking to symmetry and i feel like its like a borderline autistic thing with me and symmetry and starting to actually lose my mind over possible asymmetry. But its like you said, it makes builds way more stoic and boring( idk if boring is the correct word) Thats why the free form is definitely nicer. Important note tho i build everything block by block i do not use any form of world edit or such ( im not sure if you do ? Only just discovered your videos today. But big ups to you if you did this build block by block cause its insanely massive)

@diagonstudios15 I think I would go insane if I built every block by hand haha. I started using World Edit to help me build a while back and I honestly don't think I could go back to building without it now haha.

btw ur tutorial was very easy to understand and i liekd it very much. i wanted to learn how to learn gothic architecture for minecraft and thankfully i saw this very rare playlist

@@Aster_Music256 I mean, you might as well with all that space haha!

@@J.A_Music not a cathedral, but I am working on a reconstruction of the Parthenon for my next video!

@@Daricio1 I figure people do it with their cats all the time, I could get away with doing it with my child haha.

@@angelo8606 thanks! They definitely took the longest to do! I think the replay mod kept crashing for Zora's domain because I had over six hours worth of time packed into it haha.