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[Sigurd]

The exterior of the Arena is being considered. Right now the design is double stone slab, 4x stone brick, double stone slab, 4x stone brick etc... Its an upgrade from the last arena which had a plain brick facade and isn't too bad.
The builder in me just spawns ideas when working with stone... but we probably can't go too extravagant as that would take ages and much resources.
Simple yet interesting options are wanted, and patterns that doesn't use more stone than the original design.

A couple of suggestions:

The far right is the current pattern. This facade is 30(+3) high.

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Indention work as that uses the exact amount of stone... there are a lot of sand.. could we use it to make a break in the grey?

[Beskar]

I do like that 2nd one. Using some sandstone to brick it up or so could also work very well. If there is a large amount of brick, then there is that too.

[TinCow]

The exterior of the Arena is being considered. Right now the design is double stone slab, 4x stone brick, double stone slab, 4x stone brick etc... Its an upgrade from the last arena which had a plain brick facade and isn't too bad.
The builder in me just spawns ideas when working with stone... but we probably can't go too extravagant as that would take ages and much resources.
Simple yet interesting options are wanted, and patterns that doesn't use more stone than the original design.

A couple of suggestions:

The far right is the current pattern. This facade is 30(+3) high.

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Indention work as that uses the exact amount of stone... there are a lot of sand.. could we use it to make a break in the grey?

I like the improved designs, but I'm not sure how the indentations would work on the curved ends. The vast majority of the curved sections do not have enough surface area to put in 3 wide indentations, let alone 5. The 1 wide indentations would be easier, but still would be problematic on large sections of the curved areas. It would be better if the patterns were consistent lines or patterns that do not require specific spacing to look correct.

[BSmith]

I like the break in color the sandstone provides. Maybe we can come up with a different, yet complimentary, pattern for the curves and still retain some of the detail on the large straight parts.

[TinCow]

I've put up a sample seating section to allow us to judge both the design and the necessary height of the exterior wall. The materials used in the seating section are not final, I just used what was convenient. The seating design is based on the old arena's, with some modifications. First, instead of having the VIP boxed be carved out of the lower tiers of seating, the VIP boxes are glass-enclosed areas inside the wall of the arena itself. The general population seating then starts on top of the VIP boxes, instead of behind them. In addition, I've also made the 'access' tiers one block wider than they were in the old arena. This allows the stairs to go straight up, instead of needing those pyramid stair structures we had on the old arena. This arrangement also accommodates 12 tiers of gen pop seating, instead of the old 10. The exterior wall height for this design is a minimum of 102, which means the exterior wall will go to a minimum height of 38. That's relatively modest and on par with the old arena, and gives tons of room for other city structures to surpass the arena in height, if not in acreage. Comments?

[Sigurd]

Listening to what you say bar the sandstone (could be introduced when refining the design).

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This needs to be adjusted to fit the length of the arena.. I started on the short ends (11 block width) and this is an exact replica of the bends of the arena on the server (is 38 block high).

[TinCow]

I started on the short ends (11 block width) and this is an exact replica of the bends of the arena on the server (is 38 block high).

Not quite, thats an exact replica of the curve on the inner combat floor wall, not the exterior. The exterior wall is significantly larger. That said, the same type of design should work there too, and I think it looks great; certainly much better than a flat wall. I agree to this design.

[Sigurd]

Not quite, thats an exact replica of the curve on the inner combat floor wall, not the exterior. The exterior wall is significantly larger. That said, the same type of design should work there too, and I think it looks great; certainly much better than a flat wall. I agree to this design.

Hahah.. that is correct. Thought I was being clever using the flat map to get the measurements and I guess zoomed in too fast to notice that there was an inner design.
Ack well...

[Sigurd]

Telecontar's decision to do Constantinople walls goes well with the arena design.

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[Scienter]

@Sigurd I like your designs with the windows. I was thinking that we could start with a row of the large windows on the bottom layer, and then make a layer of smaller windows on top of that? Kind of like the Roman Colosseum.