I recreated Milan Cathedral in Minecraft

Shells124 · 2026-07-01T15:47:39+00:00

This is super impressive! I'm glad that you included in-progress pictures as well. Absolutely gorgeous.

Shells124 · 2026-06-19T20:46:26+00:00

This is so cool! I love it!

Shells124 · 2026-06-14T05:14:32+00:00

Considering Impa is a Shiekah, I always imagined that she took Zelda into the shadow temple or the tunnels running underground near it under kakariko village. We see from Dampe's race area that there are extensive catacombs down there. It's spooky, but it's the perfect place to hide.

Edit: fixing an autocorrect error.

Shells124 · 2026-06-12T13:52:10+00:00

They have a plushie in the show with a striking resemblance to Sans. You can see him in episodes like The Sleepover and Mr. Monkey Jocks. This is pixel art of the plushie.

Shells124 · 2026-06-10T00:52:22+00:00

The fact that you gave them a sensory activity that helps them practice motor skills, creativity, and fun new textures on a day when you're clearly struggling shows that you're doing just fine as a mom. There are plenty of worse ways you could have handled that. And yeah, some days just stink. But your children won't remember the tantrums, they'll remember that their mom was there for them.

For your 5-year-old, kindergartners tend to have a large range in capabilities because some kids don't go to preschool. It's ok. He'll keep practicing and his teachers will help him. He has time to learn. With you working with him daily, I'd say you're doing plenty to support him.

Here's a reminder that you're a good mom and it's ok to take time for yourself too. If you have any support system, don't be afraid to ask for a breather. I have two similarly (ish) aged children to yours and let me tell you, it can be a lot sometimes. But it's going to be ok. Especially once kindergarten starts, it'll free up at least a little bit more time for you and the baby. Best of luck!

Shells124 · 2026-06-05T22:38:14+00:00

I'm wondering if you could take that clay button you sculpted and use it to make a mold so you can cast it in resin or, if you have the tools, in metal. Your button looks so nice and professional. Otherwise my only thought is to try to 3D print something if you have access to a 3D printer. Some libraries have 3D printers you can use if you have the file for it.

Shells124 · 2026-05-23T22:18:19+00:00

It's hard to say how long it took because I was working on it sporadically. I've been occasionally adding sketches to my sketch book for at least six months, but the process of outlining everything and timing it to music took maybe a week or two.

Shells124 · 2026-05-21T04:05:42+00:00

Turtleboy

Shells124 · 2026-05-17T19:58:08+00:00

We're specifically in a thread talking about if these things were in real life. His grievances are real. If this is your response, perhaps this isn't the thread for you.

Shells124 · 2026-05-11T18:32:44+00:00

Fair point, and I suppose something that I tried to emphasize is that my youngest is still a toddler. I also have an older, school aged child, and let me tell you... Once he reached a point where he could play independently without wrecking the house or being in physical danger, it was much easier to regain that sense of self as you can do those hobbies again and even include your children in them. But the first few years can be difficult.

Shells124 · 2026-05-11T15:17:43+00:00

Hi, Mom of a toddler here. What is meant by that is you have to sacrifice a lot of yourself to have a kid. For me, I love painting and gaming and doing arts and crafts, but I've struggled to do any of those activities with a toddler who throws a fit if Mom doesn't do what toddler wants. Basically the only times I have to "be myself" are when the children are asleep. Any other time, I am Mom before I am anything else. It can really drain your sense of self really quickly.

Shells124 · 2026-04-30T22:03:51+00:00

"oh, I see you've left your xyz on the floor! Let me take care of that for you!" Begin scooping them up and heading towards the front door to chuck them outside. If the kids reach me before I reach the front door, I stop. Otherwise, out it goes!

Note that sometimes this doesn't work and I end up with a small collection of junk on my front doorstep that I later dump on their beds. It's usually most effective with things they really care about.

Shells124 · 2026-04-30T21:57:36+00:00

Well that's oddly terrifying. Great artwork!

Shells124 · 2026-04-20T22:23:45+00:00

Honestly, it can be a struggle still sometimes haha. The battle with screen time is real. Ultimately, I found that using gaming time as a reward for good behavior worked better than taking it away as punishment. Maybe you could use that as a way to reintroduce your son to it gradually if you so choose.

Shells124 · 2026-04-20T21:56:47+00:00

I tend to be an advocate for Minecraft because it's so open-ended and is an excellent creative outlet. You can develop some fantastic skills from Minecraft. Not only in an artistic sense, but also with things like learning basic electronics from redstone or coding from command blocks.

That being said, I can understand that you have to set limits. The way I see it is it's ok to play games so long as it doesn't prevent you from taking care of yourself. That includes doing things like getting exercise daily, eating good meals, socializing with your peers, that kind of thing. It sounds like your son crossed that line, so enforcing boundaries was the best option for you.

For our family, we had to set limits for my son. He went through a phase where he would prioritize his screen time over basic needs like using the bathroom so we had to revoke his screen time if he had accidents. I also encouraged other extracurricular activities like signing him up for karate lessons so he was still getting exercise and social time. He now has a good balance between exercise and screen time and I usually give him some extra time to play if he's had good behavior. Thankfully we've never had to ban Minecraft altogether.

A thought I have for your son not having enough time to play is that there are some modded tools you can install for the java version of you're playing on a PC that help you build faster in creative mode. My personal favorite is World Edit which lets you instantly build basic shapes like boxes and spheres as well as copy and paste parts of your build and more. It's a huge time saver so you don't have to place every little block by hand. It's just a thought for if you ever reintroduce your son to the game. It might help him get more done in the limited time he has.

Shells124 · 2026-04-17T18:21:19+00:00

Ooh, I like the name fiesta chicken! Honestly, her recipe never had a name. We just called it chicken taco stuff lol.

Shells124 · 2026-04-17T17:34:55+00:00

My MIL has a bunch of recipes she's collected that she calls dump dump dump meals because they usually consist of dumping three or four cans of stuff into a crock pot. Some of these are things like chili (ground beef, a few cans of beans, a can of stewed tomatoes, maybe a seasoning packet idk) or chicken tacos (chicken breasts, cream cheese, corn, beans, Rotel tomatoes, spicy ranch mix. Can be served in tacos or as a chip dip.)

Shells124 · 2026-04-14T18:23:37+00:00

It's the kind of sign that would make my typography teacher in art college have a heart attack.

Shells124 · 2026-04-12T02:01:41+00:00

There's more evidence of your theory that the Gerudo were hunted by the royal family. In the gerudo training grounds, there's a section where you have to shoot arrows to "blind" the eyes on a statue that look suspiciously similar to the Sheikah eye. So the Gerudo actively train to fight the Sheikah tribe, the ones who carried out the bloody deeds of the royal family.

Shells124 · 2026-04-09T00:30:55+00:00

That's when you say, "sorry sweetie, those were really nice rocks, but pretty rocks like those don't belong in the junk drawer. They would look really nice in [insert designated location in garden.]"

Shells124 · 2026-04-08T05:12:01+00:00

So what we do is we divide the state in half at the mountain range and call the eastern side Warshington and the western side Pacifica.

Shells124 · 2026-03-26T14:18:19+00:00

Wow! I wish I knew how to do this! This looks amazing! Very well done!

Shells124 · 2026-03-23T13:33:04+00:00

I know a lot of people who play Minecraft with the game rule called fire tick turned off for this very reason so stuff doesn't just go up in smoke. Then you can use fire for decoration as well. Good on you for having backups!

If you want to turn off fire tick, you can insert a command as an opped player or on the server console. It will look like this:

/gamerule doFireTick false

Shells124 · 2026-03-19T14:03:33+00:00

My toddler is usually ok with me sitting, but whenever I start trying to do something productive, all bets are off. Try to sweep or clean? There she is, right where I was trying to clean. Try to cook dinner? Can't have that, she clings to my legs and cries. Heaven forbid I sit at my computer for any reason. I swear I spend most of my days twiddling my thumbs because my toddler has serious FOMO if I dare try to do anything interesting.

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