WILLATRONIX's Firewatch Tower

Taking a total of 206 hours, this lookout tower took a lot of effort to construct and finish. Every detail possible has been added so there is nothing to hide other than minor mistakes.

Solitary Theme

Represented by the Firewatch game, working in a fire lookout tower is one of the most solitary jobs in the world. All alone to yourself in the vast wilderness. The only touch of humanity is through a copper wire.

Details You May Miss

• Every plank of wood has nails, other than wood that can be glued
• Insulation has been put in the walls, floor and ceiling.
• Gas and power cables lead to their appropriate destination.
• The slanted planks on the walls are held with small bits of wood nailed to the wall.
• The grass was generated using a custom algorithm that factored light and moisture.
• All wood textures are unique.

Further Information

The build was made mostly in the Axiom Editor Mode and some of the props were hand-modelled. Though all texturing was done with Axiom.

The time of year for this build is summer, as it's dry and wood is plentiful.

What I Would Do If I Built This Again

I would reference the official standard linked in References to accurately follow the same rules as a lookout tower would in terms of scale and measurements.

I would also scale down the wood texture as it was too stretched.

Judging Criteria Goals

While building, I tried to not to overthink the main judging criteria as they were pretty easy to achieve once you've put enough work into the build.

Aesthetics

I tried to make everything look as good as possible, redoing multiple things such as the cabin and scale multiple times so I can get it looking as good as I can. The texturing fine-tuning to get the best wood look possible.

Each prop was carefully made, considering scale and texturing.

Complexity

The complex parts of my build include the super realistic design and some of the scripts used to automate the tedious building process.

The diagonal cross-planks have a very complex texturing process, as I need to generate a noised based texture on a diagonal axis.

Originality

While the idea of building a lookout tower is not quite original, the design itself is completely unique.

Subcategory Judging

This build aims to achieve the following subcategories:

• Best Survival Friendly (Non-Debugged)

All blockstates in this build are 100% survival friendly, from the blocks used, all the way to string supporting all falling blocks

• Best Realistic

Every part of the structure has been designed to represent a real structure as close as possible, with accurate electricity cables and insulation to portray the realism further.

• Best Megabuild

As you can see, I've made the most of my plot space. Though this came at the cost of time.

The build is exactly 300x381x300.

• Best Interior

Full of all the essentials a lookout person would need, the interior is packed with lots of interesting objects.

Props

There are lots of detailed props scattered throughout the build, all varying in size and details.

Some empty boxes left in the attic. May contain traces of steak. )

A rusty bucket used on the pulley rope to lift some items too big to carry up the stairs, who knows when the bucket will give in.

A green painted chair, some of the paint seems to be coming off.

A rusty chimney connected to the wood burner.

A desktop with plenty of essentials.

A dark door with windows and a lock.

Some drawers under the desktop, there are only plates in those draws. Do not look in the draws.

A frog with the most stunning moustache.

Propane canisters to supply gas to the stove.

An unused gas canister.

A gas canister supplying to the propane-powered generator.

A generator running on propane. Connected to a cable which supplies power to the whole cabin.

A hat.

A ladder used for many things such as reaching the attic. Kept

A laptop with a Windows 10 taskbar and a Builder's Refuge themed wallpaper.

A large pile of logs outside the cabin.

A smaller pile of logs on the stairway.

An even smaller group of logs right by the fire, just in case it rains and the cabin owner doesn't feel like getting wet

A plug socket, connecting the stove, laptop, radio and TV to the power.

A shelf with food, water, a torch, sponge, binoculars and a plant.

Some hiking shoes ready to be worn.

A stove

A shelf filled with food.

A shelf containing books, a Snow Globe and a Plaque.

Another food-filled shelf.

A shelf with a mixture of books and food, alongside a Pink Sheep.

A frog toy.

A TV antenna powered through the transmission cable.

A TV connected to an antenna.

An old typewriter, covered in dust.

A stash of water.

A wood burner to keep the cabin warm throughout the year.