Hanging Gardens - Second Tier nearly done

The second tier is nearly structurally complete.  Stairs and walkways are done.  Most of what remains are the eight waterfall alcoves.  We also need to add detailing to the pillars that run the length of the second tier wall.  The detail will eventually be done in lapis lazuli block, but until we find enough of this scarce resource, green wool is the best-looking substitute.

Second Tier work in progress.  It has gone a lot quicker than I thought.  DixieWolf did the walls and I did the walkways in basically two days.  We have to make several more quarry trips.  Those are a LOT of sandstone slabs.  It took one or two stacks just to do the walkway between the stairs and the first pillar on the second level.

Birds eye view of first two tiers.  You can see the zigzag path of the second level.  The third tier will overhang a portion of this path, being supported by large pillars.

Waterfall alcove from first tier. Green wool will be replaced by lapis lazuli blocks when we accumulate enough.  So go find lapis, people.  We'll give you cookies.






Side stairs opening onto waterfall alcove.  There will only be four stair to the second tier from the outside of the structure.  We're putting water where the others would have been because water is pretty.  Deal with it.

Wide view of north wall. Waterfall alcove are yet to be completed.  The Gardens are already looking very pretty and they sit in a beautiful spot.  At least the pigs seem to think so.

Newly completed stairway to second tier.  The main stairs from the first tier open onto a few short steps then this platform with steeper step to the second level.  The stairs to the third tier will lead off of these.