Mud brick

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McGriddles
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Mud brick

Post by McGriddles »

Seeing as clay and branches are limited, why not introduce another method of creating brick?

Mud brick:
1. Create a wooden mold (a mold could produce multiple bricks).
2. Insert soil or sand, water, and straw or plant fibers: 1 soil/sand, .5 liter of water, and 1 straw/plant fibers per brick.
3. Let it set
4. Obtain mud brick

Can be used in substitute for regular brick.
ImpalerWrG
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Re: Mud brick

Post by ImpalerWrG »

While not really very appropriate for the norther European setting (mud-bricks only dry effectively in hot climates) its mainly not needed because bricks are not THAT hard to get, its only high quality brick/clay that is hard to find and mud-bricks are decidedly inferior to fired bricks so another type of inferior brick is superfluous unless clay becomes even harder to find (no that is not a request Loftar). Presently straw and plant fibre are no so worthless that we would find it worth our time to consume them to make bricks at a 1:1 ratio.
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Flame
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Re: Mud brick

Post by Flame »

in those old ages, bricks where not so commons, so they usually used big rocks to build houses and ovens. But a kiln need our bricks or he breack with the hot.
Brick wasn't so commons so the Best "brick" for a poor man, was big rocks, fixed with nothing, only dropped one on the other. Suck rocks can be used only for houses or other buildings. Not for heat buildings.

(like this http://preservationscoreboard.uwa.edu/i ... -house.gif)

We have enough house for now, so i don't know what use could have a "Rock Brick". Is already used for the well. It could be usefull if there will be some stone tower or such differents buildings.

For now, oven and kiln must need Clay (or volcanics rock...and in HH doesn't exist volcans XD)
jlt314
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Re: Mud brick

Post by jlt314 »

McGriddles wrote:Seeing as clay and branches are limited, why not introduce another method of creating brick?
I beg to differ. clay nodes are not limited, you just need to find a node. while their quality slightly decreases with use (about -1q per 15 clay), it quickly regenerates. branches also regrow on trees, as far as I've observed.
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