Shinekiwi's Quick Tips: Try Hive MC -- Deathrun!

Hey guys,

Sorry I haven't posted in AGES - I've been really busy. I just have time for a quick post, so what I wanted to say was, if you haven't tried the game Deathrun on Hive MC, you definitely should!
The IP address is play.hivemc.com, and Deathrun is kind of like a long version of a weird parkour. If you are a runner, then you have to run through all these traps that deaths can set off by pressing the button.

So give Deathrun a try! It's one of my favourite games.

Keep Crafting 'Til The Sun Comes Down,

Shinekiwi :)

Shinekiwi's Super Awesome Things to Build - MYSTERY HOUSE!!!!!!

Hey guys,

So the time has come for me to show you the finale for my houses chain, my mystery house! (Which I know you've all been hanging out for ! XD) Okay, so my mystery house is based on an image of a really cool house I found on the internet. I based it on this, but then I sort of took it further, and made it a Shinekiwi style house! (Kind of...) I designed a few things myself, such as the fence, the cars and some of the animal pens. Here is the image of the house I based it on:

You like it? I did. So anyway, the moment you've all been waiting for; the presentation of my mystery house!

Keep watching the blog for my next chain - I'm building a city with kingzrule! Each week, you'll get to see a new part of the city! :)

So remember to keep watching the blog, and commenting - we really appreciate your input!

I've abandoned having a catchphrase for now,

~Shine XD

Shinekiwi's Quick Tip of The Week!

Hey guys,

Still working on my surprise for you, so here is my quick tip of the week *drumroll sounds*:

Minecraft Wiki is great for everything you need to know about minecraft! (Other than the crafters, of course! XD)

Here is the link:

http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Minecraft_Wiki :) (The smiley face isn't part of it...)

So keep watching the blog, and I'm sorry my surprise is taking a while, but it will be worth it! (I hope...!)

I need a new catchphrase for my sign off...

~Shine XD

Shinekiwi's Quick Tip of the Week

Hey guys,

So the new update is out - 1.8 - YAY!!! Pretty exciting huh?! Well anyway, I'm still working on my mystery house for you guys, so here is my quick tip of the week, and it's great for you slightly lazier minecrafters out there:

Use a night vision potion so you don't have to set the time! ;)

This is great because you can just drink a potion that lasts for 8 minutes, and then you don't have to keep resetting the time - especially if you're building - because I know that that can be really annoying. 

Please feel free to comment with any tips or tricks you'd like me to share, and don't forget to subscribe to the blog! Hopefully, my mystery post for my houses chain will be able to be posted sometime in the next fortnight or so.

Keep Crafting 'Til The Sun Goes Down (and use my tips),

~Shine :P

SkyKiwi Top 5

Hai Everybody!

Haven't posted in a while but I m working on something... Anyway here are my top 5 texture packs to use.

1. Soartex Fanver
I just love this realistic texture pack and it's so cool!


2. Modern HD
This is a really cool texture pack that has laptops!


3. Coterie craft
One of my friends told me about this pack and now I just love it!



4. Sphax
Smiley uses this all the time and its cartoon without looking weird.



5. Sugar Pack
Turns everything into CANDY blocks!


Enjoy and I hope you love these packs as much as I do!

Shinekiwi's Quick Tip of the Week

Hey guys,

So I've been busy building a surprise for my houses chain this week, so, sorry, but this week it's another quick tip. How many of you would like to know the keyboard shortcut to changing gamemodes? Well, here is the tip! *Drumroll sounds...*

/tab* 0, 1, or 2!

And go from this.....

To this!

*Don't actually write tab, just press the key on your keyboard that says tab. 

So there you have it! This week's quick tip! And sorry to those of you hanging out for my next house - I have my treehouse made, but I just need to post it on the blog! And of course, the mysterious surprise.... *wink*

Use these quick tips! And remember to subscribe to the blog and comment!

~Shinekiwi

PinkCraft! E.p 1

Hey epic crafters and craftettes!

Recently, I started a NEW survival world!

The series for this is going to be called 'PinkCraft!"

What I am doing is you guys can follow me around each week with a new video!

This weeks video is called; A Whole New World!




Did you guys like it? Leave a comment down below!

Keep craftin till the sun goes down,

Pinkg1itter

CutieKiwi's Creative- Terraforming!

Hey Minecrafters!

Over the past few weeks, I've been working on this to go with my new Elsa castle, and I've now completed it! :) This is a giant mountain made of snow and stone blocks. This is called terraforming (when you build terrain) and is one of the hardest/ most tedious types of building, but is very satisfying when it's finished! XD

I built it with no W.E. (World Edit) however, many terraformers do use W.E. for this kind of thing. Here's a photopeach of the photos I've taken. I've also added some more pictures of terraforming, but I think these used W.E.


Do you like it? I had fun making it! :P Please comment with ideas for new posts (we will mention you! :P) and remember to subscribe to us!

Keep Crafting Til' The Sun Goes Down,
CutieKiwi ^ . ^

Shinekiwi's Quick Tip Of The Week

Hey guys,

I'm starting what is just going to be a page where I do a quick tip for the week, alongside my houses chain (I promise I'm working on it... XD). So, this week's quick tip is:

Rain kills endermen!

Before it rained: ^

After it rained: ^
So I hope you guys enjoyed my first quick tip! Don't forget to subscribe to the blog and keep watching for my next weekly tip! We really appreciate your support! It is awesome to have you guys commenting, and it is also great to have your input on what you would like to see up on the blog!

Keep crafting 'til the sun goes down,

~Shine XD

CutieKiwi's Creative- Three Top Tips!

Heyo Minecrafters! :)

Today I'm going to be telling you my three top tips for creating an EPIC creative building, terrain or anything in general. Let's get started!

3. ALWAYS plan interior first. No matter what you're building, interior always needs to be designed first because the size depends on the detail. Sometimes, I haven't been able to get enough detail with already created blocks, so I make it giant scale! :)

2. Remember the sponge! Okay, so the Sponge is an often overlooked block, but one the wields great power! Sponge will clear areas of water. This may not work on singleplayer or some multiplayers, I haven't tried it, but I know it works on Mikeland! :P

Bow Down In Its Brilliance!

1. Find Inspiration! I cannot say this one enough. Most of my builds are inspired by the last book I read, my favourite movie (a lot of builds on this one! XD), even a build from another player! I made a smiley face out of two circles! XD

Thanks for reading, everyone! :) Hope you liked it! Remember to comment and subscribe- we love your input!

Keep Crafting Til' The Sun Goes Down,

CutieKiwi :P

CutieKiwi's Creative- Bigger and Better!

Hey Minecrafters!

As you know, I have previously posted a series of Frozen Minecraft posts. Over the past while, I've been working on creating this. This is an upsized version of my previous Elsa Castle, but larger and with more features! :)

Also, sorry in advance- I had to take these photos using a Night Vision Potion as the light levels in an palace made completely of ice are messed up- the only things you can use are Sunlight, which isn't bright enough, or redstone torches which look ugly in a blue castle....

Did you like it? I hope you did! Remember to subscribe to us and leave comments! :)

Keep Crafting Til' The Sun Goes Down,
CutieKiwi :D

Shinekiwi's Super Awesome Things to Build - House Number 4!

Hey guys,

Here is my fourth house post; A cute riverside cottage! :) I built this on Modern HD, but I photographed it on Soartex Fanver, it looks pretty similar on both, but I apologise in advance anyway.

Enjoy!




Keep Craftin' Til the Sun Goes Down,

Shinekiwi

CutieKiwi's Creative- Fun Videos!

Hi Minecrafters,
Sorry guys, I've been busy and haven't been able to put together anything, so I've found some Minecraft videos and songs that you might like. :)

Mine The Diamond by Tobuscus

1.8 Snapshot and News by Swimming Bird

and of course the

Minecraft Trailer by Vareide

Hope you liked these, everyone! :) Sorry again that I couldn't do a longer post!

Keep Crafting Til' The Sun Goes Down,
CutieKiwi :)

Shinekiwi's Super Awesome Things to Build - House Number 3

Hey guys,

Here's my third house for my series! This time it's an A-Frame house!

Enjoy!

Keep watching the blog for my next post, a cute riverside cottage!

Keep Crafting 'Til The Sun Goes Down,
~Shinekiwi :)

CutieKiwi's Creative- Cruise Ship!

Hi Minecrafters,
This week, I'm going to show you my Cruise Ship! I don't normally make vehicle type builds, but I tried! XD I've made certain rooms for different Crafters, and a special "CutieKiwi" suite, along with other random rooms. Anyways, I'm going to show you a picture tour of the ship. This is made with a photopeach rather than a video because it was taking ages to upload, but it still works! :P

CutieKiwi's Cruise Ship! on PhotoPeach
Did you like it? The first person to comment gets a mention in my next post, and a build created by me, specially for you! :) When you comment, leave a request for what you'd like me to build! Anyway, thanks for watching it!

Keep Crafting Til' The Sun Goes Down,
CutieKiwi :P

CutieKiwi's Creative: Pixel Art!

Hi Minecrafters!

A few weeks ago, I posted about the School for Good and Evil build. This week, I'm posting about my pixel art which I made for it. Pixel art is a great tool in Minecraft and looks awesome. It takes a fairly long time, but it's worth it! Here's a picture of it:

Like it? Remember when making pixel art, one block equals to one pixel. You can change these dimensions, however, you have to be consistent with the scale throughout the whole of the pixel art.

Also, last week I posted a quiz on hard Minecraft trivia. I picked a username at random, and the winner this week is keazl! Because keazl did the quiz, keazl receives a novaskin wallpaper with the Crafters! Congratulations, keazl!

Keep Crafting Til' The Sun Goes Down,

CutieKiwi :)

Smileykiwi Builds: Hobbit Hole House!

Hey Guys!

Today I'm gonna show you the Hobbit Hole House build! Video will be up soon :)

I hope to be doing lots more builds, but I'm very busy, so I don't post that much :( I'll try post more!

I'll be away for a couple of weeks, so there won't be a post for a couple of weeks from me. See you in a couple of weeks :)

Smiley

Shinekiwi's Super Awesome Things to Build - House Number 2

Hey guys,

So here is my second post for my houses chain, this time I did an old fashioned(ish) house...
Enjoy!




Keep watching the blog for my next post, an A-Frame house! :)

~ Shinekiwi

CutieKiwi's Creative: Quiz!

Hi Minecrafters,
I've been super busy and haven't really had time to build much, but I've put together a quiz for all you hardcore Minecrafters (no, not the gamemode...). This is a harder quiz so don't be worried, newbies, if you don't get many right! ;)

Clicky Clicky

How many did you get right? Comment below what percentage you got plus your email adress and be in to win a Novaskin with your skin and the Crafters! 

Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel and comment below!

Keep Crafting Til' The Sun Goes Down,

CutieKiwi! B)

Plus, if you didn't notice before, Minecraft has hardly any gravity...

CutieKiwi's Creative- The School For Good And Evil!

Hi Minecrafters!

For the past few CutieKiwi's Creatives, I've been doing tutorials for a house, but now that we've finished the house, it's back to regular CutieKiwi's Creative!

As you probably know, I like to recreate scenes from movies and books. And so this week, I've been working on this. This is from a book called The School For Good and Evil. This is the school in Minecraft. I've selected special texture packs for each side, but you won't be able to see them in the picture. There's the school for Good, the school for Evil and in the middle, the School Master's tower. The photo is in the texture pack for the school for Good. This is built based on the first book. Here's a photo:

Do you like it? If you'd like to see a tour of them, comment below and remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel!

Keep Crafting Til' The Sun Goes Down,

CutieKiwi :)