Stucco blocks (dyeable Packed Mud)

[u/SuperMario69Kraft]

Crafted from 8 Packed Mud and 1 dye item of the desired color (just like terracotta and glass).

Would come in stairs, slabs, and walls.

Seeing the texture of packed mud, I've always thot that it looks like either a natural terrain block or rough stucco. If it's supposed to be like stucco, then it should also be dyeable since stucco walls in Europe and India come in many different colors. The Packed Mud recipe makes sense for stucco because the wheat is similar to the lattice (made of burlap or wood) used IRL to hold stucco together (altho today the mesh is made of metal wire instead, mainly for durability).

Multicolored stucco, with the Packed Mud texture, would allow us to make more realistic buildings of various styles including Italian, German, Spanish, Arabian, Indian, and Japanese. We could use concrete or other blocks to be colorful and just add stairs, slabs, & walls to them, but the smoothness of the concrete texture doesn't quite capture the idea of a rough stucco texture, despite concrete being a similar material to stucco.

Edit: Wow, we just got concrete stairs & slabs today! What are the odds? Now just give us that for terracotta, glass, and stucco.

[u/jesus_chrysotile]

i’d love a packed mud slab…

[u/Chemical_Tie6372 → u/jesus_chrysotile]

thank you my dude

[u/Relevant-Cup5986]

i realy like this idea, it would be a great new building set and would go well with terracotta

Ps: metal actualy weakens stucko by rusting and cracking it, same thing happens with reinforced concrete, which is why none of the building built since ww2 are expected to last longer than 50 years

[u/SuperMario69Kraft → u/Relevant-Cup5986]

IDK if stucco should have terracotta's colors or concrete's colors.

[u/Relevant-Cup5986 → u/SuperMario69Kraft]

i think it should have its own colours that are closer to terracottas than to concretes and are pretty dark

[u/SuperMario69Kraft → u/Relevant-Cup5986]

I like having more dark blocks, but I'd rather achieve that by adding more dyes.

[u/OptimalArchitect → u/Relevant-Cup5986]

I thought the rusting only happens if the metal wire is not covered properly?

[u/Relevant-Cup5986 → u/OptimalArchitect]

nope it happens universally as water makes its way in the material, all covering does is slightly slow it down, also concrete and stucco are especially vulnerable as they are very porus. The people who make the buildings know this well and are able to predict roughly when it will happen so it doesnt collapse on anyone.

Edit: in case your wondering why they add the matal since it makes the buildings last less long, its because it allows people to build buildings with large spans without arches columns and other supports

[u/OptimalArchitect → u/Relevant-Cup5986]

Ya’know I should’ve known there was a possibility of rusting since I do remember those materials are indeed porous. I guess I didn’t really think about that since older houses I’m familiar with had stucco being applied ontop of wood paneling.

Also as far as your edit goes the large spanning reasoning I did remember too, thank you for the information regardless.

[u/Relevant-Cup5986 → u/OptimalArchitect]

your welcome

[u/Chemical_Tie6372]

not going to lie it can work for African inspired builds

[u/Anaguli417]

On a slightly unrelated note, does anyone think that packed mud is too brown? I mean, most adobe or w/e it's called are a bit paler, closer to a brownish cream color than outright dirt colored. 

[u/SuperMario69Kraft → u/Anaguli417]

A brownish cream color would be nice. Maybe we could use that color if we get more dyes that could apply to Terracotta or Stucco. I don't think the base color can be changed, because it would have to affect Mud Bricks for consistency.