Minecraft Mods - Blog Posts

Introducing the Bissekty dromaeosaur ( again ) ! This heavy-built raptor is an adventurer's best friend . Tamed only through hatching its egg , Bissekties make for valuable mounts when befriended .

sum WIPs

hopefully i'll do full showcase soon ! :D

dodos for prehistorian mod ( lowland left and highland right )

These fat birds are tamed with melons. They peck buttons and press pressure plates, and are too dumb to live. Their meat is also delicious.

oi proxels i can make gifs now >:3

first to last: female, male, albino

is your mod public? if so, where can i download it?

my three mods ( Naturality, Prehistorian, Mythos ) aren’t public yet ( closest one is Naturality, whose first update is scheduled for later this year ) but when they are, Modrinth.

THE HUNT, a Prehistorian diorama.

Testing poses + stuff for Prehistorian. Check out the standalone model showcases on my profile.

..and two GIFs for good measure.

Prehistorian is back. Sorry for not feeding you all.

Meet Austroraptor.

A nomadic living-focused raptor, rockin' with a harness.

Walking storage.

Now with male (right) and female (left).

When coupled with a Bissekty for transport, Austros make for powerful allies.

Welcome to Prehistorian.

Big one for the Prehistorian fans.

Hey. Remember the Deinonychus??

I redid him.

LOOK AT HIM!!!

Remember when I said I'd do that rat showcase tomorrow?? Well, here's the showcase.. because I got sick!

These aren't all the rats, because there's about 13 of them. Wow.

Heheeee... rats.

Before I do the full new rat showcase tomorrow, I wanted to show off my favorite Naturality easter egg- Remy from Ratatouille.

He's perfect.

REMY!!!

This is what Minecraft mods are made for.

Wanted to PNGify a bunch of my critters for the upcoming wiki. Enjoy! (PSSST. Some of these guys weren't showcased! Seecrets!) WARNING: Long post!

Two opossums, normal and albino.

Ravens. Left to right, top to bottom- albino thick-billed, pied, common, thick-billed, white-necked.

Crows- white-necked, slender-billed, generic grey, collared, northwestern, albino.

African bullfrog with tongue out and tongue retracted.

Grey and brown Toulouse/dewlap geese.

Canada goose.

Huh. I wonder who it could be.

For Naturality's fifth update, birds.

PS. I'm going on a two-week vacation. I won't be making any more Blockbench posts until my queued one goes off this Wednesday. I'll still be posting art though :)

BUGS BUGS BUGS! But the good kind.

Alrighty, let’s go through all the mobs and their features! Left to right, top to bottom, image one through image two. Since this’ll take FOREVER, use the read more! Look forward to a part two focusing on even more bugs!

SNAIL

Snails spawn in forests and swamps. Snails leave a harvestable trail of slime that can be affected by their food- make it bouncy (by feeding them blueberries), fast (raspberries) or honeyed (honey bottle). Snails come in various shades of browns, grays, greens and ruddy berry colors.

GIANT WATER BUG

Spawning in the beaches (any body of water, really), water bugs are defensive and will attack if you get close. When tamed by obtaining their eggs, water bugs make for good guard dogs- they can be commanded to stay, follow, wander, and by shift-clicking- set to neutral, passive or aggressive. GWBs come in shades of browns and blacks.

SLUG

Slugs spawn in jungles, and leave behind trails that can be used to make redstone components with upgraded signal strength. They come in shades influenced by real-life slugs- pictured is the rare banana slug.

MEALYBUG

Ah, mealybugs, the bane of any farmer. Spawning on crops, mealies eat and suck at crops until they’re sated. However, if you’ve befriended any ants, these bugs become a source of hearty honeydew, which when bottled makes for an incredible food source. Mealybugs only have one color- a dusty, pale white.

FLY

Flies spawn around carrion blocks, buzzing around and being general nuisances. Flies can be tamed by feeding them rotten flesh, and can swarm around attackers on command, descending down from the heavens to make enemies’ lives living hell. Keep an eye out for the rare tsetse and horse flies, larger and more dangerous breeds. Flies have two variants- brown and dark grey.

LIGHTNING BUG / FIREFLY

During the nighttime, look out for fireflies in the distance (since they only spawn during the night). Fireflies can be bottled and tamed with fruits, and can be placed down for a light show. Non-entity fireflies spawn around Naturality’s frog species and certain grasses, if you want the two-pixel variation. Fireflies can be dyed both as entities and as bottles, and dyeing them colors their lights. Fireflies come in a few different variants, all based on real-life species.

COCKROACH

Cockroaches spawn in Naturality’s new caves (the limestone cave and the sunken jungle) as well as in the new beach grottos. Cockroaches can be used as clean-up-crews, consuming detritus and fertilizing farms as they make their way around. Smaller cockroaches have a tendency to swarm players just like flies, and all cockroaches can be tamed. Cockroaches come in a horde of variants based on real roaches, like B. giganteus (giant cave), B. dubia, M. longipennis and B. germanica (German).

MAGGOT

Maggots are the larvae of flies, found in carcasses. They can be itemized and used to tame other creatures, if you’re a monster.

DRAGONFLY

Dragonflies spawn around bodies of water, attacking other insects to eat their fill. They can be tamed and their wings used to upgrade elytras. Dragonflies also can be used as the poor man’s elytra- allowing you to hover and slow-fall. Dragonflies come in some green and blue colors, and one iridescent one.

APHID

Another crop-destroyer, make a farm and the aphids will come. Unlike mealies, they can’t be harvested, only itemized or used in fiber and wood farms after being tamed with offerings of plants. Aphids have one variant- green.

ISOPOD

Isopods spawn in forests, and are used to culture molds and other fungi. They’re basically crustacean puppies. Also see my prior isopost for more colors. Pictured is the rubber duckie variant- the true amount of isos is a secret :)

BUTTERFLY

Butterflies spawn nearly everywhere during the day, and during the night are replaced with moths. Butterflies are basically bees, only instead of honey, they’re used to obtain nectar, which functions as natural potions that give different effects depending on what flowers they come from. Moths, on the other hand, work as glares- they dislike darkness and will point it out if given some nectar as a treat. Butterflies come in a horde of variants.

LADYBEETLE / LADYBUG

Ladybugs and other beetles of their ilk spawn in the plains, and are useful for their shells- which can be made into tough armors. Ladybugs suck at crops, and if tamed will trawl through your fields, picking only the good bits out.

GIANT ISOPOD

Giant isos spawn in the deep seas, and make a living cultivating mosses in the depths. Perhaps you could gain their trust and use them for your own good? The ways of these depth-dwellers are a mystery. They come in three variants- light, dark and pink.

Congrats! You made it down here. Have a cookie 🍪

what little concept art idiots (positive) should i showcase next: the poll

for natutur mod

RAT Redo!

The previous rat model and feature-set wasn’t up to par with what I want Naturality to be, so here’s the NEW reference sheet / feature list. Rats are found in abandoned structures around the Overworld, and also spawn in forests.

The model for these guys will be done next week. For a variety of rat color variants and some more info on rats and mice, check below the cut!

COOOLORS rahhhhh

There’s more than these, I swear! Anyhoo, rats are tameable by feeding them seeds and crops, and can perform a lot of menial tasks for you, from farming to hunting. While one rat is relatively weak, a swarm of them can overpower nearly any foe.

Mice spawn naturally in nearly every biome, and will return to their nest blocks at night. These blocks can be silk-touched, and work as a storage block for mice and rats alike. Mice can detect infested blocks.

While itemized rats are really only useful for storage (rat depository when?) and warning of danger when in your hand, itemized mice can be used as bait for larger creatures, weather forecasters and some other secrets. Rats and mice both dance to jukeboxes.

You can also find the rat divider I made for this over on proxmojis in a bit.

RAVENS for the Naturality: Farms and Fields Update! Found everywhere from taigas to savannas, ravens are crafty little buggers with a love for logic puzzles. They'll trigger any redstone they come across.

CAWWWW

CROWS for the upcoming Naturality mod's first update- farming!

These guys are the farmer's enemy when wild. They fly from farm to farm, uprooting crops and causing general mischief. When tamed, however, they make for good companions for travelers, farmers and warriors alike. Few things can stand the frenzy of wings and talons that crows become when angry. Their plural name murder is quite apt, I suppose.

As for farmers, crows can be commanded to pick bugs and other greeblies out of the soil. Said bugs find use in crafting, food, and taming.

Proxy's Note- I really hope for a release this year :)

Follow for more info about my various mods!

More pics below the cut!

Crow backs and individual crow portraits.

I know you little guys like animations- boy do I have a gift for you! Two things actually- I updated the goose textures so they're a bit less noisy (and then was so excited I cranked out an animation in like 30 minutes) so enjoy the continuation of the GOOSENING!!!

ALSO coding has begun on Naturality! Hoping for a release sometime this year!

i want to beat IntelliJ to de- oh someone said something

As always, obligatory Discord plug-

More info, pics and a super secret new item teaser below the cut!

Dewlap geese. Boy oh boy were their textures hard to do. They're very soft fellows- I fell into an over-reliance on near-invisible gradients until another texture artist snapped me out of it. Also self-indulgent back texture pic because yes, I am that guy.

OooooOOOoOoOO! You've stumbled upon the bottom of the post!!! oOOOooooOooooooOOO I wonder what this could be for...

GEESE will make their way to the first Naturality update- birds and other farm-folk! I know- big news. Anyway, on to the meat of the post- about these lovely birds!

Geese, specifically the Canadian goose (at far right) and its fellow wild geese, spawn in virtually any body of water. Canada geese find themselves in the cold, attacking any adventurer who dares get close to their nests. Dewlap geese (far left, middle right) on the other hand spawn in the rainy highlands of the Overworld. The domestic goose must be bred, but will occasionally spawn in villages.

Geese can be tamed and fed various items. Feeding them bread gives them weakness.

HONK!

edit: so this is Doing Numbers! if you wanna see BTS stuff and check on the mod progress, check out the Discord.

Presenting the Turkey Vulture! These lovely large avians soar high above the blazing biomes of the Overworld, searching for any carcass they can eat. If fed meat these birds will lead you to treasure. Special thanks to @lover-corvin for suggesting these critters, and making their concept art.

These guys are for my upcoming Minecraft mod Naturality, and were made live on stream over on its Discord.

"Food, glorious food, we're anxious to try it..."

Megalania for my upcoming mod Prehistorian

Making its home in the ruthless scrublands of the Overworld, Megalania can deliver a potent poison to its enemies. You can also harvest that poison, if you so desire. But who would do that???

Unlike all my other creatures posted here, this guy was made live on stream over on Discord. Check it out for updates!

THE MEEEGGGG

saw a buncha people's blockbench isoposting and wanted to make my own- here's a giant isopod for the upcoming mod Naturality!

while you're isoposting, join the mod's discord :)

isopods isopods i love my isopods

pods! CLAP

ba doom-boom-boom-boom

two isopods for the upcoming NaturalityMod- on the left, Porcellio expansus "white", on the right Cubaris sp. "rubber ducky"!

check out the mod's discord while you're at it-

isopods, isopods, lovely little isopods

can they swing? from a web? no they can't, 'cuz they're 'pods

look out! here come the isopods :)

new creature for Prehistorian- the Epicyon! the largest canid to walk the earth (alpine melanistic variant)

mod server link-

Another Bissekty dromaeosaur angle, showing off the back texture. This guy was by far my largest and most difficult model/texture to make! He was voted for by my mod/art Discord members, here!

Introducing the largest of the dromaeosaurs present in Prehistorian- the Bissekty Dromaeosaur. Bissekties don't spawn naturally- you have to find their fossilized eggs and revitalize them, but it's worth it.

Bissekties make for formidable foes and allies- able to leap large gaps with ease, traverse land and water alike, and be equipped with chests and crafting tables- a Bissekty or two are worthy additions to any adventurer's stable or paddock! For my Minecraft mod Prehistorian.

Voted for by my lovely Discord members.

one of the bosses is one of these

Archaeopteryx female shows off those feathers (from every conceivable angle) from my mod Prehistorian!

male and female Archaeopteryx, also known as the Urvogel, for Prehistorian! unlike their Microraptor cohorts, Archa feathers are used in special arrows!

male on the left, female on the right

more male microraptor glamour shots for prehistorian

the distinctive microraptor shape was a struggle hoo boy

male and female microraptors for prehistorian (female on left, male on right)

these guys'll use their four wings to glide between treetops and high places, slowing their descent. their feathers are used in potion-brewing AND to upgrade elytras. they also have a stun attack when tamed.

they can be tamed with offerings of meat, and come with a few different variants to boot (including an Archaeopteryx variant)