Shadow
Ore Fireplace
Ideas from Elenni and Genjuro combined
by Pluffina, Directions by Pluffina
Kui the Decoder of Lake Austin wrote in and asked how one could make
a fireplace out of shadow ore with some sort of realistic looking fire…not
using a forge. I liberated the innovative “mottled stone” sides from a
fireplace design by well known decorator Elenni (that does make use of
a forge) and then burgled stack for fire I particularly like from Genjuro
of Ordo Sylvanus. The combination of these two people’s work led to a pretty,
formal looking fireplace, just perfect for a gentleman’s smoking room,
grand dining room, or great hall. This fireplace is a great example of
how stealing deco in UO should work...You get ideas from folks, borrow
their techniques, combine elements of two or three things, and make something
that matches YOUR tastes. At the bottom I am going to post pictures of
the two fireplaces I pirated to make this one, one by Elenni, one by Genjuro.
As always the first thing you want to do is gather your materials. The
fireplace toppers can be any for things that you think look nice or that
you want to show off. You can use shadow in combination with just about
any ore type.
This fireplace is going to take up four tiles. As a general rule you
always build starting with the tile that is the farthest North or the farthest
West and move South or East. That way a completed tile does not block the
view of the next tile you plan to work in. This fireplace is going to run
North South, so we will start in the tile Labelled 1 and move in the direction
of the arrow.
The first thing we ae going to do in every tile is put up the mantle.
We will put it up as high it will go, using the fireplace toppers we have
chosen, and that will give us a good idea of how much room we have to work.
1) Dye your benches to match your ore. Set down your first bench, and
stack a fireplace topper on top of it. Lock both down.
2) Using your dec tool, raise the topper as far as it will go. Then
raise the bench as high as it needs to be to give the illusion that your
topper is resting on it. Play with this, as different toppers will allow
your bench to go to different heights.
3) Now to build Elenni’s mottled stone sides! This is not an exact science.
You basically want to start with a stack of 2 small shadow ore as your
base. On top of that, you want to pile stacks of 1 or 2 of your other ore
color, alternating with piles of 1 or 2 shadow ore. For example in the
leg pictured below I piled the stone in this order:
Stack of 2 Shadow
Stack of 2 Gold
1 Shadow
Stack of 2 Gold
Stacl of 2 Shadow
1 Gold
Stack of 2 shadow
Stack of 2 Gold
1 Shadow
Be sure to lock down as you stack!
4) Put up the next section of mantle, just like you put up the first.
Make sure the mantle benches match up (are raised the same number of times).
5) Now we are going to build Genjuro’s fire. I fiddled with his original
design a little teeny bit but this is pretty close. It’s simple. Just tack
the following things in the following order:
--Large piece of Dull Copper ore.
--One com crystal (will appear “under” the ore)
--Stack of 6 or more gold (will appear “under” the ore)
--Stack of 2 kindling
--One lit torch
--Stack of 2 kindling
6) Put up the next section of mantle, and stack another Genjuro’s fire
under it.
7) Repeat step three in Square Four to build the fireplace's other side.
And there ya go! This fireplace looks best in a GREY STONE building
where the wall you place it against can be the back wall of the fireplace.
I used this fireplace as a focal point for a Gentleman’s Smoking Room at
Sonoma Sam’s house. And now here are the "parents" of this fireplace:
As you get more comfortable deccing, try stealing elements of each of
these instruction pages and making your own combinations instead of just
making what you see here!
