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I can't warm up to Hall of the Lunar Champion
SilverBride
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I've had this house for a long time now and even worked to open all the portals, but I still have zero desire to decorate it. I just find the portals break the idea that it is one complete house. Maybe if they were doors instead of portals it would feel more cohesive.
Then there is the fact that 2 of the areas are large and inviting but the 3rd is just a tiny house in a tiny space. It just feels really out of place to me.
Does anyone actually like this house enough to use it as their primary residence? What have others done with this house?
Then there is the fact that 2 of the areas are large and inviting but the 3rd is just a tiny house in a tiny space. It just feels really out of place to me.
Does anyone actually like this house enough to use it as their primary residence? What have others done with this house?
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seecodenotgames✭✭✭✭✭The area above the Lion's cradle is huge and has really nice views. I built a giant Dwemer party tower that overlooks southern Elsweyr.
Houses on PC EU (newest first)68. Aldmeri Mansion (Seabloom Villa) - The luxury home as an Altmer family
67. Dawnwood Village (Gladesong Arboretum) - A village built into a new forest
66. Undaunted Fortress (Mournoth Keep) - The undaunted have moved into these Orcish Towers
65. Wedding at Sea (The Fair Winds) - Have a lovely wedding ceremony at sea and relax in the bridal suite in the Captain's Quarters
64. Alikr Oasis Paradise (Sword-singer's Redoubt) - This grand home was built above a deep well to commemorate their ancestors
63. Azandars Tea House (Kelesan Ruhn) - A tea shop/cafe in the shape of a life-sized teapot
62. Sand Castles (Fogbreak Lighthouse) - A literal life size sand castle
61. Riften Meadery (Old Mistveil Manor) - A new meadery has opened outside Riften
60. Helene's Writing Room (Golden Gryphon Garret) - A small room for Helene to get some quiet writing time
59. Picnic at Pelin (Black Vine Villa) - Based on the lore book Picnic at Pelin (A Horror Story)
58. Almalexias Temple (Forsaken Stronghold) - A Dunmer Tower with a shrine to the three
57. Pirate New Life For Me (Highhallow Hold) - A pirate tavern where they gift you loot
56. Woodvine Cathedral (Agony's Ascent) - A living cathedral thriving in the Deadlands
55. Dark Elf Town House (Quondam Indorilia) - A small and cosy town house on the edge of Mournhold
54. The Secret Tower (Exorcised Coven Cottage) - A hidden mage tower in the swamps on the Hag Fen
53. Knight Club (Frostvault Chasm) - A disco in a dwarven mineshaft
52. Dwemer Cave City (The Erstwhile Sanctuary) - A lost dwarven city has been found deep underground
51. Alinor Gryphon Aerie (Colossal Aldmeri Grotto) - A place where gryphons are trained
50. The Charred Towers (Doomchar Plateau) - Deadlands themed fortress with two towers and custom furniture
49. Argonian Sea Town (Tel Galen) - An Argonian sea port
48. Daedric Princess Tower (Seaveil Spire) - An underwater tower dedicated to the Daedric Prince Meridia
47. Fargrave Observatory (Ossa Accentium) - An observatory in the portal realm of Fargrave
46. Hundings Beach House (Hundings Palatial Hall) - Beach house and hottub
45. Crystal Gardens (Snugpod) - Enchanted Gardens with crystalline trees
44. Dawnlight Health Spa (Princely Dawnlight Palace) - Our spa waters are revitalising and ready to heal your aching body
43. Mountainside Retreat (Pariah's Pinnacle) - An orc mountainside hall with an amazing view
42. Volcanic Vile Villa (Kushalit Sanctuary) - A private hollowed out volcano for all your mad alchemist needs
41. Arenthian Water Temple (Strident Springs Demesne) - A relaxing water temple outside Arenthia
40. Woodland Cottage (Ald Velothi Harbor House) - A house in a tree, but not a treehouse
39. Winter Snow Meadhall (Enchanted Snow Globe Home) - A winter meadhall has opened to get everyone in the festive mood
38. Fire and Ice Hotel (Elinhir Private Arena) - An new hotel has opened with an ice bar and a lava room
37. City of Princes (Pantherfang Chapel) - Citadese is under attack from a dragon invasion. Prince Tarvia is leading the escape through the sewers.
36. Dark Brotherhood Home (Stay-Moist Mansion) - A Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary found beneath an Argonian village
35. Volkihar Courtyard (Velothi Reverie) - A castle courtyard modelled on the famous Volkihar Castle in Skyrim
34. Rada's Summer Getaway (Potentate's Retreat) - A Redguard mansion with a dark vampiric secret in the basement
33. Cascadia Wine N Dine (Sweetwater Cascades) - Vineyard and meadery with two restaurants and a chapel
32. Walled Kitchen Garden (Amaya Lake Lodge) - Fresh produce and cut flowers for sale. Hot food served in a family restaurant.
31. Luckycat Summerhouse (Lucky Cat Landing) - A khajiiti villa with spa and dining
30. Helene's Boutique (Water's Edge) - The famous dressmaker has opened a new dress shop in town
29. Alinor Garden Party (Mathiisen Manor) - A party in the flower gardens of a Altmer noble's manor
28. Markarth Bath House (Stone Eagle Aerie) - A relaxing spa and bath house with an arts and craft centre
27. Treeboat house (The Gorinir Estate) - No one know how an imperial ship ended up in the treetops
26. Varlaisvea College (Varlaisvea Ayleid Ruins) - An ancient library has been discovered deep inside an Ayleid ruin
25. City on the Moon (The Orbservatory Prior) - Moonbase with housing and an inn under the stars
24. Lakemire Water Gardens (Lakemire Xanmeer Manor) - Relaxing hanging gardens and a fish restaurant beneath the Xanmeer
23. Hircine's Hunt Club (Hunters Glade) - A relaxing villa for werewolves to feast in the ever refilling hunting grounds
22. Lost Dwarven Kingdom (Shalidor’s Shrouded Realm) - A lost Dwemer king's palace has been found in a mage's pocket realm
21. Replaced with 54. The Secret Tower
20. Topal Fishing Resort (Grand Topal Hideaway) - A resort in the middle of a fishing lake on a private island
19. Castleton Manor (Alinor Crest Townhouse) - The home of Lord Castleton and his daughter Sonja
18. Cave of BBQ N Ribs (Earthtear Cavern) - A secret rocky dome, hosts a BBQ and ribs restaurant
17. Who Lived in a Shoe (The Ample Domicile) - There was an old reach witch who lived in a shoe
16. Dwemer Party Tower (Hall of the Lunar Champion - Lion's Cradle) - A dwarven flying tower repurposed for parties
15. A Taste of Alinor (Sleek Creek House) - A small piece of Alinor beside a creek
14. Lava Submarine Base (Bastion Sanguinaris) - An evil vampire alchemy lab, accessible only via a lava submarine
13. Spirit-tree Library (Wraithhome) - A library built atop an ancient forest within an ancient Daedric ruin
12. Golden Beach Palace (Thieves' Oasis) - A dwarven inspired Redguard beach resort
11. Mad Scientists House (Cyrodilic Jungle House) - Workshop and garage with an experimental De-lore-ean
10. Big Toy House (Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery) - Two life sized doll's houses and a inn beneath the stairs
9. Icy Falls Inn (Forgemaster Falls) - Two Nord lodges on a lake, serving mead and fresh fish
8. Blue-ice Palace (Stillwaters Retreat) - Solitude, but on a frozen lake
7. Mushroom Manor (Coldharbour Surreal Estate) - Dunmer house built from giant mushrooms
6. Vampire Academy with wine bar (Daggerfall Overlook) - Come for the nibbles; stay for eternity
5. Three Pillows War (Grymharth's Woe) - Re-enact the three banners war with pillow forts and floof balls
4. Treefern House (Moon-sugar meadow) - Giant treefern treehouse
3. Artaeum Theatre (Grand Psijic Manor) - Tiered Balcony
2. Imperial Bridal Suite (Linchal Grand Manor) - Wedding venue with bridal suite extension
1. Dragonguard Penthouse (Jode's Embrace) - 3 Extra floors, with indoor conservatory and top floor gym39 -
katanagirl1✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Wow, that is awesome!
I don’t have it as my primary, but I started with the Lion’s Cradle because it has a little house and was pleased with what I created there.
I want to build the first area down to the water someday, I just am not sure what kind of materials to make it look natural.
The second area...I don’t think I’ll ever figure that one out.
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SilverBride✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭seecodenotgames wrote: »The area above the Lion's cradle is huge and has really nice views.katanagirl1 wrote: »I don’t have it as my primary, but I started with the Lion’s Cradle because it has a little house
Wait, so Lion's Cradle is the area with the small house? And there is a large area above it? I need to take another look at this.PCNA0 -
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✭✭You can also build over the cliff and down to the water in the Halls of the Colossus room, and way up up in the Moongrave Fane room. I think the best way to be satisfied with this house is to pick one room and close off the other two. I'm making a Khajiiti temple with a sewer arena in my Moongrave Fane room (slowly ... as Mundane Rune prices drop)PC-NA
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intresting, i did something similar i attached it to my moon sugar meadow using EHT except mine is a ruined templetsaescishoeshiner wrote: »You can also build over the cliff and down to the water in the Halls of the Colossus room, and way up up in the Moongrave Fane room. I think the best way to be satisfied with this house is to pick one room and close off the other two. I'm making a Khajiiti temple with a sewer arena in my Moongrave Fane room (slowly ... as Mundane Rune prices drop)
except i added a crypt and cave into the halls of collosus
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✭✭✭✭✭I went to Lion's Cradle and tried to see how far over and down I could go. I ended up falling a few times and ran into an invisible wall that wiped me out. But it did help me reach the conclusion that this isn't the house for me.
It's nice to see some of the great things others have done with it, though.PCNA1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭@SilverBride Have you seen the build “Outlaw Refuge in Hall of the Lunar Champion”? If not, definitely check it out as it is absolutely AMAZING!
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SilverBride✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I hadn't seen that before. I don't even recognize that as being in Hall of the Lunar Champion. It is absolutely amazing. Thank you for directing me to it.PCNA1 -
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✭✭I'm with you in never having warmed to Hall of the Lunar Champion. I visit now and then just to see if something will inspire me but nothing ever clicks. I also don't care for the way all of the wings and entrance share the total item count instead of each wing having its own count. If they each had their own item count you might be able to do something like a story progression from one wing to another but with the way it is you more or less have to pick one and ignore the other two.3 -
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✭✭✭✭✭I thought about removing the tablets and just working on the main room. I just really don't like the lasers and portals.PCNA0 -
TeruKisuke✭✭✭✭I struggled a lot with the Lunar Champion when I first got it too, but I figured out something that worked for me. I don’t know if it would help but what I did is use the Halls in a way where it’s one connected building. Since I’m obsessed with making mansions, I made the initial room into the foyer where the central square was the seating area, then it goes to the Moongrave Fane area where I made a custom structure to make it look like you pop into another part of the mansion.
I set it up to where there are “windows” on the foyer walls that allow the beams to travel through glass since they’re enclosed with walls. If you wanted then depending on which wing, you could block it in to go straight to whatever wing you want to go and make it more focused. I just happened to make it wrap around to the wing at the back.
And then I built a three-story structure in Moongrave Fane around the portal with a “functional” greenhouse built off of that fencing that’s naturally there. I say functional because with the side of brazier planters, the gate can be opened there to water them. I built this off of what was already there at the house, so I guess you’d have to find what features of the house grab you and get creative with them.
There’s a spiral staircase and the top floor is one big room that’s both an office and bedroom.
(Some of these pictures are from the building process.)
Chandelier design credit to I think Chryseia from the lighting cobble thread by the way. It was my first time dabbling with custom lights.6 -
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✭✭✭✭✭You did a great job and gave some good advice. Everyone has.
Yesterday I tried to put curtains and tapestries over the portals but you could still see the light shining through. And nothing I tried helped cover the laser beams either. Even removing the tablets didn't remove them, but just changed their paths.
Maybe I should give up on trying to eliminate the lasers and portals, and work a design around them. Make it a proper area whose sole purpose is to hold gateways to the other areas.
I don't know. I just hate it sitting there unused.Edited by SilverBride on March 12, 2021 5:01PMPCNA0 -
TeruKisuke✭✭✭✭@SilverBride Yeah I get ya. It’s a very odd and convoluted house made with the intent of giving the owner many different options on paper, but the actual design of Halls is either too specific or gives too many choices to where the owner wouldn’t know what to do with it. It took a long time to come up with my convoluted portal mechanism which is the hardest get-around IMO.
One design I had wanted to do was to open it up to the Halls of Colossus wing where I’d make an indoor waterless greenhouse there, but I didn’t have the slots to do it. The idea was to use each wing as different parts of the mansion property without having to make point B of ABC. So, to get to the garden, you wouldn’t have to go through some long corridor. But, again, slots. (And that is a done-to-death discussion so I won’t go into it.)2 -
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✭✭✭I like that ZOS is enabling us to get free houses to increase interest in housing, but I think something like the Antiquarian house (a more typical home) is much easier for people to deal with, certainly is for me. That Moongrave Fane area in Hall of the Lunar Champion will forever be underutilized. What an awkward looking place.
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SilverBride✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭katanagirl1 wrote: »I like that ZOS is enabling us to get free houses to increase interest in housing, but I think something like the Antiquarian house (a more typical home) is much easier for people to deal with, certainly is for me. That Moongrave Fane area in Hall of the Lunar Champion will forever be underutilized. What an awkward looking place.
The Antiquarian house was definitely a lot easier for me to decorate because the indoor and outdoor spaces made sense and flowed well. I turned mine into a guest lodge.PCNA3 -
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✭I can understand in a way what you mean. I didnt really like the house myself, or the giant beam-emitting ball in the center of it.
Even worse, I tend to 'give' each house to one of my characters and it was my Altmer magcro's turn to receive a house and lets face it, I dont think could have been any less suitable for him.
But after playing around I did manage to make it so it looked like a place where he would live.
Describing it would be difficult so I tried to make a fast video (forgive me as I dont make videos at all so is a little sloppy).
I removed all the tablets but one to get rid of beams (Ill show how I did that last beam in video).
In first section I show front door and how I used stairs to cover first pedestal and lowered ceiling for most of giant ball.
From there, whenever my character jumps, its showing where a pedestal or portal would be. (It took me a min to figure out a way I could make this understood and jumping was best I could come up with lol)
Then how I used a cobbled chandelier to cover the part of ball the was still showing. I also showed how I couldnt cover original columns but tried to fit them in to rest of house.
The Lions Cradle pedestal has a tablet and is covered by the large clockwork box in storage room. When Vulindil runs back and forth Im attempting to show how the beam can be covered in one area and still show in the other.
Then lastly Im just showing Lions Cradle converted into basement/cave with a place for Vulindil to conduct his necro experiments.
Anyway, I just wanted to say that Hall of the Lunar Champion went from one of my most disliked houses to one of my favorites. So it is possible it can for you as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yskl80tvUXw
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SilverBride✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Well I only have 3 characters and they each have their own homes so this would be more of a public place they would all use. But try as I might I just don't get any inspiration from it.Edited by SilverBride on March 13, 2021 8:22PMPCNA0 -
LadySinflower✭✭✭✭✭Vulsahdaal wrote: »I can understand in a way what you mean. I didnt really like the house myself, or the giant beam-emitting ball in the center of it.
Even worse, I tend to 'give' each house to one of my characters and it was my Altmer magcro's turn to receive a house and lets face it, I dont think could have been any less suitable for him.
But after playing around I did manage to make it so it looked like a place where he would live.
Describing it would be difficult so I tried to make a fast video (forgive me as I dont make videos at all so is a little sloppy).
I removed all the tablets but one to get rid of beams (Ill show how I did that last beam in video).
In first section I show front door and how I used stairs to cover first pedestal and lowered ceiling for most of giant ball.
From there, whenever my character jumps, its showing where a pedestal or portal would be. (It took me a min to figure out a way I could make this understood and jumping was best I could come up with lol)
Then how I used a cobbled chandelier to cover the part of ball the was still showing. I also showed how I couldnt cover original columns but tried to fit them in to rest of house.
The Lions Cradle pedestal has a tablet and is covered by the large clockwork box in storage room. When Vulindil runs back and forth Im attempting to show how the beam can be covered in one area and still show in the other.
Then lastly Im just showing Lions Cradle converted into basement/cave with a place for Vulindil to conduct his necro experiments.
Anyway, I just wanted to say that Hall of the Lunar Champion went from one of my most disliked houses to one of my favorites. So it is possible it can for you as wellhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yskl80tvUXw
I am beyond impressed with this! You are a master! I play on console so I can't use any of those tricks you mentioned. I also hate the light beams and you did a great job of dealing with the one you kept in the build. I'm on the verge of wanting to tear down my lunar champion and start over. Thank you for sharing your amazing video with us!0 -
LaughingGremlin✭✭✭Hall of the Lunar is a bit of a fixer upper but you can create some nice things with a bit of effort.
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✭✭✭✭✭I love the Alinor fireplace turned upside down! I'm so going to use that!PCNA1 -
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✭✭Thanks for recognizing the type of fireplace as I was going to ask. I like it that way too.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭I have 2 of the Alinor fireplaces in Alinor Crest Townhouse that I'm currently decorating. I plan to flip one or both and maybe try to flip some of the other fireplaces I have in my other homes, too.
I love when I find something cool like this that I can steal use!PCNA0 -
LaughingGremlin✭✭✭SilverBride wrote: »I love the Alinor fireplace turned upside down! I'm so going to use that!
Thanks, the Alinor fireplace is so big and the house so small that I had to think of something.0
