@WardenWolf
So the minas house and osgiliath house are good and pretty basic, so I won't go into those unless you really want to. I don't see any major mistakes with them.
The edhellond theme build could use more improvements, so I will focus on that one for now.

First thing I imeadiatly notice is flatness. The walls, the tower, the terrain, it all looks prety flat and plain. The tower walls don't have any depth or decoration to it, the walls of the central wall doesn't have anything special about it, it doesn't grab people's attention.
Small example on how you could improve this:
Take a look at the railing/fences/sides on the wall. Now imagine yourself a medieval wall out in sea, protecting a cove made by one of the most creative surreal creatures on a fantastical earth. It's kind of difficult to link those two together, doesn't it? How would an elf make that railing? Probably safe, sober, some slender shapes, maybe some sections with details. Does the wall have a function? Well it needs to be accesable for allies but not for enemies. Alright, so we might need cover spots against attacks... and so on and so on...

You certainly need to think about that, I would make the top of the wall slanted, have some higher wall sections for cover spots and place them so they form a pattern that gives the wall an elvish look. Take a look at some medieval walls or try to find inspiration from other fantasy drawings or stories.
I would also add some visible structural parts on your wall, like support sections, overhangs, broader parts and the likes. Maybe I could use some rocks on the bottom that could function as a natural foundation.

I would add more terrain features to it, like rocks in sea, parts of the cliff, maybe a small flat beach on the side, anything that would improve on the atmosphere of one of the only elvish harbors in middle earth.

With the tower, I would use the same techniques to improve the detail on it, especially the lower and middle parts. I could go on and on about tips and tricks, but quite frankly those are either on the builderschool or are discussed in previous posts on this thread. Take a look at other examples of towers on minecraft, fornost, minas tirith, ost in edhil, osgiliath, rohan, rivendell, tharbad, lond daer, those are plenty of locations to check details and towers. And with looking I don't mean juwt glancing at it, but take note on how it's made and what blocks are used and in what way they are used.
You talk about too little space but you have loads to spare on your theme build. I agree you shouldn't cramp stuff in it but you shouldn't leave 40% as open water. What about a boat, or a dock, or terrain, or the cave entrance, or storage space or flags, or two towers instead of one or guard posts. Not all at once but you seem to have only thought about a simple wall and a lighthouse/tower.

And lastly, this goes for so many people trying for artist: TAKE PICTURES OF THE INTERIOR OF THEME BUILDS. Not too many but a few with overview shots. For all I know you made a massive tower and you can't get in it. From your pictures, I can't see the back, the interior or the top of your tower. I don't think anyone could make a fair analyses based on 3,5 pictures of a theme build. This is the basic shots you need: front arial view, back arial view, enough zoomed in pics if needed, and about 2 to 3 interior pics that give an overview to the build. Not 3 pics of the front bottom view.

I think your main worry is that you get into trouble if you have to tackle weird shapes that aren't symmetrical. Since you had tr8uble with that pretty simple osgiliath roof, and you have pretty much only symmetrical builds, I'd practice with some irregular shapes. I'd like you to try a bigger dome or a multilevel roof on a house. Maybe try your hand at sails of a big ship or a river turn. And try out a tree, those are probably the most difficult basic thing you can make in minecraft.

Saying that, I'm quite surprised of the ships you did. Those are really well made and they seem sollutions of all the things I just mentioned in this post. But I still see that you only tackle straight stuff, for example the cannons are all pointed straight forward which makes me wonder if you could build them pointing towards the air or to the sides. The basic shapes of the ship are also pretty repetitive and although they work fine for this build, it again makes me wonder if you can pull off non lineair builds. Building a lothlorien or fangorn tree would probably prove you can.
So keep trying and keep imagining new things for builds. Good luck and feel free to ask for help when needex.

@mullerl
I did it, if anyone else wants to give some constructive feedback on any posts, be my guest!

Did i really not give you any feedback beat?! That must be the biggest screw-up I ever did on mcme. Let me meet up with you on teamspeak asap

Bombur8 said:

Could I have some feedback on my Dol Amroth gatehouse ? Is plot 16.

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Ok, first of all, I would be delighted if you could give me some screenshots next time since I don't always have the time to hop on while doing this and also so we are looking at the same thing while discussing something.

Textures:
So, you're build is a dol amroth gate. Since dol amroth is more south a lot of the guys used beige textures for the walls but you did something different with the white blocks. I like the change and the way you guys try to experiment but you also got to realise when something looks good and when it doesn't. The white tops on the towers doesn't look good. It looks to me as if someone screwed my texture pack over and it isn't supposed to be white.
Same thing with the heads on the statues in the middle of the gate, it looks like wool for me in my recent gondor pack, and I don't know if this is intended but it looks weird. Like a derp.
Same thing goes for using gray wall fences in some windows, the gray and the beige look pretty 'clumsy'. It works in the floors where the ballistas are, but not in the windows. The frame also doesn't line up perfectly with the window.
Another thing I don't get texture wise are the orange shingle blocks on the rim of the two bigger towers. Why? Looks like you forgot to erase a mistake.
Another way I can tell you don't have a lot of experience with textures is the side columns on the bigger towers behind the wall. There is a sort of small pillar at the bottom made out of 7 blocks of smooth sandstone. This block looks like a keystone and should be used sparcely instead of the other way around.

Basic layout:
Another thing is what I don't really get, is why build a pond with a more narrow bridge inside the gate? Doesn't really function for a main gate or for any really functional gate. It might be a cool design trick but not fit for the atmosphere of a main gate. The gray bridge itself also clashes a bit with the other textures.
The bigger towers and smaller towers look alright in terms of architecture although I think it looks a bit iregular at times, some parts are pretty flat while others are too clashy and hard on the eyes. But that is just my OCD detail checker turning on so don't worry about that much.
The ballistas also look cool, but I would try to build them a little smaller or leave them out anyway. There isn't much surface on those towers and with a ballista, there isn't any room left. This makes the gate look a bit too busy and crowded and ultimately is not good for the style.
I would also try to do something more interesting than 1 block hole windows, try make less windows but better looking ones.

I like the overall architecture of the towers, they're not bad but I am focussing more on the extras and the details in this feedback. So basic tower skills are good!

On the interior:
This is pretty basic. You have the room for a 2 by 2 spiral staircase, for a straight staircase, yet you guys opt for the simplest and in my opinion, ugly looking 1 block wide spiral staircase. It's a bit sad that you didn't try something more epic and fitting for the front gate of a city.
You try to make a diverse interior but you don't really succeed in this completly. Try to give each room a function and design from that function on. Don't just place stuff near the walls, but use all the space you have. Like the armor/weapons room at the left rear tower just has 5 swords and some item frames with stuff in. Instead you could have gotten rid of the overkill of windows and made a small weapons repair room.
There is room for railings near the staircase everywhere, yet you don't put any in. I think it might be tricky to make them, but right now it looks too simple and too minecrafty (as in a survival base looking thing, not creative build world).
Also I like the cauldrons with supposed 'oil' on the top of the towers but 2 things pop into my head: It doesn't look like oil but like water so it doesn't give a good impression and why put oil on the back towers instead of the front, where the enemies are?

All in all, I think you guys need to check our builds on a different level more, and try to construct a more realistic image of a build. Not that you guys didn't try that, but you have to think about what your build does to someone else. How does it look, what atmosphere does it bring up, what stories does it tell... and so on. Some things work in minecraft and some things don't, and you guys have to be a little more harsh on what you cut and what not. This feedback might look horrible and destructive but I think with some new spirit and some experience you guys would improve VERY much.