I decided to install some shaders so that the screenshots are cool. I tried using Sildur's Vibrant Shaders Medium at first but it gave me FPS problems, so I downgraded to Lite instead, which was still a little laggy.
The first thing I did with the shaders was to jump into some water to take this screenshot.
Copper
TehPiyoNoob went to mine up some malachite and we melted that down in the Melter. It takes very long and I was getting quite annoyed by the amount of manual work that had to be done just to get some copper.
We followed the Advancements which taught us to use a cart on our horses. Using the cart, I went exploring with TehPiyoNoob over at the Darklands (AbyssalCraft) and Swamp to get some Shadow Gems and Coralium. I took some screenshots of the scenery and our amazing dirt bridge to get our horse across the river.
Abyssal Totems
I took on the Totemic mod (see Totem on right) as well as AbyssalCraft. On the left is the platform we use to charge the Necronomicon. In order to stop the corruption when not charging, we place the statues together. The platform is aboslutely not a Villager's home.
In the meantime, I started working on a house on the flip side of the river. I didn't have many blocks so I just made the entire thing out of different types of wood. I think it looks rather quaint.
Primal Basin
TehPiyoNoob used a Wooden Basin from Primal Tech to craft some things. It is very slow but the animations are quite cool.
It's time to progress to Age 2! To do that, we need to craft a Luminous Crafting Table from Astral Sorcery. It involves some black magic done on a bunch of pedestals and was quite cool to look at.