can anyone give advice on how to make my builds look a little less bland and janky?
Not necessarily. Blender can give you the ability to make 3D models that Studio cant provide, but it’s not at all what makes a build good. You can add all the meshes you want but that does not magically add aesthetic.
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Blandness
The primary reason your build is bland is your coloring. From what I understand from your images, you went for a steampunk cave/temple. If this is the case, try adding more detail and contrast to the walls. Add more pillars and make the pillars a slightly darker color than the walls. And floor patterns and try to add a little more color. Avoid over-using grey.
Jankiness
Your build looks janky because there are a lot of aspects that don’t fit with it’s surroundings. First, the first image’s doorway has a decal that is much more detailed than the walls around it. In this case, it would be better to remove the decal and try to make the door seem ominous some other way.
Second, in the second image there are two problems: The terrain as the ceiling is undetailed and feels unsupprted. It does not feel like it fits in with the clean environment below. Additionally the ramp is too thin and looks as though it’s about to collapse. Try adding creative supports. I would also advise you to change the materials and color of the ramp to match with its surroundings.
Good luck. Can’t wait to see what you come up with!
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I tried to recreate a location from a video game, I think another problem is that I tried to replicate it exactly rather than make improvements on it to work better with roblox
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Add more textures and props tp the scene. maybe some lighting. otherwise cool recreation of the Majora’s Mask clocktower.
this is the original. try to add some moss in the basement and tiles, maybe other gears lying on the side
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You’re right. I probably should’ve been more careful with how I worded my reply, although I do think it would look better if he used Blender for things like the gears and door. I think when I wrote my reply I was focussing a little too much on specific things in the build instead of the build as a whole. 
@pvnchys, I think it would look better if you used different materials or colors for the walls and floor. They blend together a little too much.
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Don’t try make it to square that probably the one thing builder make mistakes on so I would say make it a bit round or try to give it different shapes to your builds but what I can see your going good.
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