show off your windmills!

[RatKing0]

i prioritized efficiency over aesthetics when building my windmills, but now am wanting to dress them up. problem is, i have no idea what to do with all that height. i'm interested to see what others have done for theirs 

[LeDub89]

Oh, I'm very interested too! What did you come up with?

I'll post a screenshot when I'm home, but this is my inspiration: https://www.molendatabase.nl/molens/ten-bruggencate-nr-02775

I chiseled a column of 6 blocks into a taper an made a 5x5 square bottom. I lined the top with oak planks and put a thatch roof on it.

If I can't make this work I'll try something like this: https://www.demaasenwaler.nl/algemeen/algemeen/37372/onderhoud-molens-beneden-leeuwen-en-alphen

 

[RatKing0]

3 hours ago, LeDub89 said:

What did you come up with?

it's hard to fit the whole thing on a screenshot so here's a few lol. i plan on adding leaded glass to each floor once I get enough lead, and may replace the chiseled portions around the windows with a light brown inlay (claystone, maybe?) I also want to round out the edges of the building on the Z axis but haven't found a shape I like yet. 

 

i'm sort of regretting my choice of pine for the panes, but it would take even longer to get the lead to replace them all  I've gotten all the surface lead I found, and prospecting hasn't left me optimistic about my odds of finding any more 

 

[LeDub89]

Wow that's elaborate! I like the bevelled edges and rounded corners.

Didn't you find any ores a few blocks down the surface ores? 

Here's mine. Needs a few more sails, waiting for flax to mature. The claystone with conglomerate accents blends in a bit too much i.m.o. I may change it out for something brighter.

[RatKing0]

2 hours ago, LeDub89 said:

Wow that's elaborate! I like the bevelled edges and rounded corners.

Didn't you find any ores a few blocks down the surface ores? 

Here's mine. Needs a few more sails, waiting for flax to mature. The claystone with conglomerate accents blends in a bit too much i.m.o. I may change it out for something brighter.

Thanks, it was about 4 hours of chiseling and I'm still planning to work more on the corners haha

 

Your windmill looks really nice! granite and claystone compliment each other pretty well, maybe that could be used as an accent? 

 

I did find a fair amount of lead below the surface ores but nearly all of it went to the windows that are already on the windmill lol, theres close to 300 panes on it already so i've burnt through quite a bit 

Edited February 11 by RatKing0

[ArgentLuna]

The Faux Redwood powers my Blacksmith, the other sails are the Quern but its nothing fancy just a cobble tower on the residental section of the house

[BlackMoonHowling]

5 hours ago, ArgentLuna said:

The Faux Redwood powers my Blacksmith, the other sails are the Quern but its nothing fancy just a cobble tower on the residental section of the house

That’s very clever! I never thought about putting a windmill in a big tree, now I need to make one too!

[Valsalan]

I prefer to keep mine tall but functional.

Although I do need to play around with tapered designs.

[Whimsical Fool]

Its a bit of a work in progress but here's a windmill I've been working on recently, I have the miniature I'm basing it on attached as well. I plan to extend the house portion and add some more depth as well as work in the cobblestone base for the windmill section.

[EnbyKaiju]

The last windmill I made for a longer term world was part of a larger workshop build I was trying, with a layout inspired by the design style of Kingdoms Reborn. There are definitely some improvements that could be made, especially with the axel-in-blocks that are coming in the new update, but this felt like it worked well for what I was trying to do and adds to the layered effect I absolutely love to work with and see from others.

I try and keep my mechanical setup very simple. One windmill, with as little mechanical complexity as possible, and this one work very nicely for a solo experience.

[Louiis]

Some great builds here! Why didn't I think of putting a sail into a tree