show off your windmills!

RatKing0 · February 9

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 · February 11

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 · February 11

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 · February 11

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 · February 11

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 · February 12

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 · February 12

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 · February 14

I prefer to keep mine tall but functional.

Although I do need to play around with tapered designs.

Whimsical Fool · February 14

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 · February 14

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 · February 18

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

René de Vintageman · February 21

Cute windmill on a post

Post mill aka Standerdmolen the oldest type of Dutch windmills. The whole mill can be turned towards the wind, standing on a post. Its defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single central vertical post. The vertical post is supported by four quarter bars.

For simple milling it seems more economical and convenient to just build a row of small windmills.
I decided that I'm done with über mills on high mountains. Now with 1.22 having two mill types, I want a mill close by, no walking for hours. No speed needed, just VS patience.

json download below of importing!

Key 1.22 Windmill & Mechanical Updates:
Large Windmill: A new, larger variant is added for higher power output.
Turbulence Penalty: Placing windmills too close (within 1.5x sail diameter) creates turbulence, significantly reducing efficiency. Space them out by at least 15 blocks for maximum performance.
Fire Risk: Mechanical components will smoke and eventually ignite if they rotate too fast, a system designed to prevent overpowered, "eldritch" setups.