MKJoshA Posted June 3, 2019 Posted June 3, 2019 See the previous tales: Wyndor's Saga: Chapter 1 -What Has Past- Chapter 2 -What Has Past- Chapter 3 -What Has Past- Chapter 4 -Grevling Manor -House Raising Party -Survival -Grevling Manor Great Hall -Alistair's Forest Lair During a time of uncertainty in Historica, the residents of Mitgardia decide they need more protection. Unconvinced that their new Queen can keep them safe, they take matters into their own hands. Farmer Gyles, a resident of Dalig Ulv, gets help from the community to build a palisade around his mill. His family watches from the side of the road, their hearts overwhelmed with the care their neighbors are showing. Quote
W Navarre Posted June 3, 2019 Posted June 3, 2019 Wonderful build, the lavender gives it a snowy look! Also the roof is great, the slow circling inward of the windmill works well, and all the details with the figs carrying wood look very neat! Quote
Garmadon Posted June 3, 2019 Posted June 3, 2019 Very nice! The roof of the mill is excellent, and I'm digging the small insets of the woodwork all the way up! I'll echo Navarre on the lavender stalks as well, although that plant next to the family looks like it might just be inclined to gobble them all up! Quote
Retro Posted June 3, 2019 Posted June 3, 2019 Gorgeous, especially the lavender stalks (are they from Elves?). The scene as a whole reminds me of Mondrian's windmill paintings, particularly 'The Windmill in Sunlight' from 1908. Quote
Kai NRG Posted June 3, 2019 Posted June 3, 2019 The size of this window is toweringly impressive, great job with the slightly smaller round sections. Great use of purple leaves too, I didn't know they came in that color! Quote
Louis of Nutwood Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 Fellow builder, what a nice creation! I like how the scene is full of movement, and yet, not overly packed. The palisade looks strong and your mill is huge! I don't know if that was the intention, but it looks like the roof of your mill is made of metal plates of some sort. If they are, they are very fitting to the story. I'm leaning to understand that the roof was a recent addition as a fortification to you village, as well. Great work! Quote
Grover Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) Really fantastic build you have here. The flora look spectacular--you have quite an eye for it. The lavender petals on the stalk flower is great, and the whole plant is well done. The inclusion of this lavender on the rest of the stalks makes the field look like a less mature plant and works. The round mill tower is very nice, and the alternating 1x2 / 1x1 round really looks good with the brown and the palisade 1x2s alternating are great. My favorite part of the build is the roof. I've been experimenting trying to get a wedge roof to look that good for a while and haven't figured out how to do it. Do you mind sharing your technique? Is it clips on a bent piece of flex tubing? I think it could be more widely applied to a lot of builds and really looks sharp. Great job, and thanks for sharing! Edited June 4, 2019 by Grover Quote
zoth33 Posted June 5, 2019 Posted June 5, 2019 Great windmill. The round mill looks great. The touch of grey you added to round parts of the mill is really nice. The landscaping is wonderful. I like how you have rocks jutting out from different spots. The grass looks neat with the lavender on it. The little tree with the new leaf pieces looks awesome. Nice story and figs too. Quote
MKJoshA Posted June 7, 2019 Author Posted June 7, 2019 On 6/3/2019 at 11:15 AM, W Navarre said: Wonderful build, the lavender gives it a snowy look! Also the roof is great, the slow circling inward of the windmill works well, and all the details with the figs carrying wood look very neat! On 6/3/2019 at 11:23 AM, Garmadon said: Very nice! The roof of the mill is excellent, and I'm digging the small insets of the woodwork all the way up! I'll echo Navarre on the lavender stalks as well, although that plant next to the family looks like it might just be inclined to gobble them all up! On 6/3/2019 at 7:57 PM, Louis of Nutwood said: Fellow builder, what a nice creation! I like how the scene is full of movement, and yet, not overly packed. The palisade looks strong and your mill is huge! I don't know if that was the intention, but it looks like the roof of your mill is made of metal plates of some sort. If they are, they are very fitting to the story. I'm leaning to understand that the roof was a recent addition as a fortification to you village, as well. Great work! On 6/4/2019 at 10:22 PM, zoth33 said: Great windmill. The round mill looks great. The touch of grey you added to round parts of the mill is really nice. The landscaping is wonderful. I like how you have rocks jutting out from different spots. The grass looks neat with the lavender on it. The little tree with the new leaf pieces looks awesome. Nice story and figs too. Thank you all! I will always come back to the Historica thread because you all are way better at giving comments and feedback than the SW thread! On 6/3/2019 at 12:20 PM, Retro said: Gorgeous, especially the lavender stalks (are they from Elves?). The scene as a whole reminds me of Mondrian's windmill paintings, particularly 'The Windmill in Sunlight' from 1908. On 6/3/2019 at 4:49 PM, Kai NRG said: The size of this window is toweringly impressive, great job with the slightly smaller round sections. Great use of purple leaves too, I didn't know they came in that color! I had to look up Mondrian's painting. Wow, to be compared with that is an honor! The lavender stalks are actually from a Disney Frozen set where they were used for balloon holders. Tragic that they didn't make their way into more sets as they are very useful! On 6/4/2019 at 12:36 AM, Grover said: Really fantastic build you have here. The flora look spectacular--you have quite an eye for it. The lavender petals on the stalk flower is great, and the whole plant is well done. The inclusion of this lavender on the rest of the stalks makes the field look like a less mature plant and works. The round mill tower is very nice, and the alternating 1x2 / 1x1 round really looks good with the brown and the palisade 1x2s alternating are great. My favorite part of the build is the roof. I've been experimenting trying to get a wedge roof to look that good for a while and haven't figured out how to do it. Do you mind sharing your technique? Is it clips on a bent piece of flex tubing? I think it could be more widely applied to a lot of builds and really looks sharp. Great job, and thanks for sharing! Flex tubing is the key, here's what it looks like on the inside: Quote
Grover Posted June 8, 2019 Posted June 8, 2019 Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing! This gives me a lot of great ideas, and some of that tubing is available on bricks and pieces right now (that stuff is hard to find and expensive on BrickLink), so I think I'm going to get some and try my hand at working it into a roof. It looks really good and fairly stable. Quote
MKJoshA Posted June 9, 2019 Author Posted June 9, 2019 5 hours ago, Grover said: Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing! This gives me a lot of great ideas, and some of that tubing is available on bricks and pieces right now (that stuff is hard to find and expensive on BrickLink), so I think I'm going to get some and try my hand at working it into a roof. It looks really good and fairly stable. Bricks and Pieces is great. That's where I got those brown tubes myself. It's a decently stable roof. The trick is not squeezing too hard or the clips come off where they connect to the roof with the trans-clear part. Quote
mrcp6d Posted June 16, 2019 Posted June 16, 2019 This is great Josh. Round is hard enough, but you also built in a lovely subtle taper to the structure--really nice. Many thanks for the how-to picture of the roof! Quote
Eoin Wallace Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 That's a very nice tower you have got there! Quote
The Stad Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 I love all the activity in this scene, and your windmill is very clever. I do think you could have put a little more effort into the palisade (standing logs on end on top of the ground isn't a very stable way to build a wall), but I appreciate all the laborers at work on various tasks around the job site. And as a whole, it's a very visually appealing build. Well done! Quote
MKJoshA Posted June 18, 2019 Author Posted June 18, 2019 2 hours ago, The Stad said: I do think you could have put a little more effort into the palisade (standing logs on end on top of the ground isn't a very stable way to build a wall), The idea is that they dug a hole and then placed the log down into the hole. That's why the man is digging before they place the next log. Just like post-hole digging today. Quote
soccerkid6 Posted June 29, 2019 Posted June 29, 2019 Beautiful windmill, the tapering effect is fabulous Excellent choice of colors for the landscape and plants too Quote
de Gothia Posted June 29, 2019 Posted June 29, 2019 Lovely mill and top notch presentation and photos! Quote
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