that little birds crows, can be use as an windsign N,S,W,E at the roof on house/tavern/inn <3

I absolute love how you've been encouraging crafters to experiment and leave their comfort zone. For a long time I stayed close to the techniques you (and the other guild masters) demonstrated, not venturing too far from my comfort zone. When I finally started to branch out and experiment, I truly surprised myself at what I could create. Thanks to you, I've taken this hobby to a level of artistic expression and it's much more fulfilling. Sincerely, thank you!

The patchwork masonry was definitely the way to go. Had you not mentioned that that wasn't part of the original design, I never would have guessed. Also, I can't believe you got those windmill blades looking that slick with some toilet paper and some Elmers...I feel like I'd have spent the better part of a day (and night) trying every piece of cloth in the house before I landed on toilet paper, IF I landed on toilet paper. You can't beat dirt cheap, simple af, and results that pretty though. Nicely done.

Like watching a professional artist colour a kids colouring-in book. When a scratch-builder uses a kit as a base it frees you up from construction/design. I've paper-mache-ed for years using toilet tissue both in sheets and made into paste/clay. Sheets can be applied with dilute pva and painted when dry [tho it will soften again] or apply it with dilute acrylic paint. It is fragile but as you found, that can be exploited. I rip a sheet in half and lay it double for strength. The dried sheets will form a plasticised skin on many surfaces with a fine wrinkled texture [great for dry brushing]. BTW your brick/plaster base was incredible, your struggles paid off there. The torn sails are just perfect [i can testify to that!] and the bits that rotate? they're called, Vanes. Brilliant job BMC !

I absolutely love the fact you don't allow mess ups to make you quit and give up. Because I am prone to do that. You instead take it and make it into something that imo looks better then what the original idea would have even looked like.

"Since these are not numbered I'll just remove them form the sheets" That almost gave me an heartattack. Glad you realized it would be easier keeping track of parts in still in board.

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Thanks to Warcradle Studios for sponsoring this video. It was an absolute pleasure to build this "Old Mill" kit from them. I am totally impressed and totally converted to loving MDF kits. You can check out the full line and grab your own here:

Something fun you could do is buy several kits and cannibalize them to incorporate into your scratch builds. Possibly help with structural shapes and what not. Like the braces for the stone foundation could work well as braces for a steepled conical tower roof or as wooden braces for a bridge by adding form bricks to the bottom. Btw, I’ve only recently started watching your videos regularly and you have really sparked a desire to get into the hobby and learn and experiment. So thank you so much.

Tip on Mdf kits i've used crazy glue in a small place or two like a tack weld and then used PVA glue. It helps move the project along so you don't have to wait so for glue to dry. Its not 100 percent effective but it works for me....most of the time. lol.

A tip I got from Mel the terrain tutor was to wipe down the boards before popping them out. The laser cut process vaporizes some of the resin and oils in the wood leaving a sticky residue. This wipes right off and is easy when the board is in one piece.

This is wonderful. It shows how you can speed up the creation process while still applying your own creativity to make something stunning. Now I want one!

I love how you include your mistakes. It allows us viewers to share in the building process. Well done sir. Subbed a long time ago!

One thing I would always do as a kid to make "cloth" was take a heavy weight paper (I used construction paper) and crumple it. Then rub it together to soften the paper. You gotta really crumple it and rub it but not damage the paper. It gives the paper slack and a sorta suede texture but it could look like leather or canvas or whatever cloth. Just another cloth trick I would always do to make clothes for my dolls as a kid!

Warcradle studios, makes the absolute best MDF kits. I have a bunch, from them, TT Combat and some others, but Warcradle are leaps and bounds better than the others. I also love, that there are often holes made for magnets, so it is easy to make the kits modifiable in how you build them and makes them easy to store.

Seeing you using the piece you cut your fountain parts out of as a stand while spray painting made me smile. It's always fun when you've got some scrap and it reminds you of the old projects it was a leftover from.

You made that kit sing with originality! I'd like to see you do another kit and take the lessons you learned from this kit to see what you can come up with. Thanks for the content! (This looks like something I could even do)

I wouldn't have wrapped the paper around the back of the sails. The cloth on the real things is only on the front, and it would have left the wooden framework exposed on one side.

The bottom brickwork ended up amazing. And the toilet paper was an inspired choice. I really like how this turned out.

The actual wind-gathering parts on a windmill are called 'Sails'. Where I live, in the UK, there were a lot of windmills. There are several that still work, either pumping water, or grinding grain for flour. I've visited several, and they're oddly both beautiful - and more than a bit sinister, too.