AoM: Mill Phase 3: Firoir Watermill

[soccerkid6]

My first model of 2018, this is based off of the watermill located in Riverwood from the game Skyrim. It is meant to be viewed from all sides, and has a completely irregular border.

I took inspiration for the landscape colors from Wochenender and his incredible Jernsteein creation, while the water wheel was based off of Brick’s design. The trees are again taken from the tutorial by Chris.

Finally getting around to posting this model here. This completes the small storyline I had started a while ago, as well as finally finishing Age of Mitgardia!
Previous story installments: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th.

 

Dedan, Glorfindel, and a new man dressed in dark blue robes made their way to the watermill at Firoir. A few of the villagers were around, and were obviously curious about the three visitors. Some had heard of a confrontation between Glorfindel and their Lord Tuinis, and wondered what it meant for the Officer of Valholl to have returned. Firm steps could be heard upon the wooden walkway over the river as Lord Tuinis approached, flanked by three Mitgardian soldiers. And it was obvious from the guard's gleaming weapons and armor that they were not any of the local troops under Tuinis' command. As he neared the small group, it was clear to all that his rage was barely contained.

"What is the meaning of this, Sir Glorfindel," blustered the man, placing sarcastic emphasis on the term sir. "Invading Firoir with armed troops is no small matter, and I will have you brought before the Valholl Council and banished from Mitgardia!"

Glorfindel answered with just a hint of a smile, "That will not be possible, Tuinis."

"Further insults! Let everyone here be witness to the fact that this man has not even had the decency to properly address a lord of Mitgardia."

"Your status as lord has been revoked, and the Parliament has also removed your control of Firoir." This statement from Glorfindel was brought with a fleeting moment of terror on Tuinis' face, before his usual arrogance returned.

"Lies!" He spat back, "You have merely brought some of your own lackey troops, and used armed force to take this town!"

At this point the oldest of the three soldiers spoke up: "I am Captain Mattr, and can assure you that this was all done on behalf of the Valholl Council, I am not on any orders from Sir Glorfindel."

"You will find all of the legal documents in order," said Dedan, as he extended a sealed letter towards the former lord.

"Those papers also instate Vigr here as the new lord of Firoir," added Glorfindel, gesturing the man robed in blue.

Tuinis had a nasty glint in his eye as he made his parting statement before the guards escorted him to the prisons of Valholl, "I can see your trickery was thorough, but be assured that you will not escape this debacle unharmed!"

The villagers breathed slight sighs of relief at the man's departure, though they dared not hope their new lord was any better of a man. In time Vigr did gain their respect, and also that of the neighboring lord's who were only too happy to see their troublesome neighbor replaced.

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C&C always welcome .

[KevinyWu]

The ice looks so realistic, really good MOC

[TitusV]

It is indeed a lovely colourscheme  

Also really like your irregular base, minifig composition but especially wood-work. These arches supporting the roof of the biggest building are just yummie  

[Ares]

Honestly this build has so many good details I don't know where to start, but I'll start by saying I personally like the stone foundation for the mill. The arch in the mill and the roofing are good as well. I'm also a fan of the irregular base, which I as a builder cannot do, and nice job on the terrain too. 

[Captain Dee]

You have certainly mastered the art of the brick, and developed a very recognizable style while doing it. This is simply beautiful, but that's true of everything you build. The architecture, colors and textures, and lovely irregular base all add up to a lovely composition. Well done. 

I assume the pile of plates with cheese slopes is supposed to represent bark from the logs? If so, that's clever. I'll have to remember that. And the stone wall is nice too.

My favorite feature has to be that water wheel.  By coincidence, just last week I was envisioning the same hub design in your link (1x1 clips attached to a standard wheel, rather than the better-looking bar clips like you used) while working on my own water wheel project. I struggled to produce a suitable smaller design with the techniques I'd already used (especially the ship's wheel hub which limits the number of spokes) and while thinking about this type of hub I guessed it could be done well on a smaller scale, and you definitely proved it! That's an extremely good design. I can't quite tell in the photos, but it appears you used half Technic pins to reverse the direction of the small round bricks in the spokes? That's what I had envisioned, anyway. I'll keep this topic in mind as a reference.

Congrats on finishing Age of Mitgardia. It always looked fun, but I simply don't have time to participate in GoH.

Good work. Keep it up. 

[Henjin_Quilones]

Splendid as always, SK! You have this Skyrim-inspired building thing down pat. My favorite part of the build is hands-down the arches under the gables of the roofs, particularly the larger one. The snow on the eaves is also excellent, continuing your mastery of snow. The stacked chopped logs by the ax is a nice touch, with the 1x1 quarter circle tiles on the ends. Great irregular base, too. My one complaint is that the olive and sand greens are too evenly mixed into each other for my taste; more clumping would improve the look, I think, though perhaps you experimented with that and chose to mix it together like this instead. That is minor and it does not really detract from the model, though, so don't worry about it too much...

Another gorgeous model, all in all. 

[MiloNelsiano]

Recognized this immediately as being (inspired by) the mill in Riverwood. Everything about it looks fantastic. Really great work here!

[Tezclatipoca]

Excellent MOC as always !

The water wheel is just top notch ! Using clips on a classic medieval wheel is just a great idea ! Excellent ! 

[Kai NRG]

You've really hit on a great color/texture combination with these builds, the stone and woodwork look so good on this one and they go great with the snowy landscape!  Lovely waterwheel, trees, and ice too!