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How to build the Windmill in Minecraft
the palette · 51 steps · 6 techniques
The palette
Grey stone below, white calcite and dark oak above, white wool for the sails. The light walls between dark posts make the timber frame stand out, and the white sails read from far across the fields.
Techniques
- Octagonal plan
- Tapering tower
- Timber framing
- Drip ledges
- Sails
- Textured stone
The steps
- Plinth and floor
- Stone walls
- Stone walls
- Stone walls
- Stone walls
- Door and arch
- Awning
- Windows and shutters
- Corbels
- Stage floor
- Stage edge
- Railing
- Stage lanterns
- Timber posts
- Walls
- Walls and windows
- Beams
- Drip ledge
- Timber posts
- Walls
- Walls and windows
- Beams
- Drip ledge
- Timber posts
- Walls
- Walls and windows
- Beams
- Lanterns inside
- Cap eave
- Cap
- Cap
- Cap
- Finial
- Windshaft and hub
- Sail whip
- Sail cloth
- Sail whip
- Sail cloth
- Sail whip
- Sail cloth
- Sail whip
- Sail cloth
- Path
- Path
- Field and water
- Wheat
- Field fence
- Hay bales
- Cart
- Cart load
- Barrels and lantern post
How each technique is done and every step explained, in 3D: Learn (members).