When I recently ordered a reasonable order of Warlord Games ECW figures (See Return to the English Civil War) to maximise on the postage I couldn’t resist grabbing a unique little ready-made model of theirs – the very limited edition Warlord Games Windmill. It’s a great model because it’s a typical small basic type probably seen all though much of North-Western (& parts of Eastern?) Europe, rather than a more substantial structure. This is great because it makes it probably usable from the Middle Ages right through to the 1960’s or so. What’s more, although it’s nominally for 28mm figures it looks like it’ll likely sneak in with my 20mm World War II and Modern stuff, albeit slightly on the large side!
The model is a Pillar Windmill – (from eHow) “The pillar is the most ancient type of windmill, dating back to the 13th century…
eHow continued: The rectangular body of the mill is free to turn with the direction of the wind as it rests on a vertical wooden pillar. This type of windmill later evolved to become what is known as the cable transmission shaft mill, which uses a cylindrical-shaped base in lieu of the pyramid that was used to anchor its earlier incarnation.” You can also read more at Wikipedia if windmills are your thing.
The windmill is a hand-made custom model by Paul McDonagh of Paul’s Modelling Workshop (who is a custom wargames terrain builder), and Warlord Game’s apparently only commissioned about half-a-dozen of them from Paul. And the sails even rotate if you want!
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