From StuartL - Dutch Mill

Another small post from me this week. I have stuff on my workbench, but can't seem to find the time to get it done. Fingers crossed it'll be finished by next week.
In the meantime, I have painted up some more MDF terrain from Sarissa Precision. I picked up this windmill a while back. It's a truly massive piece of terrain. The top of the mill itself is about 9" off the ground. The sails add another 6" or so to the height and to the width on either side.

When I finished the kit, I didn't like the empty spaces in the sails so I glued some tissue paper over the backs and painted it with watered down PVA glue mixed with a drop of buff paint from vallejo. I think it gives a nice impression of canvas.

To try to add some extra detail to the piece, I wanted to make the MDF look more like real wood. To that end, I scraped a modelling saw across the panels to make some small grooves, then went over them again with a hobby knife to add some deeper marks. These stand out quite nicely after I painted the model in a watered down brown paint. I added some washes to add some colour to the wood. I tried drybrushing, but it didn't work out to well and now one side (above) is a bit messy. I may go back over it with brown at some point to tidy it up.

For all it's size, the mill building isn't that big in terms of AHPC terrain cubes. At 9" x 3" x 3" for the main structure it's only 81 cubic inches. However, since I'm feeling generous, I'll add a bit extra for the stairs, the wide base and the sails. That should round it up to 10 points, giving me a slight boost 809.5 (unofficial) points scored for this challenge so far.