# 17th century Zaanse paper mill **URL:** \ **Category:** Finished Projects\ **Tags:** featured, eevee\ **Created:** [September 27, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/17th-century-zaanse-paper-mill/1255726 "2020-09-27T19:08:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThomasKole](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/thomaskole/32/1388979_2.png) [@ThomasKole](https://blenderartists.org/u/ThomasKole)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/17th-century-zaanse-paper-mill/1255726/1 "2020-09-27T19:08:28Z")
Alright, I’m calling this one a wrap. It’s been on the self for a while, I only just got around to rendering. You can find the WIP thread here: > [@17th century Zaanse paper mill](https://blenderartists.org/t/17th-century-zaanse-paper-mill/1237700/14): > > Had to throw in some boats. The rowboat is a bit more detailed, but still quite simple. Works well enough. It’s a late 17th century paper mill, as could be found along the Zaan back then. The Netherlands are known for their mills, and they can be found all over the country. Most of the mills are for local services, such as sawing wood or grinding wheat. The Zaan region was an early industrial area - the products of these mills were shipped all over the world. Zaans paper was known to be some of the best of the world, made from pulp and discarded fabric. The interconected highway of man-made rivers and streams acted like a modern day road network, transporting materials and people. The mills themselves are extremely complicated pieces of engineering. Often times parts would be interchangable, and these types of mills are still in operation today. This mill is loosely based on _“De Oude Voorn”_ and other paper mills like it. ![image](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/6/f/5/6f583cae496b716004e5575badbcc6018fb50eb8.jpeg) Made with Blender 2.8, 2.9 rolled out when I was finished, so rendered in 2.9. EEVEE, render time @ 64 samples is about a minute (depends on the viewpoint). I think the biggest bottleneck is the vegetation. I used the classic particle object collection trick, but it became absurdly slow. Now I’m using the Particle Instance modifier, which merges all the grass it into one big mesh. Sounds like it should be slower, but it’s about 2x - 3x faster. ![Camera.006](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/5/9/a/59ace8e71a6062dbed288868e53d873a53ef9b28.jpeg) ![Camera.005](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/b/7/6/b76ffdb201d8e064ac9c6ef361c9644e4bcf67f6.jpeg) ![Camera.004](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/5/2/d/52d089701de8e8bb026e1917ae8cc0d90f027e5f.jpeg) ![Camera.011](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/c/5/f/c5f05654588dc6c8797233d728a4afe74cf405bb.jpeg) ![Camera.001](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/5/2/5/525835792eb0072929f14d8159428221eb7a48d6.jpeg) ![Camera.005](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/b/5/d/b5d25b726cec11b3f88d93fa9ddc17a8cd4eeec7.jpeg) ![Camera.011](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/b/6/b/b6b6ecf6b9009231adf03851278c010c17754d69.jpeg) ![Camera.014](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/3/6/a/36a730dd46a94abc7c784ef31e637524642787e0.jpeg) Lots of reference images were found on: > **[Home](https://beeldbank.zaanschemolen.nl/)** > > Vereniging De Zaansche Molen beschikt over een indrukwekkende historische beeldcollectie die door middel van een online beeldbank op deze website toegankelijk is gemaakt. And all textures (except the procedural ones) are from the following sources: > **[ambientCG - Free Textures, HDRIs and Models](https://ambientcg.com/)** > > Free 3D Assets Never Looked This Good! Get 2000+ PBR Materials, HDRIs and more for free under the CC0 Public Domain license. > **[Poly Haven • Poly Haven](https://polyhaven.com/)** > > The Public 3D Asset Library > **[Poly Haven • Poly Haven](https://polyhaven.com/)** > > The Public 3D Asset Library ---
**Author:** ![synkrotron](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/synkrotron/32/726230_2.png) [@synkrotron](https://blenderartists.org/u/synkrotron)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/17th-century-zaanse-paper-mill/1255726/2 "2020-09-27T19:10:19Z")
my fave:- ![](https://media.blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/b/6/b/b6b6ecf6b9009231adf03851278c010c17754d69.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ThomasKole](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/thomaskole/32/1388979_2.png) [@ThomasKole](https://blenderartists.org/u/ThomasKole)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/17th-century-zaanse-paper-mill/1255726/4 "2020-09-29T19:18:07Z")
Cycles (top) vs. Eevee (bottom). ![rainy](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/d/2/0/d20e4a40ba0e833e3e7a2d8e9e18ad06b5ae8749.jpeg) ![Camera](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/4/1/2/4123dbe30417b566e1c124a82b84937193ab8425.jpeg) ![Sun](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/9/9/4/994dfec062f6627797ef2421d7796fa6dab0cdfd.jpeg) ![Camera.005](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/b/7/6/b76ffdb201d8e064ac9c6ef361c9644e4bcf67f6.jpeg) I’m impressed by how similar the results are - especially at a first glance. ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/17th-century-zaanse-paper-mill/1255726/5 "2020-10-02T16:02:02Z")
You’re on the #featured row! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/17th-century-zaanse-paper-mill/1255726/6 "2020-10-02T18:30:29Z")
I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend! > **[Best of Blender Artists: 2020, week 40 - BlenderNation](https://www.blendernation.com/2020/10/02/best-of-blender-artists-2020-week-40/)** > > Every week, hundreds of artists share their work on the Blender Artists forum. I'm putting some of the best work in the spotlight in a weekly post here on BlenderNation. Dragon (Blender Animation)  Teenage Witch  Arf Arf Arf Arf Arf! ... ---
**Author:** ![Rp2](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/rp2/32/725917_2.png) [@Rp2](https://blenderartists.org/u/Rp2)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 9:44am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/17th-century-zaanse-paper-mill/1255726/7 "2020-10-03T09:44:54Z")
so close ! Render time difference ? ---
**Author:** ![ThomasKole](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/thomaskole/32/1388979_2.png) [@ThomasKole](https://blenderartists.org/u/ThomasKole)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 9:56am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/17th-century-zaanse-paper-mill/1255726/8 "2020-10-03T09:56:22Z")
Thanks @bartv! @Rp2, can’t always make a fair comparison, because cycles rendertimes shot up when rendering from low angles (due to all the transparency on the foliage). However, 64 Eevee samples would take about 1 minute (including pre-processing all the foliage-as-particles, which I think took at leas 20s of that). Cycles @ 128 samples + denoising would take about 20 minutes on my GTX1070. ---
**Author:** ![Rp2](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/rp2/32/725917_2.png) [@Rp2](https://blenderartists.org/u/Rp2)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/17th-century-zaanse-paper-mill/1255726/9 "2020-10-03T17:18:21Z")
i am very impressed with the result 👌 ---
**Author:** ![KatLoveland](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/katloveland/32/703941_2.png) [@KatLoveland](https://blenderartists.org/u/KatLoveland)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/17th-century-zaanse-paper-mill/1255726/10 "2020-10-03T18:04:04Z")
Gorgeous work!!!