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I’m also planning on water wheeling, but haven’t started yet because I’ve been reading about water wheels for a good day now and contemplating the concept art.
The thing Ive been grappling with is the water that you can see on the forward paddles. The color around the paddle makes it appear as though theyre bucket style paddles, which is a thing, however, that style of paddle generally results in all of the paddles being part of the same ring. The space between the paddles forces me into believing that the blue / white highlights on the paddles are just indicative of specularity from them being wet, not that they’re bucket paddles retaining water.
I also ended up reading a good 6 articles about the history and development of water wheel technology over the last day. Way more analysis than I intended to give this, but I’m an archaeologist and I’ve honestly never thought about the history of water wheels… and theyre kind of amazing.
The closest real life example i could find resembling the concept art is the water wheel in Bayeux Normandy.
Theres another in this style that is a bit different in Vojkovice C.R.
I could talk waaaaay more about water wheels at this point, but I’ll spare you all and start my blocking. 😀