Willy's spoons are definitely either terrible spoons that will give you mouth splinters, or they're the best, most intricate wooden spoons in your life

This Bumbo the Builder arc is actually hard 🔥🔥

Bdubs paints with oils. Scar paints with acrylics. Mumbo paints with watercolors. That’s the best summary to me in how they build. Bdubs -> Beautiful, highly sophisticated, depth, realistic feeling art even if the art itself is unrealistic. Professional artist. Every block is carefully considered and imagined, fully realized. Oil painting takes lots of development time, layers, and is highly detailed and blends the most smoothly. Scar -> Beautiful but aimed for fun and the artwork feels more causal than a professional artist. Not professional doesn’t mean not good, just a different overall attitude and purpose. Acrylic is still very detailed, but it dries much faster and blends not as easy, lending itself to a more typical brushstroke or playful style. Mumbo -> Capturing ideas and moods in broad brushstrokes and forms. Letting textures speak for themselves. Creating visions and impressions rather than extreme details and too much focus on realism. Watercolor is the most expressive and free flowing in its medium, letting the water influence your work, expressing its amazing texture, and making most of your artwork give impressions of what you are making without fully defining it completely and lending it to the water.

Chimneys absolutely belong in a wood yard to make charcoal. Charcoal production was extremely important historically.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="134">2:14</a> It hit the corner, my day is made.

I like how when Mumbo builds a base, his thought process is step 1, build a storage system. step 2, make it look good, step 3, figure out how to live in it.

Mumbo's really going along with the whole "the server is no longer PG" direction this season, first Big Ron, now Willy's...

every single pro minecrafter references Bdubs at least once when building like this - we cannot underestimate his influence on the game and creators

I like to think Ron and Willy Jr. are good friends. Willy stands up on his rooftop with a cup of morning coffee and chats with Ron as he sets up to open. All of the spoons Ron uses come from Willy, and even though Willy tries to give him the spoons for free, Ron insists that he "support the business" and pays for them anyway. I can't wait to see what you add next to this lovely little area!

"that was the weirdest business meeting ive ever had" sir. sir might i remind you of boatem meetings. the void meeting. the slime bounce meeting. the donkeys...

an idea for the path around willy (jr)'s wood shop: you can always make some sort of decking that extends out that briefly diverts the path out, almost like willy jr sees the edge and extended it out himself, but seen as he's not as good as his father, its all rickety and wonky and falling apart.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1179">19:39</a> as someone who experienced the OG grumbot, oasis rooftop pool floaties, Sahara, and the Boatem hole, I can assure that was definitley NOT the weirdest business meeting Mumbo has ever had

In my town there's a small business called Paul's Plumbing. It's been around so long that not a single person working there is named Paul.

Sometimes, I forget that Mumbo is an artist himself, with his photography and stuff. Usually redstoners lean more into technical stuff, but I'm still in awe about what he's done so far this season. He's really in the artistic mood, with the buildings, graphic design, and the concept arts :D

I used to run an interior design shop on a large mincraft server, and the basic premise was 'Tell me a story, and ill give you an interior.' Making up detailed stories behind what kind of build you're doing helps SO MUCH bc you give yourself a reference to refer to whenever you have questions. What would the person living here want? How would they do this? Im a storyteller, not an artist, but your business cards and concept art make perfect sense to me.

Man I love this transition from really linear and symmetrical buildings, to messy ones. The new buildings really look alive. Makes me want to build that way too

Pearl and Grian learning redstone, Mumbo becoming a master builder. Season 10 has popped off

I really like how Mumbo's building style is growing; it's not exactly like other hermits, but it's inspired. He has his take on texture in an overly textured framework as opposed to micro-detailing, which is a refreshing building style-like a watercolor painting.

Something to consider, finely ground saw dust tends to look a bit like sand. So if you have lumber being made on site, you could have sand about on the floor or in piles near the cutting room floor.

@ThatMumboJumbo are you interested in spoon carving? It's funny finding my completely unrelated hobby in a video 😊 (I watched your stuff a lot around 2013-2016, then life happened, but now I'm back) A chimney would fit if Willy: - has a kiln for drying his own timber - makes charcoal from scraps - bakes spoons for a darker finish - needs to keep the shop a certain temperature to avoid warping mid-project

You could add a sign on Willy's shop that says something like "Now offering Acacia and Dark Oak!" to reference the "old" new woodtypes!

Mumbo you could put some empty pots (or maybe with dead bushes) on Willy's windowsills, as if he once had an idea about growing flowers and then neglected them horribly.

You could put little hints that Willy knew about his sons obsession with spoons, maybe a basement workshop where Jr would feverishly carve spoons all day, and then the new business card could be Willy senior’s handwriting because he wanted to hand off his business in a way that would support his sons ambitions. Maybe like some “fancy” tools that were a gift for Jr

It's so neat to see Mumbos entire building process, from concept to concept art to material gathering and even individual block placement, each placed with careful intent. A true genius at work!

Zed's POV of sheeping: fun cowboy rodeo music, friendly competition Mumbo's POV: dark souls boss music

For the first time I'm genuinely interested in Mumbo's base-building. The storytelling and process is so defined, and yet still so creative. In former seasons it was build left side of mega base, build right side of mega base, build top of mega base, but now each episode is a journey.

if both willys and big rons (and maybe the other shops in the district) is over-generations shops, be a kind of "Friendship" between the different shops. as if they had lived with each others, so maybe they started having a community that would tie them together

So ..... Willy Jr. ... also known affectionately by the family as 'Little Willy' , (His father of course was big Willy.). This gives us two shop fronts thus far who's owners are Big Ron and Little Willy. Just who are you gonna come up with next I fear to ask. Lol. Love it !! 😁

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="590">9:50</a> "I think taking the edges off helps taking the edge off a little bit" lyrical masterpiece

Hey Mumbo! For Willy's sign if you want it to be a little less bright you can dye it light blue. I've found it looks like a more muted white on the mangrove signs when used with glow ink. It might go well with your copper bits too! I love these characters you're thinking of! Their personalities are really coming through in these builds :)

“Suitably wonky” - a great description And I will now use this to describe my life in general

It’s amazing to me to see Mumbo just casually whip out these concept art and graphic design skills

Impulse base: futuristic metropolis Joel's base: futuristic Japanese town Mumbo's base: small old town Dang, the cherry blossom mountain gang gonna become a state when it's all linked up

For the white on the signs, you can use light gray or gray to make them less bright, but they'll still appear white because of the glow (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="646">10:46</a>)

If the question is "Do i put glow ink on the sign", the answer is always a resounding yes.

"Lets get back to adding the details on Willy's" Less PG Mumbo knows what he's doing and I'm here for it

Ron and Willie sounds like they are best friends ever since childhood and started their own businesses but still the best of friends so they decided to get their shops close together

MUMBO, don't forget your shops! If they haven't been restocked in a while, your permit might be rescinded! (Especially the case with the item frame shop) Edit: Also an awesome build! I really like the new sketching strategy you've found. Edit 2: this comment has gotten some likes so I'm shamelessly using it to promote my idea's about the bartering farm. The gold ingots automatically go into the bartering farm. The bartering outputs all kinds of things (preferably into a storage system). For mumbo most importantly leather and gravel. The leather can be used to craft item frames. If Mumbo also makes a bamboo farm he can autocraft that bamboo into sticks allowing itemframes to also be autocrafted. This creates AFK'able item frames when using the gold farm overnight. The gravel can possibly be used to make a trade deal with whoever has has that permit. Mumbo can allow that hermit to use his bartering farm to get gravel for a small weekly fee, thus also 'automating' the afk'ing part of the equation. It's even possible to make an inefficient iron farm near the gold farm to also have a small passive income of iron. Edit 3: the current owner of the sand&gravel permit should be Scar. He's the type that would just mine it for hours, so if you (Mumbo) want someone else to AFK for you, ask him quickly before he start doing that. Though it might just be better to have Scar as far away from your farm as possible, with his reputation... 😂 I look forward to what you're going to do the shops, even if it's completely different from this comment. Good luck Mumbo!❤

I feel like literally all the hermits are stepping up their build game and its amazing to watch.

Mumbo’s concept art is super gorgeous! Like, the story you can glean from so little, the rendering created with the small brush strokes, it’s beautiful. Sometimes I forget he’s an artist (photography and film), but the reminder is so good.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="134">2:14</a> DvD logo hits the corner, for anyone who needs dopamine.

You know Mumbos become a builder when he calls buttons “ these little things”

You and Zedaph used completely different music styles for the Whack-A-Sheep game and I find it pretty funny

"That's the weirdest business meeting I've ever had." *Are you sure? That's a bit af a high bar.*

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="554">9:14</a> Good News! They're replacing the copper trapdoor recipes so ingots are used instead of blocks!

Not having much room for a path is actually really good! If you've ever been to the seven sisters or beachy head, the erosion of the cliffs means there are literally paths leading over the edge. It adds to the story that your shops are old and the river beneath is causing the cliff to collapse. Love what you're doing this season!

I'm absolutely loving seeing Mumbo experiment with building like this! i love his new format

Mumbo an idea you should think about is having each of your "shops" having a villager "running" the shop. I think it could make it feel more alive

It might just be me, but it looks like Willy’s building is leaning against Ron’s, almost like it’s giving it a hug, and I love that. It adds a lot of character to the builds and has the implication of Willy being a kind of “big brother” to Ron. And since Willy passed away, it adds Willy’s heart and soul into the interaction between the buildings. Love the builds Mumbo!

hearing "I'm so bad at cleaning up my scraps of wood" while watching that wood slab sit on the ground despawning is an experience

Poor Willy Jr., trying so hard to sell his hand-carved wooden spoons

mumbo i dont think you are ever allowed to call yourself "not a builder" again after this season

As well as the concept art, i love watching the little ‘art mode’ logo bounce around, narrowly missing the corners

Willy was like a father figure to Big Ron, who now supports his son, to the point that sometimes people forget they’re not related. “There’s Big Ron’s Little Willy,” they say, “getting up to mischief. Going and spooning the tourists, whether they like it or not.”

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="135">2:15</a> THE HIT!!! truely the best moment in any sports (and apparently KZfaq videos now too!)! The corner hit!

Surely sawdust was never the subject of a complaint from Big Ron and his super fancy tech store xD

I’m loving the concept art but I won’t lie, I was hypnotized by the “art mode” dvd logo animation in the background For those who missed it <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="134">2:14</a> is bliss

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="559">9:19</a> the comedy of mumbo needing this recipe and commenting on its expense merely 3 days after mojang releases a release candidate/preview with the correction of this exact recipe is immaculate.

Mumbo: *creates a more exotic area, far more convoluted than the last* Also Mumbo: *gets some nifty fireworks from Cub*

Who els when mental when the ‘art mode’ sign hit the corner perfectly at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="140">2:20</a>

mumbo building feels like when a superhero just got superpowers but aren't used to them yet. Also, if you think the white looks to modern, but you still want it to be legible, maybe try light gray dye.

As an artist myself, In all honesty, watching Mumbo draw concept art and then building off of it was really cool! And the concept art looked absolutely amazing! The color palette fit the build perfectly! It’s really fun to watch Mumbo getting really creative and breaking free from his normal building style and trying new things!

adding the business cards in paintings or maps would be so cute

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="133">2:13</a> is the best moment of mumbo jumbo history. THE DVD LOGO HIT THE CORNER

I love that both Mumbo and Zed automatically umped onto the placed magma block. They clearly had to check it works lol. Also I loved Zed and Mumbo being silly together. Hope we get more magma team shenanigans

As someone who grew up living in a tacked on room above my dad's wood workshop, I very much approve of this build.

You should have a shop at the end called Oliver's Overflow. This is for all the unsortable items and items that don't have their own shop. 🛒😃

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="134">2:14</a> the art mode logo hitting the corner was just 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

I love that Mumbo's found a type of building that works so well for him. You can tell he's having a making these. It's been great watching the change from the ultra-geometric bases in season 5 or 6.

mumbo, as an illustrator and graphic designer, your concept art, business cards, and your designs in general are so, so excellent. you are truly going above and beyond this season. Also, it’s been a joy to watch your decision making in real time as you’re building! I’m learning a lot from you. ❤

I hope Mumbo makes a business card for all of his buildings

When “ART MODE” hits the corner perfectly 🤩

"Chapter Eleveb" lives in my head rent-free now

I love the business card for Willy's Woodyard. The little edits, particularly the scratched out "delivers anywhere" made me laugh out loud. I also really appreciate the 'Art Mode' layout. All the little details like the art cam number and the "High definition general doodle capture device" label clearly took a lot of time to set up. It is very pleasing to watch!

Nobody but mumbo would create a whole family tree of a random small house 😂😂 such a good job ❤

The ArtMode Logo hit the corner at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="134">2:14</a>, I expected it to never hit the corner. That was satisfying

‘Let’s get back to building the details on Willy’s’ - damn mumbo

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="134">2:14</a> Greatest moment in history

🤯 Mumbo's season 10 artwork advent calendar🙏

As an artist, seeing your concept art speed paints is really cool! I dont know how to explain it, but your personality carries over to your art, its like youre sculpting just with lines! And I love how you let your imagination inspire you rather than letting the limitations of minecraft inspire you!

A Hermitcraft where you sweat the small stuff instead of the mega-stuff is so much more enriching. And yeah, up close it looks weird. I learned that when I started playing with colors last year. Loving the store lore BTW. Pretty sure Ron sold me a turntable back in the 80's that played at 34-1/3. Dang it...

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="134">2:14</a> Woohoo!

You don’t give yourself enough credit for 1) your art skill 2) your building skill 3) your general vibe Even if you are an incredibly popular KZfaqr, you are still underrated.

Ron the businessman, now Willy? This is just a Stampler family reunion. Might as well get Terry in next

Mumbo's peace love and plants VW feels like it would fit right in parked in front of one of his shops. I love the builds!

Having the glow ink signs not only makes it readable but I think it also connects it (sort of) with Ron's building. Having it glowing makes it look like they both are a part of the same neighborhood and have some similarities.

Chimneys aren't a big thing in wood yards, but sawdust exhausts sure are!

Bro became an artist for minecraft, well done mate

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="274">4:34</a> Mumbo: “I think this would work best as a time-lapse!” Also Mumbo: *proceeds to show us non time-lapse footage*

As a cabinet builder by trade, you hit the nail on the head for our old rickety shop. The building is from the 20s and was an ice house. Like you bought the ice blocks for your icebox there. Now you walk in and its got saws everywhere and random wood scraps

You should turn the business cards into a small painting and hand them out to the hermits with a letter about the shop.

It’s amazing watching Mumbo’s evolution over the years into becoming a builder. 😊

One small suggestion for the "corrugated steel" roofs is to use regular/exposed copper instead of oxidized copper, as steel rusts orange/brown, not green

We love Mumbo's building era

I really like how you represent the kind of player that is not afraid of redstone but its also not at the center of everything that you do

i feel like mumbo needs a billboard in the town because it would make it more like a town due to there being advertisements promoting the shop

I definitely heard everything he said in the art mode bit and didn't wait until the logo hit the corner perfectly. willy the metalworker sounds like such a cool guy

Building with Mumbo feels like the flip side of Redstone with Bdubs, I love this

If everyone is using the same glow squid signs, one of residents should at least have a sign shop. Maybe even a print shop that everyone gets their business cards from. On a related note, when my parents owned and rented out a building complex, one of the tenants was a sign maker, so he ended up making all the signs for the businesses there.

Hey Mumbo! I'm sure you've seen the comments on keeping the chimney, you could use a different wall material to help it stand out more. For the smoke, you could use stained glass panes to get a similar effect to your drawing!