{"id":17551,"date":"2026-07-18T13:42:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=17551"},"modified":"2026-07-18T13:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:42:41","slug":"sj-prize-guarding-the-realm-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=17551","title":{"rendered":"SJ Prize: Guarding the Realm Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The fourth model to finish the prize series for the collab category of the <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/groups\/14898593@N24\/discuss\/72157721925198780\/\">2026 Summer Joust.<\/a><br>There are still two weeks left, so get your entries in now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Was looking for a good variety of types of defenses in the complete series, and the idea of advanced siege weapons seemed very fitting for this dwarven realm. So a fantasy ballista was my starting point, then designed the bastion and wall taking cues from the architecture of the previous models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/overview-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[17551]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"17548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/overview-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17548\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/overview-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/overview-1-420x420.jpg 420w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/overview-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/overview-1-180x180.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/overview-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/low-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[17551]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"17547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/low-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17547\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/low-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/low-1-420x420.jpg 420w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/low-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/low-1-180x180.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/low-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/back.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[17551]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"17546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/back-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17546\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/back-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/back-420x420.jpg 420w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/back-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/back-180x180.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/back.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/o-noice.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[17551]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"439\" data-id=\"17553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/o-noice-1024x439.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17553\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/o-noice-1024x439.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/o-noice-420x180.jpg 420w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/o-noice-250x107.jpg 250w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/o-noice-150x64.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/o-noice.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth model to finish the prize series for the collab category of the 2026 Summer Joust.There are still two weeks left, so get your entries in now! 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