{"id":4209,"date":"2016-04-25T00:12:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T00:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=4209"},"modified":"2016-04-25T15:11:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T15:11:11","slug":"benoic-watchtower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=4209","title":{"rendered":"Benoic Watchtower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having recently acquired quite a few dark green plates, I wanted to try a landscape in that color and chose to put a small tower\/cottage combo on it. There is a full interior, though because of the small size the furnishings are fairly frugal.\u00a0 Both doors are functional as well. The corner stonework was inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/97265543@N02\/25929585831\/in\/faves-66620538@N04\/\">Dwalin Forkbeard<\/a>, the cottage was inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/legols\/11651513865\/in\/dateposted\/\">Legopard<\/a>, the &#8216;gear&#8217; mushrooms were borrowed from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/59260103@N06\/12171404133\/in\/photostream\/\">Captain Flint<\/a>, and the tower windows were inspired by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonas_wide\/11969873705\/in\/album-72157639805495756\/\"> Gideon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Benoic has many stone watchtowers within its lands to provide warning in case of attack, and also as bastions of defense. 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