{"id":8080,"date":"2017-08-22T12:06:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T12:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=8080"},"modified":"2017-08-30T00:05:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T00:05:58","slug":"rivendell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=8080","title":{"rendered":"Rivendell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My second micro Lord of the Rings creation, after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=7059\">Edoras<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/111504073@N02\/\">Andrew JN<\/a> suggested that I build Rivendell, and I was skeptical about being able to pull it off in micro-scale at first. The main build process took a little over 2 weeks, and then I needed to wait a bit longer for parts to arrive to finish the model. It was primarily based off of these two images: <a href=\"https:\/\/vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net\/edain-mod\/images\/6\/63\/Rivendell.jpg\/revision\/latest?cb=20160110080950\" rel=\"lightbox[8080]\">picture 1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thumbs.modthesims2.com\/img\/4\/1\/8\/4\/7\/0\/5\/MTS_Zarathustra-1413468-ImladrisModel.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8080]\">picture 2<\/a>. The model is view-able from all sides, and while one of my most complex micro creations, it was an extremely rewarding build.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rivendell, also known as Imladris, was an Elven town and the house of Elrond located in Middle-earth. 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