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Forest Watchtower

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Cliffside

First of all, thank you to all who have supported so far, I’d love to see this model on store shelves but that can only happen with everyone’s help, so here’s hoping the support keeps coming.

 

Okay so you have the tower to survey the area, all the tools you could ever need to explore the area and a couple of characters to play with. So now the problem is the area, imagination is good but i thought i'd help out a little. Since the model isnt big brick-wise (Compared to a 3 level building) i built a little something else just to add to the fun of the model.

 

The Cliffside - A cutaway section of a hard to reach cliff face, the mountaineer inspecting someone’s anchor, the female hiker on the lookout for something and the ranger calling in the collapsing bridge they all must have crossed. Why would they all be out here? Well the answer is hiding behind that waterfall in the form of a small boy, he’s either gotten lost and had to make camp in the safest place he could think of or he might be up to some mischief, leading the forest services on some wild goose chase.

 

I designed the waterfall in such a way that it is attached at the top and bottom by only two small pieces (Shown on the right in red) In an attempt to have it swing open like a door for easier access but the designer wouldnt allow it to move so i may remove this feature entirely.


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Adjustments to the structure and a few missing pieces

(Important Notice: Since it was pointed out in the comments and i want to make sure others don't mistakenly repeat the same question - Yes, this is based on the watchtower from the game Firewatch)

 

Ground Level: Updated - Added a few rocks, nothing too big just something to add to the character of the piece and then added in a number of flowers, all the green making it look a little plain so some colour should help.

Leg Structure: Updated - I was a little concerned on how this model would react if bumped, with the legs being so long and seperate  with no other support so i rebuilt the middle section to connect all four to one another and  then connect them to the central collumn.

Kitchen Corner: Updated - Put the stove i forgot about back in its rightful place, moved the boxes closer to the table and added in a few logs for the fire.

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