The Broken Barrel Tavern, where the Lion knights are regulars! The first floor of the tavern is made up of a main dining/drinking area, the bar and the kitchen with a big cooking pot, the second floor is also used to serve the customers, this floor also has a big bulleting board with a wanted poster for a forestmen. The top floor has some beds for the travelers to stay in, a couple beds and a washing tub where I've hidden a little Easter egg. Outside there is a little allotment for the cook, a big tree growing against the tavern and a broken down cart.

The set contains 11 minifigures, 5 lion knights who are having the night off after a big mission! The tavern cook preparing meals for the hungry customers, 2 barwoman pouring and serving the drinks, a mysterious traveler who is staying at the tavern, the black falcon bounty hunter looking for the reward and finally the forestman who is taking a bath.

I have always loved the castle theme, but I there was one big piece missing in my opinion, a tavern! Since I was a kid I made castles, so I knew I wanted to make a castle related build.

So with that in mind I started my build, I decided to make a very iconic medieval building, I looked at the recent LEGO ideas medieval blacksmith for some style references. I wanted this build to fit in with any LEGO castle display.

From the start I knew i wanted a curved roof , which I think I achieved wonderfully!

I carefully went about designing it so that it wasn't too difficult to build, mostly brick on brick with heavy SNOT brick usage! The techniques are pretty straight forward.

The floors can be taken apart, and the roof is also modular. The roof parts are connected with 1 or 2 hinge pieces, but mostly in place due to gravity, and creating a groove where the roof can slide over the walls.

My main focus was the exterior, that's where most the detail is found.