{"id":15024,"date":"2024-07-22T16:26:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T15:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=15024"},"modified":"2024-07-22T16:26:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T15:26:11","slug":"the-two-towers-and-the-enneagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2024\/07\/the-two-towers-and-the-enneagram\/","title":{"rendered":"The Two Towers (and the Enneagram)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2024\/07\/the-two-towers-and-the-enneagram\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Today we have a one-of-a-kind offering from the talented Phil Page (aka 6MilPhil on various forums and social media, and proprietor of Slug Industries). It&#8217;s a rocky outcrop with a winding stair, topped with a selection of options &#8211; two towers (one intact, one ruined), a sort of magical nine-sided symbol thingy (which we think is correctly termed an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enneagram_(geometry)\">Enneagram<\/a>, although that sounds like it could also be an invasive medical procedure), and a circular blank plate. Phil knows it simply as the Rocky Outcrop, but we think it deserves a better name &#8211; <em>The Tower of Philipagius<\/em> maybe ?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it&#8217;s an excellent piece of work and we have precisely one of them for sale (for now at least) so get in quick.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rocky-Outcrop-01-800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15026\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2024\/07\/the-two-towers-and-the-enneagram\/rocky-outcrop-01-800\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rocky-Outcrop-01-800.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,609\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rocky Outcrop 01-800\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rocky-Outcrop-01-800.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rocky-Outcrop-01-800-800x478.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15026\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/product\/rocky-outcrop\/\">SLUG-003<\/a> &#8211; Rocky Outcrop &#8211; \u00a350.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we have a one-of-a-kind offering from the talented Phil Page (aka 6MilPhil on various forums and social media, and proprietor of Slug Industries). It&#8217;s a rocky outcrop with a winding stair, topped with a selection of options &#8211; two &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2024\/07\/the-two-towers-and-the-enneagram\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A new piece of work from Phil Page - a rocky outcrop with a variety of options for the top.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","category-slug-industries"],"views":1106,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rocky-Outcrop-01-800.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-3Uk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16706,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/07\/tenshu\/","url_meta":{"origin":15024,"position":0},"title":"Tenshu","author":"Tony","date":"July 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A 'Tenshu' is probably best described as the equivalent of a keep or Donjon in a Japanese castle. This one was made and cast in 1\/300th scale by Phil Page (aka 6mil Phil on Instagram) of Slug Industries. 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The expansion pack has another nine buildings plus some village figures and carts from Perfect Six Miniatures.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Releases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Releases","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/new-releases\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Expansion.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Expansion.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Expansion.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Expansion.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14138,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2023\/11\/a-sluggish-expansion\/","url_meta":{"origin":15024,"position":3},"title":"A Sluggish Expansion","author":"Tony","date":"November 14, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Phil Page, our friend at Slug Industries, has a Kickstarter running to expand his 1\/300th Medieval village. We're pleased to see that it's already reached it's target, but you still have a couple of weeks to jump on board and pick up some beautifully detailed micro-Medieval buildings. 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