First off I have to give thanks for the inspiration for this MOC, Artizan's great AOEII Ideas project: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=88044
However this is not a build of his model, though it does share some strong similarities. I went through the source material from the ground up and came to some of the same conclusions and some major differences. I would've liked to make the roof dark orange but there were not enough parts available in that color. I added some details not visible in the game like a simple interior. I used a 40 x 32 base because I could not fit real stairs to the tower in a 32x32 model. The top of the 8 sided tower was interesting as I'd never made anything with angles like that and I wanted to keep the interior usable.
Here is the source material: