Free Fantasy Architecture II (New Stuff 5/3/2005)

Request: Castle of the Lost Star

The Castle of the Lost Star is a large multi-towered fortress that sits nestled in the low mountain peaks (mountains are like ragged spires) that is magical in nature. The castle is normally invisible and only becomes visible when one of world's two moons eclispes the sun. Then the castle shimmers into view in all its glory. The castle is made from a dark stone that glows a pale blue light when seen under the eclipse. Otherwise, from inside the castle, the stone is blue-black in color.

The castle is the home of a retired bard, who use to be renown adventure throughout the lands of the Eastern Shores. As a result, the towers and walls of the castle are beautifully worked with gargoyles, fey creatures, and merry minstrels.

The castle is based on an old Dungeon Adventure called Castle of the Blind Sun, which I'm going to heavily modify for World of Kulan. I don't have a set layout planned for the castle so feel free to be as creative as you want with it.

Cheers!

KF72

Knid, you're back! Cool!

I used the Fortress of the Frost Eagle in my previous campaign. The players loved the place. While they were there, disaster was looming, because there was a huge army of goblins, orcs and elves (of the evil, blood drinking variety) assembling north of the pass the fort guards. Then the very pregnant baroness from their home province showed up, and explained that the Emperor's goons had assasinated her husband. The baby she was carrying was next in line to the Imperial throne and thus had a huge price on his unborn head. So, our heroes escorted her into the wilderness, away from the impending invasion and the Emperor's hit men.

If we ever go back to campaigning in that world, I'll advance the timeline enough that the unborn heir is ready to claim his birthright, but first he'll have to wrest it away from the elves, gobilins and orcs. Sadly, Frost Eagle Fortress will not survive.

The Pit of Gorgos.

These images are slightly larger than previous projects (10x10)

Here is a view into the interior wall with one of the mysterious figures. The figure was done in Poser and brought into CAD,

And here's a bonus pic of a different color scheme I was testing.

Wow, that is insanely good.

I wish there was an "I bow before you" smiley.

Now, I need to find something to return the favor - first I need some sleep though.

Thank you again.

I'm glad you like it Eosin the Red. There's no need to return any favors. I really enjoy these projects. It's like building a model as a hobby, except someone is actually going to use it and appreciate it. It also lets me flex my rusty creative machinery, and it keeps me in practice on all these computer programs.

The best thanks would be for you to use it in a game and tell me how it went. Or maybe a Porsche 911 convertible. Candy apple red.

Yet another request...

The Palace of Seven Towers is an ancient building, forged from mithral and adamantine before the memories of man. The towers are of varying heights, rising from the palace in a strangely irregular pattern.

The palace itself is roughly rectangular, and the towers have the following pattern within. The outermost towers lie along the exterior walls of the keep, each a slightly different shape than the last. The middle tower is bordered by a small courtyard, an enclave of nature inside its metal walls, catwalks and/or skyways connect it to the rest of the palace.

The Palace's main entrance is to the south, the main doors of the palace aligning perfectly with the gates of a similarly metallic curtain wall, with shorter towers of its own.

O..........O..........O

..............O........O(North is up, south is down)

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The palace lies in Caer Albion, a city of many towers, itself. The capitol of three kingdoms in remembered history, there are some that whisper that Caer Albion is the first city to have risen on the surface of the world. It's secrets are so old that even legends have forgotten them. There's lots of leniency if you wish to include the city in pictures. The only important thing to note is that the city itself is surrounded by a wall, as well. This one is stone, rather than the magically created walls of the palace.

Please and thank you and GOOD LUCK!

EDIT: Changed the tower position slightly to match my original notes.

Ok, now I have adwyn's cathedral, knightfall1972's castle, and The_Universe's palace. Please, no more requests until I finish knightfall1972's castle, so I don't feel overwhelmed.

adwyn: Questions about the cathedral
-how big is the room?really huge?
-how high are the cielings?
-what style? when you say cathedral do you mean similar in style to a medieval european cathedral, or more greek/roman classical temple?
-stained glass? When you say arrow-slit style, do you mean literal arrow slits just for shooting out of or just tall and narrow?

The room should be about 80-100 feet in diameter. The walls would max at around forty or fifty feet in height, with a domed ceiling above that.

The Cathedral is quasi medieval, and was built with defense as much as religious worshp in mind. The walls would be stone, possibly with tapestries added for warmth and to soften the effect of the stone. The windows were once arrow slits, but now have been filled with stained glass.

Looking at the idea in more detail, there may either be balconies that once serviced the upper arrowslits, or just holes in the stone to mark where they once were.

Again, thanks.