Castle Pillar 3D model
Castle Pillar from the Realistic Surfaces & Structure pack in TerrainTale's library. Place it on the grid to add height or cover; the ruler counts the elevation it creates.
- Folder
- Stairs, pillars and structure
- Pack
- Realistic Surfaces & Structure
- Author
- ambientCG; trees grown with ez-tree by Daniel Greenheck (MIT)
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 (public domain)
- Size
- 2 ft by 2 ft, 14 ft tall (covers about 1 by 1 squares)
- Format
- GLB (binary glTF 2.0)
- File size
- 155 KB
About this model
A tall square stone pillar built from rough sandy blocks. It is about 2 ft square and 14 ft tall, standing in a single square. The blocks are rough-faced with visible joints, in the same sandy stone as the castle walls.
Use pillars to hold up great halls, castle gates and temple porticos. They give full cover to anyone behind them and break up line of sight in large rooms. Several pillars make a room feel grand. Place them in rows to make an aisle or a colonnade. Tall enough to reach a vaulted ceiling, they also suit an open ruin where the roof has fallen. Around a pillar, a cat-and-mouse fight plays out naturally.
Ideas for the table
- A knight hides behind a castle pillar as a dragon breathes fire across the hall.
- Cultists chant around the pillars of a ruined temple.
- A pillar in the throne room hides a secret lever that opens the vault.
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