Estrillian
2017-07-27, 07:18 AM
Recently my players ended up laying siege to Rivergard keep (from the Princes of the Apocalypse adventure).
My first instinct was to build the castle at large scale using my copious stocks of Playmobil (I have a lot of Playmobil), but space is tight, and I realised that an overview of castle structure was more useful than a battle-map style. (I'm aware that a large size keep has been made already, and it is dammed impressive, but I didn't have need of that.) So I decided to make my own visual aid, and thought I might share.
Castle overview, seen from the river side.
http://orig01.deviantart.net/0e32/f/2017/208/9/3/rivergard_overview_by_hituro-dbhudqs.jpg
West view, showing the main gate and the gatehouse. Note that the entrance to the keep on the left is missing.
http://orig05.deviantart.net/5db1/f/2017/208/9/e/rivergard_west_by_hituro-dbhudqz.jpg
North view, this is looking down from the foothills to the north of the castle, keep on the right.
http://orig00.deviantart.net/9881/f/2017/208/a/1/rivergard_north_by_hituro-dbhudqj.jpg
East view, from the water. You can see the entrance to the Dark Stream, and the internal buildings
http://orig03.deviantart.net/c415/f/2017/208/d/b/rivergard_east_by_hituro-dbhudqf.jpg
South view, this is how you would see the castle approaching along the road from the south. Note that there is no gate this way. I've also gone with the wall contour suggested by the picture, over the one in the map.
http://orig09.deviantart.net/45f8/f/2017/208/d/2/rivergard_south_by_hituro-dbhudqt.jpg
Hope someone likes it
My first instinct was to build the castle at large scale using my copious stocks of Playmobil (I have a lot of Playmobil), but space is tight, and I realised that an overview of castle structure was more useful than a battle-map style. (I'm aware that a large size keep has been made already, and it is dammed impressive, but I didn't have need of that.) So I decided to make my own visual aid, and thought I might share.
Castle overview, seen from the river side.
http://orig01.deviantart.net/0e32/f/2017/208/9/3/rivergard_overview_by_hituro-dbhudqs.jpg
West view, showing the main gate and the gatehouse. Note that the entrance to the keep on the left is missing.
http://orig05.deviantart.net/5db1/f/2017/208/9/e/rivergard_west_by_hituro-dbhudqz.jpg
North view, this is looking down from the foothills to the north of the castle, keep on the right.
http://orig00.deviantart.net/9881/f/2017/208/a/1/rivergard_north_by_hituro-dbhudqj.jpg
East view, from the water. You can see the entrance to the Dark Stream, and the internal buildings
http://orig03.deviantart.net/c415/f/2017/208/d/b/rivergard_east_by_hituro-dbhudqf.jpg
South view, this is how you would see the castle approaching along the road from the south. Note that there is no gate this way. I've also gone with the wall contour suggested by the picture, over the one in the map.
http://orig09.deviantart.net/45f8/f/2017/208/d/2/rivergard_south_by_hituro-dbhudqt.jpg
Hope someone likes it