Durin’s Tower On Summit Zirakzigil: Gandalf And Balrog Battle Of The Peak 3D Printer Model

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Summary

A recreation of Durin's Tower on the summit of Zirakzigil from the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) stories. This is what I imagine it would look like. I pulled the summit peak from a topographical (topo) map of Zermatt Switzerland. I specifically chose the Matterhorn peak from the Alps since there is speculation that the Alps, and specifically the Matterhorn, were inspirational landscapes in Tolkien's development of Middle Earth and the Misty Mountains. In the LOTR story, Summit Zirakzigil is located within the Misty Mountains.

This location and tower are important/interesting as this is where Gandalf fights and defeats the Balrog. You can read about that here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balrog

You can read about Tolkien's inspiration from the Alps here:
https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2013/09/17/79260-the-alps-that-inspired-j-r-r-tolkiens-writing/
https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2013/10/25/81121-in-tolkiens-real-misty-mountains/

This can be used as a book end since many of the edges are flat.
The largest flat side also includes a mural of Gandalf's battle against the Balrog by artist Entroz.
The tower has a spiral staircase that I pulled from seechless's Cubify rook.
The low detail version has NO window frame and no gargoyle inside the tower.

You can find the artist's page here:
https://www.deviantart.com/entroz
You can find Seechless's rook here:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:99028
You can find the window frame ( by Njorn) I used here:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3135053
You can find the gargoyle (by edgarhaase) I used here:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3458422

Durins_Tower_on_Summit_Zirakzigil_Matterhorn_High_Detail.stl 6.8MB
Durins_Tower_on_Summit_Zirakzigil_Matterhorn_Low_Detail.stl 5.7MB