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      br_rudolf
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      @unknownuser said:

      [attachment=0:30hi91lw]<!-- ia0 -->29.2 first kings mlt.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:30hi91lw]I spent my layoff time designing a Gothic cathedral because I read Ken Follet's "Pillars of the Earth". So here is a preview and the other 80+ renderings are at the picasa site:https://picasaweb.google.com/103014864480561473398 and the model (70MB) is available for download from http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40864073/8%20Gothic%20Cathedral%20clean.skpand anyone is welcome to "remodel" it to their heart's content and improve on it; just keep me in the loop for fun. I want to see what others will do with it.
      The model is loosely based on the Chartres cathedral with elements taken from many other 11-12 & 1300's cathedrals. Rendering done with Kerkythea and a lot of patience. I had to gut the interior just to render the exterior and vice-versa.
      Using a Precision 4500 4GB ram 2.93 gig processor and quadro (xx) graphics card.
      Comments welcome
      Al Klagge

      AMAIZING KEEP ON THE GOOD WORK , YOUR VERY TALENTED! ๐Ÿ˜„

      --- The sky is not the limit , its just the begining ---

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        Gaieus
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        @numbthumb said:

        Impressive work, klog! ๐Ÿ‘ Thanks for sharing!

        Undoubtedly impressive ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘

        @unknownuser said:

        I spent my layoff time designing a Gothic cathedral because I read Ken Follet's "Pillars of the Earth".

        However..,. If you remember the end, they designed a flat (i.e. not octagonal) closing of the sanctuary so that there could be stained glass windows installed there (and this could be an "explanation" for that special, English Gothic sanctuary type).

        Chartres is very French. Ken Follet's cathedral would be particularly English.

        @leedeetee said:

        Probably my favourite ever book! Love it. Did you catch the TV series?

        Lee, I am disappointed. While the book may be an interesting and easy read (in the mornings sitting on the loo), it is rather a big garbage. Come on, English people eating turkeyat Christmas? Who the hell is this writer? (The TV series are just on here - well, should I comment?)

        @klog: the model/render and all the elaborate things are truly amazing so please, forgive my rants above...

        Gai...

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          dale
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          Man, that is absolutely fantastic. ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘

          Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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          • Bryan KB Offline
            Bryan K
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            ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

            See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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              nomeradona
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              speachless. thanks for sharing

              visit my blog: http://www.nomeradona.blogspot.com

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                Klog
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                For everyone:
                Here are two more Drop Box links for interior only
                http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40864073/small8%20Gothic%20nave%20and%20choir.skp
                and the whole cathedral without materials (about 5.5MB)
                http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40864073/8%20Gothic%20Cathedral.skp
                Maybe this will make it more available to all and get more great renderings and ideas going.

                Klog

                Klog http://www.tetontimberframe.com

                Win 7 Pro Dell Precision M4500 4Gig 4 threads @ 2.9 GB/S
                Skp 7 Pro & 8

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                  Chris Fullmer
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                  Hey, great Cathedral (and I just PM'd you about being from DRIGGS!, so go check your PM's).

                  Chris

                  Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                  All my Plugins I've written

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                    steelers05
                    last edited by

                    yea, the modeling is prettys awesome... i agree and would definitily like to see a few more renderings. So much time was put into everythinng else. GOod work

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                      nomeradona
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                      we will use this one for our october challenge in our filipino group. excellent model.

                      visit my blog: http://www.nomeradona.blogspot.com

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                        Klog
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                        Steelers005
                        OK so here are a couple more renders (if the process works, that is)


                        28.3 Long View Nave.jpg

                        Klog http://www.tetontimberframe.com

                        Win 7 Pro Dell Precision M4500 4Gig 4 threads @ 2.9 GB/S
                        Skp 7 Pro & 8

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                          Klog
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                          And another one


                          note the bothced UV at first window -- random sometimes

                          Klog http://www.tetontimberframe.com

                          Win 7 Pro Dell Precision M4500 4Gig 4 threads @ 2.9 GB/S
                          Skp 7 Pro & 8

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                            Klog
                            last edited by

                            and another one


                            6 Night Royal Facade 2.jpg

                            Klog http://www.tetontimberframe.com

                            Win 7 Pro Dell Precision M4500 4Gig 4 threads @ 2.9 GB/S
                            Skp 7 Pro & 8

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                              Klog
                              last edited by

                              And last a fly-by: but go here for the rest please;
                              https://picasaweb.google.com/103014864480561473398

                              thanks for the interest everyone.
                              Klog


                              had to skimp on the globals - too much data

                              Klog http://www.tetontimberframe.com

                              Win 7 Pro Dell Precision M4500 4Gig 4 threads @ 2.9 GB/S
                              Skp 7 Pro & 8

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                                numbthumb
                                last edited by

                                Some really great photos youยดve got there ๐Ÿ˜„
                                Keep them coming ๐Ÿ‘

                                Comfortably numb...

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                                  notareal
                                  last edited by

                                  Some huge project, thanks for sharing.

                                  Welcome to try [Thea Render](http://www.thearender.com/), Thea support | [kerkythea.net](http://www.kerkythea.net/) -team member

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                                    castromann
                                    last edited by

                                    truly impressive model - would love to see some higher quality renders though. keep it up man this is madness...

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                                      MrWip
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                                      Klog, a great thanks for sharing this amazing model... it really deserved to go in the "most impressive sketchup model" topic !

                                      Facing such an interesting space I couldn't resist doing a test render :

                                      CATHEDRALE.jpg
                                      It was done in Thea, with a really short setting time (only adjustment for the stained glass windows and the metal fence), render (3000 pix high) for about 20hours (I actually forgot to stop it during the night, so it should have been good enough after a few hours only...). Really small post pro in PS (mainly some color corrections). Reduce for posting.

                                      Some details out of the big image :
                                      CATHEDRALE detail 1.jpg
                                      CATHEDRALE detail 2.jpg

                                      ... I'll try to find time to make more images, this model is really inspiring..

                                      By the way, some remarks: the covering of the pillars looks a big large to me, and not so realistic in term of proportions, and their texture is lacking of precision... but this are small problems regarding to the amount of work you put in this cathedral !

                                      Keep up the good work !

                                      http://www.wip-archi.com

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                                        artysmedia
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                                        @mrwip said:

                                        Klog, a great thanks for sharing this amazing model... it really deserved to go in the "most impressive sketchup model" topic !

                                        Facing such an interesting space I couldn't resist doing a test render

                                        Yeah, it is an impressive model. It should go to the "most impressive sketchup model" topic... ๐Ÿ‘

                                        Great re-render MrWip! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                                        Working with: Win7 64 bit OS - Core i5 - 2,27GHz and 8GB RAM

                                        Blog: Artysmedia

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                                          Klog
                                          last edited by

                                          @MrWip --
                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          By the way, some remarks: the covering of the pillars looks a big large to me, and not so realistic in term of proportions, and their texture is lacking of precision... but this are small problems regarding to the amount of work you put in this cathedral !
                                          First, these are great "prelimenary" renders. Can't wait to see the results of your tweaking/changing the shaders in the future. Show me your stuff! Yes I too thought the pillars were too large and so they are now 75% of the original and could be smaller yet. And I ran up against the limits of 2GB pagefile for Kerkythea, even with some of the tricks I learned; so I reduced the resolution of all the shaders and chopped avout 15MB out of the source file. Even then I could only render the inside by stripping off the north and south porches, gutting the Royal entry towers, and stripping nearly all the flying buttresses as well as the terraine and exterior shaders. That got it to ~50MB and then Kerkythea could handle the interior with my machine. So I think higher resolution is for someone else to do for this project. Have at it. Thanks for your excitement about this.

                                          @Artysmedia -- Thanks for your enthusiasm on this too; show us some re-renders from you, too.
                                          Klog

                                          Klog http://www.tetontimberframe.com

                                          Win 7 Pro Dell Precision M4500 4Gig 4 threads @ 2.9 GB/S
                                          Skp 7 Pro & 8

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                                            Fletch
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks for sharing the model, Klog,
                                            A couple quick renders with Twilight Render.
                                            The old cathedrals always felt to me to have high contrast dark and light areas something like this.


                                            gothic-cathedral-01-web.jpg


                                            gothic-cathedral-02-mood.jpg

                                            Fletch
                                            Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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