Gothic Cathedral completed

[leedeetee]

@unknownuser said:

[attachment=0:3orkamc6]<!-- ia0 -->29.2 first kings mlt.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3orkamc6]I spent my layoff time designing a Gothic cathedral because I read Ken Follet's "Pillars of the Earth".

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

You have a cool model there too, looks like a real labour of love.

[artysmedia]

Very good! More views pleaseeee!!

[jarynzlesa]

very impressive work . model of your catedral is great (thanks for sharing) just waiting to better render.maybe you should live a few hundred years ago
great model - keep up .

[br_rudolf]

@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!

[Gaieus]

@numbthumb said:

Impressive work, klog! Thanks for sharing!

Undoubtedly impressive

@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...

[dale]

Man, that is absolutely fantastic.

[Bryan K]

[nomeradona]

speachless. thanks for sharing

[Klog]

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

[Chris Fullmer]

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

Chris

[steelers05]

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

[nomeradona]

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

[Klog]

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

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[Klog]

And another one

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[Klog]

and another one

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[Klog]

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

thanks for the interest everyone.
Klog

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[numbthumb]

Some really great photos you´ve got there
Keep them coming

[notareal]

Some huge project, thanks for sharing.

[castromann]

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

[MrWip]

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 :

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 :

... 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 !