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Monday at Trujillo Peru
Man, I thought I had this one down good the first go round. Then I began to realize things were not lining up, and odd discrepancies were throwing everything off. I found out there is updated satellite...
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Tuesday at Tucson Arisona
This is it. This is my last of the Temple a Day posts. I am now more than half done with most of the remaining now 45 temples that I have left that I can currently do. Today was Tucson, and I have...
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Monday at Campinas Brazil
Well, this is later than I hoped it would be. I have been working late on a Christmas present after the kids go to bed, so I forget things in my sleepy haze. Here you go though. I worked on Campinas...
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Wednesday at Caracas Venezuela
And by “Wednesday” I mean “Tuesday.” Once again I put some small amount of work in here at Caracas. This one is interesting in that the property is so small it is almost impossible to find reference...
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Saturday at Barranquilla Colombia
A couple of weeks ago the Church released a render for the Barranquilla temple. I have actually 2 renders for this temple that are as much different as they are similar. I decided to follow the one...
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Temple Infographic gets an update
I have added temples and information to my Temple Infographic. Check it out:
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Moroni Direction Infographic Updated
I have updated my “Moroni Faces East, Except When he Doesn’t” infographic. I have fixed dedication orders, added newly announced temples, and given it a whole new background. Check it out:
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I finally finished Rome Italy. Finished being a relative term here, as the actual temple is not finished and I could (and probably am) wrong on so many details. So, I am done with the first version of...
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Saturday at Durban South Africa
Yesterday the Church announced the groundbreaking for Durban South Africa Temple. Along with that , of course, was released the official render. Which, of course, I had to take a stab at modeling. Here...
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Sunday at Barranquilla Columbia
I have decided to try to kick off another “Temple a Day” marathon, as I don’t seem to get much done these days without the added deadline. I will include yesterday’s post as part of this run, so I...
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Monday at Campinas Brazil. Again
I showed an update on this back a month or two ago, but I added it into the roster this marathon anyway. Details, details, details. That’s what this one was all about. The spire is done now, and most...
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Tuesday at Caracas Venezuela
I’m so close on Caracas. The end opposite the entrance is essentially impossible to find any details for. I did find dome details for the grounds since last time though, so I worked on adding those....
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Wednesday at Cebu City Philippines
Finished most of the temple details. I need the east and west-most center windows, the inscription, and the entryway. I made some decent progress on the grounds. Still need plants though, and the...
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Thursday at Cedar City
I added temporary textures so that could more easily differentiate parts as I added the Moroni, the windows, and an early rough in of the grounds. I was also able to look at some of the construction...
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Friday at Cochabamba Bolivia
As always, I still need the inscription and the plants. I spent much of my time trying to sort out the entryway. I finally found a couple of good reference photos for it was able to get some of it...
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Saturday at Concepcion Chile
So few details left on this one, at least that I can pull from the render. Luckily, construction is moving along quickly and someone down there has a pretty good camera. In a couple more months I...
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Sunday at Cordoba Argentina
Every time I go to work on this one I notice some detail that requires me to completely redo the whole thing. This is rather frustrating for me, as I thought I had this one down nice the first time....
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Monday at Guayaquil Ecuador
Happy leap-day, I guess. And Happy Birthday to those of you now turning 1/4 of your actual age. Today I worked on size. I actually counted out the stones on the side of the temple and fixed my model...
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Tuesday at Helsinki Finland
There are all kinds of fancy modeling tools out there that are designed to help you model existing objects. There is this great one for Blender that lines up a photo to your model and helps you draw...
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Wednesday at Hong Kong China
I have begun work on the textures, and the grounds (small as they are) and the terrain, and the Chapel the Church built right across the street, which I think might actually be larger than the temple...
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