commander alexander Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 *que epic score*(click on link, then come back to this window) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tB-w8_3a2M "Behold my brothers, this great and ancient hall. Hallowed it is to our chapter, and all the Imperium. On this planet, the blood of our fallen could have filled all the seas of Fenris. Many heroes fell here, and new ones rose to take their place. This is a testament to their sacrifice, Hallstórrsútjárn, The Great Hall of Sorrow and Iron." -Böðvarr The Iron-Heart http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/caj007/Hallgrmskirkja-Front-1.jpg This project will be a massive fortress-temple based off of the cathedral of Hallgrímskirkja, in Reykjavík Iceland. Right now I am in the VERY EARLY planning stages, and I could actually use your help. Right now I'm having a very difficult time finding any drawings, blueprints, or dimensions of Hallgrímskirkja. I can only find the height (assumedly the tower's peak), and I obviously need more than that. If any of you can get a hold of that information and send it my way, I would greatly appreciate it. Right now at the scale I'm using (I'm not very good with this stuff), 8ft would be 5cm, so it's peak will be 149cm tall on the model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander alexander Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 I found a good picure, almost straight on, when scaffolding was up for repairs. Using the scaffodling I made a grid, and determined the size of the more important part, the tower. The base of the tower is 13.794m wide in real life, and at this scale it will be 27.59cm. Before it comes to the stepped pyramid at its peak it will be 121.68cm tall, and 17cm wide. I will be modifying the 'body' of the church, I just wanted to get some sort of rough measurement and scale for the tower and 'walls'. Now that I have that, I can move forward in planning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander alexander Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Sorry about the quality of the pic, I'm having to use my phone. Here's a sketch, the plan isn't set in stone I made up stone per say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T14 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Its a nice place. I've been inside many aeons ago, and even went up in the tower to take in the view. The inside is very ordinary Nordic style. My Icelandic is very rusty, but I'll try to dig something up and get back to you ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander alexander Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Its a nice place. I've been inside many aeons ago, and even went up in the tower to take in the view. The inside is very ordinary Nordic style. My Icelandic is very rusty, but I'll try to dig something up and get back to you :) Wow, that must have been really cool to see!!! And thank you, I would really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T14 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 No luck with floor plans so far. You should be able to pick up all exterior dimensions accurately from This 3D model using Google sketchup and the built in The search continues :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander alexander Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Ahaha, Thank you! It's something at least. I've gotten pretty close using a grid system actually, which is all I really need. I really only wanted the tower anyways, as the body portion of the church on my model will be much, much different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander alexander Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 I may have finally gotten my hands on some suitable buidling material! That is if my mother doesn't decide to steal it for some green house project of hers. I've decided to build it at 1-50th scale, so the peak of the tower will stand 1.49m tall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander alexander Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 Let it begin!!! http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/caj007/photo54-1.jpg The material is essentially corrugated cardboard, but is made of plastic instead of paper. The sheet is a little over 8' long by 4' wide. I cut the piece out that is marked in the picture. The edges going at an angle are rough, and were a pain in the butt to cut due to the corrugations. If I can find my hot foam knife, that might work better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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