Vendome Column / Colonne Vendôme

[serebii666]

After I got a new computer (yay) and was inspired by the TWT's take on Paris, I set out to create my own version. But I couldn't find the last part of Place Vendome!!

I did however find these pictures around Toutsimcities.com. Could anyone help me in getting this iconic pillar in the french capital? 





I hope Adrianou doesn't mind I stole these pictures from his MD Lysandares

[Badsim]

Hi ,

Adrien is retired since more than 2 years now ... but , like you , I've got Lysandares still in mind .  That model of Vendôme Column ( erected by Napoleon ) is from his own work . And he did never upload it anywhere ... bad new for you , I'm afraid of .

Speaking about the TWProject , of course we can't work so close to Place Vendôme without consider it . A new version , better scaled , proportioned & textured ( with HD technic we could see its veneer of 425 spiraling bas-relief bronze plates on the pillar ) should be done sooner or later . Maybe from a TWT member ( or maybe Xannepan has it too on his « to do » list ... just my guess . )


Cédric.

[serebii666]

Thanks for your help. I guess I'm just going to have to substitute for something else...

By the way Would  you use Born78's and Swi21's models or create something from the ground up?

[palazzo]

The Colonne Vendôme is, iirc, proportioned after Trajan's column in Rome. If I can get a hold of a measured drawing of either it should be a breeze to model. Someone else would have to do the texturing, though.