Yesterday I found on Pinterest this beautiful construction plan of the 1839 Sein lighthouse, the one destroyed by the Germans in 1944 (click to enlarge):
This lighthouse was not among our top priorities, but I couldn't help but model it:
The model includes fully modelled lantern house interior, with a realistic representation of a Frensnel lens visible through the glasses. Everything is in scale
*, including the
Fresnel lens**
I will admit that model's poly count is a bit too high, so some downsampling might be required, especially for the gallery railing and for lantern room's framework. Other than that, some optional 3d jobs that I might decide to do on the model are:
- modelling the keeper house and the two radio-beacon metal towers built in the same site in 1935 (you can see them in one of the pictures below).
- Any small corrections that might become necessary aftre comparing the model with historical pictures.
- Splitting the model for damage simulation (I will do that after UV-mappi
ng)
Those are all the original pictures I have found so far:
Let me know if you find any other photographs/drawings
