Facts, Models, and Videos of Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
I finished my first draft video for the Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temple. I post it for you now as we head into Conference weekend, wondering what new things we will hear and have announced.
Since there is already a Guatemala City Guatemala Temple, the Church added Miraflores to the name of this temple.
I recently learned that Miraflores means “Behold the Flowers.”
I probably should have added flowers to this video. Maybe next time.
This small temple shares the same footprint as the Pago Pago American Samoa, Neiafu Tonga, Harare Zimbabwe, and Nairobi Kenya Temples. There is still a fair amount of guesswork left in this model, so I will probably be doing a definitive version later on.
I’ve been playing around with textures, trying to get more realistic. This one looked great, but I did not check all angles, which is why it wasn’t until the render was done that I found the sidewalks look post rainstorm from certain angles.
One more thing to look forward to when it’s time to redo this one, I guess.
Lots of guess work on this one. I am not happy with the results, but as of yet, I have not felt inspired on how to fix what bothers me. The temple itself is pretty good, It’s the Landscaping I am unhappy with.
I have a video for you today, this time of the Cali Colombia temple. As with pretty much all the temples where just a render has been released, this is an estimate of what the full temple looks like. It’s really just a guess, and I will have to update it later. Enjoy!
Pushing along on my efforts to catch up with the Church, Today I have a first draft for the Bacolod Philippines Temple. Like most of my models lately, this is a really rough first draft, with the landscaping being mostly guess work.
I have felt rather productive this week. I finished off Farmington, and have made excellent progress on a couple of others. This one was nice, I was able to work from some documents that have moved into the public domain to make the surrounding area look more authentic.
I made an effort to dig into the detailing on the exterior. The renders are often fuzzy, but I worked hard to get the carvings looking as correct as possible.
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I have created an updated model for my Neiafu Tonga Temple. This model utilizes the same floor plan that I now know Nairobi Kenya Temple uses, which is narrower back to front than my initial model was.
This was an interesting temple to model. I’m completely guessing on the grounds, but I think the temple itself is fascinating in design. Loved modeling this video. But I am going to have to redo it when I learn more about the actual landscaping and design.
A month or so back, the Church released an updated render for the Yorba Linda Temple. The change was necessitated by a request from the city to lower the height of the steeple. This the Church complied with, and the design for the temple went from a post-modern design with Art-deco and Spanish influences to a modern design with Spanish influences with just a few simple changes.
I’m not entirely sold on the new design, I am not certain the massing of the spire is appropriate for the overall building, but I am sure the architect did what he could with the restrictions they were working under. And there is the distinct possibility that I am entirely missing aspects of the design that make it work better.