On 11-5-2015 19:28, Stephen wrote:
> On 11/05/2015 17:14, Le_Forgeron wrote:
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>> Le 11/05/2015 13:14, Thomas de Groot a écrit :
>>> At this stage, three different types of croft houses have been
>>> modelled, and a church inspired by St kiaran's on Islay.
>>>
>>> Next: rebuilding and extending the stone walls, village building.
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>> Sanity check: orientation of church / sun ?
>>
>> Traditional church in Europe, when not constrained by local
>> foundation, have usually main door to the west, and choir on the east.
>>
>
> Another sanity check. St Kiaran's is church of Scotland. They don't hold
> with Popery. (Anglican is less than one step away btw.) The actual Kirk
> is oriented North, South leaving the entrance to the East in the lea of
> the Westerly winds.
>
>> the shadow on the house gives a high enough already sun, it seems
>> unlikely to be full east.
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> It could be given the latitude of the Western Isles.
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Very true. The truth here is that I did not care about orientation, only 
about how it would look in the landscape. That said, we do not know what 
the geographic orientation of the landscape is, do we? As far as the Sun 
is concerned, I can indeed give it the latitude of the Western Isles. I 
have not yet used sun.inc in this scene and maybe I won't as I am fairly 
satisfied with the present illumination however.

Interestingly, and to my surprise, St Kiaran's church has not the 
complete plan form of a cross. It is missing the western transept. Was 
it lack of money? I have not found an explanation. Needless to say, I 
corrected that flaw ;-)

-- 
Thomas

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