Fun with 2x4 and 4x4s!

After a couple hours, a Sketchup crash and a few cups of decaf, the first floor of the Globe is finally complete...at least, the major construction.  There are tons of details I will go back and do later, but right now, the shapes are all in place.

2x4s and 4x4s played a big part today.  making the supports for the second floor, the fence, and the Tudor style all needed one (or both) of the standard sizes, and it worked out well.  

On behalf of the Sketchup Exporter, sorry for the smudged lines

As you can see, I used a lot of offsets to create the benches.  Each bench is 1', and the space between the benches is 2'.  At this point, the model was ready to be extruded!

Here are a couple comparisons between the First Globe, and the Second One.

Globe One

Globe Two

Besides the stage, the second model is much cleaner and simple than the first (the missing half of the stairs on the first doesn't help its cause much either).  It is also more accurate!  The benches in the first model had backs on them, which was quite a luxury I decided to include in the budget.  However, that luxury got axed in the second model, but in the original, I highly doubt the First Floor Gallery had benches with backs.  

The next step will be to finish up the Tudor detailing on the first floor, and start the second floor.

In other news, I am starting to plan sketches around different paintings.  One of my favorite paintings is by Van Gogh, called "The Yellow House".  I think it would be interesting to try to sketch a building that has the same kind of movement and style as the picture.  

The Yellow House

Until tomorrow,

Robert.