The palette

White calcite and quartz for the hall, green oxidized copper for the domes, grey stone for the lab and the knoll. White and green is a classic, calm pairing; the spruces frame it in dark green.

Techniques

• On a knoll
• Round hall
• Copper dome
• Smaller volumes
• The telescope

The steps

1. Knoll: rock foot
2. Knoll: rock faces
3. Knoll: plateau
4. Stone stair
5. Paved walk
6. Compass rose
7. Hall floor
8. Hall walls: south
9. Hall walls: north
10. Door and portico
11. Telescope mount
12. Big telescope
13. Inside the hall
14. Cornice
15. Dome: base
16. Dome
17. Dome
18. Dome: crown
19. Slit shutters
20. Turret
21. Turret dome
22. Lab wing floor
23. Lab wing walls
24. Lab roof and terrace
25. Lab benches
26. Lamp posts
27. Spruces and boulders
28. Grass and flowers

How each technique is done and every step explained, in 3D: Learn (members).

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