Grand Army Plaza Arch: 3 Cam and Drone Scan

3D Model

Got together with a bunch of my buddies one morning and we all took tons of photos (1780) while another friend flew a drone over and around the arch to get the above photos (another 1739).

Here’s a screengrab that shows all the camera angles we captured, including the drone shots:

The arch is over 24 meters (80 feet) tall and it’s right in the middle of a high traffic intersection, so it presents many challenges, and I’m not even talking about all the trees around it.

It’s my first large-scale scan and I hit so many walls with getting it to come out well, largely because ZBrush has a 50 million polygon limit. Anyway, this is the first of many.

Links to learn more about this monument, the Soldier’ and Sailors’ Arch: Wikipedia and NYC Parks