started on the side entrance. Here's some WIP images:
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/1622/cathedral10b.th.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/cathedral10b.jpg/)...

Also, of you used 'freeze transformations', changing scale mode iirc won't help a bit in this case, so you might wanna rotate pivot point. After you rotate pivot point correctly, you will be able to...

create->polygon primitives->helix

Then play with the settings. It will probably be the fastest way.

well, it's gonna be pain in my 'you know what', but so far, i have splited model in several pieces, and some of them are then repeating a lot. I'll probably uv map one of them, then use same uv map...

a very small progress. Started to work on side entrance area.
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5536/cathedral9a.th.jpg (http://img269.imageshack.us/i/cathedral9a.jpg/)...

hey mate, you probably don't really remember me, but actually do remember you. How's it going? And what happened to your work (you said you lost all of it)?

Anyway, good to see ya back!

Sleep? I already slept once last year, don't tell me i need to do it again?! :P

Heh, tnx for comment, mate!

A small progress(finally got some time to proceed on this one:
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/2710/cathedral7a.th.jpg (http://img64.imageshack.us/i/cathedral7a.jpg/)

well, if you only have models in viewport, that is not such a problem, atleast on my rig, i can rotate camera without too much slowdown, but when it comes to actually working with 2 milion poly mesh,...

system:
intel i7 920
geforce 275 gtx
6 gb ram
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Well, thing is, in veiwport, i have like 100k triangles, so it runs smooth as it can get, though i have like 1/2 of model hidden (so i'd say...