Buddhas of Bamyan (World Wonder)
Community Wonders presents… the Buddhas of Bamyan.
The Buddhas of Bamyan were two 6th-century monumental statues of Gautama Buddha carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, 230 kilometres (140 mi) northwest of Kabul at an elevation of 2,500 metres (8,200 ft). Built in 507 CE (smaller) and 554 CE (larger), the statues represented the classic blended style of Gandhara art. They were respectively 35 and 53 m (115 and 174 ft) tall.
The main bodies were hewn directly from the sandstone cliffs, but details were modeled in mud mixed with straw, coated with stucco. This coating, practically all of which wore away long ago, was painted to enhance the expressions of the faces, hands, and folds of the robes; the larger one was painted carmine red and the smaller one was painted multiple colors. The lower parts of the statues’ arms were constructed from the same mud-straw mix supported on wooden armatures. It is believed that the upper parts of their faces were made from great wooden masks or casts.
GAMEPLAY EFFECT
+1 Faith yield for every International Trade Route. Other Civilizations’ Trade Routes to this Player grants both the Player +1 Faith and other Civilization +1 Faith. Farms and Pastures within 6 tiles yield +1 Faith. Provides 2 Relic Slots and grants 1 Free Relic.
Available with Currency Technology.
CREDITS
Original 3D Model converted from EUIV by Walter Hawkwood.
Other Art and Coding: Deliverator.
Special thanks to ShiroToraRyu for his 3D Wonder Tutorial.
SOURCE FILES
If you want to see how this was made the Modbuddy project in on Github:
https://github.com/deliverator23/CWON_Bamyan
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