@Joe
this can interest you :).
ftp://ftp.formz.com/pub/formz/PDF_files/tutorials/column.pdf
(many more than a simple column !)

This is indeed a very good tutorial. I did a column this evening using a similar technique. The new column I created is tapered and I used projected curves as rails to create solids to boolean out indentations and create fluted shafts. I figure it would be nice to introduce projected curves and booleans in my next video.

The capital represented in the tutorial you linked is very nice. I may attempt to re-create it tomorrow. Thanks again!

Thanks for the link Pilou!
I've learned quite a bit from this thread. Thanks to all.

Here is a quick one I did based on the pdf. It's not accurate and I took some artistic license but I like the results.

Moi:


AO Render in Blender:

Yep, I've learned a lot from this thread as well. Very nice column capital you've built. I'm looking forward to attempting to model one myself.

I recorded a short video of modeling a Doric Order Column I'll be uploading tomorrow. This is the style I want to go with for my temple. Thanks to Pilou for all the great reference.



(edit: updated broken image link)