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model, and everyone was able to see the full scope of the eight-acre smelting plant set with its boundary fences, sightlines, railroad tracks and set dressing. At the same time, data assets were being shared with the previs artists who worked with the Art Department's 3D landscape and building layouts to visualize the action sequences, visual effects and stunts that would be possible on the location. Art Director Jordan Ferrer handled the day-to-day design duties in New Mexico as construction began at the exterior smelting plant location. Final detail drawings and additional elements were designed and approved in New Orleans on a daily basis, and the main plant building began to take shape out west. The fallen water tank's steel shell was assembled piece by piece from panels prefabricated by a local tank fabricator, all out of real steel. Meanwhile, the scouting for an ideal Eden continued in northern New Mexico. François had a clear sense of what the destination should be, and worked Above: Four views of the finished copper smelting plant, where Logan and Professor Charles Xavier have hidden themselves. Their third roommate, seen standing next to the collapsed tank, is Caliban, an albino mutant with the psionic ability to sense the presence of other superhuman mutants. Below: The eight-acre smelting plant at dawn's first light.