Blenheim
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Duh! forgot to post the pics.
sorry
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Another beauty!
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Wonderful model/render [as ever!]
On a side note...
Winston Churchill [you MUST have heard of him?] was born there on 30 November 1874 at 1:30am, in a ground-floor room west of the Great Hall, in the suite of rooms once allotted to the 1st Duke’s domestic Chaplain [I've been in the very room].
The famous John Churchill [1st Duke of Marlborough] was a distant relative - Winston was by then a distant cousin of the 9th Duke...
The Place and grounds was paid for and given to John by 'a grateful nation' - following John's military successes, latterly against the French - and especially at the Battle of Blenheim [1704]: The plaque above the East Gate of the Palace says, "Under the auspices of a munificent sovereign this house was built for John Duke of Marlborough, and his Duchess Sarah, by Sir J Vanbrugh between the years 1705 and 1722, and the Royal Manor of Woodstock, together with a grant of £240,000 towards the building of Blenheim, was given by Her Majesty Queen Anne and confirmed by act of Parliament... to the said John Duke of Marlborough and to all his issue male and female lineally descending." [palace+estate+~£25million? in today's money ! - so he WAS a very popular chap...] !Some years later when Winston was asked whether, just before his birth, his mother Lady Randolph Churchill, had been attending a ball in the Long Library, or if she had been out with a shooting-party in the park... he replied, 'Although present on that occasion, I have no clear recollection of the events leading up to it.’
The palace and grounds [by Capability Brown] ARE a 'world heritage site' and they are well worth the visit if ever you get the chance...
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I love the Model and rendering, and really enjoy hearing the history.
Churchill had a wicked sense of humour.
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Impressive.
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Thank you everyone.
The history is often as impressive as the buildings themselves.
A warm filter in PP.
John
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Incredible work, how do you do something like that (and why can't I?)
@tig said:
Some years later when Winston was asked whether, just before his birth, his mother Lady Randolph Churchill, had been attending a ball in the Long Library, or if she had been out with a shooting-party in the park... he replied, 'Although present on that occasion, I have no clear recollection of the events leading up to it.’
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Spectacular! Not really my cuppa tea for an abode but fabulous work! How big is that file?
Needs one of them high-class carriages out front, Guv'nor.
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Steve, It's easier to model than one of your cars, it just takes a little longer.
Peter, untextured she is 5.97MB, edges 1,451700 and 649000 faces. All the stone texture on the main house are made from a
single sandstone jpeg. It would be great to live in a house this size! you would'nt hear the kids arguing
Thanks John -
It could veryy well be said that this was your finest hour.
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