Beckford's Folly
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Strange story as that of William Thomas Beckford:
@unknownuser said:
In 1771 when was ten years old, he inherited £1.000.000 and annual income of £100.000. After years of traveling abroad and a failed marriage he decided to have a Gothic cathedral built.
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@unknownuser said:
Beckford's 500 laborers worked in a day and a night shifts.
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@unknownuser said:
...and decided to use faster materials like timber and cement - instead of more appropriate stone or bricks....
The first part was the tower that reached about 300 feet (91 meters) before it collapsed.
@unknownuser said:
Beckford lived alone in his abbey and used only one of its bedrooms for his own use. His kitchens prepared food for 12 every day although he always dined alone and sent other meals away afterwards. Only once, in 1800 he entertained guests when Admiral Horatio Nelson and Lady Hamilton visited the Abbey.
Strange story and strange man. That sound like a Orson Welles's film: I can't avoid to think to Citizen Kane....
@tadema said:
... All credit to numbthumb for suggesting this project.
This refers to your recent Thread and Numbthumb post: Windermere
@tadema said:
Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire.
Modeled over 6 days, finally found time to finish the model. Family life should never come between man and Sketchup!Oh my!! 6 days;;;; but as we are driven to say: only 6 days
_ I can understand the passion which keeps you 6 days long and at the same time the difficulty to justify this to the family.. But At the end, what a fantastic piece of work John!!@unknownuser said:
this was a challenge as I only had a floor plan and one section cut, so it was quite a trial end error at times.
I am actually modeling laboriously a house (I don't speak about the number of days
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It appears not evident to choose what to draw first and in what order. Do we have to elevate the walls with their thickness or just first the global volumes. Do we have to draw the timber before the roof,,,. Many details are missing. how to reinvent what is hidden. It is a bit like to complete a skeleton with missing bones..... etc..Would you be enough kind to share some of your method and few tricks?
Something between picture 2 & 3Ho! Numbthumb had put Beckford's Folly into Most impressive SketchUp modelling thread.
+1 for me
simon -
Great job again! Nice change of pace - not that I'd get bored with your renditions of Voysey!
Out of curiosity, how did this acquire the "folly" in the name? I thought follies were completely impractical or useless for any real use. I guess I should visit the Wikipedia entry on the building.
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Thank you everyone
Simon, your posts always convey a certain personal warmth, thank you. PM on it's way.
Jeff, I posted the wiki entry above, it's quite a tale.re-rendered images: Placed her on the ground!
John
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John,
You've outdone yourself this time! Quite inspiring to see someone able to excel after it seems there is no room for it!Curious does this model bog-down SU?
I like the grayscale image. That could be taken to an engraving style nicely.
BTW I received the Voysey Monograph myself for Christmas!
Peter
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Thank you Peter, hope you enjoy Voysey. The model did not slow down one single bit, even without layers. Never turned any geometry off and no plugins used for drawing. The only plugin used was Thom's brilliant Cleanup3, I was really suprised.
John -
Thanks for the link, John. Fascinating, and a beautiful building.
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This is an amazing project!
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these last two are more impressing.
could you tell me what was the renderer and post pro if any? -
absolutely great project!
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Irwan, sorry for the late reply. I used V-ray to render her. The PP was PS, grass and two foreground trees, curves, colour balance ect.
Thanks everyone.
John -
well, those two are very awesome indeed
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Those two last ones are really good.
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speechless -
MartinPH has got a competitor. Haven't noticed any new things from him for a while since he posted Castle Howard.
Anssi
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Thank you,
Anssi, Castle Howard was brilliant, no comparrison to Fonthill, she's much more accurate! David has no competition from me (I take my hat off). I would have loved to have seen Castle Howard rendered, it's a shame he's never posted more.
take care
John -
Think how much time would have been saved if the original architect would have used SketchUp.
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@roger said:
Think how much time would have been saved if the original architect would have used SketchUp.
He would need sketchy physics to show the lord how it will fall down.
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Monumentally impressive! A work of fine art.
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Sorry - I just had to mess around with the black and white one. Hope you don't mind!
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That tower really shines Tom! While John's reminds me of an etching, this makes me think of an old black and white movie. A dark and dramatic one. Hey this story could make a good movie. It could be a comedy though. Called "What Could Go Wrong?"
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