Sunday, 11 May 2025

Last photos of Jamaica and some Greek photos, no miniatures!

 Still in the colonial world there was a fascinating ruin in Drax Hall Jamaica of a plantation water mill.




Interesting combination of stone and brick and the week before was entirely overgrown with trees! Would make a nice bit of scenery I thought?

Channeling my inner Keith I thought I'd put up some photos of my recent holiday in Greece. 














The Acropolis including the Parthenon and under the Acropolis museum ( which I thought was great) Is a section of excavated Athens destroyed by Sulla, I thought the detail of period wall was quite interesting and the arch of Hadrian, still in Athens. 






The castle at Naxos town 12th century Venetian, and from the sea.



The temple of Apollo.




The temple of Demeter and a1/50 model, both on Naxos. 






Akrotiri on ancient Thera, now Santorini, a 20th century BC settlement destroyed by volcanic action, looking at the reconstruction in the excellent prehistoric history museum in Fira in Santorini, I  was struck by how much they resembled middle eastern/ north African buildings and also thought about Matts idea of adding pantile roofs to give added flexibility, they'd also do for Afghanistan as well, just thinking of some sort of Venetian versus Ottoman type game as I have been thinking about a renaissance Ottoman army maybe? Anyway very interesting break, sorry if I haven't kept up to date on all your blogs but will do better now I'm back, haven't painted any figures for three weeks, better get back to it ! Hoping to get to Partizan next week if anyone else is going?!
All the best 
Iain



35 comments:

  1. Some crackin photos Iain! The Rejects are off to Partizan next week, hopefully see you there. Also Dave Docherty is supposed to be organising a blogger meet up too?

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    1. Thanks Ray , yes with a bit of luck and a following wind I'll see you there!
      Best Iain

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  2. Nice holiday pics and good inspiration for terrain ideas!

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  3. Excellent photos Iain, the Acropolis always looks amazing!

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  4. Nice photos. Some day I’ll get there…

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  5. Cracking photos, really interesting the Drax Hall ones are very intriguing.

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    1. Yes , it's a fascinating structure I think?
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  6. Very nice Iain. The trip to Greece looks great. Is that it for Jamaica now?

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    1. All done in Jamaica and Greece was fun!
      Best Iain

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  7. Lovely photos mate, I hope you are not too shocked by a return to the UK’s climate. lol.

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    1. Thanks Mark, when I was in some parts of Greece, it was 12° and 24° in London!
      Best Iain

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  8. Plenty of excellent photos there Iain:)! 50-50 on making Partizan, but at least I've got approval to go from SWMBO;).

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    1. Getting approval is the main thing, maybe see you there?
      Best Iain

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  9. Stunning photo's Iain very atmospheric and inspiring.

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    1. Useful reference?!
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    2. all reference is useful, you just never know when ! LOL

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    3. True enough, as my groaning bookshelves will bear testament to!
      Best Iain

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  10. Lovely vacation pics. 😁

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  11. Enjoyed your photos. Wanderlust now rising.

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    1. It's getting to that time of year, I'm happy to be at home now!
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  12. Great pics from both the Carribean and the Aegean, Iain! " Channeling my inner Keith", eh?!

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    1. Thanks , we all have to channel our inner Keith sometimes!
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  13. Thanks for sharing Iain, I am so far away from such historical sites here in Oz.

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    1. Glad you found them of interest, I hope your eyes are alright now?
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    2. Hi again Iain, thanks for asking. I need to wait another three weeks for the eyes to settle down before I go to the optomotrist for new glasses. The eyes are great for mid and far distance but no good close up. I bought a cheap pair of magnifying glasses to tide me over so I can read and paint until I get new glasses.

      I have just returned to the final company for the Salzburg Landwehr so hopefully, I will have photos of the batallion up inside a month. Yes, I am that slow (& busy with other things). I have printed off their flag on plain paper as it isn't available from any flag supplier I can find so it will be interesting to see how that goes.

      Cheers
      Chris

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  14. Lovely photos and now you have some good references for terrain!

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    1. They are good references for sure!
      Best Iain

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