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Architectural Illustrator and 3D Reconstruction Artist (Edinburgh). #Blender3D Pro. Active member of the Society of Architectural Illustrators (MSAI), Scottish Castles Association, and the Caithness Broch Project. https://bobmarshall.co.uk
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Digital reconstruction depicting Ardrossan Castle after it was rebuilt by Clan Montgomery in the 15th century. It became their chief seat until Lord Montgomery made nearby Eglinton Castle their principal residence. Commission © Bob Marshall / Charles Ross 2015. #Ayrshire

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#ADoorableThursday Doorway to Abernethy Tower - one of only two Irish-style round towers to be found in Scotland. Probably built by Culdee monks who established a monastery here in the late 11th century. A Pictish symbol stone stands at its base, along with a set of jougs to punish local miscreants!

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A spot of Cathedral bothering in Carlisle this afternoon while waiting for my train back to Edinburgh. Eyes fixed skywards at Owen Jones' (1809-1874) choir ceiling marvel.

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My digital reconstruction depicts Markinch Parish Church under construction. The MacDuff Earls of Fife built it in the early twelfth century to replace an earlier church dedicated to St Drostan. Commissioned Work. © Bob Marshall / Fife Coast and Countryside Trust 2015.

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

A good critique from @chattyplatty.bsky.social here. It's really concerning to see the issues so clearly brushed over, and chatgbt used as a source... I can't see how AI will ever beat well researched and presented reconstructions. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Went to see this today. VERY impressive VR experience, although the 25min slot was all over a bit too soon and I would have loved to see/explore more of the excellent reconstructions, just because I love this kind of stuff 😉. Highly commendable, though, and the Trimontium Museum is always superb.

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Movies you've watched more than six times, using only gifs. #MilkInTea

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#FortressFriday. Nowt more oppressive and intimidating than taking a stroll around Drop Redoubt Fort and the Dover Western Heights. Here you always have the unsettling feeling you are being watched 👁️👁️. 19th-century brutalism?

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#ADoorableThursday. Dalmeny Parish Church, West Lothian. Dedicated to my favourite saint, Cuthbert. Fabulous zodiacal signs, bestiary figures, and grotesque heads adorn the arch of its southern door. Masons' marks suggest the same craftsmen worked on Dunfermline Abbey and Leuchars (St Athernase).

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Digital reconstruction of Tap o'Noth Hillfort, near the village of Rhynie in Scotland (c500 AD). Developed for the University of Aberdeen with the assistance of Professor Gordon Noble and James O'Driscoll. © Bob Marshall / University of Aberdeen 2022. #HillfortsWednesday

submitted 9 days ago • 8 comments

I still remember the great joy it gave me 15 years ago to reconstruct Portencross Castle. I had no idea at the time the adventure that this little project would start for me. A few anachronisms in places, which I put down to my lack of experience at the time, but hey, one has to start somewhere ;)

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Just booked this. Looks great!

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I can fully attest having endured the 6hr+ Edinburgh to KingsX engineering works detour via Carlisle at least once.

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Last one of my #RomanScotland reconstruction images. This view is of Watling Lodge - one of ten known fortlets located along the Antonine Wall (there were likely a lot more). canmore.org.uk/site/46783/w.... © Bob Marshall / Historic Environment Scotland 2017

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Rough pseudo-sketch reconstruction from DTM data of the temporary Roman camp at Carey, 1km to the west of Abernethy. It shows the large rhomboidal camp, river Earn, and the backdrop of Moncrieff and Perth's Kinnoull Hills just beyond. © Bob Marshall 2018 #RomanScotland canmore.org.uk/site/27933/c...

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

If you visit a castle, church etc and the walls are bare stone, take into account that’s most likely an affectation. Prestigious buildings were invariably plastered and usually decorated. Bare stone walls are a fashion, mostly of the last few hundred years. And bare stone walls were for barns.

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NEW:🏰A castle dating back to the 15th century is set to reopen after being closed to the public for three years. The castle shut its doors in 2022 allowing for renovation works

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Continuing my theme of Roman forts and fortlets along the Antonine Wall in Scotland, here is my cutaway reconstruction of the bathhouse at Bearsden, Glasgow. Someone once told me my bath water looked too clean,.... oops! Commissioned Work. © Bob Marshall / Historic Environment Scotland 2015.

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments