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Title: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Andym on April 01, 2018, 10:54:29 PM: Hi guys.

I thought this might help some people. My wife and I visited the Glasgow Necropolis today. It's just one of those things we realised we've never done. We've never done the tourist thing in our own town.

Anyway, some of the tombs in that cemetery were amazing. I took a few photos. These would look amazing on someone's 28mm horror table.

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_133423_zpskcdgqvn8.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_133423_zpskcdgqvn8.jpg.html)

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_145254_zpsvfym5xna.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_145254_zpsvfym5xna.jpg.html)

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_145620_zpswkpgv7uk.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_145620_zpswkpgv7uk.jpg.html)

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_144937_zpsdki83pod.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_144937_zpsdki83pod.jpg.html)

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_144635_zps4dcd0yq7.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_144635_zps4dcd0yq7.jpg.html)

This last guy is creepy! :o

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_170006_zps0iwsvh7i.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_170006_zps0iwsvh7i.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Elk101 on April 01, 2018, 10:56:36 PM: He does actually look like a zombie.
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: OSHIROmodels on April 01, 2018, 11:11:11 PM: Some of them are great 8)

All saved as well for the not so distant future :D
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: duhamel on April 02, 2018, 09:16:03 AM: excellent photo why build one of these models yourself you are good enough for that and it will give me the opportunity to review your excellent constructions ;)
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Ramirez Noname on April 02, 2018, 09:17:33 AM: That's a fine selection of funereal memorials; plenty of inspiration. Thanks for positing.

RMZ
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Captain Blood on April 02, 2018, 10:20:38 AM: Those are amazing. Thanks Andy.
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: has.been on April 02, 2018, 10:26:56 AM: DEAD GOOD ! .....I'll get my coat.
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: majorsmith on April 02, 2018, 03:26:14 PM: Great pictures, graveyards are fascinating places
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Captain Blood on April 02, 2018, 04:54:25 PM: Can't stop looking at these. They are so incredibly over the top. The very definition of Gothic...
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Vanvlak on April 02, 2018, 05:08:39 PM: Brilliant stuff, thanks for posting.
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Vanvlak on April 02, 2018, 05:13:15 PM: Quote from: OSHIROmodels on April 01, 2018, 11:11:11 PM
Some of them are great 8)

All saved as well for the not so distant future :D
Go on then, what are you up to? :D
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: OSHIROmodels on April 02, 2018, 05:31:09 PM: Quote from: Vanvlak on April 02, 2018, 05:13:15 PM
Go on then, what are you up to? :D

Salute ;D
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: dampfpanzerwagon on April 02, 2018, 05:39:07 PM: Great images and thank you for sharing them.

Tony
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Vanvlak on April 02, 2018, 06:06:04 PM: Quote from: OSHIROmodels on April 02, 2018, 05:31:09 PM
Salute ;D
I really do have to come over for that one of these years.
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: OSHIROmodels on April 02, 2018, 06:33:27 PM: You should, it's certainly an 'experience' :D
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Andym on April 02, 2018, 08:53:51 PM: Quote from: Captain Blood on April 02, 2018, 04:54:25 PM
Can't stop looking at these. They are so incredibly over the top. The very definition of Gothic...

If you ever make a trip up here, that whole area of Glasgow is worth a visit. As well as the Necropolis, there's the Glasgow Cathedral....

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_154815_zpss5wuizgd.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_154815_zpss5wuizgd.jpg.html)

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_151012_zpsbnawrdlw.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_151012_zpsbnawrdlw.jpg.html)

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_151025_zps9vrcxkea.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_151025_zps9vrcxkea.jpg.html)

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_151900_zpshtipf5wl.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_151900_zpshtipf5wl.jpg.html)

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_151306_zps9jlot3te.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_151306_zps9jlot3te.jpg.html)

The St Mungo religious museum( not normally my thing, but there was some cool stuff in there). This shield was one of their exhibits....

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_154509_zpsjnfctsfo.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_154509_zpsjnfctsfo.jpg.html)

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_154531_zpshhpcqrty.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_154531_zpshhpcqrty.jpg.html)

...and the oldest house in Glasgow. Although I couldn't get in tgere because I had a pram with me and those ancient glaswegians must have been tiny going by the size of the doors!

And here's a couple of extra pics of the cemetery....

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_150513_zpsjy0fcesk.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_150513_zpsjy0fcesk.jpg.html)

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_150209_zpsixuzz8su.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_150209_zpsixuzz8su.jpg.html)

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_150416_zpsyjrslz9s.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_150416_zpsyjrslz9s.jpg.html)

I meant to say as well...the round sandstone tomb had some weird wee faces around the roof....

(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_144901_zpsbkhvvdkk.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20180401_144901_zpsbkhvvdkk.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Elk101 on April 02, 2018, 08:58:12 PM: Some of the Alexander Greek Thomson buildings in Glasgow are also pretty cool for inspiration.
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Gibby on April 02, 2018, 10:09:36 PM: We visited the Necropolis in 2016 when we had a free afternoon in Glasgow before moving onto the Lochs. I took many a photo - hope you don't mind me adding a choice few of them to your thread:

(https://s17.postimg.org/mmrx8uwtr/WP_20161024_11_41_12_Pro.jpg)

(https://s17.postimg.org/r9xza5mm7/WP_20161024_11_31_46_Pro.jpg)

(https://s17.postimg.org/kjhi0szhb/WP_20161024_11_42_42_Pro.jpg)

As someone who has been strangely fascinated by graveyards as far back as I can remember, I was truly spellbound by this huge place. Very gothic, very eerie but also beautiful.
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Ramirez Noname on April 03, 2018, 07:43:44 AM: That's one scary "Death" on the silver shield.

RMZ
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Malamute on April 03, 2018, 08:48:34 AM: Great stuff, chaps very inspiring for our Gothic Horror projects. ;D
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Hammers on April 03, 2018, 09:17:08 AM: Fantastic! Very Warhammer, all of it . :)
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: shadowbeast on April 03, 2018, 02:01:00 PM: Mind if I put up some inspiration, given that I've never been to Scotland and so my images will be of other places?
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Ramirez Noname on April 03, 2018, 02:09:24 PM: Perhaps this should be made into a sticky ?

RMZ
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: shadowbeast on April 03, 2018, 03:25:09 PM: Most likely not yet. The time is not right.
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: shadowbeast on April 06, 2018, 12:07:39 PM: I am compelled to share.
(https://strathfieldhistory.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/old-no-1-mortuary-station-rookwood.jpg)
Old station building at Haslem's Creek Necropolis No. 1, AKA Rookwood Cemetery, late 19th century.
(http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/fd8034bee7d6f1aaaa4898a4cd7f5191)
And that is Mortuary, where the service begins, between Central and Redfern stations in Sydney, NSW (this has been recently moved).
(https://img00.deviantart.net/54fc/i/2016/109/1/d/the_hanran_plot_by_thoughtengine-d9zgk6m.jpg)
https://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/gallery/58568276/Necropolis-Hotel
(https://img00.deviantart.net/e366/i/2016/109/0/9/swails_family_by_thoughtengine-d9zgom0.jpg)
https://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/gallery/58568770/Early-Townsville-Burials
(https://img00.deviantart.net/f257/i/2016/109/c/4/viola_bismuth_noble_1906_1922_by_thoughtengine-d9zgyqc.jpg)
https://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/gallery/58569214/Early-Townsville-Women
(https://img00.deviantart.net/ef28/i/2017/112/f/3/grave_surround_planter_by_thoughtengine-db6sz9m.jpg)
https://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/gallery/62393823/Non-conformist-graves
(https://img00.deviantart.net/64df/i/2017/072/f/6/peter_and_denis_minehan_by_thoughtengine-db24zv6.jpg)
https://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/gallery/57355991/The-Grave
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Andym on April 06, 2018, 06:10:03 PM: I’ve never seen a station at a cemetery before! :o

Nice add ons!
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: has.been on April 06, 2018, 08:53:14 PM: 'Station in a graveyard'
End of the line? Terminus? ..... i'll get my coat.
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Ramirez Noname on April 06, 2018, 10:06:39 PM: Quote from: Andym on April 06, 2018, 06:10:03 PM
I’ve never seen a station at a cemetery before! :o

London had its own Necropolis Railway from Waterloo to Brookwood Cemetry near Woking.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/785/26410707197_4ec6b66a80_c_d.jpg)

London terminus ...

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/864/39472774480_e1052a1b49_c_d.jpg)

... and one of the stations in the Cemetry

More info here - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Necropolis_Railway (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Necropolis_Railway)

RMZ
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Hammers on April 08, 2018, 07:13:01 AM: Quote from: Andym on April 06, 2018, 06:10:03 PM
I’ve never seen a station at a cemetery before! :o

Nice add ons!

That’s in a book, isn’t it?
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: shadowbeast on April 08, 2018, 09:35:59 AM: There was a mystery novel called The Necropolis Railway, about the London Waterloo necropolis line.

Similar lines existed in Melbourne, and Newcastle; the latter was a regular commuter stop as well, so it stayed until the 80s. Regular services occurred to visit the graves, though no dead people had gone by rail for some years by then.
Otherwise, they all disappeared soon after the Second World War, if that.

The Melbourne service even had a funeral tram that met the train, after collecting the party from the stop.
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: shadowbeast on April 09, 2018, 03:40:13 AM: Ingham, QLD:
(https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/os-data-2/hsc/images/ingham-cemetery-3.jpg)
(http://www.hinchinbrookchamber.com.au/wsp_images/img_0176__640x256_.jpg)
(http://www.aussietowns.com.au/wp-content/gallery/ingham-qld/IMG_6685A.jpg)
Cairns, QLD:
(https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/06/a4/83/81/a-view-of-the-historical.jpg)
(https://assets.ehp.qld.gov.au/website/preview/image/lhis/271567?maxsize=1000&quality=8&format=jpeg&=.jpg)
(https://assets.atdw-online.com.au/images/Original__9201792_BQ96_600838_McLeod_Street_Pioneer_Cemetery_g3906f0.jpg?rect=139,0,2219,1664&w=2048&h=1536)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/03/3a/74/033a7420fcb26434f292b9452332ecac.jpg)
You can see that graveyard from the Kuranda scenic Railway train, in the beginning of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO5o5mJGJG0&t
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: shadowbeast on April 09, 2018, 03:45:54 AM: And another view of the West End Cemetery:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yup1rAgbQd8
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: shadowbeast on April 24, 2018, 06:07:29 AM: (https://img00.deviantart.net/d999/i/2018/112/f/d/graves_by_thoughtengine-dc9lq27.jpg)
(https://img00.deviantart.net/2050/i/2018/112/9/8/bright_family_memorial_by_thoughtengine-dc9lq7p.jpg)
(https://img00.deviantart.net/65f3/i/2018/112/1/b/graves_by_thoughtengine-dc9lqeb.jpg)
Magnetic Island, QLD.
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: shadowbeast on May 11, 2018, 02:41:17 PM: Some ideas out back:
(https://n7.alamy.com/zooms/f7e82f74744a4298932f1b9d391306ac/the-silverton-historical-cemetery-nsw-outback-australia-bjbn2c.jpg)
(https://l7.alamy.com/zooms/60c4508bed1743dd96b4c07102938470/lonely-outback-pioneers-graves-at-menzies-cemetery-shire-of-menzies-fn73y5.jpg)
(http://www.retiredaussies.com/ColinsHome%20Page/MyAustralia/WA/Karratha/Cossack/Cossack%20WA%202008Jan32.JPG)
(https://image.shutterstock.com/z/stock-photo-outback-australia-graveyard-124444909.jpg)
(http://www.qhatlas.com.au/sites/default/files/imagecache/Large/UQ155332.jpg)
(http://www.qhatlas.com.au/sites/default/files/imagecache/Large/UQ155327.jpg)
(http://www.qhatlas.com.au/sites/default/files/imagecache/Large/UQ155325.jpg)
(https://cassmob.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/winton-cemetery-early-morning.jpg)
(http://www.leggingit.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Farine.jpg)
(http://www.outbackfamilyhistory.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/images/Kal%20Cem%20Paul%20Tonkin.jpg)
(https://thebottomdrawerbook.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img201804291413221253178320.jpg?w=810)
Some from Melbourne:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2GXjI1g5cUY/UAUtGmx3DaI/AAAAAAAAGsI/gToKnQ_8XrU/s1600/Lindrum+2.jpg)
(https://steemit-production-imageproxy-thumbnail.s3.amazonaws.com/U5dre5uteurnUKWAdzbmoi8yfBkASLL_1680x8400)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Bp6IjBK9xug/VF7G0b1aKSI/AAAAAAAAIxY/4_vwvnJKVGg/s1600/Roman%2BCatholic%2BChapel%2BMGC%2B(Small).JPG)
(http://www.picturevictoria.vic.gov.au/site/yarra_melbourne/images/17128.jpg)
I can't read this page, but:
http://paranoied.diary.ru/p201623833.htm?oam
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IshGQeiyuJw/RmPjv86tchI/AAAAAAAAAB4/TARWDIQm3v8/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/victorian+grave.jpg)
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: shadowbeast on May 13, 2018, 08:45:20 AM: And, quite unusual:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17147756
Title: Re: Graveyard Inspiration
Post by: Ramirez Noname on September 20, 2019, 01:37:42 PM: Bit of threadmancy (how apt...)

In case anyone wanted dome details of what the inside of an English Box Tomb looks like, I have,just been involved with the careful dismantling of this one

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48764227821_d311e55925_c_d.jpg)

Originally constructed around 1810, possibly rebuilt twice and in a perilous state in a public churchyard.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48763887863_79fe98321d_c_d.jpg)

No bones, but evidence of fragments of another tomb used in one of the rebuilding phases.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48764400192_b8f88a1665_c_d.jpg)

The lowest levels, being recorded prior to removal. The original vault beneath this stonework had been filled in under a previous rebuilding phase.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48752594973_cf57fc200a_c_d.jpg)

Even a Smooth Newt to add to the mix (in the safe hands of the appointed Ecologist).

RMZ