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Today, on the 2,775th anniversary of the Founding of Rome, it gives me great pleasure to announce the official launch of SPQR - Phase II!
Bursting forth from the northern edge of Phase I, Phase II will expand the historical diorama of 4th Century Imperial Rome in several crucial and exciting ways.
In topographical terms, Phase II will introduce two new hills of the fabled seven - the Quirinal & the Esquiline - on either end of its bidirectional tributaries.
Not to be mistaken for haphazard boundaries, the outlines of Phase II were once, in fact, major infrastructural corridors and are drawn along ancient roads and aqueducts. Far from forming a complete picture, these rugged boundaries emphasize the phasic approach to this entire project. QED.
The undulating hillsides between the two spurs will capture vast swaths of the Subura neighborhood, in all its sprawling, frenetic density.
There will, of course, be no shortage of monumental structures in Phase II! Included within its extents are the vividly polychrome Imperial Fora, Caracalla’s enormous Temple of Serapis, the Ludus Magna where gladiators trained beside the Colosseum, and no fewer than three imperial thermae complexes: the Baths of Titus, of Trajan and of Constantine.
While Phase II will add roughly 80% of the overall total land area depicted in the first phase, it is expected to match the 100,000 bricks used for the latter. What Phase II lacks in comparable surface area, it will more than make up for in volume due to the consistently higher elevations and corresponding substructure thickness.
Now, I must stress that none of this is a foregone conclusion. Victory loves hard work, but I continue to rely on your support to ensure my self-reliance as a one-man small business owner.
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But more importantly, it’s going to take a village to realize the fullest extents of this project. I can think of no better exhibition centerpiece than one which has been made possible through the generosity of so many.
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️ SPQR - Phase I ️
▶️ Watch the Model Film in 4K on YouTube:
▶️ Intro to SPQR Project:
Support this unprecedented project on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/RoccoButtliere
Parts: 104,000+ (~1,700 unique)
Scale: 1:650
Dimensions: 57in x 289in (143cm x 231cm)
Research Time: 2,000+ hours since 2019
Design Time: 1,000+ hours in 200 days
Build Time: 600+ hours in 90 days
Photography: EClarke Photo 📷
© MMXXIII - Rocco Buttliere, LLC
This S2000 is pretty well-known around MA.. goes through tons of phases. Owner does a lot of PlastiDip work for people, and he does amazing work. This car was once mint green with white wheels. Both PlastiDip of course. :D
This was fun to do! So I'll do my other dolls as well~ All of them are not as long as Zephii's LOL!
1. He arrived to me after a 4-month layaway via DDE! Blank & fresh resin!
2. I sent him off to AngelToast after having him home for only like 2 days! Then he came back and I was utterly IN LOVE.
3. Tried a black Crobi wig on him!
4. He went back to his wine wig and I also tried gray 12mm eyes on him.
5. Didn't like the gray on him so he went back to his brown eyes, but now they were 12mm!
6. Got him a beautiful dragon tattoo with the Kanji for "courage" painted by the amazing Vitta-Vera/Tsuminaki!
7. Sadly, Brink's eyeshadow was chipped, so I sent him back to AngelToast for repair! The only difference, really, is his eyebrows, they match his hair a bit more now :) 'cause she's amazing like that!
8. Got my boy some 12mm Mako eyes (IB-009)!
Amtrak NPCU 90368 is sitting on the Pere Marquette trainset here at the Amtrak facility in downtown Chicago on National Train Day. I like the single ditch light.
Moon's current phase
Date and time: February 26, 2016 - 23:55
Distance from Earth to the Moon: 405.485 km
Moon's age: 18.6 days
Moon Phase: The moon is waning
Illuminated percentage: 85%
This is a basic prop replica of a phaser from Star Trek Discovery (1st, 2nd, and some of season 3).
I have been a Star Trek fan since I can remember. I watched Star Trek the original series in syndication on a local TV channel (KPTV 12 Portland, Oregon) every weekday and on the weekends. I was totally hooked! The first Star Trek movie I saw in the movie theater was Star Trek IV The Voyage Home or as it’s loving called, saving the whales movie. I had seen Star Trek The Motion Picture, The Wrath Of Khan, and The Search For Spock on video and loved all of those. I started reading any Star Trek novels I could find (thank goodness Powell’s Books was around).
Then Star Trek the Next Generation came out and I was in absolute love. Which was followed by Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Voyager, and Enterprise. Sadly Enterprise was canceled just when it was hitting its stride. Many years later we got JJ Abram's Star Trek (The Kelvin Timeline), Picard, Lower Decks and Prodigy. I have enjoyed all of the various Star Trek series that have come out.
Around the time Star Trek IV the Voyage Home came out, I went to my first Star Trek convention. It was held at the Holiday Inn at the Portland International Airport (PDX). At that convention, I met William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, and Walter Koenig. Over the years I would meet all of the original series cast. And many of the various Star Trek series. When I was older and could drive, I would drive up to Seattle to attend conventions up there. Later in life, I would fly to other places to attend.
I will share stories about my experiences and the actors I have met at the conventions another time.
Thank you for your support.
As the sun sets on the SWT 458/5 junipers as they are refurbished, 458530 approaches Wokingham station at dusk with a an evening service to Reading from London Waterloo.
️ SPQR - Phase I ️
▶️ Watch the Model Film in 4K on YouTube:
▶️ Intro to SPQR Project:
Support this unprecedented project on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/RoccoButtliere
Parts: 104,000+ (~1,700 unique)
Scale: 1:650
Dimensions: 57in x 289in (143cm x 231cm)
Research Time: 2,000+ hours since 2019
Design Time: 1,000+ hours in 200 days
Build Time: 600+ hours in 90 days
Photography: EClarke Photo 📷
© MMXXIII - Rocco Buttliere, LLC
This week's FlickrFriday theme is: #Phases
Le thème de ce FlickrFriday est: #Phases
O tema desta FlickrFriday é: #Fases
本次 FlickrFriday 主題: #阶段
FlickrFriday-Thema der Woche: #Phasen
El tema de FlickrFriday es: #Fases
️ SPQR - Phase I ️
▶️ Watch the Model Film in 4K on YouTube:
▶️ Intro to SPQR Project:
Support this unprecedented project on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/RoccoButtliere
Parts: 104,000+ (~1,700 unique)
Scale: 1:650
Dimensions: 57in x 289in (143cm x 231cm)
Research Time: 2,000+ hours since 2019
Design Time: 1,000+ hours in 200 days
Build Time: 600+ hours in 90 days
Photography: EClarke Photo 📷
© MMXXIII - Rocco Buttliere, LLC
March 3, 2026 - Lunar Blood Moon Eclipse Phases, as seen and photographed from my Home in Long Beach, CA. I captured these phases from 1:38 AM - 2:58 AM, until the clouds completely covered the Lunar Eclipse for the rest of the entire morning. This is a composite of the Lunar Eclipse Phases.
A spring overture
A phase sky drift dance of new buds
Morning slanted rays coloration
A new day
Light
Delight
Stukely Sud
Quebec
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwBLC0WKuS0&feature=related
Pat Metheney Montreal International jazz festival 1989
Lyle Mays on piano
Pat Metheney ( guitars )
Ave. McGill College
Montreal
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Like the contrast here:
- An old priest walking alone and a young boy with his dad walking in the opposite direction
- Old priest is closing the umbrella and dad is holding umbrella to protect his son
Looks so much more French doesn't it? Those steel wheels are also basic, yet so delightful in their own right. Certainly the nicer of the two.
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When I was driving home from Vacation Bible School, the moon was huge and orange-ish. I tried to capture it, but I was on a back road and that didn't work so well. So I did the next best thing and took a 365 inspired by it.