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Dupre's marvelous painting shows a man whose name was Vasileios Goudas,he was actually Botzaris' aid de camp,in this case drawn from life.All of Dupre's paintings are of the utmost informational value as they are very accurate.The fact that they are also artistic masterpieces is a bonus.Markos Botzaris was a man of undisputed bravery and martial valour.His death was extremely heroic,so the painting of it is true to the overall feeling.

Oda.
 
Some more work today. The white will become "whiter" as the process continues.

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Hi Roger,
That's looking like a beaut little figure, the colours looking great. I have to admit I've only ever seen your work in flats, has this always been the case, not meaning to be rude btw.
Cheers
Chris.

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Thanks Chris.
That's not rude at all mate. Painting a round figures is where I started in the hobby. When Ian said Ellie's Miniatures were producing a Prussian subject I knew then I would paint it as it's a subject I'm interested in..... and then along came the Greeks! :D
 
Don't really know if it's accessible in Britain.The corect music for this warlord would be polyphonic vocal bands from Epirus or traditional folk songs from Epirus accompanied by the Greek version of the clarinet.Alternatively, the polyphonic vocal music and bands of southern Albania are very similar to their northern (Epirus is in the north and shares a common border with southern Albania) Greek counterparts.Besides Kapetan-Markos was a fluent Albanian speaker and the situation near the Greek-Albanian borders (back then non existent as both countries were Ottoman provinces) were much like the situation in the middle marches in 16th or 17th century Britain.The Souliotes and their Albanian counterparts were very much like the English and Scottish border reivers.
Just a warning though,this music would probably sound very alien to anyone not accustomed to it ( most of the 18th and 19th century foreign travellers in Greece certainly thought so and made comments about it in their memoirs).After some time though and if you can get someone to translate the lyrics for you,it becomes evident that it is a form of music and song with profound and ancient origins full of pure Doric simplistic beauty.

Oda.
 
Don't really know if it's accessible in Britain.The corect music for this warlord would be polyphonic vocal bands from Epirus or traditional folk songs from Epirus accompanied by the Greek version of the clarinet.Alternatively, the polyphonic vocal music and bands of southern Albania are very similar to their northern (Epirus is in the north and shares a common border with southern Albania) Greek counterparts.Besides Kapetan-Markos was a fluent Albanian speaker and the situation near the Greek-Albanian borders (back then non existent as both countries were Ottoman provinces) were much like the situation in the middle marches in 16th or 17th century Britain.The Souliotes and their Albanian counterparts were very much like the English and Scottish border reivers.
Just a warning though,this music would probably sound very alien to anyone not accustomed to it ( most of the 18th and 19th century foreign travellers in Greece certainly thought so and made comments about it in their memoirs).After some time though and if you can get someone to translate the lyrics for you,it becomes evident that it is a form of music and song with profound and ancient origins full of pure Doric simplistic beauty.

Oda.


This sounds interesting, thank you. Just going to do a little bit of searching. :)
 
Absolutely perfect Rog.Petrolukas is a living legend of Greek traditional music and all your choices are right on the mark.Are you sure you're not a tiny bit of a Greek?Remotely even?You're certainly up for that citizenship I mentioned earlier.(y)

Oda.
 

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