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Modelers Lounge => Time to relax => Topic started by: Jamo on May 03, 2015, 07:16:52 PM
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This exhibition is completely separate to Peter Jackson's Great War exhibition. "Gallipoli: The scale of our war" has been created by Te Papa curatorial staff working closely with Weta Workshop. The top secret creative treatment was revealed only ten days ago. As always, click on each image to enlarge
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From the Te Papa website: Eight New Zealanders and their stories are brought to life on a monumental scale. The figures of seven soldiers and a nurse are frozen in a moment in time, at 2.4 times human scale.
Exhibition Creative Director and founder of Weta Workshop Richard Taylor says he and his team were determined to create something unique to commemorate Gallipoli through their collaboration with Te Papa.
“In collaboration with a large number of amazing Wellington companies we have worked together with the team at Te Papa, to commemorate the people involved in this war in a way that will hopefully create a heighted awareness and leave a lasting and impactful memory of this most important of events in New Zealand’s history.” Weta Workshop spent more than 24,000 hours creating all eight figures, along with the associated exhibition elements of their lives and stories, including countless hours researching their rich histories.
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Lead curator Kirstie Ross of Te Papa says the exhibition challenges certain myths around the eight month Gallipoli campaign.
“Our job as historians and curators is to uncover the human stories, and not shy away from the tough realities.”
Exhibition Historical Director Dr Christopher Pugsley believes the exhibition will help shape people’s views on the Gallipoli campaign.
We waited approximately 30 minutes as the number of visitors is limited to about 200 at any one time.
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The realism of the figures and their uniforms and equipment is absolutely extraordinary. Every detail of the their complexion is captured exactly.
“This exhibition will determine how New Zealanders remember the Gallipoli campaign for the 21st century.”
In addition to the monumental figures, cutting edge technology has been used to create other visitor experiences including 3-D maps and projections, miniatures, models, dioramas, and a range of interactive experiences."
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This model of Quinns Post is to about 30mm figure height
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Check out the flies on the food and on his hand
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This statistic was fairly sobering
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Here are some screen shots from one of the videos at the Te Papa website showing the figures under construction
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Each individual hair was stitched into place
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This image shows the Weta Workshop staff member whose face became the nurse
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Auditions were held to find people who most closely resembled the historical characters
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What do you think the skills required to model in 2.4:1 scale?
There was of course a lot more to see and hear, these photos are just a taste. The exhibition will run for four years so if you visit Down Under be sure to come and see it.
Thanks for looking in
James
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Great exhibition,
....and a large scale one...
Great to see that someone is willing to represent the pain and sorrow that war brings with her....
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Thank you, James ;)
My oh my.
Those figures will leave a lasting mark on the people of NZ and from those from around the world lucky enough to see them.
By hook or by crook I need to make the journey to NZ :)
vB
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Absolutely amazing exhibition James, thanks for posting the photos of those much larger than life figures.
Des.
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This is phenomenal! It is beyond belief how well the figures are sculpted and painted. They are so life like I wasn't sure what I was looking at. The behind the scenes photos show the true artistry involved. I wish I could see this in person.
Thank you James for sharing this with us.
George
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Extraordinary! Just extraordinary. Thanks for the posting, James.
Best wishes
Nigel
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Thank You once again James, what an incredible display. I knew that troops from N.Z. and Australia had borne the brunt of losses at Gallipoli, but the 93% figure is unfathomable. Most impressive, I'd love to see it first hand some day.
Cheers,
Lance
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Absolutely incredible. Thank you so much for sharing.
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What can I add? This is a truly wonderful tribute to the bravery of the men involved, and to the folly of war. If only we could learn from this, but I am afraid that we cannot. I would really like to see this but think that travelling half way around the world to do so is no longer practical for me. So a very big thank you for all the time and effort that you have put into this so that we can at least get an idea of a truly wonderful exhibition.
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Impressive! Just viewing the photos was a moving experience. A standard that all war memorials should aspire to.