Toby Brayley Posted 20 April , 2015 Share Posted 20 April , 2015 Afternoon all. Images of "The Scale Of Our War" the latest exhibition to be held at The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, have been doing the rounds on social media. I was utterly amazed at the attention to detail the designers and sculptors have put into the giant figures. At first I thought I was looking a large photographs but nope, these are all figures...oh what I would give for a decent budget! Below are some of the photographs that are posted on their Facebook group. http://www.gallipoli.tepapa.govt.nz/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbarchetta Posted 20 April , 2015 Share Posted 20 April , 2015 Absolutely unbelievable... Episode 5, showing the creation of these figures, is four minutes literally spent spellbound, mouth open, just blown away at what is possible... Thanks for highlighting this, Toby. Stunned... James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 20 April , 2015 Share Posted 20 April , 2015 Blimey, absolutely incredible. Lost for words. Thanks Toby. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little bob Posted 20 April , 2015 Share Posted 20 April , 2015 Outstanding. Thank you for posting the link. Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener's Bugle Posted 20 April , 2015 Share Posted 20 April , 2015 My God that is amazing.... they look so life like........... what a tremendous concept! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Brayley Posted 20 April , 2015 Author Share Posted 20 April , 2015 I know from personal experience how much just a 1:1 scale figure is to produce and kit out....I wouldn't be able to hazard a guess how much these cost. The kit is spot on, they have even up scaled the texture on the leather and web equipment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaki Posted 20 April , 2015 Share Posted 20 April , 2015 Unbelievable realism, the officers revolver in the first photograph appears to be a Webley #5 Army Express. khaki (interesting choice) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 20 April , 2015 Share Posted 20 April , 2015 Amazing work. Thanks for the link, Toby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 21 April , 2015 Share Posted 21 April , 2015 Thanks Toby - amazing. (Does the chap with the stethoscope look familiar?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGM Posted 21 April , 2015 Share Posted 21 April , 2015 The chap with the stethoscope looks so tired. Around his eyes tells it all. How many hours has he been continually working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGM Posted 22 April , 2015 Share Posted 22 April , 2015 A link to an associated story: The last surviving Gallipoli veteran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 22 April , 2015 Share Posted 22 April , 2015 A chum in New Zealand has just sent an email to say that the queues to get to see this display were very long. He will try again next time he is in Wellington. Apparently there is another Great War exhibition also in Wellington, by film director Peter Jackson which is 'like a time trip'. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Foster Posted 22 April , 2015 Share Posted 22 April , 2015 What a fantastic project !! Thank you Toby for bringing this to our attention. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robins2 Posted 23 April , 2015 Share Posted 23 April , 2015 most amazing, thanks for posting Bob R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herekawe Posted 23 April , 2015 Share Posted 23 April , 2015 There was an segment about this the other day on the news. Evidently the nurse had been writing to her younger brother for a long time after he went ashore at Gallopoli with no response, she had no notification or letters about him or from him but eventually a bundle of her letters were returned to her stamped "Killed Return to Sender". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta Posted 28 April , 2015 Share Posted 28 April , 2015 Received this email from Sue Chifney who is a relative of Harry Leat, one of the First Tank Crews killed at Bullecourt, now living in New Zealand. "The producers of the Lord of the Rings, Sir Peter Jackson's amazing feat of work. I visited this on ANZAC day with my adult son. Absolutely amazing. In the old Dominion Museum they even have a replica tank on display. As you see by the video footage that was lifted into place by a crane! http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/last-post-first-light/67794602/jacksons-great-war-exhibition-unveiled-in-wellington Also see the section on Te Papa the modern museum in Wellington also. This was truly amazing seeing 3 to 4 metre high men! These were produced in Peter Jackson's Weta workshop in Wellington. I will certainly return to visit a number of times. It's world class standard for little old New Zealand. Even though I'm British, I'm proud of this!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Brayley Posted 28 April , 2015 Author Share Posted 28 April , 2015 (edited) I knew that Sir Peter Jackson had a rather large Great War collection but until an interview with him on TV I had no clue how vast it was! Did you see the procession of his GW vehicles? See the video below. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11437528 Edited 28 April , 2015 by Toby Brayley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta Posted 28 April , 2015 Share Posted 28 April , 2015 Superb - thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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