Mustering the Troops - Paul's modest contribution

[Westmarcher]

Today I will be at Weta Workshop working with the Perrys on the diorama for The Great War Exhibition which is part of the National War Memorial Park



The above sentence includes three things I never dreamt I would get to say

Humbled, honoured, thankful to be involved

Wow! Hope it (yesterday) was all it promised to be. 
Let us know how it was. 

[paulr]

Today I will be at Weta Workshop working with the Perrys on the diorama for The Great War Exhibition which is part of the National War Memorial Park

The above sentence includes three things I never dreamt I would get to say

Humbled, honoured, thankful to be involved

Wow! Hope it (yesterday) was all it promised to be.  
Let us know how it was.  

Winding down after a full busy day working on the diorama with about 20 other Wargamers and about an hour long chat with Alan Perry in the pub afterwards

I think I can safely say it was MORE than it promised to be  

We are limited in what we can say but I will point you all at the official teasers etc once they are posted

And will post some more pictures of the rest of the figures when I have finished the last 20

Didn't get a chance to do a wash on these tonight but should get a wash done before heading back to Weta Workshop to do some more on the diorama 

[getagrip]

Really looking forward to seeing this now!

[paulr]

Today was a series of jaw dropping moments as more and more of what we had and are doing revealed itself...

• the diorama as we first walked into the workshop
• more and more of the diorama as we walked around it
• even more of the diorama once we got to see it from above
• thousands of 54mm figures arrayed for checking and sorted by pose type
• the diorama as more and more foliage was added

...

[getagrip]

Ooh you little tease you!

[Westmarcher]

Excellent! 

(looking forward to your next report)

[paulr]

Webbing and green and blue shirts washed this morning  

Apologise for the limited amount I can say but we all had to sign a non-disclosure agreement

I can reveal that there will be over 5,000 figures on the completed diorama

I was hoping to link to some of the approved photos that were taken yesterday but they have not been uploaded yet  

I can point you all at the official blog that hints a little more at what we were doing
http://anzacdiorama.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/day-1-assembling-massive-gallipoli.html

As noted in the official post one of the many impressive things was the way that the figures painted by over 100 different painters from all over New Zealand blended together

I was lucky enough to spot some of the figures I painted, the red fez helped These were some of the 10 I had taken over from one of our team that had fallen ill. I think I spotted a couple of others but am not sure.

One of the guys unpacking figures, by chance unpacked some of his own and put them with others in similar pose. A few minutes later he looked for them to show someone and couldn't find them

There really are that many figures

[paulr]

I'm heading off to Weta for the second day in about an hour so have grabbed the chance, while the wash dries, to upload and process the photos I have taken of the figures I have painted so far.

Here are some different shots of figures you have already seen...













That's only 24 'en masse', image thousands

[paulr]

Here are a couple I took for contrast with my ITLSU 1917 project





I think the 10mm figures stand up well to the comparison

[paulr]

The 10 Turks I took over and the the Turk with the missing arm that finally turned up







I spotted some of these among the thousands, as I said, the fez helped 

[paulr]

The first 10 of my Kiwi casualties, sobering painting these, particularly as they were my first Kiwis









Our team decided not to add blood at this stage as there was no mention of it on the painting guide and it would be easier to add it if required than remove it if not

[paulr]

Some battlefield detritus, not sure why its mainly Kiwi, may just have been the mix I got

[paulr]

Finally this morning some mass shots pictures of the Turks and Kiwi casualties

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

  Amazing Paul!

[paulr]

Back from another very busy but rewarding day

You know you are doing something right when the Perrys complement you on what you're making ... can't say too much  

The comparison pictures above have made the project blog http://anzacdiorama.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/a-question-of-size.html with the heading "A question of size"

More on our activities here http://anzacdiorama.blogspot.co.nz/

I missed the group photo but did get to meet the director who dropped by  

And lastly a couple of teaser pictures...



And that is only some of the Turks  



Where are they standing ...