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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: Arteis on January 21, 2015, 07:55:50 AM
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Here’s the chance for New Zealand wargamers to volunteer for a massive model-painting project to commemorate Gallipoli, led by Sir Peter Jackson.
The aim will be to paint 4,000 never-seen-before 54mm figures by the Perry twins before the end of March!
Much more info and photos here:
https://arteis.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/sir-peter-jackson-needs-kiwi-wargamers/ (https://arteis.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/sir-peter-jackson-needs-kiwi-wargamers/)
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All the best Great figures.
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I'd be into it, it's says good painters though so not sure how f I qualify and I don't belong to a club either.
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I wish everyone the very best of luck with this excellent project. I would dearly love to be involved but I'm a Tommy and it would seem unable to volunteer because I'm in the wrong hemisphere. :'(
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I'd be into it, it's says good painters though so not sure how f I qualify and I don't belong to a club either.
I am sure that everyman pitching in will be appreciated, club member or not. Get in touch with Roly if you think you can help.
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Why you do this to me? Someone in New Zealand take me in for a few months pretty please? lol
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Why you do this to me? Someone in New Zealand take me in for a few months pretty please? lol
You can crash at my place if you can get yourself here :)
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Some rich bloke getting his figures painted for free!!! I'm worried Malamute will get ideas :o ;)
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Whilst I understand you were probably joking, I just want to clarify these are not 'his' figures, Bugsda.
This project is to paint figures for a national commemoration exhibition, and the actual POINT is to involve loads of NZers.
After all, Peter Jackson could easily have contracted a painting company to paint the entire 4,000 with a lot less fuss and effort, and end up with a more consistent and possibly even better finish - but that would miss the whole point.
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Some rich bloke getting his figures painted for free!!! I'm worried Malamute will get ideas :o ;)
lol
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This project is to paint figures for a national commemoration exhibition.
Yeah, just joking. I figured it was something like that, good luck with it :)
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You can crash at my place if you can get yourself here :)
If you are being serious I'd be more than willing to look into it as this really sounds like something I would love to get involved in.
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No, Mark Blubing would be pointless. It would be as pointless as trying to teach a woman the value of a good, forward defensive stroke. Besides, it would take a superman to paint them all alone , not the kind of weed who blubs just because somebody gives him a slice rabbit pie instead of birthday cake. Now pick up your brush man !
Seriously it s a great project and the figures are fantastic ! There may even be need of my pitching in with Johnny Turk
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Good luck!!!
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If you are being serious I'd be more than willing to look into it as this really sounds like something I would love to get involved in.
It is a long way to come to paint models but I have plenty of room at the Woolshed (there is a house too :) )
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Guft to the nushun or not. Peter Jackson is a tedious twat whose approach to film making has done a lot of harm to local production. He's a union busting arse wipe. So were I a kiwi, I'd be having second thoughts about volunteering my labour to anything he was involved in. He wants to do something for NZ? Try paying equity members a decent rate and maybe consider handing back the massive tax subsidies he finagled out the NZ government. Pretty sure he could finance a whole museum on teh basis of what he squeezed out of the NZ taxpayer.
He's wealthy enough to pay for the painting if he really wanted to do something or at least provide a small reward to those who make the effort on his behalf.
By the by, the figures don't look terribly inspiring. The rifles look a bit off. That might just be the photos at work but they look like a bit of a rush job and not as impressive as the Perries' own 28mm figures.
Sorry but not a fan.
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Peace and love everyone..... ;)
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Sounds like brilliant fun, despite being in the wrong hemisphere. Will there be an appeal for Turkish gamers to paint the opposition? ;)
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It is a long way to come to paint models but I have plenty of room at the Woolshed (there is a house too :) )
A long way indeed but for me, a once in a lifetime opportunity. I shall definitely look into plane tickets, although my phobia may be an issue I would persivere haha...
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fair go carlos. None of that stuff has anything to do with this display. Secondly the ex head of their defence force is a wargamer.
In a direct sense, maybe not but it's perfectly valid to hold a view on the bloke seeking to add to his lustre with the project and perfectly valid to voice it. And given the twat is cashed up and since he runs a large production company, you'd think it was reasonable that he was able to
a) adequately resource it
b) Give sufficient lead time for it to be accomplished. As it is he has a scant few weeks to do so.
Your mileage may differ.
Given the size of the current NZ Defence Force it's entirely appropriate that it be headed by a wargamer. I suspect what's left of their airforce is staffed by RC model aircraft enthusiasts. :)
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Just to point out, this painting project is only a tiny part of something much bigger:
http://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/first-world-war-commemorative-museum-exhibition-announced
Like the many Kiwi wargamers who have responded so enthusiastically over the last few days, I feel honoured to have this opportunity to volunteer for my own small part in New Zealand's WW100 commemorations.
By the way, a dedicated blog for the painting project is just around the corner ... I'll post a link here when it goes online.
Roly
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To be fair to Sir Peter Jackson.
I am sure he could pay someone to do the painting, but would it get done in time by a painting service? and why not get Kiwi gamers involved as they take pride in the Countries contribution to the World Wars. You only have to see the ongoing turnout at the Dawn Parade on ANZAC day to appreciate the depth of feeling of that.
Besides I am sure that Kiwis will take a lot of satisfaction in getting this done even with out any form of payment.
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A short update about the progress of the project is up on my personal blog:
https://arteis.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/update-on-new-zealand-gallipoli-diorama-project/
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A short update about the progress of the project is up on my personal blog:
https://arteis.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/update-on-new-zealand-gallipoli-diorama-project/
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Well at least painting their faces and hands should be dead easy. :D
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The Kiwi wargamers’ project to paint 4000 specially-produced Perry miniatures for a massive Gallipoli diorama within two months has now been picked up by the mainstream media in New Zealand:
Read the article here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/65526114/wargamers-needed-to-help-create-gallipoli-diorama (http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/65526114/wargamers-needed-to-help-create-gallipoli-diorama)
There are a couple of the usual reporter oddities – making ‘ammunition’ for instance! But overall very positive.
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The Great War Exhibition that will include this diorama is just one part of the New Zealand WW100 commemorations.
Many of the hundreds of WW100 commemoration projects around the country involve volunteers providing time, effort and materials because they want to honour those who went before us.
Now this project offers the chance for Kiwi wargamers to join the thousands of other NZ volunteers in all sorts of projects, exhibitions and events for WW100. Peter Jackson is doing his considerable bit, and individual wargamers and clubs are doing their smaller (but no less valuable) bits.
See: http://ww100.govt.nz/first-world-war-commemorative-museum-exhibition-announced (http://ww100.govt.nz/first-world-war-commemorative-museum-exhibition-announced)
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This project now has an official blog, launched today:
http://anzacdiorama.blogspot.co.nz/ (http://anzacdiorama.blogspot.co.nz/)
The Mustering the Troops blog supports this WW100 (World War One commemoration) project in New Zealand to paint four thousand 54mm figures for a massive Gallipoli diorama in the forthcoming Great War Exhibition.
This project provides the opportunity for New Zealand wargamers to do their bit for the ww100 commemorations, as thousands of other Kiwi volunteers from all walks of life are already doing in many different events, exhibitions and projects across the country.
Could I please ask New Zealand wargamers to circulate the news about the Mustering The Troops blog around their clubs, so that we can get a wide representation of painters from all over the country.
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Page says painting 1000, not 4000, is that right?
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Well spotted, that man. Only a minor 75% discrepancy! It's now been corrected to read 4000. Thanks for the heads-up.
And I bet you somewhere or other I'll call the blog "Mustering the Lines" instead of "Mustering the Troops", because my own blog is called "Dressing the Lines"!
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good luck with this great project
Carl
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We're helping out in our own little way on the production side.
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Well spotted, that man. Only a minor 75% discrepancy! It's now been corrected to read 4000. Thanks for the heads-up.
And I bet you somewhere or other I'll call the blog "Mustering the Lines" instead of "Mustering the Troops", because my own blog is called "Dressing the Lines"!
Great new site Roly. The added forum is a good idea. So...when do we start?
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Have you filed in the little registration form up on the site, Brian? These registrations all go automatically into a database that Rhys will then use to figure out how and who to send the figures to.
I've put out a call on the site's regional forum for Kapiti-based painters to get together for a group prep and priming session, and also to jointly purchase any paints that we don't already have between us.
I already have ten of the Kiwi figures here on my desk. They're terrific!
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On second thoughts, I'm going to pass on this. 40 minis is too many in too short a time for me. Good luck everyone else involved.
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No problem, Beefcake. You could still register and say you want to do a lesser number - if there are enough painters in your patch, that should still work.
I figure 40 is less than the 60-man Minden Miniatures units I've been painting lately, so two months will be fine. Of course, this depends on what else you're painting - in my case I've hit the bottom of my lead-pile!
In fact, if I can organise some joint painting days with mates to do the prep and to block in the first colours with spray paint, I figure it isn't going to take overly long. One Wellington group are well under way already (they're having a painting day today, so hopefully will put photos up on the regional forum soon).
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First painted 54mm Turks starting to appear already:
See here: http://anzacdiorama.blogspot.co.nz/2015/02/wellington-races-ahead.html (http://anzacdiorama.blogspot.co.nz/2015/02/wellington-races-ahead.html)
Painter Alan Hollows says they're not quite finished - hopefully he'll do last tidying up will be done after work tomorrow.
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The painting project has gone exceedingly well. The diorama will open next week (2 May). It has actually been ready since before Anzac Day, but other items in the New Zealand Room of The Great War Exhibition are still having some finishing touches done.
Having seen the diorama in its last stages of development, I can say the result is absolutely stunning. And I mean not just 'stunning' in the way it looks with so many lovingly painted 54mm figures on such a large terrain, but actually 'stunning' by its emotional impact on the spectator with the huge amount of carnage it shows. This is no sanitised or heroic version of battle - it is a no holds barred freeze-frame of the bloody squalor that the real battlefield would have been on that day.
The project has built up an incredible atmosphere amongst the 140 volunteer painters involved. It has brought together people from different clubs all around the country, as well as lots of non-club wargamers and painters. It has brought together wargamers of every genre, most of whom had never painted WW1 or 54mm before. It resulted in a camaraderie between the volunteer painters and the professional model-makers from Weta Workshop who did the terrain. And through the loads of media interest the painting project has created, it has brought the hobby out into the public arena in a definitely "non-geeky" way. Overall, it has made us all feel proud that we have really done something special for Anzac Day.
Photos of the diorama are embargoed until after the opening, so I'll be putting photos up on the Mustering The Troops blog on 2 May (this Saturday): http://anzacdiorama.blogspot.co.nz/ (http://anzacdiorama.blogspot.co.nz/)
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Really looking forward to seeing this!
Darrell.