tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65415965711423221272024-03-05T19:57:59.711+13:00Mustering the TroopsTeam blog for a project to paint 4,000 model soldiers for Anzac Day diorama.Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.comBlogger234125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-88395667356696886982025-12-31T19:56:00.000+13:002018-12-02T20:14:03.512+13:00Kia ora, welcome!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #6b6b6b; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5px;">This blog was originally set up in 2015 to support an ambitious World War One commemorative project, in which 140 New Zealand volunteer wargamers painted 5,000 miniature soldiers for a huge diorama of the Battle of Chunuk Bair for </span><a href="http://www.greatwarexhibition.nz/" style="color: #d3ad7b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5px; text-decoration-line: none;">The Great War Exhibition</a> <span style="color: #6b6b6b; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5px;">in Wellington. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6b6b6b; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5px;">The project was successfully completed and the diorama opened in May 2015. </span><span style="color: #6b6b6b; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5px;">The exhibition closed on 2 December 2018. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6b6b6b; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5px;">This blog is being kept alive as a historical record of the process to create this remarkable diorama. Have a browse to see how this blog was used to organise so many volunteers spread all over the country in a group effort to paint the figures authentically, consistently and by the tight deadline. </span></div>
Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-36392807605123130082018-12-04T20:50:00.002+13:002018-12-04T20:58:05.908+13:00Pics of the closing ceremony of the Chunuk Bair diorama<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here are some photos of the ceremony to close The Great War Exhibition, including the Chunuk Bair diorama, which took place last Sunday (2 December 2018).<br />
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<i>Our Armchair General, Rhys Jones, tells the gathered guests the story of the project.</i></div>
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<i>The final group ever heads up the passage of coloured photographs towards the diorama.</i></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><i>A </i></span><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Māori </i></span><i style="text-align: left;">kaumatua (elder) led the group around the exhibition 'putting it to sleep'. </i></div>
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<i>A final glimpse of the Chunuk Bair diorama.</i></div>
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-1572058655518527022018-12-02T15:00:00.000+13:002018-12-02T15:02:37.053+13:00The Chunuk Bair diorama closes today<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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At 6.00 p.m. today, Sunday 2 August 2018, The Great War Exhibition, including the Chunuk Bair diorama, will close its doors for the last time.<br />
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The Great War Exhibition was designed in 2015 as a temporary exhibition, to be open for the duration of the First World War centenary, and to close some time after the November 11th Armistice Day ceremony in 2018. Today marks the final day.<br />
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Our Armchair General, Rhys Jones, will be attending the formal closing ceremony this evening, where he'll talk to the invited guests about the creation of the exhibition, including the diorama.<br />
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"The good news is that there is plenty of interest in parts of the exhibition, including the diorama, being moved to another location," says Rhys. "We remain positive that the diorama will again be on display in the near future."<br />
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The Great War Exhibition has been a real success, being the second-highest rated attraction in Wellington on TripAdvisor, after Te Papa.
"We had also been offered to be put in Lonely Planet," says Rhys, "but had to turn that down as we were closing."<br />
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Rhys says that the exhibition has been an impressive tribute to the soldiers of The Great War, and the Chunuk Bair diorama was a key part of that success.<br />
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"A (semi) final thank you to everyone who contributed to the creation of the diorama - be it painting and/or constructing the terrain. What an amazing effort to do all that in less than three months!"<br />
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There's more information about the closure of The Great War Exhibition <a href="https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?e=&u=e33fbb2fd20f4484816c041e4&id=017c9bad13">here</a> and <a href="https://www.greatwarexhibition.nz/great-war-exhibition-closes-2-december-2018/">here</a>. </div>
Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-21419554790360233842016-04-22T21:27:00.002+12:002016-04-22T22:01:09.220+12:00'Wargames Illustrated' articles about Chunuk Bair diorama - in full!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
To mark Anzac Day, you can now download two illustrated articles describing the amazing story of last year's massive Chunuk Bair diorama project for <a href="http://www.greatwarexhibition.nz/">The Great War Exhibition</a> in Wellington.<br />
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The publishers of <i><a href="http://wargamesillustrated.net/">Wargames Illustrated</a></i> have kindly agreed to let us post in full these two articles that first appeared in their August 2015 issue.<br />
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<i><b>Wargaming's Stunning Achievement: The Chunuk Bair Diorama</b></i> describes how the project was conceived, and how the wargaming community throughout New Zealand joined together to paint thousands of figures within a very tight schedule. <br />
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<i><b>The Perry Perspective</b></i> was written by Michael Perry, one of the famous Perry twins, the British sculptors engaged to produce the figures for the diorama. He provides his fascinating insight into how this unique project came together, and the adventures they had in New Zealand to get everything done in time. <br />
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Download the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6QzFGBzn4pLYTRtWXVEekN4SWM/view?usp=sharing">PDF file containing both these articles</a> [8.51MB].<br />
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-34888610339162616672015-11-07T22:49:00.000+13:002015-11-07T22:57:13.576+13:00Gallipoli animated feature film '25 April'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>25 April </i>is an innovative feature documentary created to bring the story of the New Zealand experience at Gallipoli to life for a modern audience through a re-imagined world.<br />
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Using graphic novel-like animation, <i>25 April</i> brings First World War experiences out of the usual black-and-white archive pictures and into vibrant, dynamic color.<br />
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Weaving together animated "interviews" based on the diaries, letters and memoirs of six people who were actually there, the film tells the compelling and heart-wrenching tale of war, friendship, loss and redemption using the words of those who experienced it.<br />
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-39114737969457200492015-08-09T12:18:00.001+12:002015-08-09T12:18:24.498+12:00A late article about painting figures for the Chunuk Bair diorama<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In our round-up of articles during the development of the Chunuk Bair diorama, we somehow missed this item in the April newsletter of the Wellington Branch of the International Plastic Modellers Society (Wellington branch) newsletter <a href="https://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/2293148/1396014383/name/Connections+April+2015.pdf">[PDF 3.3MB].</a><br />
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In a well-written article starting on page 8 of this newsletter, Richard Alexander relates how he painted sixteen figures for the diorama. He describes the unusual technique he used for painting the figures using an airbrush.<br />
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One of Richard's figures is the saluting officer in the command dugout at The Apex.<br />
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-20610210303793902132015-08-07T19:24:00.004+12:002015-08-07T19:29:23.550+12:00One hundred years tomorrow since Chunuk Bair<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tomorrow marks exactly one hundred years ago that the events portrayed in our diorama actually took place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The national ceremony to mark the centenary of the battle for Chunuk Bair will take place at 4pm tomorrow at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There will be readings, choral interludes, wreaths will be laid at Tomb of the Unknown Warrior honouring the fallen from New Zealand battalions, and the ceremony will be concluded with a playing of the Last Post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whakamaharatanga, the Remembrance Bell, is tolled four times as members of the Official Party pay their respects at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Honourable Maggie Barry ONZM</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rear Admiral David Ledson ONZM (Rtd)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>ADDRESS</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Honourable Chris Finlayson</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chilton St James School Seraphim Choir performs “Ma Te Atua”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>CYRIL BASSETT VICTORIA CROSS CITATION</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bill Nathan delivers a reading to mark the participation of Maori troops at Chunuk Bair, in battle for the first time under the New Zealand flag</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aziz Sevi, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Turkey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We will remember them" is played by Piper Flight Sergeant Murray Mansfield RNZAF</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The RNZAF Band plays “Nightfall in Camp”, including “The Last Post”.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All uniformed personnel salute</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The flags of New Zealand and the Republic of Turkey are lowered</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Principal Defence Chaplain concludes the ceremony</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-63227386647758714092015-08-07T18:56:00.000+12:002015-08-07T18:58:11.629+12:00Diorama in 'Toy Soldier and Model Figure' magazine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The September issue of <i><a href="http://www.toy-soldier.com/">Toy Soldier and Model Figure</a> </i>magazine features a photo article about our diorama.</div>
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Below is one of the many fabulous pictures featured in the magazine.</div>
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-56021102913100815992015-07-30T13:34:00.003+12:002015-07-30T21:03:27.463+12:00The very best pics of the massive Chunuk Bair diorama<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Whilst we've previously posted quite a few photos of the diorama of the Battle of Chunuk Bair, we've saved the very best shots until last!<br />
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We had agreed to withhold these photos until after <i>Wargames Illustrated </i>published a photo-article about this project.<br />
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Now that this article is in their August issue, we can at last show you these amazing shots taken by <a href="http://www.acpalmer.com/">Andy Palmer</a>. Some of these pictures appear in the article, but others are exclusive to this blog. <br />
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We strongly suggest you click on each photo to enlarge and get the full effect of these amazing pictures.<br />
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This picture of Michael Perry and some Weta Workshop staff during the production of the diorama gives a hint of its sheer size, even though you still can't see it all here. Michael is working on The Apex in the foreground, the two staff in the middle distance are sitting at The Pinnacle, and way off in the distance two other staff are populating the trenches on Chunuk Bair itself.<br />
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A Weta Workshop staff member carefully applies some finishing touches to the diorama. Before the final lighting was fitted, the modellers had to work in dusk-like conditions.<br />
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The first part of the diorama that visitors see is The Apex, which includes the command dugout, the amassing Anzac reinforcements, and resting survivors of previous assaults on Chunuk Bair.<br />
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Here's a closer view of the command dugout. Two points of interest are the telephone wire snaking out at the left (more about this wire in a picture further down), and the despondent and likely drunken Brigadier Johnston sitting with his head in his hands (there's a humorous story about this particular miniature in the <i>Wargames Illustrated </i>article).<br />
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Making their way up The Apex are the Auckland Mounted Rifles, part of the reserves moving forward to reinforce the summit. <br />
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Sir Peter Jackson is of course well-known for making cameo appearances in his movies, and it is no different with this diorama. Here you can see him as a battlefield photographer at The Apex.<br />
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Along the crest of The Apex are situated the massed New Zealand machine gunners, under the command of Major Jesse Wallingford (standing centre left).<br />
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The massed New Zealand machine guns wreak havoc on the flank of the Turks counter-attacking Chunuk Bair from their trenches on Battleship Hill.<br />
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Forward of The Apex along Rhododendron Ridge is The Pinnacle, where survivors of a previous assault on Chunuk Bair by the Auckland Infantry huddle in an abandoned trench or dig in to protect themselves as best they can.<br />
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Beyond The Pinnacle, members of the Maori Contingent push forward, but are forced by heavy Turkish fire down the left of the ridge towards The Farm. In this picture you can see the different levels of painting styles, colours and skills, and how they all meld together into a homogeneous whole. <br />
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Halfway up the slope of Chunuk Bair is the lonely figure of Corporal Cyril Bassett dragging the telephone wire that we first encountered in the earlier picture of Brigadier Johnston's command dugout. For his brave actions in opening and maintaining communications, Bassett was awarded the Victoria Cross.<br />
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This may be the most amazing photo of the lot, in a terribly sad and poignant way. It shows hundreds of wounded New Zealanders and British gathering in a sun-scorched valley beneath the summit of Chunuk Bair, where many lay unattended for days. If nothing else brings home the horror of this battle, this picture does. Even Corporal Bassett's telephone line can be seen snagging on the casualties, as it actually did. <br />
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Just beneath the trenches on top of Chunuk Bair is Lt Col William Malone's little command trench. He led the Wellington Infantry to capture the Turkish trenches almost unopposed before dawn, and then commanded the desperate efforts to hold Chunuk Bair against the massed counter-attacks. He was eventually killed by friendly fire from artillery or a ship. To the left you can see some British infantry beginning to fall back, a few being forced to rally at gunpoint.<br />
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On top of Chunuk Bair, we see one of the many charges by Turkish infantry, as they attempt to wrest back control of the captured trench.<br />
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Another shot of the Turkish counter-attack. You can even see hand-to-hand combat occurring in the trench. Also note the blood - Sir Peter Jackson had read many first-hand accounts of how bloody the battlefield became, and so he wanted the team to not spare on adding blood to the diorama.<br />
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New Zealanders rush along the line to reinforce fighting further along the line. The grey-haired chap in the middle is a special model that the Perry twins sculpted of the author. Though how many soldiers at Gallipoli were actually old enough to have grey hair ...?<br />
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Here's another rush of Turks towards the New Zealand position. Again, see how the various shades of the Turkish uniforms work really well to give a ragged campaign look.<br />
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You can see the difficulties of the New Zealanders in their trenches (top) as they face waves of Turkish counter-attacks, let alone enfilading fire from Battleship Hill and Hill Q on each side.<br />
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The cost of battle - a wounded Turkish soldier is escorted back down the hill.<br />
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Two unfortunate Turkish soldiers in a heart-wrenching little vignette.<br />
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A New Zealander is shot. The volunteer painters found painting the hundreds of wounded figures a very emotional task.<br />
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Another look at this amazing but horrible shot. If you haven't enlarged any other of these pictures by clicking on them, you've just got to enlarge this one - never in any diorama have we seen the cost and horror of battle so dramatically conveyed.<br />
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-49010767330171677402015-07-26T11:23:00.001+12:002015-07-26T11:33:09.524+12:00Chunuk Bair diorama in 'Wargames Illustrated'.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Can't wait to see how this article and the photos have turned out. Has anyone seen it yet?<br />
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-33117009861339579092015-07-18T12:01:00.000+12:002015-07-18T12:01:13.593+12:00It's coming ... 'Wargames Illustrated's' forthcoming article on our diorama <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The August issue of <a href="http://wargamesillustrated.co.uk/">Wargames Ilustrated</a>, featuring a 10-page photospread and article on the building of the Chunuk Bair diorama, is just round the corner! Keep an eye out for it ...<br />
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-35889926048152397972015-07-01T18:38:00.001+12:002015-07-01T18:41:42.943+12:00New book on Lt Col Malone - Gallipoli's 'Man of Iron' <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Everyone working on the Chunuk Bair diorama would have quickly become aware of one of the great characters of that battle, Lt Col William Malone, commanding officer of the Wellington Infantry Battalion. <br />
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Well, in a couple of months the first biography of Malone to be written, is due to be launched: <i>Man of Iron</i> by Jock Vennell<br />
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From the <a href="https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/military/Man-of-Iron-Jock-Vennell-9781877505263">Allen and Unwin</a> (publisher's) website:<br />
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<i>Man of Iron</i>, by Jock Vennell, the first biography of one of New Zealand's best known First World War soldiers.</blockquote>
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Lieutenant-Colonel William Malone is one of New Zealand's best-known First World War soldiers, having held off fierce Turkish counter-attacks for nearly two days before being killed by a shell from a British warship. The defence of Chunuk Bair has been described as one of New Zealand's finest hours. Malone and his men captured and held the heights of Chunuk Bair on the Gallipoli Peninsula in August 1915.</blockquote>
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William Malone was not only an outstanding military leader, as commander of the Wellington Infantry Battalion, but also a successful farmer, lawyer and family man. His letters reveal a man unfulfilled by peacetime pursuits, and war offered him a liberation of spirit and a new sense of purpose. Leaving for the front, he wrote, 'I leave a lucrative practice, a happy home, a brave wife and children without any hesitation. I feel I am just beginning to live.'</blockquote>
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-76007888315380259762015-06-24T17:35:00.002+12:002015-06-24T17:36:46.099+12:00Historian/author's impressions and photos of the Chunuk Bair diorama<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Historian and author Matthew Wright has <a href="https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/peter-jacksons-re-definition-of-awesome-the-gallipoli-diorama-close-up/">posted his impressions of the Chunuk Bair diorama</a> on his blog today. His posting includes some great photographs, too.<br />
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<i>Last weekend I visited Sir Peter Jackson’s giant diorama of New Zealand’s attack on Chunuk Bair at the height of the Gallipoli campaign in August 1915. Giant? You betcha. With 5000 custom-posed 54-mm figures, individually painted by volunteer wargamers from around New Zealand, the only word is wow! <a href="https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/peter-jacksons-re-definition-of-awesome-the-gallipoli-diorama-close-up/">Read more ...</a></i></blockquote>
One of Matthew's books, <i>Shattered Glory</i> (Penguin 2010), is about New Zealand's human experience during two First World War campaigns, including Gallipoli, "exploring the darker side of New Zealand's iconic symbols of national identity and explaining some of the realities behind the twenty-first century mythology".<br />
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-27703135871482611912015-06-18T19:42:00.005+12:002015-06-18T19:43:15.769+12:00Father and son bonding at Waterloo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It’s 200 years today since the Battle of Waterloo. It’s therefore apt to post <a href="https://arteis.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/1482/">this link to my 2012 article</a> about myself and my son’s experience ten years ago at the 2005 reenactment of Waterloo.<br />
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-82693447661177216572015-06-10T19:33:00.002+12:002015-06-11T05:53:00.212+12:00Taiwanese military history mag features Chunuk Bair diorama<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our Chunuk Bair diorama is the subject of an article in the latest issue to the Taiwanese magazine <i><a href="http://wingweb.shop2000.com.tw/home">Illustrated Guide for Weapons & Tactics</a></i> (Chinese: 中國之翼.兵器戰術圖解~ 軍事圖書.雜誌專賣店). This is one of the main periodicals about military issues and war history in Taiwan. </div>
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Recently they've been covering some history of the Great War, for example about the Ottoman armed forces and their efforts during WWI, to show their Taiwanese readers a broader view of the Great War than the trench warfare of the Western Front. So when the editor stumbled across pictures of our diorama, he contacted us about running some photos in his magazine, and telling the story of Gallipoli and the armed forces of both sides.</div>
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Here is the front cover of the magazine. The red text near the top describes this issue's special feature. These Chinese characters literally mean "The 'Lord of the Rings' Style Gallipoli Battlefield", but a more accurate meaning might be "The Gallipoli Campaign Diorama Created by (the Idea from) the Team of 'Lord of the Rings'".<br />
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As you can see from the pictures on the Contents page, the magazine covers a wide range of topics. Our article occupies a chunk of pages near the middle.<br />
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One of the pages includes a picture of volunteer painter Vicky Bleaken at work on her batch of figures. When he noticed the Humbrol cans on her table, the editor wrote, "some modellers of the Commonwealth still use this great British brand enamel paint!"<br />
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Overall. it is wonderful to see the continuing international attention our diorama of Chunuk Bair is attaining.<br />
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-51001550101923293872015-06-07T19:12:00.001+12:002015-06-07T19:50:04.007+12:00Mini-diorama at Kapiti Wargames Club open day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This display of the left-over figures from our Chunuk Bair diorama was set up at today's open day of the <a href="http://kapitiwargamesclub.blogspot.co.nz/">Kapiti Wargames Club</a> in Paraparaumu, New Zealand.<br />
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The Kapiti club were heavily involved in the team of volunteer painters for the diorama project, especially in the final throes as the opening day loomed ever closer. <br />
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So when the club asked if they could borrow some of the reserve figures being held by The Great War Exhibition, the request was granted with pleasure.<br />
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Club president Sam Campbell quickly put together a rugged terrain board for the loaned figures to fight over. The resulting mini-diorama was a real crowd-pleaser at the open day.<br />
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-70150045778734453502015-06-06T10:10:00.004+12:002015-06-06T11:16:52.556+12:00Teaser for 'Wargames Illustrated' article on Chunuk Bair diorama<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The first inkling of the much-anticipated <i>Wargames Illustated</i> article about our Chunuk Bair diorama has just appeared on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WargamesIllustrated/photos/a.478618775566190.1073741828.478608872233847/842672739160790/?type=1&theater">FaceBook page</a>.<br />
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This article to be published in their August issue will feature not only some of the great pics we've already seen here on the <i>Mustering The Troops </i>blog, but also some amazing professional photographs that have been held back especially.<br />
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On their FaceBook page, <i>Wargames Illustrated</i> have released a small teaser picture of the opening spread of what is going to be a ten-page article. Using one photo splashed across both pages looks pretty impressive, even at the small size of the picture they've released!<br />
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This morning I visited for the first time our brother exhibition, <i><a href="http://gallipoli.tepapa.govt.nz/">Gallipoli: the Scale of our War</a></i> at Te Papa, the national museum of New Zealand in Wellington. This ground-breaking display was created by Te Papa working closely with Weta Workshop.<br />
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On entering the exhibition, the first sight that greets you is this amazing larger-than-life model of Lieutenant Spencer Westmacott. He led his platoon of the Auckland Infantry regiment in the Gallipoli invasion on 25 April 1915, but his right arm was smashed by a bullet. It was amputated in Egypt, and he was sent to England to recover.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">When we were working on our diorama for the other World War 1 centenary museum in Wellington, <a href="http://www.greatwarexhibition.nz/">The Great War Exhibition</a>. I had heard that Te Papa's exhibition was to be subtitled 'the scale of our war'. At the time, I thought that this subtitle should apply more appropriately to our exhibition with its massive diorama of 54mm figures. Little did I suspect they meant 'scale' in the other direction - models 2.4 times lifesize! This was a close-kept secret, only revealed on opening day.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></div>
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This electronic diorama of the Anzac landings uses computerised animations projected onto a 3D map. This is particularly useful for putting the whole confused battle into logical order.</div>
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Another photo of the same diorama, showing a different stage of the invasion. The photo doesn't do this justice - even the sea is animated, with wavelets lapping the shore. </div>
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The next of the large models you see is Lieutenant Colonel Percival Fenwick of the New Zealand Medical Corps. He was among the first New Zealanders to land on Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Throughout that day and night, he treated hundreds of wounded Anzacs on the beach, describing the scene as ‘hellish’. Fenwick was evacuated from Gallipoli, ill and exhausted, after two months. </div>
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The detail is incredible - even his stubble is replicated on Fenwicks two-and-half times enlarged face.</div>
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Here you see more of the amazing detail, including a giant fly. Apparently there were three species of fly in Gallipoli, so this is a model of one particular breed.</div>
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Our exhibition isn't the only one with a diorama. Te Papa has this spectacular, albeit much smaller, diorama of Quinn's Post.</div>
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Down the slopes behind the trenches at the top of Quinn's Post you can see the fortified camp where the garrison lived. With the Turkish trenches often only 10 metres away, Quinn's Post was a weak spot in the lines. Lt Col William Malone of the Wellington Infantry Regiment set about rectifying this. Terraces and dugouts were built and extensive sandbagging protecting the previously exposed areas of the position were erected.<br />
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I'm not sure of the provenance of the figures used in the display. But many of them appeared to specifically animated to tell the story. With a hint of hubris, I can say that whilst well sculpted, their painting is not up to the standard of those in <a href="http://anzacdiorama.blogspot.co.nz/p/these-are-first-public-photos-of.html">our own Chunuk Bair diorama</a>!<br />
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There is also this larger scale framed diorama that shows just how close the Anzac and Turkish lines were at Quinn's Post. Note the anti-bomb netting over the Anzac trench, and also the tunnellers mining towards the enemy lines.<br />
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The next large model shows Private John Robert Dunn of the Wellington Infantry Battalion. He landed on Gallipoli with the battalion on 25 April 1915 and served there until July, when he was evacuated with pneumonia. He returned to duty still unwell and, on 18 July, was found asleep at his post, court martialled, and sentenced to death. The sentence was later commuted to imprisonment. But a few days after he returned to duty, he was killed in the attack on Chunuk Bair. His remains have never been found.</div>
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I didn't photograph the section after the Dunn model, as this part was more sensory - a trench with throbbing sounds and flashes of gun-fire. But emerging from the other side of the trench, you come to another larger-than-life tableau depicting the Maori Contingent Machine Gun Unit. The gunner is Corporal Friday Patrick Hawkins (Ngāti Kahungunu), who took over as No. 1 gunner when the original man was wounded, but before long a bullet through the wrist fractured his forearm. </div>
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After Corporal Friday Hawkins was wounded. Private Rikihana Carkeek (Ngāti Raukawa), shown here feeding the gun, took over as gunner. But he was shot through the neck. He dragged himself down to the beach, where he was evacuated to a hospital ship. He returned to fight six weeks later. <br />
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Another electronic diorama animates the story of Chunuk Bair. Of course, having been involved in putting together <a href="http://anzacdiorama.blogspot.co.nz/p/these-are-first-public-photos-of.html">our own huge diorama of this battle</a>, I found this especially interesting. It certainly made sense of the confusing narrative and timelines of this battle.<br />
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There are several wonderful huge paintings in the exhibition, including this one of Lt Col William Malone urging on his Wellington troops at Chunuk Bair, shortly before he was filled by friendly artillery or naval fire.<br />
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Malone is often credited with introducing the now-iconic lemon-squeezer hat to the New Zealand troops. However it is interesting to note that in our <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LUcLUG9FUleAGhyphenhyphenzoHzBa5a6kGwSVIS2WrtRq5_WP-1cnL82PxxS8zLCddZlX7SrepqXmu3Jy53eo8nqdUfQKOhNEoX7dxVivC1oI18xXn4M4a0nUqU3tem_e30gfhc34DOklZAyyKZT/s1600/t_IMG_2041.jpg">own diorama</a> we don't have him in a lemon-squeezer as here, but wearing an officer's standard peaked cap. One or other of us is correct!</div>
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Besides the fighting men, their vital nursing support is also shown in another larger-than-life tableau. Staff Nurse Lottie (Charlotte) Le Gallais of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service on board the hospital ship <i>Maheno</i>. She is shown at the moment she found that her letters to her brother Leddie had come back to her stamped: ‘Reported killed’. He’d been dead four months, but only their family back home had received the news. </div>
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Here's a large-scale section of the hospital ship <i>Maheno, </i>a liner that had been converted into a hospital ship using money raised by an appeal by the Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General. In accordance with Article 5 of the 1899 Hague Convention she was repainted white overall, with a broad green stripe along her sides, and large red crosses on the sides and funnels.</div>
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In just a month the Union Steamship Company removed and stored the <i>Maheno</i>’s luxury fittings, gutted many cabins and public spaces, and built operating theatres, X-ray rooms and specialist labs. This is a model of one of the wards.<br />
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A final picture of the <i>Maheno</i> model, showing one of her chaplains delivering a sad and lonely funeral service to one of the unfortunates from the Gallipoli campaign.<br />
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The final tableau as you exit the exhibition shows Sergeant Cecil Malthus of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment, after he was redeployed from Gallipoli to France with the New Zealand Division, Malthus was wounded on the Somme in September 1916, losing toes on his right foot to an exploding bomb. Visitors to the exhibtiion have festooned Malthus with paper poppies.</div>
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Here's a diagram showing the overall layout of the exhibition, which fits into a surprisingly small space. 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. Entry is free, thanks to a $3.6 million contribution from the Lottery Grants Board. </div>
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I thoroughly recommend you visit Te Papa and see this display. It's on for four years, so plenty of time for the queues to die down! With <i><a href="http://gallipoli.tepapa.govt.nz/">Gallipoli: the Scale of our War</a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.greatwarexhibition.nz/">The Great War Exhibition</a></i>, Wellington is so fortunate to have not just one, but two world-class WW1 exhibitions, so the city is well worth a visit from elsewhere in New Zealand, or even from abroad. </div>
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-26897241439480643282015-05-21T17:50:00.000+12:002015-05-21T17:50:13.189+12:00Woo-hoo! 100,000 hits in four months<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today this blog broke the 100,000 views barrier. Pretty good for just four months - an average of 25,000 hits a month, or almost 1,000 hits a day!<br />
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The first few months were mainly visits by the 140 painters involved in the project. But since the diorama opened earlier this month, the hits have gone through the roof. This is probably because our blog is the main source of photographs of the finished diorama.<br />
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The continuing high number of visitors means a change of emphasis for this blog. Instead of supporting and recording for posterity the now-completed painting project, we've got to be conscious of the fact that our newer visitors want to actually know more about the diorama and see what it is all about.<br />
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The best of the pictures haven't even been seen yet! They're being kept for a special illustrated booklet that is being produced about the diorama, as well as for publication in the wargaming media. Keep watching here for news on these ...<br />
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-33374617033119273472015-05-19T17:16:00.004+12:002015-05-19T17:21:52.158+12:00'Letter to the Editor' about the diorama<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today's <i>Dominion</i> (the Wellington-based national newspaper) carried a letter to the editor concerning our diorama of Chunuk Bair:<br />
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Gary Murdoch started by describing how he visited the diorama in the old Dominion Museum, and how everyone should see it.<br />
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He then went on to make a fair point, which coincidentally my sister-in-law and I had also discussed on Sunday when I showed her family around the diorama:<br />
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<i> ... I have one criticism though. Despite all the care and taken to get the model soldiers right in the Gallipoli diorama, the landscape itself lacks description.</i></blockquote>
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<i>It could be a scene from Makara coast or almost anywhere for that matter. Without much contrast, all geographical points merge into one another on Sari Bair Ridge, Gallipoli. </i></blockquote>
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<i>Chunuk Bair, Baby 700, Battleship Hill, The Apex, The Nek, Rhododendron Spur are not identified yet they are central to our story.</i></blockquote>
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<i>How difficult would it be to put a little name-flag on each feature? There is not even an indication where the sea and Anzac Cove are.</i></blockquote>
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<i>There is a narrative on the glass surround, but it's extremely difficult to translate into what is happening on the ground.</i></blockquote>
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When I was showing my sister-in-law's family around, I had to begin the story by orientating them to where the sea was. Once they could picture that, then following the narrative became more obvious. <br />
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I also like Gary's suggestion of some sort of method of naming the main features.<br />
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And isn't it terrific that there is enough interest in our diorama for it to inspire a letter to the editor of one of our main national daily newspapers!<br />
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-68347273553634943942015-05-16T12:51:00.005+12:002015-05-16T12:52:35.180+12:00Confused about the origins of WW1?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This <a href="https://vimeo.com/79745051"><i>Horrible Histories</i> video</a> will make the origins of World War One as clear as ... um .. mud.<br />
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How the war started is also covered really well in the main part of The Great War Exhibition, though not in such a humorous manner.<br />
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-82743522985787436302015-05-13T20:06:00.004+12:002015-05-13T20:08:35.881+12:00Photos of the opening ceremony for the Chunuk Bair diorama<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We missed seeing this <a href="http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/photos/national/gallipoli-the-new-zealand-story-in-colour/">NewstalkZB photo report</a> showing the opening of the ANZ New Zealand Room last week. This room of course contains our Chunuk Bair diorama. <br />
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There are some great photos of Sir Peter Jackson making final adjustments to the diorama.<br />
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The photos <a href="http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/photos/national/gallipoli-the-new-zealand-story-in-colour/">in the report</a> were taken by <a href="http://www.marktantrum.com/">www.marktantrum.com</a>.</div>
Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-6221439908285699902015-05-12T17:11:00.001+12:002015-05-12T17:14:22.251+12:00Police magazine features Chunuk Bair diorama<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Odd though the connection may at first seem, the <a href="http://www.tenone.police.govt.nz/tenone/May2015News2.htm">May issue</a> of the New Zealand Police magazine <i>Ten-One </i>features a story on our Chunuk Bair diorama.<br />
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This story came about because your blog-master (ie me!) works for the Police. This month's issue of the internal Police magazine has a theme of Anzac Day, as police officers are always very much involved in these commemorations around the country. <br />
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You’ll have to look hard to find him, but Police National HQ Schools Advisor Roly Hermans has been transported in miniature into the thick of the battle for Chunuk Bair.<br />
Roly was among an army of Kiwi wargaming enthusiasts recruited by film director Sir Peter Jackson to paint 5000 model soldiers for the huge battlefield diorama created for the Gallipoli centenary commemorations. <a href="http://www.tenone.police.govt.nz/tenone/May2015News2.htm">read more ...</a></blockquote>
So having a story about our diorama in a police magazine isn't really so 'out of left field' after all.<br />
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Roly / Arteishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541596571142322127.post-60034935092376148112015-05-11T19:27:00.001+12:002015-05-11T19:30:24.034+12:00Amazing colourised photos of Gallipoli<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On the walls around our Chunuk Bair diorama at <i>The Great War Exhibition</i>, there are two hundred colourised photos of the Gallipoli campaign.<br />
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Sir Peter Jackson, who led the exhibit project, said seeing World War I photos in colour removed a sort of "protective screen" between people of the past and the present.<br />
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"Once you're in colour, that 100 years starts evaporating."<br />
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Some images are haunting, some quirky, many just prosaic.<br />
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"They're just normal guys. They're just like us."<br />
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Here is a selection of some of the photos from the exhibit, in no particular order. These are reproduced here with permission of <i>The Great War Exhibition</i>.<br />
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Lt Colonel W.G.Malone, commanding officer of the Wellington Battalion.</div>
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Australians charging at Gallipoli.</div>
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Living conditions at Gallipoli.</div>
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Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick and <i>Murphy</i> the donkey.</div>
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The beach.</div>
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Maori Contingent's redoubt at Gallipoli.</div>
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Quinn's Post after it has been renovated by Lt Col Malone's Wellington Battalion.</div>
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Today I visited our Chunuk Bair diorama at The Great War Exhibition for the first time since I had last seen it a week before it opened to the public.<br />
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Having been involved with the diorama from the beginning of the project, I knew what to expect - or at least I thought I did. But this was the first time I had seen it complete and with all the other exhibits <i>in situ</i> around it. And it was the first time I had experienced the reaction of the general public to both the overall effect and the emotional impact of the diorama. I was as flabbergasted as if it was my first time.<br />
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Hopefully the following few photos give you an impression of what the setting of the diorama is like. These pictures follow on from <a href="http://anzacdiorama.blogspot.co.nz/2015/05/first-pics-of-massive-gallipoli-diorama.html">my earlier series of photos</a> showing details of the diorama itself, taken a week before opening day.<br />
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It was a beautiful morning in the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park today, with lots of people already starting to gather to see Prince Harry who was to make a flying visit in the afternoon. I made my way up the steps beside the Carillion to the old Dominion Museum, now housing <i>The Great War Exhibition</i> - you can just see its large badge peeping out behind the Carillion tower.<br />
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I've posted elsewhere photos of <a href="http://anzacdiorama.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/tour-of-great-war-exhibition.html">the main part of The Great War Exhibition</a>. In this posting I'll just concentrate on the ANZ New Zealand Room, which this year commemorates the Gallipoli campaign. Besides the diorama, one of the main features of this room are the 200+ colourised photographs that line the walls as you walk down the winding entry passage into the diorama room. <br />
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The colourised photos really bring to life pictures that we've always previously seen as black-and-white, for example these two famous pictures of men with donkeys, one an Australian, the other a New Zealander.<br />
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After winding down the entry passage with its colourised photographs, this is the first sight you get of the diorama. This is Battleship Hill, with the ridge-line of Chunuk Bair itself hidden behind the pillar. The diorama has had to fit around a couple of these structural pillars in the Museum, but they don't detract too much at all.</div>
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Here's the outlook from the first of the two viewing platforms. It looks out over the top of Rhododendron Ridge (left) and the trenches of Chunuk Bair (right).<br />
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Stepping back from the viewing platform, you reach the Apex end of Rhododendron Ridge. Note the glass fences that surround and protect the diorama. <br />
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Walking further round, you look back across Rhododendron Ridge to Battleship Hill. As you can see, there were large numbers of visitors when I was there, and they were all obviously engaged with the diorama and the story it tells.<br />
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The is the Hill Q end of the Chunuk Bair trenches (though Hill Q itself isn't included in the diorama). As you can see, the colourised pictures continue on the walls right around the diorama.<br />
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The diorama interpretation was cleverly done with semi-transparent placards affixed to the glass screens telling the story chronologically as you move around. This one is near The Apex.<br />
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The story told by the placards is well researched. I learned a lot of information that I had never known about before, such as the story about hitting rocks at three feet.<br />
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The last paragraph of this placard was something else I hadn't thought about before.</div>
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We see some visitors following the story of the waves of Turkish surging up Chunuk Bair to oust the New Zealanders and British.<br />
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There is a lot of blood in the diorama. Whilst it may be tempting to think this effect is overdone, accounts from the time say the ground actually turned reddish-brown from all the blood. This diorama doesn't hold back any punches in telling it the way it was.<br />
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The last time I had seen The Apex a week before the opening of the diorama, there were probably only a third of the figures who now populate the scene. These depict the reinforcements waiting to head over the crest and up Rhododendron Ridge to attempt to assist the Wellingtons.<br />
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Despite there being 5000 figures in the diorama, each one has been painted lovingly, as you can see with these Turks in their trench on Battleship Hill. I particularly like the officer, encouraging his men, but I'm not sure how long he'll survive if he keeps his head up like that.<br />
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The New Zealand Room also includes some boxed displays, such as this selection of food, swarming with flies.</div>
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There are also pieces of weaponry dotted about, some from Sir Peter Jackson's personal collection. Again, look at those colourised pictures in the background, this time bringing the Turks to life.<br />
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Whilst I was examining the diorama this morning, I ran into one of the Wellington painting team, Paul Reynolds, and his daughter. He has placed some exquisite photos of his visit onto the <a href="http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11412.270">Pendraken Forum</a>.</div>
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So, that's the diorama. But bear in mind that these photos just don't do it justice - you've got to try and see this for yourself to experience its real impact.<br />
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