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Behind the scenes of Gallipoli

The making of Gallipoli in pictures

See how the eight giants featured in Gallipoli came to life at Weta Workshops.

One of the huge models in the exhibition takes shape at Weta Workshops

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Corporal Friday Hawkins takes shape, 2015. Photograph by Weta Workshop

Individual hairs are added to the head of a giant

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Adding hair, 2015. Photograph by Weta Workshops

A man holds a huge replica gun

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Working on one of the large scale guns, 2015. Photograph by Weta Workshops

Painting one of the giant model's faces.

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Painting Lottie Le Gallais's face, 2015. Photograph by Weta Workshops

The fibreglass bodyparts of the figures

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The fibreglass body parts of the figures, 2015. Photograph by Weta Workshops

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 Working on Lieutenant Spencer Westmacott, 2015. Photograph by Weta Workshops

A lady sits by a giant knee cap

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The detail is also in the knees, 2015. Photograph by Weta Workshops

A headless giant body, clothed in a soldiers uniform

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Giant shoes and giant clothes, 2015. Photograph by Weta Workshops

 

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