Also from the official Mustering the Troops blog:

QuoteArmchair General shows progress of the diorama to one of the painting team.  How many dioramas need hard hats and glo-vests during construction?!

This was taken on Sunday

How many of us have had to wear a hard hat to build a diorama? 

Apart from Matron.

Only if live role playing

IanS 

This project has made the main news bulletin on the main TV channel in New Zealand this evening

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/sir-peter-jackson-developing-multi-million-dollar-wwi-exhibition-video-6288901

Ah, some brief glimpses of the terrain there. Gives you an idea of just how big this diorama will be.

Quote from: paulr on 15 April 2015, 08:21:01 AM
This project has made the main news bulletin on the main TV channel in New Zealand this evening

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/sir-peter-jackson-developing-multi-million-dollar-wwi-exhibition-video-6288901

Lovely little teaser.

The battlefield looks AMAZING!

The main exhibition is now open

This news item gives a glimpse into one of the exhibits and also shows some of items being craned into the museum (Please excuse the ad)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/last-post-first-light/67843693/sir-peter-jackson-shows-off-his-great-war-exhibition-in-wellington

The New Zealand Room, which houses the diorama and other exhibits, will open on ANZAC Day (25 April)

The Perrys fly out of NZ tomorrow to be back in time for Salute having put in some very long hours supported by the Weta team and some very keen volunteers

A few more hints of the exhibition that the diorama is part of, Sir Peter Jackson shows media through some of the Great War Exhibition
http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/video-peter-jacksons-great-war-exhibition-tour-2015041716#axzz3Xek1rvgt

Is that all part of the Scale of War exhibition?..

Quote from: Fenton on 18 April 2015, 10:49:58 AM
Is that all part of the Scale of War exhibition?..

There are two main exhibitions in Wellington:
- The Scale of our War, which focuses on 8 individuals at Gallipoli including models of them 2.5 times life size. This is at Te Papa, our national museum

- The Great War Exhibition, which looks at the story of the whole war a year at a time, our diorama forms part of the New Zealand room of this exhibition that focuses more on the New Zealand experience. This is at the old Dominion Museum, that used to be our national museum and now is part of a university campus. It is also adjacent to Pukeahu ('sacred hill' in Māori), our new national war memorial park which includes the tomb of the unknown warrior.

The NZ media has added to the confusion by not being able to get the names of the exhibitions right. Having Weta Workshop involved in both has added to the confusion.

A couple more pictures...

The Perrys install the last figure in the diorama


Brigadier Johnston at his command post

If you thought our 54mm figures were big the Te Papa exhibition, The Scale of our War, has gone much bigger 4500mm


Sir Richard Taylor amongst some machine gunners

I'd have to see the bottom pic/'model'/statue 'in the flesh', to believe that that's not been photoshopped. 
Absolutely extraordinary !
Cheers - Phil

Wow

I am impressed