"Chunuk Bair diorama to mark Anzac Day" Topic

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Arteis02	21 Apr 2021 9:42 p.m. PST
This Sunday marks Anzac Day, celebrated in Australia and New Zealand on 25th April every year. I was approached recently by my local library here in Paraparaumu, New Zealand if I had any model soldiers I could put into their Anzac Day display. I didn't have any WW1 figures myself. But a few years ago the Kapiti Wargames Club (of which I have been an itinerant member) played a leading role in painting figures for a massive diorama in Sir Peter Jackson's Great War Exhibition in Wellington that ran from 2015 to 2019. Over 5,000 of these specially commissioned 54mm Perry Miniatures figurines were painted by 100 volunteers from wargaming clubs all over New Zealand. Although the Great War Exhibition is now closed down and its diorama in storage, I knew that the club had a number of left-over and reject figures on loan. I managed to borrow a couple of dozen of these miniatures, and decided to build a small diorama to show them off. More info and pics on my blog: link More info and pics on my blog: link
monk2002uk	21 Apr 2021 10:23 p.m. PST
Well done! My homage to the battle is posted here: link here: link and here: link Hopefully the wider scale wargames provide the context for your super diorama. Robert
korsun0	22 Apr 2021 3:25 a.m. PST
Excellent work mate, well done.
Frederick	22 Apr 2021 6:38 a.m. PST
Great work! Thanks for sharing
Legion 4	22 Apr 2021 8:45 a.m. PST
WOW !!!! 👍👍 Very well done !!!
Shagnasty	22 Apr 2021 11:16 a.m. PST
Outstanding work.
Nine pound round	26 Apr 2021 2:15 p.m. PST
Beautiful, terrible work. The attack on Chunuk Bair was one of the most interesting and tragic events of the war. It's hard to know whether they came agonizingly close to victory, or whether Gallipoli was always going to be a disaster. The longer I look at it, the more I believe that the decisions made early on ultimately doomed the expedition, but it remains the greatest "what if" of the whole war.