Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War

Sir Richard Taylor adjusts the costume of one of the exhibition’s ‘giants’, Private John ‘Jack’ Dunn. The giant figures are 2.4 times life size. (PHOTO: Norm Heke)

A floor timeline guides visitors through the Gallipoli exhibition and provides a graphic illustration of the mounting casualties during the campaign. (PHOTO: Norm Heke)

Wētā sculptor Jamie Beswarick works on the face of Lieutenant Spencer Westmacott. (PHOTO: Steve Unwin)

Wētā sculptors work on the face of Lieutenant Spencer Westmacott. (PHOTO: Wētā Workshop)

The bottom half of Lieutenant - Colonel Percival Fenwick is dressed and mounted on its display base. (PHOTO: Imaging Dept @ Weta Workshop Ltd)

A cut-away diorama of the SS Maheno gives a glimpse into the inner workings of this floating hospital. (PHOTO: Imaging Dept @ Weta Workshop Ltd)

The 25 April 1915 landing at Anzac Cove is one of several large scale murals created by the Wētā team in close consultation with historical director Christopher Pugsley. (PHOTO: Wētā Workshop)