This was at the time a bit of a career goal. I had been subtly harassing Weta for consideration since seeing Fellowship of The Ring in 2001! I even went over to NZ in 2008 for a one hour interview in hopes of working on the Hobbit.
Weta collects an incredible community of artists and technicians. On the Hobbit films it is very hard to reasonably take credit for any one thing as it is such a collaborative process of design and fabrication.
Primarily in the sculpting department I occasionally tried to work on some props and costume, even spending time on set from time to time.
For the purposes of this blog I have collected some of my personal highlights.
The first task I was handed was to work on the make up concept sculpt for the dwarf Dori on a face cast of actor Mark Hadlow.
I also sculpted the final facial appliance he wore in the film.
Did the same for Gloin on the face cast of actor Peter Hambleton. In Tolkien Lore Gloin is father to Gimli famously portrayed by John Rhys-Davies in the Lord of The Rings trilogy. I was fortunate to have access to that original Gimli appliance as reference when attempting to hint to the relation in this new sculpt.
Long with David Meng I worked on prosthetic design details and the final prosthetic appliance sculpture for bombur:
I sculpted various design maquettes, creature suits and make ups for goblin and orc characters.
This picture was published in CINEFEX 132.
I designed and sculpted the facial prosthetic and head cage for an orc character that became The Torturer of Dol Guldur.
Painted some Mirkwood Elf armor. It just so happens that the elf on the front right of this image is Jane Wenley a remarkably talented sculptor. See some of her work here:
Probably my last contribution was helping on the sculpture and manufacture of this horn blown by Bombur in BOFA
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