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Here is a progress report for my 21st Century Amazons heroic wargaming scale range. I have finished a smaller Raptor, a mudman (with clay helmet and sharpened bamboo fingers!) another Mantis girl, the handler and another Zombie. More greens pictures coming soon. My website will eventually detail the world of the 21st century Amazons creating dynamic gaming scenarios for skirmishing and large battles.

The Duke of wellington is ready, the casts are looking great. I will be adding the 21 peice kit to the miniatures purchasing page soon.

The Iron duke, Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington 54mm kit is being Molded , I'll post pictures of it assembled very soon.... there will be 21 pieces in total.

The 21st Century Amazons range is soon to be available in (heroic) 28mm scale, for use with generic wargames and skirmish rules, they also will make great character models and collectors pieces. I have many near completion. Here are a few pics of the first ones, there will be packs of the Amazons themselves and their various predators and prey (including Zombies). More photo's as they near completion.

Here Is a progress report on the 54mm figure of the duke of wellington that I should be able to release before June. (excuse the blue tac)...

Here is a recent Zbrush (3d computer sculpting application) Head study, African Bushman elder, first attempt at skin texture.

I have made progress on this addition to my 54mm range of pewter figures, The Maharoa Raja of Bundi, Rajastan, India, will be available to purchase soon.

Another quick Zbrush head study...Gadaba woman.

I have taken on a commision to create an army of 1/72nd (15mm) French Napoleonics. Shown here-Light infantry circa 1812. (since this photo was taken I have rotated the bayonet around the muzzle and added a bayonet scabbard) Units of these figures may be available from my site in the coming months ....

I've been dabbling in a bit of 3d sculpting on the computer using a program called Zbrush. Its early days but here are some of my early practice sculpts, just getting used to pushing the virtual clay around. the dragon was made from a single sphere, the hand from a series of Zspheres. I made into an armature into which I started sculpting, and the Neanderthal was made from a simple head and shoulders tool. 

Help save Whales and learn more about these amazing creatures at the Te Papa "Whales-Tohora" exhibition open from the 1st Dec - 11 May 2008. Wellington New Zealand.

Greg Tozer, Ryk Fortuna, Don Brooker and myself took the oportunity to take a break from Weta when we heard about the exciting whale exhibition that Human Dynamo were working on. We took on the scale model cabinet (Blue whale, Sperm, Humpback, Hectors dolphin etc) working closely with Whaleman Anton Van Helden . Briguette Wuest (a terrific sculptor I have known since working in the Art Dept on Lord of the Rings) and Sue Dorrington from Human Dynamo took on the fullsize dolphins including an Orca. The exhibition has reconstructed skeletons and many educational displays. Adults are $8 and children up to 14 yrs are free. www.tepapa.govt.nz/whales

A review of my miniatures can be found in the Sept edition of Collectors Gazzete (UK publication)

Euro Militaire in Folkstone, Kent (U.K) is getting closer. If you would like to meet for a chat and see some samples of my miniature range I will be wandering around the event on Saturday 22nd Sept. e-mail me on goatsbusiness@hotmail.com if you would like to arrange a meeting time. I will also be in London and Somerset between 7th Sept - 29th Sept if you have any trade enquiries.

If you are around Wellington (NZ) July/August the "New Dowse Museum" Hutt City has a King Kong Exhibition, Displaying some of the scannable maquettes we worked on, Digital Art Work from Gus Hunter and Jeremy Bennett, sketches, moving image footage, life size models/skulls and talks/workshops by Gino Acevedo, Greg Broadmore etc.

Miniatures by Gary Hunt The new 54mm Historical figure release is the Maori warrior advancing with Taiaha.

Due to requests to release the 21st century Amazons in 28mm I am busy sculpting the 21st Amazon range for gamers, this will enable me to create more characters and even vehicles...watch this space. I will be posting photo's of the greens soon.

 
I have taken leave of my senses to commision the truely warped and twisted Mr Don Brooker ( Author and Illustrator of the X-ray comic book Cesspool and Sensations of the dead.) to create a sketch of the Mantis Girl. Here is the Brooker masterpiece in all its glory!
You can sample Sea Zombies and more of the unimaginable on www.donbrooker.com

Still working hard-out at Weta, it was a shame about Halo... hopefully it will re-surface one day.

In my spare time I have collected together my 54mm sculpts and manufactured them, You can now purchase the first selection of Sci/fi fantasy figures from my welcome page, the site will evolve to include the figures in more detail from different views. The figures are cast in Pewter which is lead-free and come in a box with a colour sticker that can be used as a painting guide.The first release is a collection of '21st Century Amazons©' these will be followed up with the Historical range of Samurai (jan 2007), Moche (south American pre-Inca), Zulu, Pacific Islanders, New Zealand wars, and WW1 fighter pilots. You will be directed to Paypal to make a purchase and the figures should arrive on your doorstep within 21 days.Any queries, goatsbusiness@hotmail.com

www.garyhunt.net.nz

Hope everyone has a great Christmas

Back by popular demand.

The Making of the Lord of the Rings Motion picture exhibition is now open in Te Papa, Wellington .

It features some new models including the 1/72nd scale city of Minas Tirith (the White City of Gondor) and will be open until the 20th of August 2006.

15th March 2006

I have almost finished a couple more 54mm Samurai, if you are interested in progress photo's or getting resin copies (please be patient as I will need to mold them) contact me via goatsbusiness@hotmail.com

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WETA KING KONG COLLEcTIBLES

THEN VISIT

www.wetanz.com

check out the Venatasaurus bust, Venatasaur Attack, Kong Deluxe Chess Set and a King Kong with Ann bust .

 

Dont forget the site also offers you the chance to view the NARNIA, Lion Witch and the Wardrobe, Collection.

My personal favourite is General Otmin by Ryk Fortuna.

The Wildly Inspired website is now up and running.

15 and 25mm ancients and fantasy figures

for enquiries contact the new owner, Allen Gamble: orders@wildlyinspired.co.nz

View the WETA KING KONG collectibles (some of which I sculpted) on :

aint it cool news, kong is king, one ring, comic con websites.

Check ot the new weta site

www.wetaworkshop.co.nz

look out for the King of the Dead 1/6th scale collectable on Sideshows tradefair news

and a feature by Daniel Falconer

in their MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, Lord of the Rings section.

 

October 2004

I've just finished painting the War mumak of Harad, by Games Workshop. This was a fun kit, its a pity that I couldn't find more time to paint it properly (there are quite a few flat colours). Anyway its a display model for my fathers shop back in England. www.wellsmodels.com (Wells Models, the Old Chapel Bakery, Union st, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2PU..01749 674908 if you want a look.) He stocks Games Workshop figures and many model ranges.

www.scalemodel.net

september 2004 news.

Life at Weta is very busy at the moment, working on the king Kong movie , however I have managed to find a little spare time to sculpt a new figure ,watch this space . Iwill post some pictures in a few days...If there is any interest I will be looking for a manufacturer to put this and a few, future sculpts into the collectors domain....

July 2004 news.

Many thanks to everyone who voted my Gandalf the white figurine, "Best Movie Related Merchandise", in the Model & Collectors Mart 2004 Readers Awards last month...

WOW what can I say.........Icant wait to sculpt another collectable.

check out www.modelmart.co.uk

Hello and welcome to my April news.

Even though it's very busy at Weta Workshop I am still working on a few small scale historical figures in my spare time as there is some downtime from Wildly Inspired (maybe up and running again in Sept with new owner). I have also just taken on a small commission and would like to continue sculpting special characters for individuals with a passion for historical wargaming ,collecting and figure painting. So if anyone has any specific command figures or one-off collectors peices that they would love to own and commision , I would gladly consider sculpting them, time allowing off course..

you can contact me on goatsbusiness@hotmail.com if you would like to discuss a sculpt. (I prefer sculpting 25mm or 54 mm figures)

Cheers Gary.

Wildly Inspired has changed ownership, they will re-open for business later this year,

Keep checking the W.I. website for more news.....

Gandalf the Grey Butter Sculpture.

Yes we recently created a life-size butter sculpture of Gandalf the Grey. Why?...
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1953-54 Royal Tour of New Zealand.
The sculpture was on display in the Te Papa Muaseum, Wellington,
from the 15-19th January 2004.
Gary Hunt Newsletter 2004 Wellington New Zealand
Happy New year....
Ive just got back from my xmas hols in Fiji (v. close to NZ) had a great time, loved the culture, spent many-a-night drinking Karva with the local villagers and the odd chief & priest. Great people, great singing voices, we felt very welcome there. Visited traditional Bure's (thatched and weaved huts) and old colonial towns that made you feel as if you had gone back to a by-gone era. The country-side and islands were stunning, lots of coral and many brightly coloured fish. Of-course, i read up on their ancient cannibal culture and the transition to christianity with the arrival of westerners and missionaries. Very interesting indeed, hope you had a great xmas and New Year wherever you were.
December 2003 news.
The Return of the King premier was a blast.
Nov 2003 News
Hi there. well its coming to the end of another year and Wellington (New Zealand) is hotting up for another christmas and the release of the 3rd part of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Return of the King. I cant wait! The city centre is once again preparing for the premier, this time its the world premier on 1st dec. The Gollum installation (on the cinema) which you may remember from last year has reared his ugly head upon the 'parapets' of the airport. He's been greeting people as they arrive, or in my case waved 'bon voyage' as i flew to christchurch (south island) for a mates wedding last weekend. There is also a display of armour, weapons and props from the film trilogy in the terminal for public veiwing. The cave troll from the first premier is now in the Civic Square, its good to see him again (photos to be posted soon).

There are huge posters of the offial New Zealand Post stamps and more LOTR stuff will going up in Courteney Place over the next few weeks so keep your eyes peeled!
all the best Gary.

Gandalf the Grey 1/4 scale bronze.

click for enlarged view

 

www.modelmart.co.uk

Jan edition

 

See Sideshow Fine Art for pricing and availability. Ltd edition.
click on the LotR logos on my main page. 

Gandalf and the Easterling featured in this edition.

I was also interviewed for the Dec 2003 edition....

Select the main page for the Embassy Theatre Gollum, Te Papa cave troll, Inca & Samurai etc...
 
10 March 2003 GREENPEACE PRANKSTERS USE GOLLUM TO PROTEST AUSTRALIAN P.M VISIT IN ANTI-WAR DEMO.
 
Old news...

 Conquistador, Inca Chief & Aztec Archer

 Samurai L to R: w Naginata, Sumo, Takeda Shingen, Archer

 

Inca chief and warriors
Ghengis Khan, one of 4 leaders for my Mongol Army, (6 sculpted horses, 20 warriors under the 9 Yak Tail banner)
Check out www.isidore-of-seville.com if you want to know more about Ghengis Khan on the web..
More to come such as Running Camel, see Wildy Inspired webpage,.click here
 
2002 News
Hello Again, welcome to my news page.
I am still working at Weta Workshop helping fine tune the next instalment of 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy 'The Two Towers.'
I have been sculpting a few more Weta / Sideshow collectables of which I will post on this site when permission has been granted.
As well as work on 'LOTR' I have been busy researching further into Samurai /Aztec / Amazonian / Spanish life and warfare & have come up with new sculpts
(pics above) for 'Wildly Inspired' miniatures.
The first of my Spanish / Conqusistador range and Inca Yupanqui, later to name himself 'Pachacuti' (Quechua for Cataclsym). Yupanqui is drinking Chicha beer from a recent rivals skull, also pictured is my first Aztec Archer.....
There will be some more flamboyant Aztec outfits in the future, (including Puma Knights)
a few more Samurai with bow and najinata & ninja, based around the 12-15th century.
That can be used to defend their lands from the Mongol invasion.
The photo top right shows Takeda Shingen
(Arch rival of Tokimune Hojo, whom I have also sculpted and his son Takeda Katsusori who led the downfall of the Takeda family)
The sumo wrestler is squatting, there will be another Sumo with another pose & I intend to make a few more Ninja Samurai with bow and Samurai and Najinata.
So thats it for now apart from saying thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoyed it, I am also developing more ideas and designs for my fantasy / sci-fi world to complement the existing 150 figures or so (to be found on the Wildly Inspired site) which may pop up in the next few years.
Everything below this point is old news, but you may find it interesting
2002 news
My Xmas travels were pretty hectic, a lot of miles were covered by air, land, bus and foot. I visited many great inca sites walking for days on end in mountains, valleys and coastal deserts. It was great to fly over the Nazca lines, where we convinced the pilot to do a loop the loop, amazing to see so many little whirlwinds (dust devils) and the largest sand dune in the world. That was Peru (some piccis on the main page). England had good sunny,wintery weather, Rio Carnival was spectacularly colourful titillating and over the top as one would expect.
All in all it was agreat trip for research and i did manage to do a little sculpting, a few small incas inspired from this trip.
(see Quest for the Incas )

New Samurai Wildly Inspired April 02

 Inca Chief, hastily painted
 
LOTR Exhibition
 
From the 11th-21st Dec, 2001 as part of the Wellington celebration to open Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Rings, The St James Theatre on Courtney Place held an exhibition of armour and weapons from the film as well as personal artworks from crew and cast.
 
I have a few things (scuplts and photos) for sale/auction in the "Lord of the Rings" collection of artist's exhibition of personal work.
Pictured below is my model of Peter Jackson which was displayed and sold to an avid fan for charity.
 
This exhibition raised $3500 and two of my pieces sold.


 
 

Troll, !!
 
 

Look out for the 8.5 m tall cave troll (that i had the pleasure of working on with the other guys and gals at Weta workshop) Made for the Embassy Theatre & Australasian premier in Wellington, soon......

See photos of the troll in front of the Embassy on the title page.

 

Samurai

Heres a sneak peak at the first of my 28mm Samurai (C12th-14th) for Wildly Inspired

Unfortunately i will not finish the rest of the army until March/April as i will be travelling back to England for Xmas and then on to South America before returning to New Zealand in March. Hopefully i will find time to do a bit of research on Mayan/Inca/Aztec culture and sculpt a few figures for another range.

Thanks.

Firstly thanks for visiting my site.I hope you enjoyed it.

Thanks to all my family and friends you know who you are. Anyone who has helped me on my travels or inspired me (and cotinues to do so), anyone who has employed me and treated me with respect.Thanks to everyone at Weta/Sideshow and 3ft6, Wild Bill, Peter Jackson (for making " LOTR" in my lifetime),thanks to Phil Pickering for helping me start up the web site. Thanks to Natalie, Neil, Andy Phil for taking some of the photos on my site. Jamie Beswarick for helping me with the Gandalf the White Bust. Thanks to forward-thinkers like George Orwell, 1984...

I'll continue to strive and better myself.Cheers, Gary
contact e-mail: goatsbusiness@hotmail.com