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AranNZ
The Shire
Apr 26 2008, 3:01am
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My King of the Dead and Eowyn sculptures
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Hi folks,
I'm Aran, a sculptor based in Auckland, New Zealand. I've been posting for a few years over on the Shadow and Flame forum and at The Clubhouse modelling forum, but thought I'd finally join up here with news of The Hobbit hotting up and Guillermo posting here. 
I've been a huge fan of the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit since I was a kid, when my father read us both books as bedtime stories.
I'm dying to get some work at Weta Workshop on The Hobbit (and sequel), but it is very hard to break into their sculpting team since they only have enough work for a set number of sculptors and no one ever wants to leave! 
I was inspired to try my hand at sculpting by the wonderful Sideshow/Weta LOTR collectibles a few years ago and did the King of the Dead bust pictured below. It was sculpted from super sculpey and is a fraction over 1/4 scale and fits in well with the Sideshow/Weta pieces.
This is a resin (plastic) casting which I painted to resemble bronze or copper:
Here is anoher resin casting that I had painted in full colour for me by the very talented Rick Cantu of Dragonstooth Miniatures:
I followed that with a statue of Eowyn as she appears on the front of the Golden Hall. She is 1/6th scale (~10.75 inches tall) and designed to fit in with the Sideshow/Weta range.
Eowyn is almost finished, but not quite. I'm really getting down to the final detailing now. She has a very hard likeness to capture in clay! 
 
 
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My King of the Dead and Eowyn sculptures
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AranNZ
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Apr 26 2008, 3:01am
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I remember seeing your work over at Chuck's Place...
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diedye
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Apr 26 2008, 3:44am
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Wow!
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Jazmine
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Apr 26 2008, 7:04pm
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Thanks!
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AranNZ
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Apr 30 2008, 3:28am
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those are fabulous - thanks for sharing!
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greendragon
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Apr 26 2008, 8:51pm
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Question about how you fired these
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WonderBroad
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Apr 27 2008, 1:56am
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I use a dedicated home oven
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AranNZ
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Apr 30 2008, 3:33am
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Great tips!
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WonderBroad
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May 1 2008, 2:40am
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Do some test runs in whatever oven you use!
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AranNZ
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May 1 2008, 8:33pm
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Very nice work!
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Idril Celebrindal
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Apr 27 2008, 2:47am
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Looks like pro-quality to me!
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labingi_maura
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Apr 27 2008, 7:16am
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I'm particularly impressed by your cloth work,
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Ataahua
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Apr 27 2008, 7:28am
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What a talent!
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Nimloth
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Apr 28 2008, 5:22am
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They take a looong time to sculpt!
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AranNZ
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Apr 30 2008, 3:40am
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These are incredible, you've got terrific talent, thank you for sharing them :)
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Kelvarhin
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Apr 28 2008, 7:25am
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thatīs awesome!!!!!
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Deni
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Apr 28 2008, 1:14pm
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Absolutely gorgeous
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Ainu Laire
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Apr 30 2008, 8:10am
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Extremely detailed
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Owain
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May 2 2008, 9:58pm
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Aran! These are fantastic!!
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Elven
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May 7 2008, 2:27pm
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awesome!
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Anorien
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May 25 2008, 10:43pm
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Finished Eowyn pics and started to paint her
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AranNZ
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Jul 15 2008, 4:07am
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Almost finished!
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AranNZ
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Apr 24 2009, 3:07am
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