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Weta Weapons and Armour Take Leeds by Storm
Weta weapons and armour is on display at Leeds Armoury Museum in Yorkshire, England at the Arms And Armour From The Movies – The Wonderful World Of Weta exhibition.
After many months of preparations, armour and weaponry packed in containers on ships bound for the shores of the UK, the exhibition has opened its doors.
Visitors get a rare close-up view of movie props and original armour from some of Weta's film projects, like each of the three Lord Of The Rings movies, King Kong, Disney's The Chronicles Of Narnia, The Last Samurai and even Hellboy.
Weta's own swordsmith, Peter Lyon, will be giving a series of workshops and seminars in September. Even if you are not familiar with Peter's work, this will be a rare treat indeed.
The museum also has a packed activity schedule to tie in with the displays, including Falconry demonstrations, movie themed arts and crafts for kids, horse shows and a lot of other activities.
This exhibition has now finished.
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05/03/09
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I was lucky enough to go and see this exhibition and it was truly an amazing experience. I never thought I would get to see any of the items made by Weta, as usually such exhibits would take place in London, which is too far from me. It was by chance I happened upon this information, as I would have been so upset to have heard about it afterwards.
The amount of items on view was immense and the information given for each was extremely interesting and I learnt about things I had never heard of before! Me and my brother spent a happy couple of hours looking at each piece and going back over them several times, as we knew the chances of us seeing Theoden's armour or Faramir's shield again would be slim. It was also nice that on moving towards the exit, there was a small section made to look like a work room, with drawings, pencils etc on tables as part of the exhibit. It was a nice touch.
My only disappointment (which did lessen over time when it sunk in that I was actually going to see the exhibit at least) was that Richard Taylor was unavaialble for the talk that was scheduled. But the exhibit made up for that, although having someone so enthusiastic, talking about something I love, would have been the icing on the cake. Hide.
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