An article from the Sideshow site by Daniel

Came across this article written by Daniel about sculptor Gary Hunt's "King of the Dead" statue. He tells Hunt's tale from college to working in London, to his leap of faith trip to New Zealand and his eventual work at Three Foot Six, Ltd and then Weta Workshop. It seems that Gary was another LoTR fan and was eager to work on the project.

Daniel's bio is also listed:

"About the Writer: A trained illustrator, Daniel Falconer is a Conceptual Designer at Weta Workshop, one of a team of five full time design specialists based in the facility. Daniel has been with Weta since late 1996. Over that time he has been involved in design work for a variety of different projects including creatures for television shows like William Tell, Hercules, Xena and Young Hercules, films including Kong and The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, and most notably, designing creatures, armor, weaponry, props and costuming for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. A long time fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's writing, the opportunity to be so intimately involved in bringing Middle-earth to the screen was the fulfillment of a childhood dream for Daniel and helping visualize new worlds at Weta continues to be his 'dream-job'. "


Not so interesting sidenote: Turns out that Gary Hunt went to college in my Grandmother's hometown of Bournemouth, England! I visited there when I lived in London in '91-'92. A lovely seaside town with beautiful gardens, kind of like our coastal NJ shore towns, but without the neon. ;-)