Hukawhai Glacier Centre provides a glacier themed experience for tourists situated in the New Zealand South Island town and glacier area of Franz Josef. This is a 3m long fiberglass scale model and is one of several exhibits we did for them. It is an accurate enlargement of a male Wellington tree Weta. (A large grasshopper like insect that is native to New Zealand)
We used both live and dead specimens for reference when sculpting this Weta.
Modeled or sculpted using plasticine over an aluminum framework.
A set of many mold parts was taken from this.
The finished insect is hollow fiberglass with a beautiful hand-painted finish.
As we created and retained the molds for this Weta. Additional giant, creepy Wetas can be ordered and purchased from us. See
Contacts for inquiries.
