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a close-up of a figure of the dragon Smaug at the Weta Workshop booth at NYCC 2015 Photo: Samit Sarkar/Polygon

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See the incredible Warcraft and Lord of the Rings models from Weta Workshop’s NYCC booth

Nobody tosses a dwarf!

By Samit Sarkar
Photography by Samit Sarkar/Polygon
Samit Sarkar (he/him) is Polygon’s deputy managing editor. He has more than 15 years of experience covering video games, movies, television, and technology.

New Zealand-based Weta Workshop is renowned for its movie props, and the company brought a dizzying array of props and figures to its New York Comic Con 2015 booth. The collection is focused on the Lord of the Rings universe and Warcraft, the upcoming live-action film from Legendary Pictures based on the Blizzard Entertainment franchise of the same name.

Weta’s booth includes life-size suits of armor that were used in the production of Warcraft, along with smaller-scale replicas you can actually buy; finely detailed figures of dwarves, elves, humans, animals and more from The Hobbit film series; and models of scenes from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. If you can make your way to New York Comic Con this weekend, you’re going to want to spend some time in the booth.

The Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit

a model of a dwarf wielding a dual-headed mace perched above the Weta Workshop booth at NYCC 2015, with the Weta Workshop banner above it
a model of a dwarf wielding a dual-headed mace perched above the Weta Workshop booth at NYCC 2015
three dwarves outfitted for battle, with an armored boar in front of them, at the Weta Workshop booth at NYCC 2015
an overhead shot of a one-sixth scale model of Minas Tirith at the Weta Workshop booth at NYCC 2015
a photo of a figure of Elrond of Rivendell holding a sword at the Weta Workshop booth at NYCC 2015
Elrond of Rivendell.
a close-up of a figure of the dragon Smaug at the Weta Workshop booth at NYCC 2015
The dragon Smaug defends his hoard of gold.

Warcraft

Weta Workshop’s booth features plenty of Alliance soldiers and paraphernalia from the production of the film Warcraft, but the Horde are curiously absent. Perhaps they’ve already been vanquished.

a group of life-size Alliance soldiers from the Warcraft movie perched atop the Weta Workshop booth at NYCC 2015
a group of life-size Alliance soldiers from the Warcraft movie carrying the Alliance banner perched atop the Weta Workshop booth at NYCC 2015
a close-up of the hilt of an Alliance sword with a lion forged into the crossguard at the Weta Workshop booth at NYCC 2015
A full-scale prop used in the production of Warcraft, this sword’s hilt and crossguard are made of polyurethane resin, while its blade is aluminum.
the hilt, crossguard, and lower part of an Alliance sword at the Weta Workshop booth at NYCC 2015
a life-size model of an Alliance soldier from the movie Warcraft, with Alliance banners and shields around him, at the Weta Workshop booth at NYCC 2015
For the Alliance!
a close-up of a life-size model of an Alliance soldier from the movie Warcraft, with Alliance banners and shields around him, at the Weta Workshop booth at NYCC 2015

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