Celebrating the release of TINKER BELL, an all-new movie on Disney DVD and Blu-ray, the world's most beloved fairy, Tinker Bell was immortalized in wax at the world famous Madame Tussauds in London, Monday, November 10 as the smallest wax figure in the history of the legendary waxworks.
Sitting pretty at just a mere five and a half inches tall, this little pixie with the big personality has been created with all the same love, artistry and attention to detail as Madame Tussauds' other remarkably life-like human figures -- but this time on a much more pixie-sized scale.
"Undoubtedly, some of our celebrities are smaller than others but Tinker Bell is tiny on a scale we've never handled before; for context the average figure is somewhere between five and six foot tall -- Tinker Bell is just five and a half inches," said Liz Edwards, PR Manager of Madame Tussauds. "Our studios team is essentially employing all of the usual techniques and tools, although many have had to be sized down, and the sculptors have had to apply an even steadier and precise hand to the job."
Studying hundreds of drawings, 3D photos and footage from the tiny superstar's first feature length movie TINKER BELL, Madame Tussauds artists feel they've captured the perfect form of Miss Bell for all to enjoy -- in wax.
Crafting a perfect clay sculpture of tiny Tink set the process in motion. The sculpture is then used to make wax molds for the final figure. Once molded, hair and color artists continue the process taking another four to six weeks to finish. Ten layers of oil paints are used to build up color and give a translucency to the skin tones and to achieve a realistic texture. Tinker Bell will be featured in her leafy-green fairy dress complete with delicate wings, made especially for her. Crafted from the lightest materials possible, it was well over a four week process to achieve the right, truly ethereal pixie look.
Some Tiny Tinker Bell Waxworks Facts:
-- Height : 5.5 inches-- Width of eyes : 2 mm-- Length of eyelashes : 1 mm-- Length of fingers : 4 mm-- Size of fingernails : 1/2 mm-- Waist size : 1.5 cm
