Thing Thursday – Wayne's Workshop

Tameion August 22, 2018 August 22, 2018 Cosplay / General / Thing Thursday

Itchy Trigger Finger is coming to Whangarei – Oct 1-3, 2018

Whangarei is having its very own cosplay, esports and tabletop gaming event this October. This is a big event for Whangarei and some of the best people in their Industries are pitching in to help out… Wayne’s Workshop will be there hosting the Cosplay Pitstop. That’s just somewhere for you …

Tameion May 21, 2018 July 24, 2018 Cosplay / Star Wars / Thing Thursday

Two Heads are Better then One!

One of the frustrations I have is the need to make body forms to fit my shape. From the picture to the left it is clear that I am round… what is not immediately obvious is that I am somewhat vertically challenged as well. So I have had to entice …

Tameion April 1, 2018 April 1, 2018 Cosplay / Thing Thursday

Thing Thursday: Whangarei’s Cosplay, Prop and Costume Design Club

Thing Thursday Cosplay, Prop & Costume Design club (WHANGAREI) Thursday’s 8pm till Late PM Why not come along and join us? Click HERE to find out more. So who do you want to be TODAY?

Tameion October 13, 2017 May 21, 2018 Cosplay / Gimli / Laser Cutting / Thing Thursday

Gimli’s Helmet

The first big hurdle to a successful cosplay is finding just the right character to play, someone you are vaguely similar too, that you resemble in some way, shape or form. This will make it much easier to connect with your audience. This is one of the keys to a successful …

Niflheim Productions

The very talented team from Niflheim Productions spent a lot of their earlier years working from Wayne’s Workshop.

Some of the footage below shows scenes from inside Wayne’s Workshop and features a number of collaborative projects .

Tameion July 27, 2016 May 21, 2018 Arkham Knights / Cosplay / Thing Thursday

Arkham Knights Mask

The Arkham knight build was a challenge that kept the workshop busy most evenings for several weeks in a row as the various team members worked on the costume. This was one of the teams’ second Pepakura masks and we all quickly learnt that the dust generated from the vigorous …

Tameion May 20, 2016 May 21, 2018 Batman / Cosplay / Thing Thursday

Batman’s Cowl

Working with foam can be quite challenging, especially if you’re trying to Cosplay a Superhero with Abs and a tight cowl. Batman, one of our earliest workshop Cosplay builds didn’t turn out to be too bad at all. The most challenging parts wasn’t the flowing cape, although this was quite authentic looking. Nor was …

Tameion May 14, 2016 May 21, 2018 3D Modelling / 3D Printing / Cosplay / Magneto / Thing Thursday

Magneto Helmet 3D Print

A friend of mine talked me into 3D printing a Magneto helmet he had 3D modelled. He did a fantastic job so we set about printing a miniture the size of a small apple just to prove that it would work. When that was done we scaled up the print and …